- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May. 5, 2023 * NYNY2305.05
- Birds mentioned BLACK-NECKED STILT+ ANHINGA+ WESTERN TANAGER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Nighthawk AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER WHIMBREL White-rumped Sandpiper RED-NECKED PHALAROPE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Least Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Evening Grosbeak Red Crossbill Grasshopper Sparrow LARK SPARROW PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler Kentucky Warbler Cerulean Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Wilson's Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK - Transcript If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org. If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883 Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070 Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Ben Cacace BEGIN TAPE Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 5th 2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, BLACK-NECKED STILT, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WESTERN TANAGER, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and WHIMBREL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. Despite another week of rather abysmal weather for migration locally some good things still managed to happen. Topping the list would be the continuing stay of an ANHINGA in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. First arriving on April 25th, this bird can usually be found perched on or near Three Sisters Island in Prospect Park Lake where it's been through today. Appearing at Breezy Point during last Monday's weather event was a BLACK-NECKED STILT last seen flying easterly so possibly still in the area along the south shore. A WHIMBREL also moved by in the high winds. A nicely plumaged female RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was found yesterday at Seaman's Neck Park in Seaford with no word from today. Another recent shorebird of note was an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER in non-breeding plumage spotted at Nickerson Beach Tuesday and a WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER has joined the list of recent arrivals. A WESTERN TANAGER was still visiting feeders at a private Brooklyn residence on Tuesday. Besides Brooklyn's Marine Park RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, still present near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T, another was found Monday at Morningside Park in northern Manhattan where it has continued through today. A LARK SPARROW was nicely photographed at St. Michael's Cemetery in East Elmhurst today. Three PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS present today included singles found in Queens at both Alley Pond Park and Kissena Park and another at Conference House Park at the southern end of Staten Island. A nice run of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included birds still present today in Central Park's north end and Prospect Park, singles today at Astoria Park in Queens and Garvey's Point Preserve in Nassau and earlier birds in Forest Park and Alley Pond Park. KENTUCKY WARBLERS were noted Monday through Friday in both Prospect Park and Forest Park. The CERULEAN WARBLERS appeared in Central Park Tuesday and Kissena Park today. Other warblers arriving recently have included BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL and WILSON'S and ORANGE-CROWNEDS have recently occurred in Central and Forest Parks and Green-wood Cemetery. Several recent SUMMER TANAGERS featured two each at Breezy Point Monday, Hempstead Lake State Park Tuesday and in Central Park Wednesday with singles also at Fort Greene Park, Cunningham Park, Brooklyn's Salt Marsh Nature Center and today at Oscawana Island Nature Preserve in Westchester. Some BLUE GROSBEAKS included two in Kissena Park Wednesday and singles in Central Park, Green-wood Cemetery, Fort Greene Park and Hempstead Lake State Park among others. EVENING GROSBEAK was still in Central Park's north end today and two RED CROSSBILLS were spotted today in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens. Other recent arrivals have included COMMON NIGHTHAWK, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
