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, April 26th, 2024* at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are LAZULI BUNTING, SWAINSON'S WARBLER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-NECKED GREBE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY and CERULEAN WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and much more.
Thanks to a posting on Facebook the presence of a LAZULI BUNTING coming to feeders in a residential section of Flanders just south of Riverhead became known and as of last Sunday birders were permitted to visit this site and enjoy this colorful young male as it made periodic appearances there. Visitors continued through Monday afternoon but unfortunately were not repeated Tuesday or thereafter. The homeowners and surrounding neighbors deserve a hardy thank you for welcoming the throng of birders into their neighborhood. This handsome bird will constitute a second New York State record after acceptance by NYSARC.
A SWAINSON'S WARBLER found on the 19th at Brooklyn Bridge Park was still present there Thursday but was not reported today. On Thursday the bird was foraging actively and would sing occasionally in the overgrown triangle next to the Pier 5 uplands lawn just south of the public restrooms. Hopefully, it might remain there.
Among lingering waterfowl, a black-type BRANT was reported Monday out of Captree State Park and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was still off Orient Point County Park on Monday. Three RED-NECKED GREBES were still in the waters off Dead Horse Point just west of Floyd Bennett Field on Saturday and a Staten Island CASPIAN TERN was at Wolfe's Pond Park on Wednesday and Freshkills Park the next day.
The AMERICAN BITTERN in the Central Park Ramble on Wednesday and Thursday was followed by an even more unusual LITTLE BLUE HERON in the Ramble today and a WESTERN CATTLE EGRET visited West Mill Pond in Forge River back on Wednesday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville and at Croton Point Park.
Single PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS reported one continuing in Prospect Park to last Saturday, one visiting Alley Pond Park Monday, and one Wednesday around Turtle Pond in Central Park. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS continue at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River and one visited Central Park's Ramble today. Also today a KENTUCKY WARBLER appeared at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island while a CERULEAN WARBLER appeared at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester Monday.
Several reports of SUMMER TANAGER included two birds in Central Park Thursday as well as singles in Prospect Park Wednesday through today, at Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station Tuesday through today and on Wednesday in Green-wood Cemetery and in Wantagh. Several BLUE GROSBEAKS have included one moving around Manhattan's East Village through today, one in Riverside Park Thursday, one continuing to Thursday in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Park, one in Heckscher State Park Thursday and one in Connetquot River State Park at least to Thursday and one at Montauk's Camp Hero Sunday.
Other seasonal migrants included YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER, RED-EYED VIREO, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and SCARLET TANAGER plus such warblers as BLUE-WINGED, TENNESSEE, CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.
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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