NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/11/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 11, 2025
* NYNY2504.11

– Birds Mentioned

EURASIAN WIGEON
Chimney Swift
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Spotted Sandpiper
Razorbill
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Northern House Wren
Vesper Sparrow
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

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, April 11,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are LITTLE, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS and
ICELAND GULLS, WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET, EURASIAN WIGEON, LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, spring migrants and more.

A mixed week, with more spring movement, though hampered by relatively
poor weather. Birds moving up the Hudson River have included some
flocks of BONAPARTE’S GULLS, providing a good opportunity to look for
a LITTLE GULL among them, and, nicely, an adult LITTLE GULL was
spotted Monday and Tuesday near Piermont Pier in Rockland County but
headed north by Wednesday morning.  Some TERNS have also been noted on
the Hudson, with a few CASPIAN and more recently FORSTER’S and COMMON
all appearing.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still visiting Central Park
Reservoir at least to Sunday, an immature GLAUCOUS GULL appeared at
the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 on Monday, and an ICELAND GULL was
at the Bellport Bay Yacht Club Sunday.  Lingering LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS included 2 at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday and 1 at Calvert Vaux
Park yesterday.

Last Tuesday a WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET landed on a third floor balcony in
the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, and perhaps the same bird was
present Wednesday and Thursday again in Green-Wood Cemetery, where an
AMERICAN BITTERN posed nicely for photos last Sunday.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON in New Jersey waters has been viewable from
lower Manhattan since Wednesday from Hudson River Park, especially
Pier 66, but good optics are definitely required.

Two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were seen Sunday on the West Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and 3 RAZORBILLS were headed east off
Robert Moses State Park last Saturday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Green-Wood Cemetery and Sunken
Meadow State Park, and another was spotted in Hubbard County Park in
Hampton Bays last Sunday.

VESPER SPARROWS have been spotted at several locations recently,
including Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery, Alley Pond Park, and
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER present at Oakland Lake in Queens last
weekend  was followed by 1 at Patriot’s Preserve out in Shirley from
Wednesday to today.  Other WARBLERS arriving recently have included
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA and YELLOW, and a few
ORANGE-CROWNEDS also continue to be seen.

Other recent arrivals have included CHIMNEY SWIFT, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
EASTERN KINGBIRD, WHITE-EYED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, NORTHERN HOUSE WREN
and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/4/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 04, 2025
* NYNY2504.04

– Birds Mentioned

SWALLOW-TAILED KITE+
GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
RED PHALAROPE
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
ATLANTIC PUFFIN
HERRING-TYPE GULL (yellow-legged)
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Caspian Tern
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET
Glossy Ibis
WHITE-FACED IBIS
Red-headed Woodpecker
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
Louisiana Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler

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, April 4,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, GRAY-BREASTED
MARTIN, WHITE-FACED IBIS, a pelagic trip featuring RED PHALAROPE,
DOVEKIE and ATLANTIC PUFFIN, TUNDRA SWAN, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN
DUCK, the enigmatic HERRING-TYPE GULL, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET,
CLAY-COLORED and VESPER SPARROWS, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and other
spring migrants and more.

One of the best signs that spring is finally happening – the
appearance of a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE soaring gracefully overhead.  It’s
usually a quick occurrence, but always memorable, today’s KITE moving
just above tree level over Governors Island a little before 3 pm this
afternoon.  This was quite likely the same individual seen late this
morning passing by Sandy Hook, New Jersey – where will it be spotted
next?

The apparent GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN was still present today on Staten
Island, continuing around the New Creek Watershed and adjoining
neighborhood.  Scanning the marsh from Olympia Boulevard or cruising
the surrounding streets, checking birds sitting on the telephone
wires, should hopefully prove successful.

Today at Robert Moses State Park an arriving flock of GLOSSY IBIS
contained an adult WHITE-FACED IBIS, seen well as the birds approached
and photographed as the flock continued on its way.

A pelagic vessel on Wednesday well out in the Atlantic north of Hudson
Canyon encountered 3 flocks of RED PHALAROPES, containing 34 birds,
along with 2 DOVEKIES and 6 ATLANTIC PUFFINS.  A RAZORBILL was unusual
off Randalls Island Monday.

