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NYSBIRDS-L Digest for Sunday, April 30, 2023.
1. NYC Area RBA: 28 April 2023
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Subject: NYC Area RBA: 28 April 2023
From: Ben Cacace <bcacace@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 03:28:31 -0400
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- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 28, 2023
* NYNY2304.28
- Birds mentioned
ANHINGA+
SWAINSON'S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Whimbrel
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-headed Woodpecker
Warbling Vireo
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
EVENING GROSBEAK
RED CROSSBILL
Blue-winged Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Canada Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting
- Transcript
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: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 28th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are ANHINGA, SWAINSON'S
WARBLER, PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, EVENING GROSBEAK
and RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
Despite quite poor weather for migration this week New York State did
benefit with the arrival of an unprecedented 22 ANHINGAS appearing last
Saturday up in Rome in Oneida County and as those birds dispersed to
unknown sites up north on Tuesday one was found on Prospect Park Lake in
Brooklyn often staying partially hidden on Three Sisters Island the bird
could be viewed from the peninsula and though taking off on Thursday the
ANHINGA did return to the lake and was still present today at the same
location. Hopefully it will stay through the weekend.
On Tuesday a warbler decently photographed just north of soccer fields in
Veterans Park in East Northport was subsequently identified through the
Internet as a SWAINSON'S WARBLER, always a good find locally. It has not
been seen since.
The PAINTED BUNTING in the north end of Central Park since April 18th was
heard singing last Sunday making it a first year male but unfortunately
that was also the last day it was seen.
An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was identified Monday in the marshes off
River Road in northwestern Staten Island and on Sunday an ICELAND GULL was
still at Fort Tilden and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted at the
Breezy Point tip.
An AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was photographed Saturday at the Lido Beach
Passive Nature Area where a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen Monday and a
WHIMBREL visited the Timber Point Golf Course East Marina Saturday.
A single CASPIAN TERN was noted at Swan Lake in Patchogue Monday with 2 at
Randall's Island Wednesday and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER is still in
Brooklyn's Marine Park near the Stewart Street and Avenue T intersection.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted at the Frank Melville Memorial Park
in Setauket on Sunday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River.
The EVENING GROSBEAKS present in Central and Prospect Parks were last noted
on Saturday and Monday respectively while a RED CROSSBILL was still along
the Paumanok Trail in Manorville Tuesday with 2 earlier on Saturday at the
Quogue Wildlife Refuge and later 8 photographed Thursday in the Rocky Point
Pine Barrens State Forest. A male SUMMER TANAGER was photographed nicely in
Prospect Park last Monday and a female BLUE GROSBEAK appeared in Central
Park the next day.
Among the warblers ORANGE-CROWNED were still being seen at at least 4
locations and 5 HOODEDS were reported in Central Park Thursday while other
species arriving locally included BLUE-WINGED, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN,
CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and CANADA.
Other migrants also showing up recently have featured YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO,
LEAST and COMMON TERNS, BLACK SKIMMER, WARBLING VIREO, VEERY and SWAINSON'S
THRUSH and INDIGO BUNTING.
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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