NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 1/17/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 17, 2025
* NYNY2501.17

– Birds Mentioned

TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE (extralimital)+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 17, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE and extralimital TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE, PAINTED BUNTING, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Up to three PINK-FOOTED GEESE were still present in the Northport area at least to Monday, but the only report of three came Saturday with the trio seen at Crab Meadow Beach early in the morning.  Otherwise only single birds were reported to Monday, all in the same general area. One was on the initial soccer field off 337 Eaton’s Neck Road Sunday and in the adjacent inlet by the stacks Monday, and singles were seen Sunday at Asharoken Beach Park as well as at Crab Meadow Beach.  They may still continue in that area.  And for those not yet aware, a potential first New York State record TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE (pending NYSARC approval) has been present for a short while now up just north of Saratoga Springs, today along Route 40 Wall Street in Northumberland.  Check birding services such as eBird, Discord, or the Albany Bird Alert for current info.

The female-plumaged PAINTED BUNTING and accompanying CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were still present yesterday in Far Rockaway, recently around the plantings along the beach boardwalk between Beach 26th and 27th Streets.|

The lower Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been roosting recently during the day on Playland Lake in Rye while the Bowman Avenue pond remains frozen.  Two were also seen at Northport High School Saturday afternoon, with likely the same two off Laurel Hill Road in Greenlawn the same day.

A female KING EIDER was present off the Mount Loretto Unique Area Saturday to Monday, and HARLEQUIN DUCKS, besides around Jones inlet, featured seven at Ditch Plains Saturday, two yesterday, and one today off Southhold Town Beach.

Besides one or more BLACK-HEADED GULLS continuing around Jones Beach State Park, ranging from Point Lookout and Jones Beach inlet east to the West End Coast Guard Station and Field 10, singles were reported today visiting the Reservoir in Central Park and out at Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton.

A GLAUCOUS GULL continues out in the Bellport Bay area, with another at Veterans Memorial Pier in Brooklyn Sunday.  An ICELAND GULL also continues in Bellport, another visited Central Park Reservoir Monday, and in Brooklyn sightings included one at Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday and one at Old Pier 1 on Thursday.

Two BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES moved by Montauk Point last Saturday, other visitors there featuring over 1,600 RAZORBILLS and a RED-NECKED GREBE.

A late PIPING PLOVER was photographed today at the Point Lookout Fireman’s Park, and three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were last Saturday at Terrell River County Park in Central Moriches.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Green-Wood Cemetery and Caumsett State Park, with one also at Indian Island County Park in Riverhead to today.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continues at Mill Pond Preserve in Wantagh.  The DICKCISSEL in Riverside Park, reported to Wednesday, may have had its routine altered since the suet feeder just below the tennis courts around West 119th Street was moved south a few blocks.  Several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS continue regionally

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, 1/10/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 10, 2025
* NYNY2501.10

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Mourning Dove
Semipalmated Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Lapland Longspur
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January
10, 2025 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, WHITE-WINGED
DOVE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, PAINTED BUNTING, TUNDRA SWAN, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The three PINK-FOOTED GEESE in Northport since December 28 were still
visiting the same soccer field as of Thursday, with at least 2 showing
up Friday – the address for this site is 337 Eatons Neck Road, which
leads to a parking lot next to the soccer field.  If the Canada Goose
flock is present, look through the locked chain-link fence for the
PINK-FOOTS but do not enter the field.

A surprise visitor last Saturday to an Oakwood Beach yard on Staten
Island was a WHITE-WINGED DOVE visiting a feeder with some MOURNING
DOVES, where it was photographed before disappearing towards nearby
marshes.

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD visiting feeders at a home in Eastport since
November 2nd was last seen there this past Monday, and we thank the
very gracious homeowners for their hospitality in permitting so many
birders to enjoy this exciting visitor – well done!

The female-plumaged PAINTED BUNTING and the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
continue to share habitat together in Far Rockaway, still present
today in the plantings along the beach boardwalk, currently between
Beach 26th and 27th Streets.|

Two TUNDRA SWANS paid a surprise visit Tuesday to the cove by the
Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station but were gone by the
following day.

The lower Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been alternating
roosting sites between Playland Lake in Rye and the Bowman Avenue
pond, depending on ice conditions, and another has been out in
Riverhead recently on fields by the Reeves Avenue buffalo farm or
nearby Doctor’s Path.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen again Monday from Cordwood Park in St.
James, with another reported again Saturday on the West Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

A drake KING EIDER was noted through Thursday with COMMON EIDER in the
vicinity of the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock, and a HARLEQUIN DUCK
was off Oakland Beach at Gilgo today, with others still in Jones
Inlet.