Likely the TUNDRA SWAN lingering on Eastern Long Island recently was
the one seen Sunday to Tuesday on Lower Lake off Yaphank Avenue in
Yaphank.  A male KING EIDER was noted Sunday off Montauk Point, and a
HARLEQUIN DUCK was present Saturday off the Breezy Point tip.

A young GLAUCOUS GULL was present Monday and Wednesday at Bush
Terminal Piers Park and on Prospect Park Lake today, and an ICELAND
GULL was around the Lake Montauk inlet Sunday.  Also, the
yellow-legged HERRING GULL still awaits resolution as to its specific
ID as it lingers around the Old Field Point and Lighthouse, still
present there Tuesday.

A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET visited Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery from
Sunday to Tuesday, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER also continuing there as
well as at Sunken Meadow State Park at least to Monday.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still in Far Rockaway as of Sunday, seen
around Beach 24th and 25th Steets, while a few VESPER SPARROWS
included singles today at Prospect Park, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge,
and out at Robert Moses State Park.

An early YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER appeared Saturday at Blue Heron Park
on Staten Island, and a nice selection of other arriving spring
migrants this week included LEAST SANDPIPER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER,
SOLITARY SANDPIPER and WILLET, CASPIAN TERN, TRICOLORED and GREEN
HERONS, BLUE-HEADED VIREO,  BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, BROWN THRASHER,
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and BLACK-AND-WHITE and PRAIRIE WARBLERS.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/28/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 28, 2025
* NYNY2503.28

– Birds mentioned
GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
HERRING-TYPE GULL (yellow-legged)
ICELAND GULL
Forster’s Tern
Little Blue Heron
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Purple Martin
Chipping Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
Common Yellowthroat
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
PAINTED BUNTING

– Transcript

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electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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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, March 28th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN,
PAINTED BUNTING, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS and the enigmatic HERRING
type gull, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED and VESPER
SPARROWS, Spring arrivals and more.

Out on Staten Island Tuesday a puzzling MARTIN, initially seen foraging
along with a PURPLE MARTIN, fortunately has lingered along the New Creek
Watershed allowing for decent study and photographs. It seems to best fit a
GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN. This is thus potentially a second record for New
York. The first occurring around Prospect Park Lake from April 1st to 3rd
in 2021. A couple of other similar MARTINS from Central and South America
and the Caribbean have been considered but deemed less likely due to a
variety of field marks. The MARTIN has been feeding over the New Creek
Watershed much of the time and also drifts into the adjoining neighborhoods
on both the north and south sides of the marsh venturing towards Nugent
Avenue and Slater Boulevard on the north side and this evening roosting at
the intersection of Mason Avenue and Rowan Avenue along the south side.
This entire area is between Ocean Breeze and Midland Beach and we wish you
luck.

A wintering female PAINTED BUNTING and sometimes accompanying CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW were both still present Sunday in Far Rockaway where they range
from Beach 27th Street east to Beach 20th Street. On Sunday the BUNTING was
around Beach 24th to 25th and the sparrow at Beach 24th.

The BLACK-HEADED GULL visiting Central Park Reservoir was last reported on
Wednesday and one also was noted at Randall’s Island Saturday. The yellow
legged HERRING type gull was still present yesterday at Old Field Point and
Lighthouse and an ICELAND GULL visited Northport Wednesday.

A CACKLING GOOSE was found today at the Stone Barns Center at the
Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK
continues off Coney Island Beach still present today and a RED-NECKED GREBE
was noted up to Sunday off Floyd Bennett Field.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS feature continuing birds at Green-wood Cemetery in
Brooklyn, at Sunken Meadow State Park and in Westchester at [Sis-court]
Reservoir in Blue Mountain Reservation.

Three VESPER SPARROWS were still out off Hulse Landing Road in Calverton
last Sunday.

Providing some relief from the March doldrums migrants beginning to show up
locally have included CLAPPER and VIRGINIA RAILS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER and
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER’S TERN, LITTLE BLUE HERON, PURPLE MARTIN,
CHIPPING SPARROW, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and PALM, PINE and YELLOW-RUMPED
WARBLERS.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/21/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 21, 2025
* NYNY2503.21

– Birds mentioned
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BRANT (black form)
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
American Woodcock
Red Knot
BLACK-HEADED GULL
HERRING-TYPE GULL (yellow-legged)
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Osprey
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Marsh Wren
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
PAINTED BUNTING

– 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

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, March 21st
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PAINTED BUNTING, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, Black BRANT, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS and the enigmatic
HERRING-type gull, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and more.

