-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 16, 2024
* NYNY2402.16
– Birds Mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
Black Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
MARBLED GODWIT
DOVEKIE
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Horned Lark
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Yellow-breasted Chat
“AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
SUMMER TANAGER
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
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 16, 2024 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are Brooklyn’s first RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC PUFFIN, DOVEKIE and COMMON MURRE, as well as onshore BLACK GUILLEMOT and THICK-BILLED MURRE, a WESTERN GREBE in New Jersey waters, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON and KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER and more .
A Selasphorous Hummingbird first spotted in Prospect Park last Saturday, based on analysis of photos of the bird’s spread tail, appears to be Brooklyn’s first RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. Still present today, the bird has been frequenting Honeysuckle plants and a feeder put up near the hairpin turn on the path on the Prospect Park Lake side of Breeze Hill.
A 12-hour pelagic trip last Saturday aboard the American Princess left Brooklyn in comfortable seas and by day’s end had recorded 25 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 284 RAZORBILLS, 92 DOVEKIES and 22 COMMON MURRES as well as 69 NORTHERN GANNETS, 1 ICELAND and 4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, plus other gulls and sea ducks, including over 12,000 BLACK SCOTERS.
To round out the eastern alcids, a BLACK GUILLEMOT spotted last Saturday from Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga was present offshore a little west of the beach parking lot at least to Monday but has not been reported since. A THICK BILLED MURRE on Saturday off Conference House Park on Staten Island moved north towards Tottenville during the day but on Sunday was found heading south off Conference House Park and out towards the ocean.
A DOVEKIE was spotted east of the Jones Beach West End jetty last Sunday, and some RAZORBILLS continue along the coast.
A continuing WESTERN GREBE recently in Raritan Bay off South Amboy, New Jersey, was seen again last Sunday at long distance from Conference House Park.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still visiting the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook last Sunday, the same day the drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen again on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park.
A drake KING EIDER seen Saturday off Sammy’s Beach in Northwest Harbor was possibly the same bird spotted the following day at the south end of Gardiners Island; and on Wednesday 22 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were counted around the Jones Beach West End jetty.
Up to three BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted during the week in Jones Inlet, often along the West End jetty, and an adult was present today at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn.
Eight BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were counted off Montauk Point Sunday, and last week’s ICELAND GULL on the beach at Glen Island Park in Westchester was still present yesterday.
A RED-NECKED GREBE continues off Pelham Bay Park, with one also still off Culloden Point in Montauk last Sunday.
At least three MARBLED GODWITS were still around Jones Beach Field 10 last Saturday.
Continuing locations for wintering RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include Willowbrook Park on Staten Island, Croton Point Park and Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was also reported from Croton Point last Sunday.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found in a HORNED LARK flock along Hulse Landing Road in Calverton today, the “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was still at Jones Beach West End yesterday, and a female SUMMER TANAGER appeared a couple of times during the week at a private feeder in Commack.
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