Out at Montauk Point last Saturday 3 DOVEKIES were reported along with
300 RAZORBILLS, and 18 RAZORBILLS were seen off Riis Park the next
day, but note that the Southern Nassau Christmas Count Saturday
recorded over 2,000 RAZOBILLS from Tobay west to beyond Jones Inlet in
a large early morning flight.

The Southern Nassau Count also recorded 5 BLACK-HEADED GULLS, these
recently hanging out mostly around the Jones Beach West End bar and
over to the Field 10 marshes.

During the week single GLAUCOUS GULLS were reported from the Brooklyn
Army Terminal Pier 4, Miller Field on Staten Island Saturday, in the
Bellport area and at Shinnecock Thursday and Friday, and  ICELAND
GULLS have also been seen around Bellport, including at the Yacht
Club, and on Staten Island last weekend.

Two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre last
Saturday, another at Cedar Beach Wednesday.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn and
at Sunken Meadow State Park.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT has been at Mill Pond Preserve in Wantagh since
last Saturday, and a DICKCISSEL continues in Riverside Park near the
suet feeder south of the tennis courts at about West 119th Street.

The Southern Nassau Christmas Count Saturday recorded 134 species,
including 12 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 1 SNOWY and 3
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 2 EASTERN PHOEBES, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, NELSON’S
SPARROW, and 7 ORANGE-CROWNED 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, 1/3/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 3, 2025
* NYNY2501.03

– Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
SNOWY OWL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
WESTERN TANAGER
PAINTED BUNTING
DICKCISSEL

– 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, January 3rd
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE,
PAINTED BUNTING, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and
GLAUCOUS GULLS, SNOWY OWL, DOVEKIE, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Saturday three PINK-FOOTED GEESE were first spotted in a flock of
Canada Geese on the soccer field in Northport just west of the four stacks
and they have continued in that area through today. The address for the
site is 337 Eaton’s Neck Road which leads to a parking lot next to the
soccer field. If the Canadas are present, look through the locked
chain-link fence for the PINK-FOOTS but don’t enter the field.

At Far Rockaway both the female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING and the
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were present all week. Today they were both near the
boardwalk between beach 26th and 27th Streets.

The Eastport RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD and bonus ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were still
present today at 353 Old Country Road where birders are welcomed to view
the backyard feeders. To visit the home park along Union Street just east
of the house, walk back to 353 and enter the backyard near the marked
shrubs.

The WESTERN TANAGER seen back in mid December on Staten Island was
apparently still present, spotted Wednesday along the wetlands trail
boardwalk at Mount Loretto Unique Area.

Among the waterfowl the Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was on
Playland Lake in Rye Monday but back on the Bowman Avenue Pond in Ryebrook
Thursday. A EURASIAN WIGEON was found Monday off Cordwood Park in Saint
James and was still in the same area today while another was reported on
Wednesday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A male KING
EIDER was noted Tuesday and today with Common Eider around the Shinnecock
Inlet and on Wednesday HARLEQUIN DUCKS included a male at Orient Point and
a female at Midland Beach on Staten Island. A young male BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
was present Friday on Great Pond in Southold and a drake was seen a few
times between Crab Meadow Beach east to Sunken Meadow State Park.

One or two BLACK-HEADED GULLS continue to be seen on the north side of
Jones Beach often around field 10. Another has been appearing at Plumb
Beach since Wednesday and one remains in the Setauket Harbor area. A
GLAUCOUS GULL has been around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and sometimes
at Bush Terminal Piers Park with another at the FDR boardwalk on Staten
Island Wednesday and one out at the Bellport Bay Yacht Club Thursday. A few
ICELAND GULLS have been noted from Plumb Beach and Central Park Reservoir
out to Orient Harbor and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on Prospect Park
Lake Sunday.

Reports for Montauk Point Sunday included a DOVEKIE, 150 RAZORBILLS, 6
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, and a DOVEKIE was reported
from the south end of Fort Pond yesterday.

A few SNOWY OWLS have shown up recently but locations are generally kept
secret due to the potential for disturbance.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found today at Mill Pond Preserve in Wantagh and
a DICKCISSEL continues in Riverside Park near the suet feeders 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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 12/20/2024

-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.

– End transcript

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 12/12/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 12, 2024
* NYNY2412.12

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SAGE THRASHER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Lapland Longspur
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Wilson’s 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 Thursday, December
12, 2024 at 10:00 p.m., a day early due to travel.