But first we’re very sadly mentioning the sudden passing of one of Long
Island’s most knowledgeable and congenial birders, Ed Becher. Encountering Ed in the field always made for a birding day better and his enthusiastic presence will surely be missed.

As for birds, as we work our way through the March doldrums, the female PAINTED BUNTING does continue in Far Rockaway. Seen at least through yesterday in the shrubbery on the in-shore side of the boardwalk most often between Beach 27th and 26th Streets but occasionally east to Beach 20th Street. The often accompanying CLAY-COLORED SPARROW has not been reported since last Sunday when near Beach 27th Street and Sunday was also the last day for the CLAY-COLORED in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

With waterfowl on the move the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE enjoying Prospect Park Lake recently was likely the one also briefly visiting nearby Holy Cross Cemetery last Sunday before heading north. A black form of BRANT was nicely photographed last Saturday at Floyd Bennett Field while a TUNDRA SWAN, perhaps previously lingering at nearby South Haven County Park, was spotted Tuesday on a field off Yaphank Middle Island Road. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still present to Wednesday in the bay off Cordwood Park in St. James. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK has continued off Coney Island Beach through today and a young male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still on Great Pond in Southold Tuesday.

Two different BLACK-HEADED GULLS, one acquiring decent breeding plumage, have been visiting Central Park Reservoir recently with the adult noted on the dividing dike today. The enigmatic yellow legged HERRING-type gull was still present at least to yesterday at Old Field Point and Lighthouse and is still awaiting a definitive specific designation.

A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Jones Beach West End last Saturday while lingering ICELAND GULLS were noted at Old Field Point yesterday and near Shinnecock Inlet today with another photographed over Green-wood Cemetery Monday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen off Floyd Bennett Field at least to Monday and a RED KNOT was spotted at Gilgo Beach Tuesday.

Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Green-wood Cemetery and Sunken Meadow State Park as well as along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville.

Among recent Spring arrivals have been more GREAT EGRETS, OSPREYS and EASTERN PHOEBES plus YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SNOWY EGRET, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS and MARSH WREN while displaying AMERICAN
WOODCOCK continue to move through.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/14/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 14, 2025
* NYNY2503.14

– Birds Mentioned

SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
KING EIDER
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Piping Plover
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Herring-type Gull (yellow-legged)
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
PAINTED BUNTING

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, March 14,
2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PAINTED BUNTING, SWAINSON’S HAWK,
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and
HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS and the enigmatic
Herring-type Gull, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY COLORED and VESPER SPARROWS
and more.

The female PAINTED BUNTING, last noted February 2nd in Far Rockaway
but perhaps not looked for very extensively, was relocated last
Saturday in the same area, as was the often-accompanying CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.  Both birds have continued along the beach front area though
have moved somewhat from the previous regular site that was between
Beach 26th and 27th Streets.  Both remain in the brushy areas just
inland from the boardwalk along the beach, but today the Bunting was
near the end of Beach 20th Street, while the Sparrow was east of Beach
24th Street.  Checking the stretch from Beach 20th to 27th Streets
carefully should hopefully produce the birds.  Another CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW has been present since Sunday in Green-Wood Cemetery in
Brooklyn near the Dell Water

The adult SWAINSON’S HAWK in Brooklyn was spotted Saturday morning
over the Greenwood Heights area it also had visited the evening before
but has not been reported since.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE visited Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn
from last Saturday through Wednesday, while today a likely different
individual appeared on Prospect Park Lake, good records for the
County.  The wintering WHITE-FRONTED in southern Westchester was still
on the Bowman Avenue Pond in Rye Brook Monday, and another was seen
again on the Reeves Avenue Buffalo Farm north of Riverhead on
Wednesday.

