- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 7, 2023
* NYNY2304.07
- Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL+
WESTERN MEADOWLARK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Chimney Swift
Least Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Forster's Tern
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Broad-winged Hawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Bank Swallow
House Wren
Purple Finch
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
LARK SPARROW
FOX SPARROW ("Sooty" type)
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Boat-tailed Grackle
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Parula
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
- 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, April 7th 2023*
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are an apparent GLAUCOUS-WINGED
GULL, MOTTLED DUCK, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, "SOOTY" FOX SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, spring migrants and more.
An interesting gull was photographed last Friday afternoon March 31st in
the parking lot at Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park and over last weekend
was analyzed by several birders who came to the conclusion that this was an
immature GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL. Unfortunately once this information was
circulated subsequent searches were unsuccessful in refinding this gull. If
accepted by NYSARC this would be a first NYS record.
The drake MOTTLED DUCK continues in Amityville where it is usually seen
around the southern end of Avon Lake often hiding in shrubbery along the
west side and thus best viewed from East Lake Drive.
The apparent WESTERN MEADOWLARK was still present yesterday at Brooklyn's
Bush Terminal Piers Park. Look for it around the [...] vacant lot on the
left as you walk into the park where it does perch in trees before flying
over to the shoreline vegetation along the cove on the right side of the
walkway.
The SOOTY-type FOX SPARROW was last reported on Monday in Brooklyn Bridge
Park where it's seen usually in the denser vegetation around the southwest
corner of the Pier 3 lawn.
Today at Croton Point Park up in Westchester a female YELLOW-HEADED
BLACKBIRD was spotted feeding with other birds on the eastern side of the
landfill as you enter the park but could not be relocated later among
hundreds of icterids gathering there. However, there were also one or two
male LAPLAND LONGSPURS in decent plumage circulating around the landfill
area.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed yesterday at the Bellport Bay Yacht
Club and late ICELAND GULLS were spotted in northern Manhattan Saturday,
Queens on Sunday and in the Bronx Wednesday.
Single CASPIAN TERNS appeared at Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona
Park Wednesday and at Alley Pond Park Thursday. Recently NORTHERN GANNETS
have been present in high numbers off Long Island's south shore some also
visiting western Long Island Sound where a RAZORBILL was seen off Rye last
Saturday and visiting Marshlands Conservancy yesterday and today have been
a BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE and 5 GLOSSY IBIS.
The previously noted LARK and VESPER SPARROWS at Pelham Bay Park were seen
together there on Monday but not since.
The RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still at Marine Park in Brooklyn last Sunday
near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were back at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great
River as of Tuesday with another on Shelter Island today.
Among an increasing number of new arrivals this week have been CHIMNEY
SWIFT, LEAST SANDPIPER, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER'S TERN, LITTLE BLUE,
TRICOLORED and GREEN HERONS, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and BROAD-WINGED
HAWK. Among the passerines BLUE-HEADED and WHITE-EYED VIREOS, BANK SWALLOW,
HOUSE WREN, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER and NORTHERN PARULA plus some PURPLE
FINCHES.
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.
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