The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER,
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GEESE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The SAGE THRASHER was still present this morning at Robert Moses State
Park Field 5, where it continues to frequent the brush and grassy edge
of the southwestern corner of the parking lot.  It sometimes
disappears into the Russian Olives, so be patient.

Last Saturday a male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was found at the Bayard
Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and it was still present today,
recently often favoring an Eastern Red Cedar on Breezy Island, where
it was nicely photographed today.

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Eastport was still present today at 353 Old
Country Road.  The homeowners continue to welcome visitors to their
backyard to view the Hummer, and with luck you might also spot the
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER noted there again today. 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.  The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD at a private home in
Rocky Point was also seen today.

Last Saturday an immature BROWN PELICAN was spotted moving around Star
Island in Montauk Harbor for a while before moving off, and then on
Tuesday presumably the same bird was spotted flying around Reeves Bay
and adjacent Flanders Bay just east of Riverhead before flying away.

During a large overhead flight of GEESE last Saturday a BARNACLE GOOSE
was picked out and photographed in a small CANADA flock from two
different locations as the group moved southwest over western
Brooklyn.  Some SNOW GEESE were also moving, and a CACKLING GOOSE or
two were also reported.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been an interesting visitor to
Prospect Park Lake since Sunday, still present there today.  Another
WHITE-FRONTED continues to roost with CANADAS during the day on the
pond off Bowman Avenue next to the Rye Ridge Plaza shopping center in
Rye Brook.

A female KING EIDER was still in a COMMON EIDER flock around the
jetties at Point. Lookout at least to Monday, and up to six HARLEQUIN
DUCKS also continue there.

Five adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES occurred off Smith Point County
Park last Wednesday, the same day an injured immature was found on the
beach at Coney Island. Wednesday also produced ICELAND GULLS at Coney
Island Creek Park and Pelham Bay Park.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were still at Green-Wood Cemetery and Sunken
Meadow State Park during the week.

Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were reported flying over Randall’s Island last
Saturday, and a DICKCISSEL was still present today in Riverside Park
in northern Manhattan just south of the tennis courts at about West
119th Street.

Recent late WARBLERS, besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS, have also included
TENNESSEE, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, BLACKPOLL and WILSON’S.

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, 12/6/2024

-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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/22/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 22, 2024
* NYNY2411.22

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WESTERN FLYCATCHER+
SAGE THRASHER+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
“Black” form of Brant
EURASIAN WIGEON
AMERICAN AVOCET
Marbled Godwit
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill
Bonaparte’s Gull
LITTLE GULL
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Golden Eagle
American Goshawk
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
CAVE SWALLOW
SEDGE WREN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR

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, November
22, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, WESTERN FLYCATCHER,
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, SEDGE WREN, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LITTLE and
BLACK-HEADED GULLS, AMERICAN AVOCET, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE,
EURASIAN WIGEON, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.

A SAGE THRASHER seen at Field 5 in Robert Moses State Park back on
November 8th, but not noted on subsequent days, did apparently remain
in that area and has since last Sunday been providing excellent views
through today.  It often forages in the open along the grassy area at
the southwest corner of the Field 5 parking lot, but at times it will
seek shelter in the adjacent hedgerow.

Last Monday a WESTERN FLYCATCHER was fortuitously photographed at
Angle Fly Preserve in Somers, Westchester County, located off Primrose
Street Route 139.  On Tuesday the Flycatcher circulated quietly around
a hilly wooded area, permitting varying opportunities for observation
before disappearing in mid-afternoon, not to be seen thereafter.

On Staten Island the MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER found last Friday at
Heritage Farm in the southeast section of the Snug Harbor Cultural
Center and Botanical Garden was still being seen Wednesday, and a
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was spotted Saturday around the gardens and a
feeder at Snug Harbor; both continued there through Wednesday, though
there have been no reports since.

The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD out in Eastport, Suffolk County, was still
present today, visiting feeders and plantings at 353 Old Country Road.
The homeowners graciously welcome visitors, who should 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 feeders.

A SEDGE WREN was found Wednesday in the marsh at the Oceanside Marine
Nature Study Area and enjoyed there throughout the day but not
thereafter.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was still visiting the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden at least to Saturday, and another was photographed at Shore
Road Park in Brooklyn on Tuesday. |

A CAVE SWALLOW flew past Robert Moses State Park Field 5 last
Saturday, and another was seen at Floyd Bennett Field today; with some
still occurring north of our area, more opportunities should come our
way.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still
present on the East Pond today, while the drake EURASIAN WIGEON has
been reported from both the East and West Ponds lately.