A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE off Old Field Point and Lighthouse was
noted to Monday, with a young male still at Great Pond in Southold
Wednesday, and a female HARLEQUIN DUCK was still being seen off Coney
Island Beach Wednesday, while a female KING EIDER has continued off
the Mt. Loretto Unique Area at least to Tuesday.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were still around Plumb Beach and Point
Lookout Saturday, with one at Old Field Point to Thursday, where the
yellow-legged Herring Gull also continues to attract attention but
needs further analysis to determine its specific identification.  A
young GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at the New Creek watershed on Staten
Island Tuesday, a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS continue locally, and
ICELAND GULLS were noted Tuesday from Fort Tryon Park, Old Field Point
and east of Smith Point County Park.

A RAZORBILL seen Saturday flying towards the inlet from Floyd Bennett
Field may have been the same one off Coney Island Monday, when a
RED-NECKED GREBE was also spotted from Floyd Bennett.

Lingering RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS feature one still in Green-Wood
Cemetery today, another continuing at Sunken Meadow State Park, and
one on territory along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond, off Schultz
Road in Manorville.

A small group of LAPLAND LONGSPURS hanging around Jones Beach West End
recently has included up to eight individuals at least to Thursday,
and four VESPER SPARROWS were counted off Hulse Landing Road in
Calverton Wednesday.

As a note, there have been no reports of the NORTHERN LAPWING in the
Bridgehampton area since last Friday the 7th, but recent arrivals have
included PIPING PLOVER, LAUGHING GULL and DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/7/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 7, 2025
* NYNY2503.07

– Birds Mentioned

NORTHERN LAPWING+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Bufflehead
American Woodcock
BLACK-HEADED GULL
HERRING-type GULL (yellow-legged)
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Osprey
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
VESPER SPARROW

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, March 7, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, SWAINSON’S HAWK, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL and an enigmatic HERRING-type GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, VESPER SPARROW and more.

The NORTHERN LAPWING happily continues its visit to the Bridgehampton area, foraging in fields along Halsey Lane north of Mecox Road much of the time but also visiting fields off Horse Mill Lane just south of Mecox Road.  Today it was seen off Halsey Lane, where it favors a fenced field also patronized by hooved animals and domestic Helmeted Guineafowl.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE visiting the Eastport area was noted on Eastport Lake on the north side of Montauk Highway at least to Monday, and was also seen on the sod farm on the east side of Route 51 just north of Route 111 through Wednesday, but with waterfowl now on the move, its departure is likely soon.

The Brooklyn SWAINSON’S HAWK, quite elusive lately, may still visit the Sims Municipal Recycling Plant around 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue, where it was Sunday, but has also been seen soaring over Green-Wood Cemetery both today and last Saturday, thus apparently spending most of its time undetected somewhere in the area.

Today single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted at Floyd Bennet Field with CANADAS, on Miller Field on Staten Island, and on the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook, while two were on Wainscott Pond yesterday  A TUNDRA SWAN was still at Southaven County Park Sunday, a female KING EIDER was still off Mt. Loretto Unique Area Saturday, the drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was spotted Sunday off Old Field Point and Lighthouse, and today there were 7 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Point Lookout and a female off Coney Island Beach with BUFFLEHEAD.

Lingering single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were still visiting Oldfield Point at least to Saturday, Plumb Beach to Monday, and Point Lookout through today, and Old Field Point also continues to host the yellow-legged HERRING-type GULL that has sparked much discussion as to its specific identity, including such possibilities as the recently split European Herring Gull or a Yellow-legged Gull, or a hybrid, or ….

Other GULLS this week included a GLAUCOUS at Staten Island’s Fort Wadsworth today, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED visiting Prospect Park Lake Wednesday, and single ICELAND GULLS at Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday, at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island Tuesday, and visiting Oldfield Point at least to Tuesday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Green-Wood Cemetery and at Sunken Meadow State Park, with one also seen once again along the Paumanok Trail today, this near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.

A couple of VESPER SPARROWS were off Hulse Landing Road in Calverton Saturday, while recent arrivals have included OSPREY, a few EASTERN PHOEBES and some TREE SWALLOWS, and AMERICAN WOODCOCKS are now displaying at a few locations, with more expected quite soon.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/28/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 28, 2025
* NYNY2502.28

– Birds mentioned
NORTHERN LAPWING+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
Common Eider
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
ATLANTIC PUFFIN
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Common Murre
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Herring Gull (yellow-legged type)
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW

– 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, February 28th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING,
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, SWAINSON’S HAWK, pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC
PUFFIN and DOVEKIE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and more.

