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, July 3rd 2026* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are WOOD STORK, SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BROWN PELICAN, GLAUCOUS GULL, offshore pelagics, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Quite surprising were 2 WOOD STORKS seen flying east together over Breezy Point late Tuesday morning, these followed 5 minutes later by a third headed in the same direction. There have been no subsequent reports of these birds. Also notable at Breezy Point were up to 6 BROWN PELICANS seen midday Saturday off the point and visiting the nearby sandbar these followed Sunday by 10 or more WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS moving offshore.
Two SANDWICH TERNS were spotted among the birds gathered today around Mecox Inlet. This congregation also featuring 2 ARCTIC TERNS as well as 18 ROSEATE and 12 ROYAL TERNS plus 26 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. Other ARCTIC TERNS during the week included 2 at Democrat Point at Fire Island last Sunday and 1 on Tuesday, 1 at Old Inlet in Bellport Bay on Monday and 1 at Cupsogue Beach County Park today while a BLACK TERN also visited Old Inlet Monday.
Lingering WHITE-FACED IBIS were seen again Monday and Tuesday mornings around the south end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and the also lingering immature GLAUCOUS GULL was noted over last weekend and on Tuesday at the Coney Island Beach & Boardwalk.
Among the small number of southbound shorebirds seen recently have been a STILT SANDPIPER at Jamaica Bay Wednesday, and a few SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, LEAST and SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, DUNLIN and RED KNOT.
Offshore pelagic birds moving along our Atlantic coast under proper conditions, especially off locations like Montauk Point, have recently included decent numbers of SOOTY, GREAT, and CORY'S SHEARWATERS with SCOPOLI'S also possible but requiring careful identification and other species also possible.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still in the middle of Prospect Park on Saturday and BLUE GROSBEAKS remain out in the Calverton area around the Preston's Pond Complex and the old Grumman airport.
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.
