New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, April 27, 2018:

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 27, 2018
* NYNY1804.27

- Birds Mentioned

THICK-BILLED MURRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

White-winged Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
American Bittern
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Black Skimmer
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Marsh Wren
Veery
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Black-throated Green Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
Baltimore Oriole


If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg

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

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
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 27, 2018 at 9:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are a deceased THICK-BILLED MURRE, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS and spring migrants.

Following last week’s great list of rarities, this week settled back into a more anticipated selection of nice spring birds.

The oddest bird was a freshly deceased THICK-BILLED MURRE still in winter plumage that washed up on Great Gull Island on Wednesday.

Among the more sought-after spring birds, a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was photographed Thursday afternoon at Teatown Reservation in Ossining, Westchester County, but could not be relocated today.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found at Hempstead Lake State Park today, following one in Brooklyn's Greenwood Cemetery yesterday and a couple amazingly continuing in Prospect Park during the week. The singing male also continues at Bayard Cutting Arboretum.

At least four ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS featured one at Hempstead Lake State Park last weekend, one at the New York Botanical Garden last Sunday, one continuing at Southards Pond Park in Babylon at least to Monday, and another visiting Greenwood Cemetery today.

Other WARBLERS noted this week have included WORM EATING, BLUE-WINGED, AMERICAN REDSTART, YELLOW, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN, with many more still to come.

Other than an elusive male at Hempstead Lake State Park, Central Park seems to be attracting most of the SUMMER TANAGERS, with male and female both currently in mid-park and another male at the north end.

BLUE GROSBEAKS have featured one at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday, one at Southaven County Park Monday to Thursday, one at Hempstead Lake State Park Thursday and another continuing at Greenwood Cemetery through today.

A GULLED-BILLED TERN visited Jones Beach West End last Sunday, and a CASPIAN TERN at Timber Point Golf Course in Great River Wednesday was followed by two at Southaven County Park today.

Lingering GULLS have included single GLAUCOUS at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton Saturday and at Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, Wednesday, while an ICELAND GULL was still at Miller Field in Staten Island Wednesday.

Wednesday found two different LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS in Brooklyn, at Gravesend Bay and at Coney Island Creek, while on Thursday one visited the Central Park Reservoir, with another at Robert Moses State Park.

Late AMERICAN BITTERNS last Saturday were at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area and at Mill Pond in Sayville.

Three RED-NECKED GREBES were moving by Playland Park in Rye last Monday evening, reminiscent of what was historically once a major spring movement of mostly Scoters gathering in western Long Island Sound on their way north. About 20 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were also present.

A VESPER SPARROW was at Central Park's north end last Saturday.

A decent list of arrivals included an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL heard singing in Central Park last Saturday and a COMMON NIGHTHAWK there today, BLACK SKIMMER yesterday, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, MARSH WREN, VEERY, BALTIMORE ORIOLE and LINCOLN’S SPARROW.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

- End transcript