The NORTHERN LAPWING continues out in the Bridgehampton area feeding in
various local pastures. It seems to favor fields along Halsey Lane, a
little north of Mecox Road, but also on Tuesday and today it was found off
Horse Mill Lane just south of Mecox Road. Checking these areas has been
paying off recently.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE in the Eastport area has also been following a
consistent pattern lately. It roosts with Canada Geese and other waterfowl
on Eastport Lake on the north side of Montauk Highway usually moving to
feed on fields at a sod farm on the east side of Route 51 just north of
Route 111. CACKLING GOOSE also travelling with this group.

The adult SWAINSON’S HAWK in Brooklyn was spotted Sunday at the Sims
Municipal Recycling Plant around 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue and
subsequently again over nearby Green-wood Cemetery on Monday but has not
been reported since, so possibly still in the area.

A 12-hour pelagic trip Saturday aboard the American Princess out of
Sheepshead Bay encountered birder friendly conditions as it ventured out
about 50 miles offshore. Highlights include 79 COMMON EIDER, 8 ATLANTIC
PUFFINS, 478 DOVEKIES, 10 COMMON MURRES and 1,743 RAZORBILLS, a
BLACK-HEADED GULL while leaving port, one BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 3 ICELAND
and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 16 NORTHERN GANNETS and a very unexpected
SOOTY SHEARWATER just in New Jersey waters.

At least 13 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still last Sunday at Southaven
County Park where a TUNDRA SWAN has continued through today. Other
WHITE-FRONTEDS included 2 still visiting private Tung Ting Pond in
Centerport to Tuesday and one continuing in southern Westchester seen on
the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook today plus one at the Reeves Avenue
Buffalo Farm Sunday. A female KING EIDER on Staten Island was off the Lemon
Creek Pier Wednesday and 2 young males were in Gardiners Bay Monday while a
drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still present off Old Field Point and
Lighthouse Wednesday and a female continued on New Croton Reservoir in
Westchester at least to Monday.

Lingering BLACK-HEADED GULLS off Old Field Point today as was the
yellow-legged HERRING type gull still the subject of much scrutiny and
discussion as to its true genetic lineage. Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were
also noted this week off Point Lookout to Sunday and at Plumb Beach
Tuesday. Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were spotted at Montauk Point Sunday and off
Staten Island’s Fort Wadsworth Tuesday while a few ICELAND GULLS featured
birds at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island and in lower Manhattan,
Randall’s Island, Old Field Point and Shinnecock.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was on Kensico Reservoir in Westchester Thursday and
single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn
and at Sunken Meadow State Park.

The LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Heckscher State Park Monday and the
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on Far Rockaway was seen again Sunday in the vegetated
area near the boardwalk between Beach 27th and 26th Streets.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/21/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 21, 2025
* NYNY2502.21

– Birds mentioned
NORTHERN LAPWING+
COMMON GULL (Kamchatka)+
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
LAPLAND LONGSPUR

Plus:
Yellow-legged Herring type gull

– 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, February 21st
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are Kamchatka COMMON GULL and
2 other interesting gulls, NORTHERN LAPWING, SANDHILL CRANE, BOHEMIAN
WAXWING, SWAINSON’S HAWK, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE,
TUNDRA SWAN, KING EIDER, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED
MURRE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.

A Kamchatka race of COMMON GULL appeared midday Monday at Playland Park in
Rye, staying less than an hour before flying off in a flock towards Long
Island Sound. On Tuesday evening a bird photographed off Belden Point on
City Island seemed to be the same bird which is likely the one that for a
few years now has been wintering in Stamford Connecticut. That bird was not
seen in Connecticut during the above 2 days but was back on station in
Stamford on Wednesday. Also at Belden Point late Monday evening a bird
reminiscent of a SHORT-BILLED GULL was photographed in poor conditions and
may have been the one previously noted around Manhattan. And mentioning
challenging gulls, a Yellow-legged HERRING type visiting Old Field Point
and Lighthouse on Long Island’s north shore noted here for a few years now
has left birders guessing as to its true parentage.

