New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, April 1, 2022:

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 1, 2022
* NYNY2204.01


- Birds mentioned
LECONTE'S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE
STILT SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Pine Siskin
VESPER SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Louisiana Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

- Transcript

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 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

BEGIN TAPE

This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 1st 2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are LECONTE'S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, SANDHILL CRANE, KING EIDER, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, STILT SANDPIPER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW and more.

As more spring migrants begin appearing there's no telling what the status is of the LECONTE'S SPARROW seen briefly on top of Croton Point landfill early Thursday morning. Was this the same individual that was also present in the same spot back in November and December? Whether yes or no it was looked for but not seen there this morning.

Manhattan's WESTERN TANAGER visiting Carl Schurz Park was still present today, usually seen as it appears at the feeders located in the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street.

A SANDHILL CRANE was watched as it circled over Piermont Pier in Rockland County last Sunday morning eventually moving off to the west.

A drake KING EIDER was still present yesterday around the sandflats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and the drake at Shinnecock was seen again just east of the Ponquogue Bridge last Sunday.

An early CATTLE EGRET visited the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area yesterday.

At the same time an AMERICAN BITTERN was drawing lots of attention in Central Park’s north end.

Among the northbound shorebirds a STILT SANDPIPER was found yesterday off Dune Road near Ponquogue Bridge and single PECTORAL SANDPIPERS visited Governors Island last Saturday and Tanner Park in Copiague from Monday on. A few LESSER YELLOWLEGS are also beginning to show up.

Some RAZORBILLS, still being seen off Breezy Point, included 15 last Saturday.

A GLAUCOUS GULL continued near the Verrazzano Bridge viewing area just north of the bridge to last Sunday while an ICELAND GULL was still being seen today at Brooklyn's Plumb Beach where a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was also present last Sunday.

The highlight among the few species of warblers so far reaching our area was a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER spotted today in Central Park’s Ramble. Also today LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES were found in at least 3 locations and some PALM WARBLERS are also returning now joining the scattered PINE WARBLER and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS already here. The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was still at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River this week.

Today VESPER SPARROWS were found in Captree State Park and near the Ponquogue Bridge and another again at Caumsett State Park Tuesday and a wintering LINCOLN'S SPARROW was still at Greeley Square Park in Manhattan today. This park is on the east side of 6th Avenue between West 32nd and West 33rd Streets. Among other passerines appearing this week have been BARN SWALLOW and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and PINE SISKINS were reported at the feeders in Forest Park Queens on Wednesday.

Oh, and as an update ... there have unfortunately been no further sightings of the STELLER'S SEA-EAGLE on Staten Island

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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