– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 8, 2021
* NYNY2101.08
– Birds mentioned
COMMON MURRE+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Gallinule
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Orange-crowned Warbler
– Transcript
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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 8th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SPOTTED TOWHEE, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL and RED CROSSBILL.
After the Christmas Bird Count period began in mid December with Brooklyn recording an excellent record total of 137 species, seemingly unbeatable this year, the Southern Nassau closed the period last Saturday by tallying a very notable 140 species including a second record of SPOTTED TOWHEE. The TOWHEE was discovered in Baldwin Harbor Park located at the south end of Grand Avenue in Baldwin and was still present today. Generally quite elusive the TOWHEE has been frequenting a somewhat large thicket area east of Grand Avenue across the street from the first set of ball fields and large parking lot and just north of the second large parking lot with a large pile of road salt further along Grand Avenue. The bird usually appears along the edge of the thicket and paved path through its center and look especially around the back edges of the soccer field checking with birders present for recent sightings and listen for its distinctive call. Other count highlights included BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Point Lookout, COMMON GALLINULE, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 DOVEKIES and 18 RAZORBILLS offshore, BLACK-HEADED, LAUGHING and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, TRICOLORED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 4 SNOWY, LONG-EARED and 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 2 COMMON REDPOLLS, 19 PINE SISKINS, 48 RED CROSSBILLS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
The Staten Island LECONTE’S SPARROW was reported again Saturday near the rock wall by the beach at Wolfe’s Pond Park.
Only the WESTERN TANAGER frequenting Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan was reported this week at least to Tuesday with no reports received from the TANAGER previously along West 22nd Street.
Besides on the Southern Nassau Count single DOVEKIES have been occurring occasionally along the Atlantic coast with one found Tuesday on the beach on Fire Island and a COMMON MURRE was photographed off Shinnecock Inlet yesterday and seen inside the inlet today its movements perhaps tidally related.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE appeared again on Central Park Reservoir Thursday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON which spent the week on Mill Pond off Lake Avenue in Oyster Bay with another on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga today. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off the west side of Crab Meadow Beach Thursday when another was seen again off Gardiners Island and on Wednesday single KING EIDER were noted off Jones Beach field 10 and Shinnecock Inlet.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL has been visiting the area east of the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station this week with another in Sheepshead Bay Wednesday. Bush Terminal Piers Park hosted both ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULLS in mid-week with another GLAUCOUS at Crab Meadow Beach Wednesday and an ICELAND at Shinnecock yesterday. Three BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were off Montauk Point Wednesday.
Among the flock of RED CROSSBILLS at Heckscher State Park Thursday were 3 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS not refound today and 5 WHITE-WINGEDS were also reported last Monday at Jones Beach West End. A few COMMON REDPOLLS also continue in the area.
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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