-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 6, 2024
* NYNY2412.06
– Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SAGE THRASHER+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
CACKLING GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
RED PHALAROPE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Orange-crowned 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 Friday, December
6, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE
THRASHER, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, RED PHALAROPE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON,
KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, MARBLED GODWIT, DICKCISSEL and more.
The SAGE THRASHER, providing great views since relocated at Field 5 of
Robert Moses State Park back on November 17th, continued its presence
there at least to Thursday, though no reports from today have yet
surfaced. To look for it, check especially the southwest corner of
Field 5, where the THRASHER has been often foraging on the grassy edge
of the parking lot or roosting in the adjacent plantings.
The MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER on Staten Island was last reported on
Sunday at the Heritage Farm section of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center
and Botanical Garden, and there were no reports of the previous RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD.
The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD visiting feeders out in Eastport was still
present today at 353 Old Country Road. The homeowners continue to
welcome visitors to their backyard to view this accommodating rarity.
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. An ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLER was also noted there Tuesday to Thursday.
Presumably the same AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was photographed over
Breezy Point last Saturday and then seen again on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Sunday but not reported since.
An apparently injured RED PHALAROPE was found Thursday on the beach on
Fire Island at or near Smith Point County Park in Shirley but not
encountered thereafter.
Single GREAT WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted again at Miller Field on
Staten Island on Saturday and at Mills Pond south of Route 25A in St.
James Tuesday, and in Westchester we welcome back once again the
returning GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE to Rye Brook, seen today on the
pond off Bowman Avenue by the Rye Ridge Plaza shopping center.
A few CACKLING GEESE include one seen during the week at Flushing
Meadows Corona Park and two at Miller Field Sunday.
A female EURASIAN WIGEON was noted at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
Tuesday to Thursday, and a female KING EIDER was still frequenting the
COMMON EIDER flock around the jetties at Point Lookout at least to
Wednesday. Up to four HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been around those jetties
as well.
One or two MARBLED GODWITS have recently been noted at Jones Beach
West End at least to Tuesday, usually with the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER
flock. A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was noted Saturday along Santapogue
Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon, and an ICELAND GULL was
reported from Jones Beach West End 2 on Thursday.
Birds noted at Montauk Sunday included a RED-NECKED GREBE, up to 24
RAZORBILLS, 4 lingering GREAT SHEARWATERS and 85 NORTHERN GANNETS.
A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported at Gilgo Tuesday, and several
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include one in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn,
one at Sunken Meadow State Park near the entry bridge, and one still
at Caumsett State Park Tuesday.
A DICKCISSEL found last Saturday in Riverside Park on northern
Manhattan was still present today near the old water drip area just
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.
– End transcript