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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, May 3, 2024 at
11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, THICK-BILLED MURRE, RED CROSSBILL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK and more, including an extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT. |
With spring migration starting to accelerate, among the expected arrivals
there is often a surprise or two. Unfortunately, one of these, a
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, was seen only very briefly in northern Westchester
County, first appearing over Yorktown Heights late Tuesday afternoon and
then again Wednesday morning moving east just south of Croton Falls.
Somewhat more accommodating has been an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spotted
Thursday in Upper New York Bay, where it was drifting and flying between
Governors Island and the New Jersey side of the Bay; it continued visiting
both States today. Taking a trip on the Staten Island ferry proved
successful for some, as did scanning from The Battery in lower Manhattan or
from appropriate Brooklyn sites providing views of the Bay. It was last
seen heading into New Jersey waters this evening.
And on a slightly more extralimital note, a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT in
breeding. plumage was spotted yesterday afternoon on the Hudson River up in
Newburgh, Orange County. It was at the Ferry terminal, one of the sites
this species has been visiting the last couple of years, but there were no
reports today.
A THICK-BILLED MURRE, perhaps not an entirely happy individual, was present
Tuesday and Wednesday off the Marina at Wantagh Park just west of the
Wantagh Parkway, but it has not been reported since.
A CASPIAN TERN was spotted from Prospect Park Lake on Monday, and another
first noted at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Yaphank last Saturday
was still in that area yesterday. An AMERICAN BITTERN was also spotted
from Prospect Park Lake Monday.
A PILEATED WOODPECKER on Governors Island last weekend was certainly
unusual there, while RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park
and along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville, with another at
Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens Sunday.
A RED CROSSBILL was also recorded flying over the Paumanok Trail on
Thursday, and a few PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES continue to move
through.|
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW has been present at Strawberry Fields in Central
Park Thursday and today, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was found in Green-Wood
Cemetery today.
PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were present in Central Park Monday and Tuesday, in
Prospect Park Monday, and at Brooklyn Bridge Park Tuesday and Wednesday,
and several YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS included singles during the week in
Central, Prospect, Alley, Inwood Hill and Forest Parks, Oakland Lake and
Green-Wood Cemetery, as well as continuing at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum. KENTUCKY WARBLERS were reported from Tompkins Square Park
Monday and at a Brooklyn Community Garden at East 4th Street Wednesday,
while other arriving WARBLERS have included BAY-BREASTED, BLACKBURNIAN,
BLACKPOLL, CANADA and WILSON'S, plus an ORANGE-CROWNED at Hempstead Lake
State Park today.
SUMMER TANAGERS were reported again this week from Central and Prospect
Parks, Green-Wood Cemetery and Jones Beach West End, while six reports of
BLUE GROSBEAK included. birds at Fort Tryon, Owl’s Head and Fort Greene
Parks, up in North Salem in Westchester and out in Calverton.
Among recent arrivals have been EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, LEAST BITTERN,
SWAINSON'S THRUSH and NELSON'S and LINCOLN SPARROWS.
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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