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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
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, July 25,
2025 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today's tape are WHITE IBIS, LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN
WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, MARBLED GODWIT, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The week’s regional reports of immature WHITE IBIS were all located on
Staten Island, with one noted last Saturday up near Midland Beach,
followed by 3 at a marsh in Oakwood a little north of Great Kills
Park, seen just west of Delwit Avenue on Tuesday and off Riga Street
on Wednesday.
The immature LITTLE GULL off Breezy Point was still present at least
to Tuesday, and a BROWN PELICAN was spotted there last Saturday.
Other BROWN PELICANS occurring coastally along the Atlantic included 3
at Jones Beach West End last Saturday and 1 in Fire Island Inlet on
Sunday.
The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN visiting Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge has
been moving around a bit, spending much of its time at the north end
of the East Pond, but also appearing around the West Pond Monday and
Thursday and even up at the North Channel Bridge on Monday; we did not
hear of any reports today. The water level on the East Pond continues
to be higher than desired, and more shorebirds have actually been
visiting the West Pond - hopefully, this will change soon. Out on the
bay islands south of the West Pond were up to 4 WHIMBREL last weekend
along with various shorebirds and a couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS, and
another GULL-BILLED visited Plumb Beach from Monday on.
A WHIMBREL also appeared at Riis Park Saturday, and a MARBLED GODWIT
visited the shorebird flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park from Monday
through today. Numbers and variety among the shorebirds should
continue to increase as the season progresses.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 6 at Fort Tilden Saturday, 3 at
Breezy Point Sunday, and single CASPIAN TERNS were reported from
Jamaica Bay Monday and Plumb Beach Wednesday.
Pelagic birds reported from shore this week were quite minimal but did
include a WILSON’S STORM-PETREL off Riis Park Sunday.
On eastern Long Island, LEAST BITTERNS were noted at the Arshamomaque
Preserve in Greenport West early in the week, and a couple were also
present Saturday at the Wertheim NWR in Shirley, while BLUE GROSBEAKS
continue in the Calverton area, and 2 were also spotted Tuesday at
Wildwood State Park.
Along with some expected shorebirds, also entering our region have
been a smattering of early WARBLERS starting to head south, such as
both LOUISIANA and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSHES, and BLUE-WINGED,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, WORM-EATING, MAGNOLIA, PRAIRIE and CANADA WARBLERS.
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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