New York City RBA
April 25, 2008
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 25, 2008
* NYNY0804.25
- Birds mentioned
Harlequin Duck
Red-throated Loon
MANX SHEARWATER
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Least Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Forster's Tern
RAZORBILL
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Seaside Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Orchard Oriole
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
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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
nysarc3@nybirds.org.
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Jeanne Skelly - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
420 Chili-Scottsville Rd.
Churchville, NY 14428
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke at (212) 297-4804 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
- Transcript
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 25th 2008 at
7pm. The highlights of today's tape are MANX SHEARWATER, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
CASPIAN TERN, RAZORBILL, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and RED CROSSBILL.
Spring migration continues to slowly gather momentum with a relatively
consistent weather pattern not producing any unexpected surprises or dramatic
developments. Though Thursday did show some improvement in the numbers of
arrivals.
Among the rarities an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was present on the flats at the
currently open Mecox Inlet Saturday to Monday where it was joined by up to
three CASPIAN TERNS, various shorebirds including WILLET and a GLAUCOUS GULL
briefly appearing there Sunday morning.
Two female HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Montauk Point on Saturday.
Weekend sea watches off Ocean Ave. and Amagansett on Saturday produced a drake
HARLEQUIN DUCK moving by with some scoters over 500 RED-THROATED LOONS and a
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. While Sunday's excitement there included a MANX
SHEARWATER moving east, a RAZORBILL plus a second large alcid and over 800
NORTHERN GANNETS.
Also out east four RED CROSSBILLS were present Saturday in Maple Swamp off
Pleasure Drive in Flanders.
The season's first YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was spotted in Prospect Park Tuesday
afternoon near the lake in the southwest corner of the park but was not
relocated on the following days. Prospect Park has already produced WORM-EATING
WARBLER Sunday and Thursday among some expected warblers there. Other sightings
have included EASTERN KINGBIRD Tuesday, CLIFF SWALLOW Monday and ORCHARD ORIOLE
Wednesday.
Central Park on Thursday added some new arrivals including RUBY-THROATED
HUMMINGBIRD, LEAST FLYCATCHER and GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS plus EASTERN
KINGBIRD. WHITE-EYED VIREO was noted Tuesday joining a reasonable number of
BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES and BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS are still
increasing in numbers and among the warblers BLUE-WINGED WARBLER a NASHVILLE
WARBLER showed up as of Wednesday joining a few NORTHERN PARULAS and YELLOW
WARBLERS. A CAPE MAY WARBLER found Thursday at Strawberry Fields was seen again
Friday. Other Thursday warblers included BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER many
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER and PALM WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER a WORM-EATING WARBLER, OVENBIRD and NORTHERN
WATERTHRUSH. A couple of ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS were also noted and PURPLE
FINCH, still moving back through our area, continue to be seen and heard. An
early ORCHARD ORIOLE was in the park Saturday.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge most of the herons including TRICOLORED HERON,
LITTLE BLUE HERON and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON have returned as have GLOSSY
IBIS, CLAPPER RAIL, FORSTER'S TERN and WHITE-EYED VIREO. A CATTLE EGRET was seen
flying over Cross Bay Boulevard last Sunday.
The outer beach, due to these lack luster weather conditions, has been somewhat
slow but has produced an INDIGO BUNTING Tuesday and WILSON'S WARBLER Thursday at
Jones Beach West End.
The Forest Park waterhole desperately needs water. A soaking rain would be very
helpful there.
Other recent migrants have included VIRGINIA RAIL and SORA, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and LEAST SANDPIPER, CHIMNEY SWIFT, BANK SWALLOW, HOUSE WREN,
BROWN THRASHER, GRAY CATBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT and SEASIDE SPARROW.
To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126, or
weekdays call Tom Burke at (212) 297-4804. This service is sponsored by the
Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for
calling.
- End transcript
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