[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 24 April 2020
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 24, 2020
* NYNY2004.24
- Birds mentioned
BROWN PELICAN+
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Caspian Tern
HARLEQUIN DUCK
KING EIDER
Least Bittern
Tricolored Heron
CATTLE EGRET
Little Blue Heron
Short-billed Dowitcher
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
WHIMBREL
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
VESPER SPARROW
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
Scarlet Tanager
Cliff Swallow
Yellow-throated Vireo
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
- 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 24th 2020
at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are BROWN PELICAN, WHITE-FACED
IBIS, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND
GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, WHIMBREL and other shorebirds, CATTLE EGRET,
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER and spring migrants.
Early for our region, but always welcome, a BROWN PELICAN was spotted
flying by Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning.
At least one of last week's WHITE-FACED IBIS at Timber Point Golf Course in
Great River visited the marsh by the East Marina a few times last weekend
with one of the few small flocks of Glossy Ibis moving around that area.
Though a WHITE-FACED was not reported there after Sunday among the other
unusual birds during the week were an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL, 2
WHIMBREL and 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS present there today. Three additional
WHIMBREL were noted on Fire Island east of Smith Point County Park last
Sunday.
At Orient Point an immature male KING EIDER joined the female there at
least to Thursday and 4 or more HARLEQUIN DUCKS remain as well with an
ICELAND GULL stopping by there Thursday. A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Lemon
Creek Park on Staten Island last Saturday. An immature BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKE was spotted off Moses Park Tuesday and some regional LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS starting to gather locally included 16 at Moses Park
Tuesday. A CASPIAN TERN was seen Monday and Thursday at Mecox Bay. A decent
spring location for this species.
A nice gathering of shorebirds at Captree Island last Sunday featured
single STILT, WHITE-RUMPED and LEAST SANDPIPERS and 2 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS among the GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS there.
During the week single TRICOLORED and LITTLE BLUE HERONS also appeared.
A LEAST BITTERN was a surprise visitor to a City Island backyard last
Sunday.
A CATTLE EGRET found Wednesday on Long Island's north fork was relocated
near the Downs Farm Preserve off Route 25 west of Cutchogue on Thursday but
not reported today.
Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continued this week in Central Park's north
end, at Cunningham Park in Queens and at the Long Pond Greenbelt in Sag
Harbor.
A VESPER SPARROW found Monday in Central Park's north end was followed by a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW present yesterday and today at Sparrow Rock.
At Hempstead Lake State Park a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, first spotted
last Sunday along the southwestern shore of Hempstead Lake, was still being
seen there yesterday. This area is across the road and usually a little
south of parking field 1. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues to sing near
the entrance to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. Among the
warblers being observed during this past week were such arrivals as
OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, WORM-EATING, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED
GREEN.
Other arrivals have featured YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, ORCHARD
and BALTIMORE ORIOLES and SCARLET TANAGER.
Decent numbers of BROAD-WINGED HAWKS moved by local hawkwatches Wednesday
and Thursday.
