-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Apr. 15, 2022 * NYNY2204.15
- Birds Mentioned MOTTLED DUCK+ WHITE IBIS+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Mallard KING EIDER Chimney Swift SANDHILL CRANE Solitary Sandpiper Willet Bonaparte’s Gull LITTLE GULL Iceland Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Forster’s Tern Northern Gannet LEAST BITTERN Broad-winged Hawk Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo VESPER SPARROW Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-White Warbler PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Orange-crowned Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler BLUE GROSBEAK 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: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 15, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOTTLED DUCK, WHITE IBIS, LITTLE GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, LEAST BITTERN, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, VESPER SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK and other spring migrants and more. The drake MOTTLED DUCK first spotted in Amityville back on April 5th on Ketchum's Creek Freshwater Wetland has proven to be a difficult bird to pin down. After pleasing many birders a week ago, it was missed Saturday, stayed for only 5 minutes early Sunday and was seen late Tuesday and again Thursday afternoon before staying around for much of today. When seen, this bird and its accompanying MALLARD mate are along Ketchum’s Creek just west of Lake Drive in the vicinity of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive, the pair moving in and out of the streamside vegetation with other waterfowl. Please respect the rights of the local homeowners when visiting there. A sub-adult WHITE IBIS was photographed last Tuesday morning as it flew over Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn, ending up who knows where? An adult LITTLE GULL was seen again Saturday and Sunday with BONAPARTE’S GULLS off Conference House Park on Staten Island, and another was photographed last Saturday on the Hudson River off the Rockland Hall section of Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester. Of a few SANDHILL CRANES moving through over general region recently, one was photographed Wednesday over Rockefeller State Park Preserve. A LEAST BITTERN found at Prospect Park Lake last Saturday was still present today in the phragmites near the Wellhouse. The drake KING EIDER remains around the mud flats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island. A GLAUCOUS GULL spotted on Governors Island Saturday morning may be the same one seen again Thursday at the Verrazano Bridge Scenic View just north of the bridge, while single ICELAND GULLS were present today at Plumb Beach and at Conference House Park. Several hundred NORTHERN GANNETS paid a surprise visit to western Long Island Sound last Monday, making it all the way to the Bronx. The Spring’s first BLUE GROSBEAK appeared on Randall's Island last Saturday, and a VESPER SPARROW visited Flushing Meadow Corona Park Thursday and today. Most notable among increasing numbers of migrant WARBLERS were single PROTHONOTARIES found at Oakland Lake in Queen Saturday, in Central Park’s north end Sunday and in Prospect Park Tuesday, while a few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS include one staying in Central Park to Tuesday, another at Hempstead Lake State Park Saturday to Tuesday, one at Westchester's Cranberry Lake Park Tuesday, and the continuing birds at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. Wintering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were noted this week at Randall's Island, Governors Island and Battery Park City, while arriving WARBLERS included WORM-EATING Sunday, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED Monday, BLACK-AND-WHITE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED Wednesday, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, PRAIRIE and BLACK-THROATED GREEN. Other migrants this week featured CHIMNEY SWIFT, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WILLET, FORSTER’S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, and YELLOW-THROATED and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS. 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. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
