New York City RBA
May 2, 2008
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May 2, 2008
* NYNY0805.02
- Birds mentioned
Common Loon
American Bittern
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Virginia Rail
Common Moorhen
SANDHILL CRANE
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
GULL-BILLED TERN
Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Willow Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Veery
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Blue-winged Warbler
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Golden-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Rusty Blackbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
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
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
[** NOTE: Due to the move by the NYC Audubon to a new location, the NYC Area RBA
is temporarily without phone service. This is being worked on and hopefully
will be remedied soon. **]
- Transcript
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 2nd 2008 at 9pm.
The highlights of today's tape are SANDHILL CRANES, GULL-BILLED TERNS,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and spring passerines including PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and SUMMER TANAGER.
Although species counts continue to rise numbers of migrants through the week
continued to be low. But some interesting birds did appear in our region and
then a good overall movement through our area Thursday night brought numbers of
arrivals to city parks and areas north of the city.
Rarest for the week were two appearances of SANDHILL CRANE with a single adult
last Saturday morning at Bashakill, Sullivan County, north of Haven's Road
followed by two, Thursday morning, at the Wallkill River National Wildlife
Refuge just north of Oil City Road in Pine Plains, Orange County. Also providing
a first Sullivan County record was a SUMMER TANAGER in Wurtsboro Wednesday.
Other species noted this week north of the city included AMERICAN BITTERN, BALD
EAGLE, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON MOORHEN, UPLAND SANDPIPER, WHIP-POOR-WILL, WILLOW
FLYCATCHER, numerous species of warblers including GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, VESPER
SPARROW, BOBOLINK and some PINE SISKINS moving back north.
In the city a few PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS appeared during the week with one at the
north end of Central Park Saturday, one near Big John's Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge Sunday and two on Staten Island, one Monday at Clove Lakes State
Park and one Thursday at Willowbrook Park.
In Central Park a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER also visited the area around the
Ramble on Sunday.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found in Prospect Park last weekend.
Most of the other expected warblers have begun to move through in varying
numbers. These include BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA,
YELLOW WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED BLUE
WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER,
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, WORM-EATING WARBLER, OVENBIRD,
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED WARBLER and WILSON'S WARBLER.
A BLACKPOLL WARBLER as well as a BREWSTER'S WARBLER hybrid were spotted in
Central Park on Thursday and one or two CAPE MAY WARBLERS were seen there last
weekend. Lingering PINE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH can also
still be found.
In Central Park an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also moving around the Ramble
last weekend.
Other migrants recently in Central Park which generally reflects what is
occurring regionally, though perhaps in a more concentrated manner, have
featured COMMON LOON flyovers, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, an adult BALD EAGLE Thursday,
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and SPOTTED SANDPIPER, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, various
flycatchers with GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER and EASTERN KINGBIRD arriving. Five
species of vireos including WHITE-EYED VIREO, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, WARBLING
VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO. VEERY and WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRDS, SCARLET TANAGER,
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and other sparrows, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, INDIGO
BUNTING, lingering RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, ORCHARD ORIOLES and BALTIMORE ORIOLES and
still a number of PURPLE FINCH.
At Jones Beach West End 3 GULL-BILLED TERNS were seen near the Coast Guard
Station on Wednesday.
Out east three RED CROSSBILL S, still present Saturday, in Maple Swamp off
Pleasure Drive in Flanders are very suggestive as to possibly nesting there.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was observed flying over Rye this evening.
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.
- End transcript
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