Date: 7/1/25 3:38 am From: Thomas Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, and N.Y. County, NYC - late June lingerers and breeding birds
Manhattan - with additions for all of New York County - in N.Y. City
thru end of June
A Pied-billed Grebe at Central Park’s Turtle Pond was quite uncommon for the county in early summer, found on June 23rd, although the species is not unprecedented in the summer months in this county. One Hooded Merganser has been in the Central Park reservoir again, unusual for this time of year, yet that species has become slightly more regular in the region in summer, and this one bird may represent part of that trend, seen over at least several recent days there.
The habitat-news out of Central Park is that in the northeast sector of that park, the big project of making a new - redesigned swimming pool and the associated shoreline of over half of the waterbody known as The Meer, is now fully re-open to the public. The Meer has tens of thousands of new plants, mainly native plants. It also has a few sections of shore-path that extend over the water, as metal boardwalk paths, while eliminating some parts of the former cindered walks, although some parts of those might remain, or will be paved. The newly-reopened area is sure to be very popular and very busy all summer on into the rest of this year, the more so as the word gets out that the new pool is ready, in use already, and the Meer path is now walkable again all-around. The water from the Loch now flows visibly - rather than partly in an invisible channel - thru a channeled but planted sluice with very small dams into the Meer, with a path alongside. Also fully-opened again is the entire Conservatory Garden in the park, which is the only gated, fenced formal garden in the park - some plantings were removed or reduced in that garden to make for wider paths of stone, and entire allies of very old large ornamental apple trees were replaced by much smaller, younger trees. It remains to be seen how native birds like all of the changes in this area of Central Park, and there is still a lot overall of that north end of that park which is still much as it had been in recent years.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds continue to be seen in at least several sites in the county, including at Central Park. Close observations could possibly reveal nesting, which have happened in the past in the modern era in this county. Not known as a common breeder here, however! There may also be some individuals that simply linger thru all or part of a summer and are not breeding or attempting to nest. The Monk Parakeets are watched more this summer than in any other year in recent memory, while not at all a new breeding species in this county, and not even in a new site where the vast majority of observers are watching at a nest. More comments below on the species. To put it bluntly, there were birds and bird-observations for a long time pre-eBird.
At least some warblers were still around the county, among these were a few of those which are breeding or could be attempting to, mainly Yellow Warblers and Common Yellowthroats. A slight possibility for the lingering American Redstarts, and even the Northern Parulas that had been lingering past mid-June, for attempts at breeding in this county, although full documentation of such would be required to prove any such. At least one of the N. Parulas is still in the Central Park Ramble, and some have reported two birds in the same area in June. Redstarts were ongoing in several areas of the county.
Other warblers that were still about have included a straggling Magnolia Warbler, a late or straggling Canada Warbler, and at least a few Ovenbirds and, as with the Ovenbirds a not-that unusual straggler for Central Park, Black-and-white Warbler. Some of the warbler species that are found in late June, or into earliest July are likely non-breeding individuals and might well stay in the county thru the summer, leaving as the fall or southbound migration - which of course starts in July - gets into higher gear. By the second week of July, at least a few warbler species may be starting to return south, in low densities and numbers - in any normal year. By late July, a lot more of the earliest-moving fall-southbound warblers and some other songbirds are already coming back - to a greater extent than is commonly expected or watched.
Laughing Gull has been quite regular in many locations recently, occasionally in modest numbers, or as singles or small groups. Yellow-crowned Night Herons are mostly found in this county at Randalls Island, but are at least occasional elsewhere, including as flybys at certain hours, which may be during darkness. Black-crowned Night Heron is by far the more common and widely-seen of the 2 night heron species in our area. Both visit, feed in, and roost in this county during warmer months and are at least uncommon visitors or partial-residents in many of the colder months, as well.
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Some of the birds that are nesting or have bred this year in this county - some species in only one or a few locations within the county. Species noted below do not include all of the birds seen in recent weeks.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan - in locations that can be viewed in and from this county.
Gadwall
Mallard
Mallard - feral and domestic types
American Black Duck
Feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Killdeer
American Herring Gull
Common Tern
Green Heron - multiple areas in multiple county locations, including multiple nests in Central Park this summer.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted form of so-called Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Coopers Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Monk Parakeet - a lot of observation of those in one location this summer. This is at a known, historical location area where the species had bred or attempted to breed over the past 4 decades or more - it is not a new area for the species, but had not been highly-observed until very recently, and the parakeets have other potential nest locations, as well. The specific location for many observers is one that was used in past years, with little observation in most of those years, it is not at all a new location to the parakeets. It may or may not be a nest site for now, but simply a regular roost, with an ongoing or rebuilt nest of sticks, as is typical.
Owls - two species are definitely breeding again. All owls are generally not posted in eBird during this season. Some birds being reported as heard may not be owls.
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher - at least attempting to.
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven - multiple successful nestings.
