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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: Gail Benson
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 4,
2025 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are PURPLE GALLINULE, DOVEKIE,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK-NECKED STILT,
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, ARCTIC TERN, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS,
DICKCISSEL, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
An adult PURPLE GALLINULE first spotted on Sharrotts Pond on Staten
Island last Sunday was still present there today, seen from the
boardwalk at the north end of the pond south of Sharrotts Road. This
is part of Clay Pit Ponds State Park, and the GALLINULE may at times
be difficult to locate.
Somewhat extraordinary was a DOVEKIE in breeding plumage seen briefly
Monday in Shinnecock Inlet, the bird disappearing before photos could
be taken.
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK found last Saturday on a pond in the
New Creek Watershed west of Freeborn Street in Midland Beach, Staten
Island, was still present there today.
A MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen briefly Tuesday moving southeast over
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Five BLACK-NECKED STILTS were noted Wednesday in a dune pool off the
Nature Center at Jones Beach West End; other shorebirds there that day
featured 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, plus LESSER YELLOWLEGS and LEAST
SANDPIPERS as well as 2 WHIMBREL on the Coast Guard Station sandbar.
A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was photographed last Saturday on the West Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
An immature ARCTIC TERN visited Napeague State Park last Sunday, and
an adult was photographed on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park
yesterday. Other TERNS included a GULL-BILLED at Jamaica Bay, a few
coastal ROSEATES, two CASPIANS on Staten Island Saturday and one at
Gilgo Monday, and more ROYALS appearing along the coast, with two
BLACKS also reported off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday.
A boat off Montauk Point Wednesday reported 45 GREAT, 3 SOOTY’S and
some CORY'S and SCOPOLI’S SHEARWATERS on a trip not far offshore.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN apparently continues on eastern Long Island,
being seen in Mecox Bay on Wednesday and then on Friday at Mecox Bay
and then shortly thereafter at Shinnecock, flying west on the bayside
towards the Ponquogue Bridge.
A few BROWN PELICAN sightings this week included 5 counted at the
Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station Monday followed by 8 seen
Thursday on sandbars in the bay off Cupsogue Beach County Park, with
singles also noted Wednesday at Shinnecock off Dune Road and off Fire
Island today.
A DICKCISSEL was identified at a restricted section of Great Kills
Park on Staten Island Monday, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the
Calverton area.
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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