A NORTHERN LAPWING out in Bridgehampton has continued this week visiting
fields off Halsey Lane a little north of Mecox Road and a SANDHILL CRANE
has been feeding in fields a little south of there along Horse Mill Lane on
the south side of Mecox Lane in Watermill.

A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was last reported last Saturday at Jones Beach West End.

A now adult plumaged SWAINSON’S HAWK has returned to Brooklyn. Since last
Saturday appearing again at the Sims Municipal Recycling Plant around 29th
Street west of 2nd Avenue and today photographed nicely over Green-wood
Cemetery.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE continues in Eastport visiting Eastport Lake on the
north side of Montauk Highway or some sod fields north of there. GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at a few locations included up to 16 counted Tuesday at
Southaven County Park in Yaphank these numbers dropping off but a TUNDRA
SWAN at that location was still present today north of the spillway. A
drake KING EIDER was at Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday with a female at
Mount Loretto Unique Area the same day and single BARROW’S GOLDENEYES were
on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester all week, on Great Pond in Southold
Wednesday and at Old Field Point to today.

Last Saturday Shinnecock Inlet produced single DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED
MURRE while DOVEKIES were also noted off Camp Hero in Montauk today. The
Brooklyn THICK-BILLED MURRE was still off BJ’s Wholesale Club Sunday when
one was also found in Montauk’s Fort Pond Bay. Montauk Point also provided
71 RAZORBILLS plus 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES last Sunday while today’s
equivalent numbers were 78 RAZORBILLS and 16 KITTIWAKES. This week’s
BLACK-HEADED GULLS included one at Old Field Point and one still around
Plumb Beach and ICELAND GULLS were noted at Croton Point Park Tuesday and
around the Ponquogue Bridge Sunday as well as in the Montauk area.

Today a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Montauk Point and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was
photographed at Croton Point Park.

This week RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were present in Green-wood Cemetery and
Sunken Meadow State Park and noted Wednesday at Miller’s Pond in Smithtown
and Southaven County Park.

In Westchester 2 TREE SWALLOWS visited New Croton Reservoir yesterday and a
LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been in a Horned Lark flock at the Croton Point
landfill recently.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/14/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 14, 2025
* NYNY2502.14

– Birds Mentioned

NORTHERN LAPWING+
SHORT-BILLED GULL+ (probable)
SMITH’S LONGSPUR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Horned Lark
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
Lapland Longspur
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW

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
14, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, SMITH’S LONGSPUR,
BOHEMIAN WAXWING, probable SHORT-BILLED GULL, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER
WHITE FRONTED GEESE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN
DUCK, DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CLAY-COLORED
and LARK SPARROWS and more.

But first, we note with much sadness the recent passing of Helen Hays,
whose herculean efforts for well over 50 years working with volunteers
on the Great Gull Island Project have successfully provided a stable
habitat for a now thriving colony of Common and Roseate Terns.  Thank
you, Helen – you will certainly be missed.

As to this week’s birds, the NORTHERN LAPWING continued its stay along
Mecox Road and Halsey Lane in Bridgehampton through Sunday but
revisited Sagg Pond Monday.  It then was absent for a few days, only
to be re-found again today along Halsey Lane.  Its movements likely
are weather dependent, but checking these areas could be worthwhile.

A female SMITH’S LONGSPUR spotted late Saturday at Smith Point County
Park in Shirley was seen again Sunday around the parking lot area
before flying off later in the morning.

At Jones Beach West End, the BOHEMIAN WAXWING found there Friday was
spotted briefly Sunday and again Monday but remained difficult to pin
down.  Also at the West End, a decent number of LAPLAND LONGPURS
around the dunes included eight counted on Sunday.

At Brooklyn Bridge Park last Sunday what was believed to be a
SHORT-BILLED GULL was seen in fading light late in the day, but the
closely related Common Gull could not definitively be ruled out –
hopefully it will reappear somewhere in that area.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was noted both on Eastport Lake north of Montauk
Highway and on sod fields north of there, east of Route 51 and north
of Route 111 to Tuesday, with another at the Huntington Country Club
last Saturday.  GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE included two regularly on
private Tung Ting Pond in Centerport to Wednesday and one continuing
to visit Playland Lake in Rye.