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - nesting has occurred in at least 3 locations in the county, perhaps more this year.
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat - fledged young, in at least 2 locations. This species is also lingering in some Manhattan locations where breeding is rather unlikely.
Yellow Warbler
Northern Cardinal
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And some species which have nested here in past decades, and could again be nesting -
Common Nighthawk - with huge decreases in the modern era, this was once a fairly common summer bird of this city including this county.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - adult males and females in the past month in a number of locations, with some sightings to the end of June.
Indigo Bunting - potential for nesting may be low, but this species has at least attempted breeding in the county before.
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Plus some possible or potential nesters or nest-attempters here, within N.Y. County -
Wood Duck - at least 2 continuing, but no hints of any breeding activity by these individuals.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - this species has nested within the county in the past century.
Belted Kingfisher - occurs often in summer but are thought to be non-breeding birds.
Pileated Woodpecker - perhaps unlikely but not inconceivable in northern Manhattan.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - very unlikely. This species summers-thru in small numbers about every year, many in various odd-spots in Manhattan.
Red-headed Woodpecker - unlikely, and as this species would -presumably- be noticed in summer! It is a regular migrant and often winters. There was a possibility of a breeding attempt when as many as TEN individuals spent a winter in ONE park, Central Park and then several of this species remained to late-May of that year, however at exactly the point when any potential breeding might have been attempted, there was a massive tree-limbing - cutting specifically in the exact areas where the species was present and soon after, all of the individuals were no longer seen. And, since that time, fewer of the species have visited that park in any given year, although the species still occurs each year, most-often in fall and some also staying into some winters. As most know, this species is scarce as a breeder in most of the northeast in our modern era, with some sites that have the species each year, in NYS and in other parts of northeastern states.
Scarlet Tanager - adult birds have stayed thru summer in some years at some parks.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak adults have stayed thru summer in some years at some parks.
Blue Grosbeak - probably highly-unlikely, but not inconceivable in some parts of the county.
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Various birds are unlikely as nesters within the county itself, but may be nesting in the vicinity, particularly for some on small uninhabited isles in, for example, the western ends of Long Island Sound, or in the East River estuary or elsewhere near this county. Many of the below species are occasional to every-day visitors at some times of each year, and some are nearly-regular all year long. A few, such as Willet, are exceedingly-rare in this county despite being common in some particular parts of N.Y. City in the nesting season. There is also the regular confusion of the species which may start to return-south early in summer, and might be mistaken for individuals which tried to breed here - and further confusion is also possible as some of those species also can and do breed in limited numbers, such as -for one example- Yellow Warbler. The hundreds of Yellow Warblers showing again by the start of August in this county are mostly southbound-migrators, some of which may linger a while here in their return journeys - while very few are likely to be those individuals or offspring which actually nested in the county, at that date or later. Each species of bird has its own particularities of phenology and that also may often be complex within each species, as well. The earliest of returning southbound migrants are often somewhat -relatively- overlooked, even to this day when so many observers continue to be active at all seasons.
American Oystercatcher - increased awareness is likely reflective of an increase in the species around the county-waters, and for adjacent shores.
American Woodcock - not known in the modern era as a breeder here, but not inconceivable - rather scarcely-documented here in summer however.
Spotted Sandpiper - fairly regular in summer, but many can be both late-stragglers, and some may linger, as well as early-southbound returnees coming thru.
Willet - rare, and is not really expected as a breeder in the county, nor for any regular passages.
Laughing Gull - regular and may be increasing a bit in the county, including visitants and flyover sightings.
Ring-billed Gull - uncommon but regular in summer, non-breeders.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - possible in summer, with rather scant sightings in most years, especially outside of unusual weather.
Great Black-backed Gull - regular in all times of year in the county.
Forsters Tern - recent sightings from a few locations, status in the county is unclear but remains a scarce species, while Common Tern is a breeding bird.
Black Skimmer - occasional and may show in any location in summer, with evening, night-time, and dawn feeding being observed for some years in some places in the county.
Double-crested Cormorant - regular all summer, frequent flyovers as well as roosting and feeding.
Black-crowned Night-Heron - regular all summer in multiple locations, especially for observers out at dusk, dawn, or in night-hours in some locations here.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - fairly regular but scarce in just a few locations, especially on Randalls Island.
Black Vulture - increasingly noted from this county, some are actually flying over adjacent New Jersey, but also may be found roosting, rarely in this county in summer.
Turkey Vulture - regular but generally uncommon in early summer here.
Osprey - more regular in summer than in many past decades in the county - and could -potentially- nest in some select sites in the county.
Boat-tailed Grackle - wanders into this county at various times or seasons, any suspected breeding for this county would require full-documentation.
Ovenbird - often some which summer in the county, esp. in some Manhattan locations, none suspected at all of attempting to breed.
American Redstart - few, lingering in a few sites where no breeding is at-all likely, and in all sites in the county the species is still an unlikely breeder, however, in some larger wooded parks and perhaps elsewhere, should be watched in case of any pairing, or any real evidence of attempted-breeding.
