Prospect Park mentioned a few times on the latest alert..so a good week.
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."
--Audrey Hepburn
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From: New York State Birds digest <nysbirds-l@list.cornell.edu>
To: nysbirds-l digest recipients <nysbirds-l@list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 12:01:57 AM EDT
Subject: nysbirds-l digest: April 23, 2023
NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, April 23, 2023.
1. NYC Area RBA: 21 April 2023
2. N.Y. County, NYC - 4/21-22: *Painted Bunting* & many more birds ongoing at Central Park, etc.
3. Central Park NYC, Fri. & Sat. April 21-22, 2023: 14 Wood Warbler Species, Painted Bunting, Evening Grosbeak
4. 22 (yes, twenty-two) Anhingas - Rome NY
5. Re: 22 (yes, twenty-two) Anhingas - Rome NY
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Subject: NYC Area RBA: 21 April 2023
From: Gail Benson <gbensonny@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2023 09:24:45 -0400
X-Message-Number: 1
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 21, 2023
* NYNY2304.21
- Birds Mentioned
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Sora
WHIMBREL
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GULL-BILLED TERN
CASPIAN TERN
Tricolored Heron
CATTLE EGRET
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Red-eyed Vireo
Wood Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
RED CROSSBILL
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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: Gail Benson
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 21,
2023 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today's tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, PAINTED
BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GULL-BILLED and CASPIAN TERNS, WHIMBREL,
CATTLE EGRET, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EVENING and BLUE GROSBEAKS,
PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, RED CROSSBILLS and spring
migrants.
This morning one of the world's great birds appeared over Brooklyn
and, for a change, was enjoyed by several observers, not just a single
lucky individual, when a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was spotted and nicely
photographed as it soared over both Prospect Park and nearby
Green-Wood Cemetery before disappearing.
In Central Park last Tuesday a female-type PAINTED BUNTING was found
up in the north end around the Loch and has continued there through
today, though often hard to find as it forages in treetop blossoms. A
male EVENING GROSBEAK has also been in that same area.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen again last Saturday at the Bellport Yacht
Club, a GULL-BILLED TERN was spotted last Sunday at Jones Beach West
End, and a CASPIAN TERN visited Croton Point in Westchester yesterday.
Arrivals among the shorebirds have featured a WHIMBREL noted moving
east over Captree Island today, plus SPOTTED and SOLITARY SANDPIPERS
and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER.
A CATTLE EGRET flew east over Southards Pond Park in Babylon last
Saturday, and a couple of TRICOLORED HERONS have appeared in coastal
marshes around Captree.
The Marine Park RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, now in nice color, continues in
Brooklyn near the Stuart Street and Avenue T intersection, and a SORA
was photographed recently in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens.
Two PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were found Tuesday, with both still present
today - one has been in Prospect Park, moving about a bit, while the
other at Frank Melville Memorial Park by the Mill Pond in Setauket has
stayed around the crabapples near the Post Office.
An influx of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, besides the ones at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum, include singles found at Hempstead Lake State Park
Saturday to Monday, at Willowbrook Lake on Staten Island Saturday, in
Green-Wood Cemetery Monday to Friday, and in Prospect Park Thursday.
Besides in Central Park, a male EVENING GROSBEAK has also been present
in Prospect Park since Wednesday.
A few RED CROSSBILLS, besides around the Paumanok Trail in Manorville,
were also noted in Suffolk County early in the week at Connetquot
River State Park, Manorville Hills County Park, Hunters Garden in
Eastport and the Quogue Wildlife Refuge.
A VESPER SPARROW occurred in Central Park last Saturday, with one also
in St. Johns Cemetery in Queens Sunday, and a BLUE GROSBEAK visited
Hempstead Lake State Park Monday, with another at Green-Wood Cemetery
today.
Other recent arrivals have included EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL,
RUBY-THROATED HJMMINGBIRD, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, SPOTTED and
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, EASTERN KINGBIRD,
RED-EYED VIREO, WOOD THRUSH, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, ORCHARD and BALTIMORE
ORIOLES, SCARLET TANAGER and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, as well as such
WARBLERS as OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, CAPE
MAY, YELLOW, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN, with many more to come.
A few ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are also still around.
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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