-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 11, 2025 * NYNY2504.11
- Birds Mentioned EURASIAN WIGEON Chimney Swift LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER Spotted Sandpiper Razorbill Bonaparte’s Gull BLACK-HEADED GULL LITTLE GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Caspian Tern Common Tern Forster’s Tern American Bittern WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Kingbird White-eyed Vireo Cliff Swallow Northern House Wren Vesper Sparrow Northern Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Rose-breasted Grosbeak 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: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 11, 2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are LITTLE, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET, EURASIAN WIGEON, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, spring migrants and more. A mixed week, with more spring movement, though hampered by relatively poor weather. Birds moving up the Hudson River have included some flocks of BONAPARTE’S GULLS, providing a good opportunity to look for a LITTLE GULL among them, and, nicely, an adult LITTLE GULL was spotted Monday and Tuesday near Piermont Pier in Rockland County but headed north by Wednesday morning. Some TERNS have also been noted on the Hudson, with a few CASPIAN and more recently FORSTER’S and COMMON all appearing. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still visiting Central Park Reservoir at least to Sunday, an immature GLAUCOUS GULL appeared at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 on Monday, and an ICELAND GULL was at the Bellport Bay Yacht Club Sunday. Lingering LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 2 at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday and 1 at Calvert Vaux Park yesterday. Last Tuesday a WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET landed on a third floor balcony in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, and perhaps the same bird was present Wednesday and Thursday again in Green-Wood Cemetery, where an AMERICAN BITTERN posed nicely for photos last Sunday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON in New Jersey waters has been viewable from lower Manhattan since Wednesday from Hudson River Park, especially Pier 66, but good optics are definitely required. Two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen Sunday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and 3 RAZORBILLS were headed east off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Green-Wood Cemetery and Sunken Meadow State Park, and another was spotted in Hubbard County Park in Hampton Bays last Sunday. VESPER SPARROWS have been spotted at several locations recently, including Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery, Alley Pond Park, and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present at Oakland Lake in Queens last weekend was followed by 1 at Patriot’s Preserve out in Shirley from Wednesday to today. Other WARBLERS arriving recently have included NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA and YELLOW, and a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS also continue to be seen. Other recent arrivals have included CHIMNEY SWIFT, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, WHITE-EYED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, NORTHERN HOUSE WREN and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 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 -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