Northern Parula - uncommonly lingering into summer in the county, with more such records in the modern era.
Black-and-white Warbler - lingering birds are regular in this county, into and in summer. No breeding has ever been suspected nor documented for these here.
Summer Tanager - occasional to very late spring, perhaps some also linger to early summer, and also may re-appear thru the summer - status is little-known for much of the immediate region, but breeding is at least a possibility in the region. Much more regular that in past decades, and might be increasing a bit northwards.
And there are some additional examples of species that may sometimes be seen in early summer in this county, and which may not be breeding here. Our multiple White-throated Sparrows are not breeding in this county, the majority of those are seen in Manhattan and some may have lingered in specific locations for many many months. Less common in summer, Swamp Sparrow also is not seen as a breeder, but will sometimes linger in summer. Our regularly-breeding native sparrows are Song and Chipping, each nesting annually in multiple locations, including in Central Park. The status of summer Savannah Sparrow is unclear here, but seem likely to be straggling individuals, unless proven otherwise. The latter is generally rare to very-rare in summer in this county. In these contexts, summer is mostly a reference to the end of June and the month of July.
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Vast numbers and diversity of insect life, much of it supporting the birds which feed on many insects are being noted all around the county. Many summer flowers are out or have been starting to bloom, with abundant rain - and summer weather.
Good July observations to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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Date: 6/30/25 6:20 pm From: Andrew Block <ablock22168...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Hunter Lake Trumpeter Swans
Went to see the family of Trumpeter Swans up in Sullivan Co. on Hunter Lake in Bethel yesterday. Saw all four cruising around mostly oblivious to all the fishermen out there. Hope they come back. Good to see they aren't bothered by them much. Fathest south in NYS I've seen them nesting. Awesome.
Andrew
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, June 27,
2025 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, a pelagic trip
featuring BAND-RUMPED and LEACH’S STORM-PETRELS and MANX and SCOPOLI’S
SHEARWATERS, onshore SANDWICH and ARCTIC TERNS, AMERICAN WHITE and
BROWN PELICANS, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK
and more.
Last Sunday a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was photographed mid-day as its
soared along the east side of the Hudson River over
Hastings-on-Hudson, only to once again quickly disappear.
A pelagic trip aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn, Sunday evening, reaching deep water around Hudson Canyon by
dawn, and returning by Monday evening. Species encountered included 2
BLACK TERNS off Breezy Point, 1 BAND-RUMPED, 6 LEACH’S and 2,186
WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS, and 24 CORY’S, 8 SCOPOLI’S, 555 GREAT, 7 SOOTY
and 2 MANX SHEARWATERS. Also counted were 63 CORY’S or SCOPOLI’S
SHEARWATERS, indicating the problem both pelagic and onshore
sea-watchers now face in separating these two recently split but very
similar species. Good photographs, especially of the underwing
pattern, will be quite instrumental in species determination.
Pelagics seen recently from shore under appropriate weather
conditions, especially off Robert Moses State Park and points East,
have included the above-mentioned SHEARWATERS, WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS,
and also PARASITIC JAEGER.
Out on the low tide flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park in Westhampton
Beach, a SANDWICH TERN was photographed on Monday and an immature
ARCTIC TERN was spotted several times from Saturday to Tuesday, while
other TERNS included. 11. ROSEATES counted Saturday and 2 BLACK TERNS
seen Sunday.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was present again at Mecox Inlet Monday,
while BROWN PELICANS along the coast included at least 3 off Robert
Moses State Park and another at Shinnecock Inlet Thursday, preceded by
1 noted off Great Gull Island back on Friday the 20th.
An ACADIAN FLYCATCHER was still in Prospect Park Monday, while
surprising were a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER at the Mount Loretto Unique
Area on Staten Island last Saturday and a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE visiting
Croton Point Park in Westchester on the 20th but not seen thereafter .
BLUE GROSBEAKS continue in the Calverton area, including around the
Preston's Pond complex
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 20th 2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MISSISSIPPI KITE, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, AMERICAN AVOCET, WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN, probable SOUTH POLAR SKUA and other onshore pelagics, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Again this week a MISSISSIPPI KITE appeared in our area this time last Sunday briefly over the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester County, that park's second species of kite within a week, and our hope is that with this hatch year for the 17-Year Cicada that a few more kites might find their way up here.
Two species of pelicans this week featured an AMERICAN WHITE seen over the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge midday Monday with another reported at Bellport Bay yesterday while an immature BROWN PELICAN was reported Sunday and Thursday mornings off Nickerson Beach and off Staten Island Wednesday.
An AMERICAN AVOCET was seen today on the bay side at Smith Point County Park in Shirley but missed subsequently while the WHITE-FACED IBIS was still being seen in the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at least to Monday.
