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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
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 9,
2025 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape MISSISSIPPI KITE, WHITE IBIS,
extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, BLACK-NECKED STILT,
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULLS, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE
GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL, spring migrants and more.
A decent week for variety, though the volume of birds continues to be
on the low side. A MISSISSIPPI KITE seen briefly over Green-Wood
Cemetery in Brooklyn on Wednesday. was presumably the same individual
spotted later from All Saints Cemetery in Queens before returning to
Brooklyn for a late morning flyover at Green-Wood again on Thursday.
An immature WHITE IBIS was spotted Wednesday at Oakwood Beach on
Staten Island, visiting the marshes near Delwit Avenue, where it was
present again Thursday.
As a slightly extralimital note, the NEOTROPIC CORMORANT has returned
again to the Newburgh waterfront (Orange County) for the 4th year,
often roosting on pilings along the Hudson shoreline from the dock for
the Beacon Ferry south along River Road to the pilings off the Global
Oil Terminal;
The BLACK-NECKED STILT apparently traveling around Long Island was
spotted on the flats at Mecox on Wednesday and then visited the
marshes on Captree Island Thursday before moving on.
A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was heard singing Friday evening a week ago at
Briarcliff Manor in Westchester, and EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS are now
moving through.
An immature LITTLE GULL was noted with BONAPARTE’S GULLS last Sunday
off Governors Island, with another immature off Wolfe's Pond Park on
Staten Island on Thursday, while an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was at
Plumb Beach on Monday, with another visiting Seguine Point on Staten
Island Wednesday and Thursday.
A female KING EIDER was still around Gravesend Bay to Thursday, and a
LEAST BITTERN was noted again at Prospect Park Lake on Thursday, while
at least five RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS featured sightings in Central
Park, Green-Wood Cemetery, Valley Stream State Park, Hempstead Lake
State Park and on central Fire Island.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday was
followed by one on Staten Island at the Trap House, northeast of
Wolfe’s Pond Park, Sunday to Tuesday.
A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was found at Alley Pond Park Wednesday, while a
few YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS this week included singles at Jamaica
Bay, Prospect Park and Croton Point Park, as well as at the known
breeding site, the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. KENTUCKY WARBLERS were
today in Prospect Park and at Brooklyn Bridge Park, and a CERULEAN
WARBLER visited Central Park yesterday. Central Park also provided a
MOURNING WARBLER last weekend and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER to
Saturday.
Besides a couple in Central Park early in the week, SUMMER TANAGERS
were also noted Saturday at Brooklyn Bridge Park and in Manorville and
today in Inwood Hill Park, while many of the eight or so BLUE
GROSBEAKS were out on eastern Long Island, including the Calverton
area, most from Wednesday on. A DICKCISSEL was reported from Pelham
Bay Park last Sunday.
Other arriving migrants this week featured COMMON NIGHTHAWK, STILT and
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, GULL-BILLED TERN, WILLOW and ACADIAN
FLYCATCHERS, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, and GRASSHOPPER, SEASIDE, NELSON'S
and SALTMARSH SPARROWS.
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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