– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 8, 2023
* NYNY2312.08
– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL
– Transcript
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: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 8th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, PAINTED BUNTING, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
On Randall’s Island the BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit the feeders still maintained at the Urban Farm seen there today among the plantings surrounding the public restroom off Wards Meadow Loop in the southeastern section of the island. There is a parking lot adjacent to this site.
But last week’s ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Owl’s Head Park in Brooklyn was not seen after Saturday. That same day one was found in lower Manhattan where it has continued all week. This bird has bounced around the West Village seen today around the Bleecker Playground between Bleecker and Hudson Streets above West 11th Street but also ranging up to Abingdon Square Park just north of there as well as moving around the adjoining neighborhood. A DICKCISSEL is also traveling with House Sparrows in the same area.
Two WESTERN TANAGERS showed up on Tuesday, a female type at Morningside Park in northern Manhattan has been present near the park entrance around West 115th Street off Morningside Drive while a brighter one continues at Jones Beach West End frequenting the hedgerow adjacent to the Coast Guard Station or along the road to the Fisherman’s parking lot.
A male PAINTED BUNTING was reported on Saturday from Fort Tryon Park but no details were provided and a female type was seen only briefly at Pelham Bay Park Tuesday.
Among the waterfowl, the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found last Friday at Planting Fields Arboretum west of Oyster Bay was also seen Saturday but not thereafter. A male TUFTED DUCK in decent but not quite full plumage was spotted last Saturday on Fort Pond in Montauk and was still present today on the south end of the pond. Other birds in Montauk included 4 RED-NECKED GREBES Saturday off Culloden Point and 220 RAZORBILLS, 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 225 NORTHERN GANNETS off Montauk Point. A TUNDRA SWAN visited Miller Field on Staten Island last Sunday while single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted at Morris Port High School Sunday, again at the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead Tuesday and in lower Westchester in the Rye area including on Playland Lake today. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again Saturday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and another continues on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park and 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still at Orient Point Saturday. A female KING EIDER appeared briefly with some Canada Geese off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx Wednesday before flying off.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were identified from the middle parking lot along Gravesend Bay last Saturday, at Breezy Point on Wednesday and off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station today.
In Westchester multiple RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park joined by one at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was reported again Monday at Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island while LAPLAND LONGSPURS included one at Heckscher State Park last Saturday and 2 visiting Smith Point County Park yesterday and today.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday when one was also spotted at Coney Island Beach. Besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS interesting late warblers included BLACK-AND-WHITE, PRAIRIE and WILSON’S.
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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