This is the season that ARCTIC TERNS have been showing up at tern gathering locations with one noted at Cupsogue County Park both Tuesday and Thursday and another at Nickerson Beach on Wednesday the latter location also a decent one at which to see ROSEATE and GULL-BILLED TERNS around the colony there.
The Captree Summer Bird Count recorded about 127 species last Saturday with both the ICELAND GULL at Heckscher State Park and the CASPIAN TERN in Sayville new for the count. Other highlights included LEAST BITTERN, ACADIAN FLYCATCHER and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River but also quite notable was the ocean flight witnessed off Robert Moses State Park a day later on Sunday.
Finally some CORY'S and GREAT SHEARWATERS began showing up as did a MANX and 3 SOOTY SHEARWATERS plus a few WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS but the most interesting bird spent its time harassing the larger shearwaters and though dealing with long distance and not ideal viewing conditions but spurred by discernable field marks was thought to be a SOUTH POLAR SKUA unfortunately moving on shortly thereafter.
A couple of CASPIAN TERNS flew over Playland Lake in Rye Wednesday evening with another at Great Kills Park today.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted in the woods at Wagner College off Hillside Avenue on Staten Island today.
Both SUMMER TANAGER and BLUE GROSBEAK continue in the Calverton area especially around the Preston's Pond Complex off Grumman Boulevard.
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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Date: 6/20/25 3:46 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - into June 19th
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Governors, Randalls, and Roosevelt islands and the adjacent waters and skies above -
thru June 19th, the last full day of spring on the calendar -
Glossy Ibis occurred as a fly-by over Governors Island on June 14th. On June 19th -also known as Juneteenth- 2 American Oystercatchers were noted passing Governors Island moving towards western Brooklyn, and also noted again at Governors were Willow Flycatchers, potentially a breeding pair, although full confirmation will be if-when any young are seen, and that any young also are seen to fledge successfully as well. A Black Skimmer was again noted for this county on June 14, seen from Roosevelt Island.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were ongoing in several sites, particularly and most-recently in the garden of Fort Tryon Park, upper Manhattan. This species has sometimes bred in this county, including in parks in Manhattan in the modern era. Manhattan will typically have a number of summering Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, and this summer looks to be no-exception, with some of these individuals -which are not breeding here- in even the smallest of greenspaces, or occasionally in street trees, in and along various neighborhoods streets or boulevards. Some of the individuals may be lingering beyond one full calendar year.
Lingering birds at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan included at least several warblers, with Magnolia Warbler the more unusual for the date and location, this week. Other warblers still being seen in the county have included Canada, N. Parula, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Black-and-white, and Yellow Warblers, plus American Redstarts - all of these species found in multiple sites to this week. A few Mourning Warblers were also straggling thru to this week, and at least one female Blackpoll, but other female warblers could remain lurking in deep foliage and being rather quiet as well. More-usual lingerers at Bryant Park have been numbers of White-throated Sparrow, some Gray Catbirds, and at least Swamp Sparrow as well as some other species - often a couple of warblers which may summer thru in that park, in particular Ovenbird and-or Common Yellowthroat.
Northern Parulas were still being found around N.Y. City in some locations this week, and that also included in New York County, in part on Manhattan island. This is a species that has - very rarely - bred or attempted to nest in this city in approximations of appropriate habitat, so quietly watching any lingering birds, especially if paired, might be interesting. American Redstart is also at least possible as a breeder in the county, and Yellow Warbler and Common Yellowthroat have bred or attempted to regularly, if in limited sites in the county.Overall, a fair majority of all bird species still in this county now are breeding here, or are regular, perhaps daily visitors or non breeding lingerers.
At Randalls Island, numbers of night-herons continued with more than one Yellow-crowned Night-Heron semi-regular through this week, and many Black-crowneds in varying plumages, which are also seen from around the county, particularly at night and dawn or dusk hours - the latter can be seen coming and going at multiple locations in the county, at those tween-the-dark-and-the-light hours. Cliff Swallows are also still around Randalls Island with at least 2 successful fledges already-recently, and hopefully more, while in the county overall, Barn Swallow is by far most common with Tree and N. Rough-winged Swallows also regular in multiple locations. Regular in the past 10 or more days at Randalls Island have been Green Heron, Snowy and Great Egret, all including fly-by birds, and a modest variety of birds that may potentially be breeding there, but which also may be breeding elsewhere nearby -or, not breeding in this calender year- and are simply regular visitors.
This county has had Indigo Bunting attempt nesting over the years in various locations, and has also had individuals linger into calendar summer with no evident nesting, there are still at least a few of this species around, the males generally more obvious but some females also lingered as well. Monk Parakeets are ongoing, particularly at one long-favored site where they have nested in the past at the western edge of upper Manhattan. A few reports also have come from other locations recently.
