New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, May 27, 2022:

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 27, 2022
* NYNY2205.27


- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BLACK-NECKED STILT+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL+
BLACK-CAPPED PETREL+
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD+
MISSISSIPPI KITE+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
RED PHALAROPE
DOVEKIE
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
BROWN PELICAN
Cattle Egret
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Nelson's Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK

- 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

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 27th 2022* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD, a pelagic trip that included BLACK-CAPPED PETREL, DOVEKIE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN and RED and RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-NECKED STILT, LITTLE GULL, MISSISSIPPI KITE, KENTUCKY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and others.

The young MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD was spotted soaring over Long Island's north fork Tuesday afternoon and followed for several hours as it moved between Greenport and Orient especially around Truman's Beach in the East Marion to Orient causeway but unfortunately it was not refound Wednesday but there is a rumor though that a FRIGATEBIRD was seen today in the vicinity of Gardiners Island presumably in Gardiners Bay but unfortunately rather vague information.

Sunday evening the American Princess left Brooklyn headed for deep waters around Hudson Canyon compiling a nice list of pelagic birds before returning Monday evening. Sightings included 5 RED and 6 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, a DOVEKIE and 2 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 1 BAND-RUMPED, 2 LEACH'S and 137 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, 5 BLACK-CAPPED PETRELS and 3 CORY'S, 1 GREAT, 31 SOOTY and 4 MANX SHEARWATERS. While cetaceans featured a pod of Striped Dolphins among others. Both SOOTY SHEARWATERS and WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS are also now appearing along Long Island's south shore.

A male TOWNSEND'S WARBLER found in Green-wood Cemetery last Friday was also seen there Saturday and Brooklyn added a breeding plumaged male WESTERN TANAGER in Prospect Park near the Maryland Monument on Wednesday.

The Staten Island BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still at Miller Field today and a BROWN PELICAN was spotted last Saturday and Sunday in lower New York Bay off Great Kills Park.

A BLACK-NECKED STILT was on the south fork at Scallop Pond Preserve in North Sea but last reported on Tuesday and an immature LITTLE GULL was photographed Wednesday at Lemon Creek Park on Staten Island.

Multiple sightings of MISSISSIPPI KITE early in the week included birds over Central Park Saturday and Monday, another over Green-wood Cemetery last Saturday and singles Monday by Kensico Reservoir in Westchester and also at Sterling Forest over in Orange County.

Nickerson Beach hosted an ICELAND GULL Monday and Wednesday and a GULL-BILLED TERN also on Monday with another GULL-BILLED noted at Plumb Beach Wednesday. A ROYAL TERN visited Dune Road last Saturday and a CATTLE EGRET dropped in on Miller Field Monday.

Reports of RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Thursday came from Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester, at Connetquot River State Park and at the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville.

KENTUCKY WARBLERS this week included one in Prospect Park Monday and another at the Westmoreland Sanctuary in Westchester Tuesday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continued at Bayard Cutting Arboretum and Connetquot River State Park. Warbler numbers this week did include a few MOURNING WARBLERS.

Mature male SUMMER TANAGERS were found in Forest Park Wednesday and at Connetquot River State Park Saturday through Wednesday and BLUE GROSBEAKS remain in their one stronghold out at the very productive and valuable Calverton Grasslands.

Other migrants this week still featured OLIVE-SIDED plus YELLOW-BELLIED, ALDER and ACADIAN FLYCATCHERS and various thrushes included GRAY-CHEEKED and BICKNELL'S.

NELSON'S SPARROWS have appeared coastally.

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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