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
h
[nysbirds-l] Whimbrel, Timber Pt GC, East Marina area, Suffolk
Apologies for the late post; about 1 pm today, the 24th, acting on an earlier (morning) report, Bob P. & I walked SW from the E marina parking lot; after observing 4 Pectoral Sands, two Whimbrel were found along the bay shoreline near Hole #6 where they landed in a sandy area for several minutes then moved onto the grassy tee (closer to where I stood) a few minutes later they flew N toward the center of the GC and appeared to land near a large flock of Brant and other birds; they were not relocated during the next ~30 minutes I remained on site. Mike Scheibel Brookhaven Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, 4/21-22-23
Manhattan / N.Y. County (in N.Y. City), Tuesday, April 21 through Thursday, April 23 - A very active weather period, as has been so for much of this month in the region (& southern U.S. also, where almost all of our northbound migrants pass through reaching us). A Grasshopper Sparrow in Central Park on Thursday afternoon to evening provided a top highlight, seen by a modest no. of observers, and a rare find especially for spring there. More in the way of location & etc., below for that date. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has continued in Central Park’s north end thru Thursday, 4/23 (photographed). This makes 6 full months that this individual was in the same area, starting as a 1st year, quite drab-looking youngster, now & for some time in a bright fully-colored-up breeding-type plumage. Same location as ever, the west edge of the N. Meadow ballfields’ southwest sector fences, & in trees on the east side of the park’s W. Drive (roadway), with nearest park entry points at W. 97th, & also at W. 100th Streets, off Central Park West. It will be interesting to see how long this individual lingers at the favored site; it may be that with a big push of fresh migration, this woodpecker will then move on to some location for potential mate-seeking. Incidentally, no one knows the sex of this bird. All that’s known is its age, now just a bit less than 1 full year. Manhattan Arrivals included: WHITE-EYED VIREO, SCARLET TANAGER, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. ... Tues., 4/21 - Quite the mix of weather, with some fog & low clouds pushing out thru the morning, then bright sun, & a big fierce t-storm, including tornadic winds to the north, and a bit of small hail for mid-afternoon, then yet more sun & strong NW wind as a serious cold front pushed thru the city and all of the wider region late in the day & into Tuesday night. Some birds departed on Monday night, yet some others certainly arrived as well. There were at least mini-fallouts of some species, perhaps more so the closer to the ocean. A Pileated Woodpecker was re-found at Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan; this surely the same female which had been found originally at Inwood Hill Park & had likely been in that area all along. There are plenty of wooded sections, some of them far less-birded as well as some that are not easily-accessed, for even a fairly large bird of that sort to take refuge in. On Thursday, House Wren & of course other migrant species moved in to Ft. Tryon Park (T.Gray). White-eyed Vireo was found in Central Park (in the Ramble); a Scarlet Tanager (male), also in Central Park (at Summit Rock). An Ovenbird was photographed in Riverside Park near W. 108th St. by K.Fung, & seen by me later in the day. A Vesper Sparrow continued by the Meer in Central Park, seen there again in early morning. although at least a few other birders trying there later on apparently could not re-locate it. More Chimney Swifts in modest no’s. were noted from multiple locations over Manhattan. ... Wed., Earth Day, 4/22 - A strong cold front; about cold enough for some snow flurries in the early morning; winds gusting from the WNW at 20-30+ m.p.h. - larger birds were still able to handle this in diurnal flight, and 2 adult Bald Eagles made a stop IN Central Park, right in front of some asonished birders in the park’s Ramble. A Black-throated Green Warbler was found at the west edge of the Ramble in Central Park. A Baltimore Oriole was seen at Fort Tryon Park. For perhaps the 1st day this year, Chimney Swifts were seen flying quite low, even skimming the water’s surface in at least 2 locations in Central Park, at the reservoir, and at the Meer (each also seen with somewhat greater no’s. of swallows). Among other locations, I had a look around Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan and 1 bird popped out as soon as I arrived (early, with almost no one else around besides some park workers) - a bright fresh-condition male Common Yellowthroat; other spp. of interest for that park were 2 Gray Catbirds which had survived all winter there (one was aggressively investigating the rubbish bins for potential breakfast items), 2 Slate-colored Juncos right in front of the NYPL by the library/literary lions & nearby, multiple Hermit Thrushes, 2 E. Towhees (male & female), & at least 5 spp. of sparrows: Swamp, [Red] Fox, Chipping, Song, & White-throated, the latter the only in modest no’s. there. I gave a bit more effort there after seeing the 1 warbler. ... Thursday, 4/23 - Some very light snow flurries occurred in Manhattan in the morning, even though air temp’s. at the surface were in the low 40’s (F.); light winds overnight especially after midnight allowed some new migration, both of exodus and some influx. A Grasshopper Sparrow was found in Central Park (not an annually-seen migrant there!) by D.Barrett, and at least some others got to see before day’s end as well - thanks for the