Happy Summer Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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Date: 6/16/25 9:07 pm From: <marciaaabrahams...> <marciaaabrahams...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] The next Queens County Bird Club hybrid meeting (in person and via Zoom) is this Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30 PM featuring Jennifer Pines "Birding in England with side trips to Amsterdam and Germany"
The next Queens County Bird Club meeting is this Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30 PM at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 229-10 Northern Blvd, Douglaston, NY 11362. This meeting will be hybrid (in person and also available via Zoom)Jennifer Pines will present "Birding in England with side trips to Amsterdam and Germany".Jennifer had the opportunity to visit Great Britain twice last year, in January and May, with add on trips to Germany and the Netherlands in the spring trip. While it wasn't a birding trip, she had finally put her foot down after family trips yielded almost no birds. (Italy 11 species, China 8 species) and said, "There will be birding!" Seeing two different seasons, winter ducks in January and arriving migrants in May gives a fuller picture of the variety of species found in northern Europe and Great Britain.Jennifer Wilson-Pines has loved birds since age 10 when her parents put up a bird feeder. She has been active with the North Shore Audubon Society since 1997 as Conservation Chair, field trip leader, Newsletter editor, and President. She is the Co-compiler for Northern Nassau Christmas Count. She managed a large format still life advertising photography studio in the city for 12 years in the pre-digital age but now shoots for ID and enjoyment because she is no longer willing to cart 50 lbs. of camera gear. Nikon Coolpix p950 Bridge super zoom, 5 spare batteries and 2 chips.Please be prompt and ring the bell to be let in since there won't be any coverage at the front desk.To register for this event via Zoom, click on to:
https://us02web.zoom.us/.../register/qtJKCLoPRcuPqUvk-y0lMQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttps://qcbirdclub.org/Email:Â <MarciaAAbrahams...>Â
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Date: 6/14/25 8:52 am From: Andrew Block <ablock22168...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] New bird for Westchester
I was surprised to get my 250th bird for Westchester yesterday by driving past the Yonkers Home Depot. I had a Cliff Swallow picking up mud from a puddle right next to the store. I assume they are nesting somewhere on that building or nearby. I'm surprised it took me so long to find on in this part of NY. Â
Andrew
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, June 13th 2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWALLOW-TAILED and MISSISSIPPI KITES, AMERICAN WHITE and BROWN PELICANS, FRANKLIN'S and LITTLE GULLS, WHITE and WHITE-FACED IBIS, ARCTIC TERN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
A decent week for rarities with for instance two species of kites reported while neither stayed for long. A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was seen briefly a few times over Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester Tuesday afternoon before moving on and a MISSISSIPPI KITE was reported Wednesday afternoon near Great Kills Park on Staten Island.
The AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN visiting Mecox Bay since Wednesday the 4th was still present this morning but may have decided to later change locations while perhaps the same adult BROWN PELICAN as noted back on the 5th off Breezy Point was photographed Wednesday afternoon off Nickerson Beach.
An adult FRANKLIN'S GULL was photographed loafing with Laughing Gulls on the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End Thursday morning while an immature LITTLE GULL first spotted June 5th on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was still being seen there through today though it has ventured occasionally as far north as the Cross Bay Boulevard Bridge to Howard Beach.
A WHITE-FACED IBIS has also been present with Glossy Ibis feeding on the West Pond since Monday though the BLACK-NECKED STILT also frequenting the refuge's West Pond since June 5th was last noted there on Wednesday. Three immature WHITE IBIS were reported moving over central Staten Island last Monday but not noted since.
A WHIMBREL was out at Jamaica Bay Monday.
An ICELAND GULL was noted at field 7 at Heckscher State Park from Monday through Thursday and various terns included an ARCTIC TERN at Nickerson Beach Sunday, one or two adults at Pike's Beach and Cupsogue Beach County Park early in the week and an immature on Democrat Point at Robert Moses State Park Thursday along with one or more CASPIAN and BLACK TERNS along the coast and a few ROYALS arriving.
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River while both SUMMER TANAGER and BLUE GROSBEAK are still present around the Preston's Pond Complex in Calverton.
The 50th Annual Greenwich-Stamford Summer Bird Count including much of eastern Westchester last weekend recorded 135 species, rarities including RED-NECKED GREBE, GLOSSY IBIS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, BLACK-BELLIED and SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, RUDDY TURNSTONE, FORSTER'S TERN, ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, MOURNING, and HOODED 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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Date: 6/13/25 8:13 pm From: <marciaaabrahams...> <marciaaabrahams...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Do not miss the next Queens County Bird Club meeting on Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30 PM featuring Jennifer Pines "Birding in England with side trips to Amsterdam and Germany"
This meeting will be hybrid. More information to follow at the beginning of next week.
Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttps://qcbirdclub.org/Email:Â <MarciaAAbrahams...>Â
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: <marciaaabrahams...> <marciaaabrahams...>To: NYSBIRDS-L <nysbirds-l...>Sent: Monday, June 2, 2025 at 06:08:06 PM EDTSubject: Do not miss the next Queens County Bird Club meeting on Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30 PM featuring Jennifer Pines "Birding in England with side trips to Amsterdam and Germany"
Do not miss the next Queens County Bird Club meeting on Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30 PM at the Alley Pond Environmental Center, 229-10 Northern Blvd, Douglaston, NYÂ 11362.
