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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 19th, 2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWAINSON'S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, NORTHERN FULMAR, BROWN PELICAN, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, RED-NECKED GREBE, ICELAND GULL, CASPIAN TERN, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, Spring migrants and more.
This morning a male SWAINSON'S WARBLER was found in Brooklyn Bridge Park where it spent the day foraging in brushy areas from Pier 4 down to Pier 6. It would disappear for a while at times but would occasionally sing aiding in relocating the wandering bird. Hopefully, it will remain to Saturday.
The Prospect Park RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD made what may be a final visit Monday morning to the area where it had wintered near Breeze Hill spotted sitting fairly high up in the vegetation.
A nice flight off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning featuring an account of over 2,700 NORTHERN GANNETS as well as decent numbers of waterfowl and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also provided a light phase NORTHERN FULMAR moving east not too far offshore.
An immature BROWN PELICAN, perhaps the one seen back on the 8th, was spotted last Sunday moving by Lido Beach and shortly thereafter heading past Jones Beach West End then back out to sea.
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET was spotted last Saturday on a lawn at Hawley's Place Park just north of Route 27A in West Islip.
Three RED-NECKED GREBES were still off Dead Horse Point just west of Floyd Bennett Field this morning.
Single ICELAND GULLS were noted Saturday at Fort Tilden, Monday at Great Kills Park, and then Wednesday at Governors Island, and the next day off nearby Brooklyn. While CASPIAN TERN visited Pelham Bay Park last Sunday.
[...] LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday and an AMERICAN BITTERN visited Prospect Park from Monday to Thursday.
A GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found in Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday with a more colorful find that day was a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER spotted in nearby Prospect Park. This bird still present today around West Island in Prospect Park Lake. Besides the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River other YELLOW-THROATEDS include singles found at Southaven County Park Sunday and Central Park Monday and in Green-wood Cemetery Tuesday. The SUMMER TANAGER at Southaven County Park Saturday was followed by one Monday in Green-wood Cemetery where a BLUE GROSBEAK was present from Saturday through today. Other BLUE GROSBEAKS included one in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn since Sunday, one moving around the East Village in lower Manhattan from Tuesday on and one at Connetquot River State Park on Thursday.
A good number of Spring arrivals finally this week included such species as COMMON NIGHTHAWK, CHIMNEY SWIFT, SORA, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILLET and COMMON and LEAST TERNS as well as GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-THROATED and WARBLING VIREOS, VEERY and WOOD THRUSH, more SEASIDE and SALTMARSH SPARROWS and ORCHARD ORIOLE.
Among the arriving warblers have been OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NASHVILLE, more HOODED, AMERICAN REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED and PRAIRIE while a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS included singles seen in Central Park and Green-wood Cemetery.
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.
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