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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 16th 2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, SANDHILL CRANE, MISSISSIPPI KITE, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, FRANKLIN'S, LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULLS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, Spring migrants and more.
Last Sunday morning a soaring ANHINGA was spotted circling over Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and shortly after that was seen fairly low over a school at 114th Street in northern Manhattan before appearing over Prospect Park a half hour later and then moving on.
In showing that it does pay to keep looking up, a SANDHILL CRANE on Monday was observed flying over Green-wood Cemetery and soon thereafter over St. Josaphat's Monastery in Nassau County while single MISSISSIPPI KITES were noted last Saturday at Prospect Park and on Sunday over Green-wood Cemetery and then just this afternoon over Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.
On City Island Thursday morning a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was spotted visiting a feeder at a private home appearing there sporadically through Friday morning.
An adult FRANKLIN'S GULL appeared Thursday in the Hudson River just north of Piermont Pier in Rockland County, this sighting following another adult last Monday off Dockside Park in Putnam County. An immature LITTLE GULL was seen again Monday on Staten Island, this time in Lemon Creek Park where a BLACK-HEADED GULL was present both last Saturday and today.
Among the waterfowl a black form of BRANT was photographed Tuesday at Floyd Bennett Field and a female KING EIDER was still around Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn Tuesday. A RED-NECKED GREBE was off Plumb Beach today while a CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW was photographed in Central Park Saturday as it roosted in the Ramble.
Among the shorebirds an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was midday Thursday on the bar off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station, another unusual species among the gathering coastal numbers have included one or two STILT and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and RED KNOTS.
A young ICELAND GULL was still at Plumb Beach Thursday along with a CASPIAN TERN, another of which visited Croton Point Park last Saturday. A boat last Tuesday about 50 miles beyond the continental shelf encountered 6 DOVEKIES and a COMMON MURRE along with one GREAT and 3 SOOTY SHEARWATERS plus a single WHITE-FACED and 15 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are still being seen last weekend at Green-wood Cemetery and Hempstead Lake State Park.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER visited Canal Park in southern Manhattan Monday and another was found today at Roosevelt Preserve State Park in Westchester along Old Sleepy Hollow trail. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and a KENTUCKY WARBLER was in Prospect Park last Saturday.
A male SUMMER TANAGER was in Central Park's north end to Thursday while BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton area with one also at Preston's Pond in Manorville Tuesday.
Recent arrivals have included OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and BICKNELL'S THRUSH with the latter reported in Prospect Park today.
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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