Jennifer Pines will present "Birding in England with side trips to Amsterdam and Germany".
Jennifer had the opportunity to visit Great Britain twice last year, in January and May, with add on trips to Germany and the Netherlands in the spring trip. While it wasn't a birding trip, she had finally put her foot down after family trips yielded almost no birds. (Italy 11 species, China 8 species) and said, "There will be birding!" Seeing two different seasons, winter ducks in January and arriving migrants in May gives a fuller picture of the variety of species found in northern Europe and Great Britain.Â
Jennifer Wilson-Pines has loved birds since age 10 when her parents put up a bird feeder. She has been active with the North Shore Audubon Society since 1997 as Conservation Chair, field trip leader, Newsletter editor, and President. She is the Co-compiler for Northern Nassau Christmas Count. She managed a large format still life advertising photography studio in the city for 12 years in the pre-digital age but now shoots for ID and enjoyment because she is no longer willing to cart 50 lbs. of camera gear. Nikon Coolpix p950 Bridge super zoom, 5 spare batteries and 2 chips.
Please be prompt and ring the bell to be let in since there won't be any coverage at the front desk.Â
Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttps://qcbirdclub.org/Email:Â <MarciaAAbrahams...>Â
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Date: 6/12/25 5:46 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - warblers and other birds, to June 12
Manhattan, N.Y. City -
thru Thursday, June 12th -
A Blue-winged Warbler in the Central Park Ramble on June 6 was rather late for this county. Other warbler species have persisted, most less-unusual as stragglers or very-late migrators for this location, and then we also have the inside-the-urban-matrix of some smaller parks, possibly exemplified by the midtown Bryant Park, with at least 7 lingering species of American warblers hopefully able to move on as much as possible this month. In total, at least 11 species of warblers were still in Manhattan later in this week. A small number of other late-moving migrants included some cuckoos, mainly Yellow-bllled Cuckoo, and some migrant flycatchers such as Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Very few other migrants were still on the move here, in part also due to much easterly or southerly with an east components wind in recent days. Blackpoll Warblers -all of which are strictly migrants- were still around in very low numbers thru Thursday, in multiple locations including in Central Park.
Lingering Acadian Flycatchers, and any Indigo Buntings in this county ought be quietly watched to see if there is any nesting activity noticed, and all species of native nesting birds should be given space and quiet in order to give each pair of birds the best chance at success. There are also many uncommon-for-June birds still lingering, some of which do not and will not breed in this county, including many of the still-lingering migratory warblers… while there are also some species of birds for which breeding is at least a possibility, such as Rose-breasted Grosbeak or Scarlet Tanager, especially in the most mature woods of Manhattan island, much of that in the northern half of the island.
Monk Parakeets have come back to a location in upper far-west Manhattan where the species has resided in past years and past decades, perhaps rather irregularly there, to build nests in highway infrastructure - this area had been used at least by the 1980s by nesting and nest-attempting Monks -which are a countable breeding species in N.Y. City and much of the immediate region, in select areas or specific locations.
Scores of native and migratory birds are now nesting and some pairs have eggs or young by now - please do nothing at all that would disturb any native nesting bird.
Just east of Manhattan at or rather from Randalls Island in N.Y. County, some Black Skimmers have again been noticed mainly at dusk-hour, by observers seeking out that species, into this week. There are even multiple-year past records in the modern era for this species visiting Central Park in Manhattan, feeding at dusk, at night and in dawn hours in June thru midsummer, as well as the occasional sightings from the N.Y. harbor and along the rivers surrounding Manhattan.
Thanks to all who were observing and some also photographing for finds, and reports via non-x bird alerts and via eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Good mid-June birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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Date: 6/10/25 11:40 am From: Meena Madhav Haribal <mmh3...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Register Now for the 2025 New York State Ornithological Association conference in Ithaca
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Date: Jun 10, 2025 2:36 PM
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Register Now for the 2025 New York State Ornithological Association conference in Ithaca
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
Cc:
Join us this September for a weekend of celebrating the birds and birders of New York State! The 2025 New York State Ornithological Association<https://nybirds.org/> Conference, hosted by the Cayuga Bird Club<http://www.cayugabirdclub.org/>, will be held September 19-21, 2025 in Ithaca, NY. The conference dates coincide with Fall migration, and field trips will be offered to a variety of area birding hot spots, including Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. There will be a variety of social and educational activities, including tours at the Cornell Lab Visitor Center, vendors, a silent auction, NY Breeding Bird Atlas celebration, a paper session with short talks, and a Bird ID challenge presented by members of the NYS Young Birders Club.
Friday’s Welcome Reception will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Adriaan Dokter on BirdCast -- A Large-scale Perspective on Bird Migration.
