– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 31, 2025
* NYNY2501.31
– Birds mentioned
NORTHERN LAPWING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
PAINTED BUNTING
DICKCISSEL
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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, January 31st 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, PAINTED BUNTING, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUNDRA SWAN, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, SANDHILL CRANE, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL and more.
Saturday a NORTHERN LAPWING was discovered on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton and it continued there along mostly the western edges of the pond until Wednesday morning when it apparently moved off and has remained undetected though probably still in the region. The parking area is at the end of Sagg Main Street. Other highlights around Sagg Pond featured up to 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS on the flats and a wonderful display of some nicely viewable DOVEKIES just offshore especially on Sunday joined by a few RAZORBILLS. Early Sunday too a flight noted along mid Fire Island early in the morning did record 24 DOVEKIES and 90 RAZORBILLS where two DOVEKIES were also noted to Thursday along the coast from Montauk Point west to Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road.
A female type PAINTED BUNTING and associating CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, but not probably searched for successfully now, were still present at least to Wednesday in Far Rockaway. Look especially in the vegetated area around the cat colony just north of the boardwalk between Beach 26th and 27th Streets.
A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted on Eastport Lake north of Route 27 from Sunday through Wednesday and two were seen again Thursday on the soccer field in Northport at 337 Eaton’s Neck Road where they have previously been frequenting. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were present today on private Tung Ting Pond in Centerport with one Wednesday on Eastport Lake while the one in Westchester has continued to visit Playland Lake in Rye most days. This lake is also hosting an immature TUNDRA SWAN identified Monday and still present through today usually around the southwest corner of the lake. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow Beach Wednesday, a drake KING EIDER continues in the Common Eider flock around Shinnecock Inlet with a female KING still off Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island today and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was off Truman’s Beach in Orient Tuesday with others around Jones Inlet.
An interesting SANDHILL CRANE report from Sagg Pond in the fog and rain today involved a calling bird hopefully settling in somewhere in that area awaiting subsequent rediscovery.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still in the Point Lookout area today and a couple of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES occurred off Montauk Point Sunday and Monday. A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Central Park Reservoir Sunday with 2 ICELAND GULLS there Monday. Another GLAUCOUS included one in Hunt’s Point Landing in the Bronx recently through today and one at Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday. Among a few other ICELAND GULLS were singles in Prospect Park and Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island today and one at Lake Montauk inlet Tuesday.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was noted off Montauk Point Sunday and RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Green-wood Cemetery and at Sunken Meadow State Park.
A LARK SPARROW found Sunday in Water Mill was still present yesterday. When visiting this residential and farming area please stay along the road and park off the roadway. Watch the traffic and look especially around the grassy areas by the Corwith’s Farmstand at 851 Head of Pond Road or around the lawns across from there.
The DICKCISSEL in Riverside Park was still present yesterday south of the 119th Street entrance near some scattered bird seed.
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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