A drake KING EIDER was still in the COMMON EIDER flock around
Shinnecock Inlet Sunday, 11 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were counted off Point
Lookout Saturday, and BARROW’S GOLDENEYES featured a drake off Crab
Meadow Beach Saturday, a young male on Great Pond in Southold
Thursday, and a female found on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester on
Wednesday and still present this morning along the east side of the
reservoir by an island a half mile southwest of the Taconic overpass.

DOVEKIES were seen off Sagg Pond to Monday and around Shinnecock Inlet
on Monday, while a THICK-BILLED MURRE has been present all week in
Gravesend Bay off Brooklyn, often seen from BJ’s Wholesale Club.

BLACK-HEADED GULLS continue around Point Lookout and in the Plumb
Beach area, with three also reported at Wainscott Pond Saturday.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed on Randall’s Island Sunday,
and the lingering LARK SPARROW was noted near 851 Head of Pond Road in
Watermill to Sunday, while another was found at the Reeves Avenue
Buffalo Farm on the west side of Roanoke Avenue north of Riverhead on
Thursday.  This Buffalo Farm has also recently produced a number of
HORNED LARKS with up to four LAPLAND LONGSPURS mixed in; a possible
but unconfirmed Chestnut-collared Longspur was also reported there
briefly on Wednesday and should be looked for.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/7/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 7, 2025
* NYNY2502.07

– Birds Mentioned

NORTHERN LAPWING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
Killdeer
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
PAINTED BUNTING

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 7, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, PAINTED BUNTING, SANDHILL CRANE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and more.

The NORTHERN LAPWING continues in Bridgehampton through today, now favoring farm fields along Halsey Lane a little north of its intersection with Mecox Road.  It is often with KILLDEER in the fields, and 819 Halsey Lane is an address used today as a location, but the birds do move around, so also check fields further up Halsey Lane.

Today an adult BOHEMIAN WAXWING was photographed at Jones Beach West End along the entry road just west of the Meadowbrook Parkway, but there were no subsequent reports.

The female-type PAINTED BUNTING in Far Rockaway was seen again last Sunday, while the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was also noted today, this odd couple lingering around the brushy area with the cat colony just inland from the boardwalk between Beach 26th and 27th Streets.

The SANDHILL CRANE, briefly encountered last Friday, stayed around the upper end of Sagg pond in Bridgehampton through Sunday.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE has been seen regularly recently on Eastport Lake in the section north of Montauk Highway and on nearby sod fields, with another still at Crab Meadow Beach last Saturday.  Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still visiting private Tung Ting Pond in Centerport early in the week, with another roosting with CANADA GEESE recently on Playland Lake in Rye.  The young SWAN visiting Playland Lake to last Saturday, when it was retrieved for rehabilitation, passed away Sunday from severe malnutrition and at that time was re-identified as an emaciated MUTE SWAN – embarrassing, but that’s why pencils have erasers.

The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow Beach on Wednesday, and the drake KING EIDER remains around Shinnecock Inlet in the COMMON EIDER flock, while the female KING continues off Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island.  Fourteen HARLEQUIN DUCKS were counted at Point Lookout last Saturday.

DOVEKIE reports included four at Shinnecock Inlet Monday and singles off Montauk Point Wednesday, along with over 2,700 RAZORBILLS, and at Culloden Point in Montauk, this joined by a RED-NECKED GREBE.  Another RED-NECKED GREBE was in Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn, Sunday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL on Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Wednesday was very unusual there, while others continued in Brooklyn between Gravesend Bay and Plumb Beach and around Point Lookout.  A couple of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were reported off Montauk Point Monday and Wednesday, with three ICELAND GULLS at the Lake Montauk inlet Monday.  A GLAUCOUS GULL was still around Hunts Point in the Bronx on Tuesday.

A PIPING PLOVER continues at Point Lookout, and three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were present this week at Terrell River County Park in Center Moriches.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, with another still at Siscowit Reservoir in Pound Ridge.

An adult LARK SPARROW remains around Corwith’s Farmstand, located at 851 Head of Pond Road in Watermill, and a few VESPER SPARROWS are wintering along Hulse Landing Road in Calverton.

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