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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, April 5,
2024 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN GREBE, “BLACK” form of
BRANT, BLACK-HEADED GULL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER,
“AUDUBON'S” race of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, spring migrants and more.
With the March doldrums persisting, aided by poor non-migrating
weather conditions, the variety of notable rarities continues to
decrease (including no reports since March 29th of the lingering
Rufous Hummingbird and Painted Bunting in Prospect Park and Hempstead
Lake State Park, respectively).
In that vein, the WESTERN GREBE off southern Staten Island was noted
off Conference House Park last Sunday but not since, that we are aware
of.
The “BLACK” BRANT found back on March 23rd in the Field 5 traffic
circle at Robert Moses State Park was seen there again on Monday and
Tuesday with a small number of “ATLANTIC” BRANT, while three HARLEQUIN
DUCKS were still around Orient Point County Park on Monday.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continued at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach through
last weekend, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS remain scattered
along the coast.
Two or three RED-NECKED GREBES have been seen through the week off the
southern end of Floyd Bennett Field and Dead Horse Point just to the
west, and two more were still around Pelham Bay Park Monday, with two
off Playland Park in Rye Thursday.
Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still present along the south end of
the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at least to Sunday.
A few RAZORBILLS continuing along the Atlantic coast were augmented
during a good flight off Robert Moses State Park Monday morning by
around 100 moving east, joining decent numbers of waterfowl, various
GULLS including an ICELAND and over 1,200 NORTHERN GANNETS.
Scarce this winter, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was an interesting find last
Sunday at Croton Point Park. Croton also features one or two
continuing RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, with another still at the
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye as well as continuing in the Calverton
area, especially along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond, this off
Schultz Road in Manorville.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER was a surprise Sunday at Shu Swamp Nature
Preserve in Mill Neck.
The “AUDUBON'S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was still present last Saturday
near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End, and some
wintering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS continue in the area, joined by
other incoming WARBLERS, including a few LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES from
Saturday and more PINE and PALM WARBLERS.
Other slowly arriving migrants have featured a TRICOLORED HERON on
Staten Island since Monday, two GLOSSY IBIS at Heckscher State Park
Monday, a PURPLE MARTIN visiting Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn as of
Sunday, as well as more BARN and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, HOUSE
and MARSH WRENS, a VESPER SPARROW in Central Park last Saturday, and a
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK visiting Conference House Park last Sunday.
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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