– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 3, 2025
* NYNY2501.03
– Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
SNOWY OWL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
WESTERN TANAGER
PAINTED BUNTING
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
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, January 3rd
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE,
PAINTED BUNTING, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and
GLAUCOUS GULLS, SNOWY OWL, DOVEKIE, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
Last Saturday three PINK-FOOTED GEESE were first spotted in a flock of
Canada Geese on the soccer field in Northport just west of the four stacks
and they have continued in that area through today. The address for the
site is 337 Eaton’s Neck Road which leads to a parking lot next to the
soccer field. If the Canadas are present, look through the locked
chain-link fence for the PINK-FOOTS but don’t enter the field.
At Far Rockaway both the female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING and the
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were present all week. Today they were both near the
boardwalk between beach 26th and 27th Streets.
The Eastport RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and bonus ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were still
present today at 353 Old Country Road where birders are welcomed to view
the backyard feeders. To visit the home park along Union Street just east
of the house, walk back to 353 and enter the backyard near the marked
shrubs.
The WESTERN TANAGER seen back in mid December on Staten Island was
apparently still present, spotted Wednesday along the wetlands trail
boardwalk at Mount Loretto Unique Area.
Among the waterfowl the Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on
Playland Lake in Rye Monday but back on the Bowman Avenue Pond in Ryebrook
Thursday. A EURASIAN WIGEON was found Monday off Cordwood Park in Saint
James and was still in the same area today while another was reported on
Wednesday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A male KING
EIDER was noted Tuesday and today with Common Eider around the Shinnecock
Inlet and on Wednesday HARLEQUIN DUCKS included a male at Orient Point and
a female at Midland Beach on Staten Island. A young male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
was present Friday on Great Pond in Southold and a drake was seen a few
times between Crab Meadow Beach east to Sunken Meadow State Park.
One or two BLACK-HEADED GULLS continue to be seen on the north side of
Jones Beach often around field 10. Another has been appearing at Plumb
Beach since Wednesday and one remains in the Setauket Harbor area. A
GLAUCOUS GULL has been around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and sometimes
at Bush Terminal Piers Park with another at the FDR boardwalk on Staten
Island Wednesday and one out at the Bellport Bay Yacht Club Thursday. A few
ICELAND GULLS have been noted from Plumb Beach and Central Park Reservoir
out to Orient Harbor and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on Prospect Park
Lake Sunday.
Reports for Montauk Point Sunday included a DOVEKIE, 150 RAZORBILLS, 6
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, and a DOVEKIE was reported
from the south end of Fort Pond yesterday.
A few SNOWY OWLS have shown up recently but locations are generally kept
secret due to the potential for disturbance.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found today at Mill Pond Preserve in Wantagh and
a DICKCISSEL continues in Riverside Park near the suet feeders south of the
tennis courts at about West 119th Street.
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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