-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 05, 2024 * NYNY2404.05
- Birds Mentioned WESTERN GREBE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) “BLACK” BRANT Harlequin Duck Red-necked Grebe Long-billed Dowitcher Razorbill BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Gannet Tricolored Heron Glossy Ibis ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Pileated Woodpecker Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Barn Swallow House Wren Marsh Wren Vesper Sparrow Louisiana Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED 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 5, 2024 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN GREBE, “BLACK” form of BRANT, BLACK-HEADED GULL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, “AUDUBON'S” race of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, spring migrants and more. With the March doldrums persisting, aided by poor non-migrating weather conditions, the variety of notable rarities continues to decrease (including no reports since March 29th of the lingering Rufous Hummingbird and Painted Bunting in Prospect Park and Hempstead Lake State Park, respectively). In that vein, the WESTERN GREBE off southern Staten Island was noted off Conference House Park last Sunday but not since, that we are aware of. The “BLACK” BRANT found back on March 23rd in the Field 5 traffic circle at Robert Moses State Park was seen there again on Monday and Tuesday with a small number of “ATLANTIC” BRANT, while three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still around Orient Point County Park on Monday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continued at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach through last weekend, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS remain scattered along the coast. Two or three RED-NECKED GREBES have been seen through the week off the southern end of Floyd Bennett Field and Dead Horse Point just to the west, and two more were still around Pelham Bay Park Monday, with two off Playland Park in Rye Thursday. Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still present along the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at least to Sunday. A few RAZORBILLS continuing along the Atlantic coast were augmented during a good flight off Robert Moses State Park Monday morning by around 100 moving east, joining decent numbers of waterfowl, various GULLS including an ICELAND and over 1,200 NORTHERN GANNETS. Scarce this winter, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was an interesting find last Sunday at Croton Point Park. Croton also features one or two continuing RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, with another still at the Marshlands Conservancy in Rye as well as continuing in the Calverton area, especially along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond, this off Schultz Road in Manorville. A PILEATED WOODPECKER was a surprise Sunday at Shu Swamp Nature Preserve in Mill Neck. The “AUDUBON'S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was still present last Saturday near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End, and some wintering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS continue in the area, joined by other incoming WARBLERS, including a few LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES from Saturday and more PINE and PALM WARBLERS. Other slowly arriving migrants have featured a TRICOLORED HERON on Staten Island since Monday, two GLOSSY IBIS at Heckscher State Park Monday, a PURPLE MARTIN visiting Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn as of Sunday, as well as more BARN and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, HOUSE and MARSH WRENS, a VESPER SPARROW in Central Park last Saturday, and a ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK visiting Conference House Park last Sunday. 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/ --