- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May. 26, 2023 * NYNY2305.26
- Birds mentioned CURLEW SANDPIPER+ BICKNELL'S THRUSH+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Nighthawk WHIMBREL RED-NECKED PHALAROPE ICELAND GULL CASPIAN TERN Royal Tern Red-headed Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush EVENING GROSBEAK Purple Finch Pine Siskin Nelson's Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Mourning Warbler Kentucky 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 (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 26th 2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are CURLEW SANDPIPER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, WHIMBREL, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, EVENING GROSBEAK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants. A very striking adult CURLEW SANDPIPER in full breeding plumage was spotted Wednesday on the sand spit just east of the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End and it was still present there this afternoon. Feasting on horseshoe crab eggs with hundreds of other shorebirds, the CURLEW was often seen on the rising tide as the birds are forced onto shrinking amounts of available shoreline. At higher tides even occurring along the main shoreline as it extends east of the sand spit. Birders arriving at the West End today were for a while prevented from entering due to the weekend air show but the parks department corrected that issue and stated that birders will be able to access the West End this weekend. A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was present at the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge from Saturday to Monday and two WHIMBREL visited Great Kills Park on Staten Island last Sunday. An immature ICELAND GULL was still at Cupsogue Beach County Park last Sunday. CASPIAN TERN was reported from Captree Island Monday and Staten Island Thursday with one around Jamaica Bay and 2 at Croton Point Park today and the first arriving ROYAL TERNS were noted along the coast commencing Thursday. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was back along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville yesterday. A male EVENING GROSBEAK was photographed at Coney Island Creek Park Tuesday and other winter finches included a few PURPLE FINCHES still moving through and a PINE SISKIN at Kissena Park Monday. A NELSON'S SPARROW was reported at Plumb Beach Wednesday and the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Croton Point Park the day before. Among the decent variety but disturbingly low numbers of warblers still moving through were a KENTUCKY in Central Park last Saturday and some MOURNINGS. SUMMER TANAGERS included up to 3 present in Central Park last weekend and one in Forest Park Queens Thursday. Besides the breeding pairs out in the Calverton Grasslands a BLUE GROSBEAK was also found at Brookhaven State Park Tuesday. As landbird migration closes down, still coming through are such species as COMMON NIGHTHAWK, ACADIAN, ALDER and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL'S THRUSHES and LINCOLN'S SPARROWS. 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/ --
