-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 20, 2024
* NYNY2412.20
– Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
SAGE THRASHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK|
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
Marbled Godwit
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Sooty Shearwater
American Barn Owl
Snowy Owl
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
Lapland Longspur
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
WESTERN TANAGER
PAINTED BUNTING
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 Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, GRAY KINGBIRD, PAINTED BUNTING, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and more.
The SAGE THRASHER at Robert Moses State Park since November 17th was last reported around the southwest corner of Field 5 last Sunday the 15th.
A GRAY KINGBIRD spotted late last Saturday morning at the Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island disappeared quickly and was never relocated. Interestingly, a WESTERN TANAGER was found Saturday in the same area at Mount Loretto, and it stayed around at least to Wednesday, feeding in the many fruiting trees there.
Another exciting duo involves a PAINTED BUNTING in female-type plumage found Tuesday along the beach in Far Rockaway. Initially occurring in grassy strips near the boardwalk just east of Beach 32nd Street, the bird apparently has moved closer to Beach 24th Street, still in the same habitat around the boardwalk. This same area has also retained a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, found last Saturday and continuing there through today.
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Eastport was still present today at 353 Old Country Road, and the homeowners continue to welcome visitors. Park along Union Street just east of the home, walk back to 353 and enter the backyard just past the house near the marked shrubs. Also look for the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER still visiting the feeders today. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at a private home in Rocky Point was still visiting today.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was seen near the restaurant and photographed along the edge of the parking lot at Montauk Point last Friday the 13th, but could not be relocated the next day for the Christmas Count.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to roost with CANADA GEESE on the pond off Bowman Avenue next to the Rye Ridge Plaza Shopping Center in Rye Brook, and one was also noted on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Tuesday.
A EURASIAN WIGEON was found on the Queens Christmas Count Sunday at the restricted Edgemere landfill. The female KING EIDER was still with the COMMON EIDER flock off Point Lookout on Wednesday, where up to seven HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been seen lately, and three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were on the Montauk Count Saturday between Ditch Plains and the east end of the town of Montauk. A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has returned to the Crab Meadow Beach area off Northport, noted there as recently as Wednesday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at Jones Beach West End up to Wednesday, with a GLAUCOUS GULL there Thursday, and a GLAUCOUS has also been around the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 recently.
Three MARBLED GODWITS have been traveling around with the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER flock at Jones Beach West End, present through Thursday.
RED-NECKED GREBES last weekend were noted at Floyd Bennett Field, Robert Moses State Park and Montauk.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was reported at Hot Dog Beach off Dune Road Sunday, and the DICKCISSEL in Riverside Park was still noted yesterday south of the tennis courts at about West 119th Street.
Christmas Counts conducted last weekend featured Queens with 132 species Sunday, Brooklyn Saturday with 130 species, including 2 AMERICAN BARN OWLS, Montauk Saturday with 124 species, including over 100 RAZORBILLS, 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, a 1st count SOOTY SHEARWATER and 3 SNOWY OWLS, and Northern Nassau Saturday with 116 species including a WESTERN TANAGER at a private location.
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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