- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 28, 2023 * NYNY2304.28
- Birds mentioned ANHINGA+ SWAINSON'S WARBLER+ PAINTED BUNTING+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Yellow-billed Cuckoo AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Whimbrel Long-billed Dowitcher BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Black Skimmer Red-headed Woodpecker Warbling Vireo Veery Swainson's Thrush EVENING GROSBEAK RED CROSSBILL Blue-winged Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler Hooded Warbler Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Canada Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK Indigo Bunting - 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 28th 2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, SWAINSON'S WARBLER, PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, EVENING GROSBEAK and RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. Despite quite poor weather for migration this week New York State did benefit with the arrival of an unprecedented 22 ANHINGAS appearing last Saturday up in Rome in Oneida County and as those birds dispersed to unknown sites up north on Tuesday one was found on Prospect Park Lake in Brooklyn often staying partially hidden on Three Sisters Island the bird could be viewed from the peninsula and though taking off on Thursday the ANHINGA did return to the lake and was still present today at the same location. Hopefully it will stay through the weekend. On Tuesday a warbler decently photographed just north of soccer fields in Veterans Park in East Northport was subsequently identified through the Internet as a SWAINSON'S WARBLER, always a good find locally. It has not been seen since. The PAINTED BUNTING in the north end of Central Park since April 18th was heard singing last Sunday making it a first year male but unfortunately that was also the last day it was seen. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was identified Monday in the marshes off River Road in northwestern Staten Island and on Sunday an ICELAND GULL was still at Fort Tilden and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at the Breezy Point tip. An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed Saturday at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area where a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen Monday and a WHIMBREL visited the Timber Point Golf Course East Marina Saturday. A single CASPIAN TERN was noted at Swan Lake in Patchogue Monday with 2 at Randall's Island Wednesday and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is still in Brooklyn's Marine Park near the Stewart Street and Avenue T intersection. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted at the Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket on Sunday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. The EVENING GROSBEAKS present in Central and Prospect Parks were last noted on Saturday and Monday respectively while a RED CROSSBILL was still along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville Tuesday with 2 earlier on Saturday at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge and later 8 photographed Thursday in the Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest. A male SUMMER TANAGER was photographed nicely in Prospect Park last Monday and a female BLUE GROSBEAK appeared in Central Park the next day. Among the warblers ORANGE-CROWNED were still being seen at at least 4 locations and 5 HOODEDS were reported in Central Park Thursday while other species arriving locally included BLUE-WINGED, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and CANADA. Other migrants also showing up recently have featured YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, LEAST and COMMON TERNS, BLACK SKIMMER, WARBLING VIREO, VEERY and SWAINSON'S THRUSH and INDIGO BUNTING. 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/ --