- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 25, 2012 * NYNY1205.25
- Birds Mentioned: WHITE-FACED IBIS+ MISSISSIPPI KITE+ BICKNELL'S THRUSH+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Common Eider Sooty Shearwater MANX SHEARWATER Cattle Egret Whimbrel Red Knot Wilson's Phalarope Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Roseate Tern Parasitic Jaeger Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Gray-cheeked Thrush Tennessee Warbler Cape May Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Bay-breasted Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Worm-eating Warbler Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler SUMMER TANAGER 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 nysa...@nybirds.org . If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: Jeanne Skelly - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 420 Chili-Scottsville Rd. Churchville, NY 14428 ~ Transcript ~ Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays) Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Karen Fung [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 25th at 6:00pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE-FACED IBIS, MISSISSIPPI KITE, MANX SHEARWATER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BICKNELL'S THRUSH, and SUMMER TANAGER. Two notable reports from today involve an adult MISSISSIPPI KITE, seen this morning over Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island, and the adult WHITE-FACED IBIS appearing again with Glossy Ibis on Scoy Pond at the Grace Estate in the Northwest Woods section of East Hampton. The White-face was first seen at this access-restricted site back on May 12th. A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was also on Staten Island Monday. As a reminder that land bird migration is not yet completely over, a small push of migrants arrived Wednesday, some lingering into Thursday and today. Central Park on Wednesday produced a small number of MOURNING WARBLERS among about 20 or so species of warblers overall, these including TENNESSEE WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, WILSON'S WARBLER, and HOODED WARBLER. At least one MOURNING had continued there to today. Prospect Park also recorded MOURNING WARBLER on Wednesday, this one of the highlight species of late migration. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES have also been present, and at Forest Park last Saturday a singing BICKNELL'S THRUSH was found and seen in direct comparsion with a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH. These two were also present near the waterhole on Sunday. Also still around the virtually dry but artificially enhanced waterhole last Saturday was a young male SUMMER TANAGER. Central Park also reported BICKNELL'S THRUSH Wednesday and a SUMMER TANAGER lingering to Tuesday. Late May is also noted for a variety of Empidonax flycatchers moving through. Central Park provided a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER Wednesday, and Prospect an ACADIAN FLYCATCHER Thursday, and ALDER FLYCATCHER has also been singing in some local parks, including on Wednesday. A singing YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still present yesterday at Connetquot River State Park in Oakdale. The bird continues mostly in the evergreens along the road from just past the entrance toll booth, around the left bend in the road, in the area across from the first set of buildings. It is not known if a mate has yet been attracted, but this potentially very interesting nesting record should be monitored. Seawatching has proven rather productive lately, with a good number of SOOTY SHEARWATERS occurring off the South Shore of Long Island. Peak counts have tallied 81 off Robert Moses State Park field 2 Tuesday morning, and 43 there Wednesday morning, plus 77 off Smith Point County Park in Shirley and 30 off West Hampton Dunes on Tuesday. The first two MANX SHEARWATERS of the season were spotted off Mecox, along with eight SOOTYS last Saturday. A few PARASITIC JAEGERS have also been identified: three off Moses Park, field 2, last Sunday were followed by a good count of six there Monday morning and three more yesterday. Arriving soon will be some Wilson's Storm-Petrels, plus Great Shearwaters and Cory's Shearwaters. Other birds besides some Northern Gannets off Moses Park have included BLACK TERNS and ROSEATE TERNS with a CASPIAN TERN over Great South Bay Tuesday. These three terns have also been in the Cupsogue County Park and Pike's Beach area of West Hampton Dunes this week. Decent numbers of non-adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS continue along the barrier beaches. Some counts include seven at Jones Beach West End field 2 Tuesday, at least four in the Moses to Democrat Point area Sunday and Monday, six in the parking lot at Smith Point Park Tuesday, there joined by an immature GLAUCOUS GULL. Good numbers of shorebirds too have been gathering along the South Shore. Ninety RED KNOTS were among the group at Jones Beach West End Coast Guard bar on Sunday. Cupsogue has an impressive gathering, and a WHIMBREL was reported from Mecox Wednesday. A CATTLE EGRET was still at the Mecox Dairy along Mecox Road, across from Halsey Lane on Monday. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found at the south end of Long Pond in Sag Harbor on Saturday. Forty COMMON EIDER and four ROSEATE TERNS were were off Montauk Point last Saturday. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Happy Holiday, and thank you for calling. [~END TAPE~] ~ End Transcript ~ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