Saturday evening’s banquet will feature keynote speaker Peter Kaestner, who will present a pictorial journey through his lifetime of birding to become the first person to see 10,000 bird species around the world, In Search of the Orange-tufted Spiderhunter.
The conference is open to the public and attendance is encouraged for anyone with an interest in New York State birds, birding, and conservation. Early Bird Registration before June 30th is $70. The conference registration fee will go up to $85 July 1 – August 31. Young birders 21 and under may register for $5, thanks to youth sponsorship provided by Visit Ithaca<https://www.visitithaca.com/>.
For more information and a complete conference schedule, please visit www.nysoa2025.org<https://www.nysoa2025.org/>.
Date: 6/8/25 3:59 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Saturday, 6/7 - 12 Warbler species
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Saturday, June 7th -
One dozen species of migratory American warblers were found in Central Park on Saturday, by keen observers in multiple sectors of the park on the day, some visiting the Ramble section and vicinity, some centered around the reservoir area, and some observers at the north end of the park. The species seen are listed below -
Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Canada Warbler, and Wilsons Warbler - all in the multiple with the possible exception of the female Blackburnian.
Thanks to the many observers and photographers out and about, reporting many finds and some photos to the non-x bird alert and as always via eBird with the Macaulay library for media.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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Date: 6/6/25 6:53 pm From: Gail Benson <gbensonny...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 6 June 2025
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* June 6, 2025
* NYNY2506.06
- Birds Mentioned
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
BLACK-NECKED STILT
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Parasitic Jaeger
LITTLE GULL
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
BROWN PELICAN
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Bank Swallow
Mourning Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
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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)
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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, June 6,
2025 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, AMERICAN WHITE
and BROWN PELICANS, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and
more.
A LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE paid a surprise visit to Heckscher State Park last
Monday, but unfortunately had disappeared by Tuesday morning.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spotted on Mecox Bay Wednesday was still
present today at the east end of the bay, and a CASPIAN TERN has also
been visiting Mecox through today.
An adult BROWN PELICAN was photographed Thursday afternoon from the
American Princess boat, sitting in the water just southeast of the
Breezy Point jetty.
A BLACK-NECKED STILT spotted on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge on Wednesday was still present today, and also visiting the
West Pond for the last two days has been an immature LITTLE GULL
A recent substantial push of shorebirds through our region included an
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER spotted Monday at Heckscher State Park opposite
Field 8.
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET appeared at Point Lookout last Saturday.
A couple of GULL-BILLED TERNS have been seen at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge the last few days, with one or two others and a few ROYAL TERNS
also present recently at Nickerson Beach, where a PARASITIC JAEGER was
seen offshore on Thursday.
Both SUMMER TANAGERS and BLUE GROSBEAKS have been noted recently
around the Prestons Pond Complex in Calverton, but please remember not
to disturb, especially, localized breeding birds such as these.
Small numbers of spring migrants continue to trickle through, but not
for long, these including both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS.
ACADIAN and ALDER FLYCATCHERS, BANK SWALLOWS and various WARBLERS
including MOURNING.
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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Date: 6/6/25 4:50 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. June 6, 2025: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Flycatchers
Central Park NYC - North End
Friday June 6, 2025
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Wood-Pewee.
Canada Goose - 3
Mallard - 10
Mourning Dove - 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 at the Pool (Kate Wollin, Jennifer from Ohio)
Chimney Swift - 6
Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 (2 adults, 1 second-year)
Great Egret - 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 female Great Hill, others heard
Downy Woodpecker - 1 male at the Seep
Northern Flicker - 1 Harlem Meer
Great Crested Flycatcher - pair Great Hill
Eastern Kingbird - pair Harlem Meer
Eastern Wood-Pewee - heard at the Pool
Warbling Vireo - heard at the Harlem Meer and the Pool
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Great Hill, others heard
Blue Jay - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 1 Harlem Meer, 1 flyover
Carolina Wren - 1 or 2 Conservatory Garden building nest
Gray Catbird - 5 or 6 singing, nest with young at the Pool
American Robin - singing birds and nests in several locations
Song Sparrow - 1 singing at Harlem Meer
Baltimore Oriole - 1 adult male Harlem Meer island
Red-winged Blackbird - 10-14, 2 nests at Harlem Meer
Common Grackle - 12-15
Common Yellowthroat - heard "tch" call Harlem Meer
American Redstart - heard at the Pool
Northern Cardinal - 4
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Date: 6/6/25 5:39 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - further June migrants or visitors, to 6/5
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls, Governors and Roosevelt Islands, as well as adjacent waters and skies above-
thru Thursday, June 5th -
Black Skimmer was placed in the June list of species for the county this year with a sighting from a boat off Manhattan dedicated to looking for birds in the evening of 6-1.
