-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 12, 2024
* NYNY2412.12
– Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SAGE THRASHER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Snow Goose
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL
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
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December
12, 2024 at 10:00 p.m., a day early due to travel.
The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER,
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, DICKCISSEL and more.
The SAGE THRASHER was still present this morning at Robert Moses State
Park Field 5, where it continues to frequent the brush and grassy edge
of the southwestern corner of the parking lot. It sometimes
disappears into the Russian Olives, so be patient.
Last Saturday a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was found at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and it was still present today,
recently often favoring an Eastern Red Cedar on Breezy Island, where
it was nicely photographed today.
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Eastport was still present today at 353 Old
Country Road. The homeowners continue to welcome visitors to their
backyard to view the Hummer, and with luck you might also spot the
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER noted there again today. To visit, park on
Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353, entering the
yard carefully just past the house near shrubs marked with streamers
to view the feeder area. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at a private home in
Rocky Point was also seen today.
Last Saturday an immature BROWN PELICAN was spotted moving around Star
Island in Montauk Harbor for a while before moving off, and then on
Tuesday presumably the same bird was spotted flying around Reeves Bay
and adjacent Flanders Bay just east of Riverhead before flying away.
During a large overhead flight of GEESE last Saturday a BARNACLE GOOSE
was picked out and photographed in a small CANADA flock from two
different locations as the group moved southwest over western
Brooklyn. Some SNOW GEESE were also moving, and a CACKLING GOOSE or
two were also reported.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been an interesting visitor to
Prospect Park Lake since Sunday, still present there today. Another
WHITE-FRONTED continues to roost with CANADAS during the day on the
pond off Bowman Avenue next to the Rye Ridge Plaza shopping center in
Rye Brook.
A female KING EIDER was still in a COMMON EIDER flock around the
jetties at Point. Lookout at least to Monday, and up to six HARLEQUIN
DUCKS also continue there.
Five adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES occurred off Smith Point County
Park last Wednesday, the same day an injured immature was found on the
beach at Coney Island. Wednesday also produced ICELAND GULLS at Coney
Island Creek Park and Pelham Bay Park.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still at Green-Wood Cemetery and Sunken
Meadow State Park during the week.
Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported flying over Randall’s Island last
Saturday, and a DICKCISSEL was still present today in Riverside Park
in northern Manhattan just south of the tennis courts at about West
119th Street.
Recent late WARBLERS, besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS, have also included
TENNESSEE, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACKPOLL 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.
– End transcript