[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 9 June 2023

-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * June 9, 2023 * NYNY2306.09 - Birds Mentioned King Rail+ WHITE-WINGED TERN+ ANHINGA+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER Eurasian Collared-Dove White-rumped Sandpiper RED-NECKED PHALAROPE Parasitic Jaeger Iceland Gull Lesser

[nysbirds-l] White-winged Tern YES Nickerson Beach LI…

I just picked up a report that the White-winged Tern was seen near the east colony at Nickerson Beach.Good luck if you try and please keep cross posting to reach the wider audience of those who are monitoring the situation in the hopes of twitching.Cheers,“Emancipate yourself from mental sl

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC to June 8th - many lingering migrants, stragglers, and breeders

As there is obvious heightened interest in the species White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) just now, an article on the first nesting-record (paired with a Black Tern) for New York state and (then) just 2nd known nesting for all North America, which occured in summer 1992 at Perch River W.