A Semipalmated Sandpiper found on June 1st and still present to June 2 was a rather-rare sighting for Central Park and not very common anywhere in this county in general. The individual found at the reservoir there may have had an injury, but was not seen by the 3rd, and hopefully it was fully capable of flight. No reports, of all thus far submitted and some with photos added in eBird noted more than a single individual of that species at the Central Park reservoir. This species has occurred more often in northern Manhattan than in the reliable records for Central Park, over multiple decades.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was seen at Randalls Island into June, that location the best site in the county for observing that rarer-in-county night-heron species. A Wild Turkey was continuing at Battery Park in lower Manhattan into this month.
There were still fair numbers of migrants in some locations but by now, the diversity of migrating birds here has - as expected - lowered from the larger May numbers. Such species as Common Nighthawk, Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, Olive-sided and Yellow-bellied and Acadian and Alder and Willow Flycatchers, as well as other Flycatcher species, migratory thrushes which do not breed in this county including Swainsons and Gray-cheeked Thrushes, Scarlet Tanagers, as many as 16 or more migratory American Warbler species were still being seen here in the first couple days in June, and a subset of the above-noted were still in a few locations such as Central Park to June 5.
Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Yellow Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat were among the more-numerous of these warblers but all of the species still being seen were still in the multiple, not single individuals. On June 5th, hot weather may have reduced numbers of observers out and about, in any event Warbler diversity may have reduced to as few as 8 species around the county, perhaps a half-dozen or more Warbler species in Central Park, with some of the birds ongoing at The Pool in recent days, and in other sections of that park. Mourning Warbler was among species still showing and for that also including singing males seen to June 5th at Central Park and elsewhere. We shall see if any further push of any size or diversity in migrant songbirds comes thru here, otherwise further reports will be later this month.
Eastern Wood-Pewees, Great Crested Flycatchers, Eastern Kingbirds, and E. Phoebe are among the species that can be found breeding in this county, as is so for Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Wood Thrush, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, and a variety of other migratory species. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, seen as a scarce or rare breeder in this county, was still being seen, including males, in various locations including Central Park thru June 5.
Lincolns and Savannah Sparrows were each found to June 3 in Manhattan. The White-throated Sparrows which regularly summer in various sites in Manhattan, including some at Central Park, are all non-breeding, this is an annual summer occurrence for that species in fairly-modest numbers. Swamp Sparrow may also linger in this county and these too are all considered late stragglers and non-breeders here. E. Towhees in some sites in this county could be nesting or attempting to - please do nothing at all which could disturb any native nesting birds.
Waterfowl still around in the county is limited now to rather few species including the few Mute Swans that are regular at East River areas, Mallards in numbers, Wood Duck, American Black Duck, and Gadwall. The majority of our wintering Atlantic Brant have departed, many leaving even just before June began. Common Terns continue and the most reliable site to see them is still Governors Island and the N.Y. Harbor, with some occasionally seen farther up the rivers surrounding Manhattan especially on the Hudson.
Increasingly, birds being found in this county are those which breed here annually, and some birds which could linger and attempt to breed - those may include some species which would be considered scarce or rare breeders, such as for-example the possibility that Rose-breasted Grosbeak may attempt breeding in a very few locations with enough appropriate habitat, perhaps at the northern areas of Manhattan. At Governors Island and some other county locations including Randalls Island and perhaps elsewhere, species such as Willow Flycatcher should be watched for indications of potential-actual breeding, or attempts at breeding, and the same for Acadian Flycatcher in this county.
Some of the migrants were running slightly late but all the species seen have been noted in June in past years as well. After the first week of June in typical years, the songbird migration will be mostly passed-thru, and mainly straggling birds, eventually in late June including individuals that most-likely will not breed in that same year, can be found by those continuing to observe. Manhattan in particular has any number of such straggling and non-breeding later in June birds in the records and some individuals of this sort may also spend part of summer here. An example of just one such species would be Black-and-white Warbler which is not a breeding bird in this county, but of which multiple individuals may summer thru here, by mid to late summer joined by returning breeders of the same species.
…
Many species of insects in many families and large numbers of genera have been found recently in the county, and some of these are typical of the start of summer, by the overall long-term phenology of emergences of adult insects of these many species.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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Date: 6/4/25 4:42 pm From: kevin rogers <kev31317...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Royal Terns- Nickerson Beach , Nassau County
Hi Everyone!!Heard a Royal Tern call from where it was sitting behind the roped off breeding area on the 'east colony' at Nickerson beach tonight. It was amongst the black skimmers! Then one by one they emerged to reveal four of them, and they loafed close to the water on the 'east colony' until flushed by a passer-by. Two flew towards the west colony, and i lost track of the others. Ol' Gull-billed was on the prowl chasing common terns for fish over the east colony as well. Thought it seemed an interesting (early) date for the Royals and worth mentioning here. Not many loafing terns when i was there from 6 to 7pm today. One immature common tern was the only individual that varied from the loafing common terns.Â
Good luck out there!! -Kev
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