An adult LITTLE GULL was a nice find off Smith Point County Park on
Wednesday, flying with some BONAPARTE’S GULLS, and a BLACK-HEADED GULL
was noted off Montauk Point Saturday.  Other recent highlights from
Montauk Point have been some arriving RAZORBILLS, with 8 Sunday and 24
today, plus some lingering SHEARWATERS, totals from last Sunday
including 8 CORY’S, 80 GREAT and 1 each of SOOTY and MANX, plus a
PARASITIC JAEGER and 260 NORTHERN GANNETS.

An AMERICAN AVOCET visited Georgica Inlet last Sunday, and 3 MARBLED
GODWITS appeared Tuesday on the bar at Jones Beach West End.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found Saturday at Floyd Bennett
Field, where a “Black” BRANT was photographed Sunday, and a GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED visiting Staten Island from Monday was at Miller Field
on Wednesday.

An AMERICAN GOSHAWK was photographed over the Marine Park Salt Marsh
Nature Center Monday, with a GOLDEN EAGLE over Fort Tryon Park last
Saturday.

Wednesday ICELAND GULLS included 1 at Breezy Point, 2 at Floyd Bennett
Field  and 1 at Smith Point County Park.

Some LAPLAND LONGSPURS included 2 at Jones Beach West End Saturday and
2 or more at Robert Moses State Park Monday.

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, 11/15/2024

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 15, 2024
* NYNY2411.15

– Birds Mentioned

RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WOOD STORK+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
Whimbrel
Parasitic Jaeger
ICELAND GULL
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Western Cattle Egret
RED-TAILED HAWK, Krider’s form
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Red-headed Woodpecker
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Tree Swallow
CAVE SWALLOW
EVENING GROSBEAK
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
BLUE 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

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November
15, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

The highlights of today’s tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, MACGILLIVRAY’S
WARBLER, CAVE SWALLOW, WOOD STORK, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA
SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND GULL, Krider’s form of
RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, EVENING GROSBEAK, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.

A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit feeders in Eastport, Suffolk
County, and the homeowners welcome birders to their backyard to view
this exciting vagrant.  The address is 353 Old Country Road, and
visitors should 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 by streamers to view the feeders and Salvia near the
building.

On Staten Island today a MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER was spotted on the
north section of the island at Heritage Farm and later relocated north
of there at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden.
Though calling regularly, this bird could be difficult to relocate if
it continues to move around.

After sweeping through northern New York over to the New England
coast, some CAVE SWALLOWS began appearing along southern New York as
they head back south. Sightings last Saturday at Robert Moses State
Park and at Fort Tilden were followed by birds at Breezy Point Monday
and off Coney Island Wednesday, so watch for them at coastal sites
especially, and any other areas still attracting TREE SWALLOWS.

The more recent immature WOOD STORK on Staten Island was still at Blue
Heron Park in Annadale on Saturday, but in poor condition, and
hopefully has been taken in by a rehabilitator.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still
visiting the East Pond today, but it does fly around, and a drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the East Pond last weekend, perhaps
continuing.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found Wednesday in the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden was still present today, and a WESTERN KINGBIRD has continued
all week at Jones Beach West End around the median strip or near the
turnaround, while a second continued at Bush Terminal Piers Park
through Monday at least.

A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted high over Great Kills Park on Monday,
seven TUNDRA SWANS stopped by Hook Pond in East Hampton Monday, one
still reported there Tuesday, and a HARLEQUIN DUCK continued at Orient
Point County Park to Monday.

Two WHIMBRELS stopped by the sandbar at Jones Beach West End briefly
today, and an ICELAND GULL appeared at the Breezy Point tip Monday,
while single WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS were noted out in Water Mill last
Sunday and up at the Croton Railroad Station in Westchester Monday.

Out at Montauk Point good numbers of SHEARWATERS offshore have
included a few hundred GREAT and decent numbers of CORY’S, with a few
SCOPOLI’S likely mixed in, as well as a lingering SOOTY and a few
MANX, plus multiple PARASITIC JAEGERS and many NORTHERN GANNETS.

And interesting Krider’s form of RED-TAILED HAWK was photographed over
Alley Pond Park Environmental Center Monday, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
visited Croton Point Park last Saturday.  Several RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS are still around.

An EVENING GROSBEAK stopped by Jones Beach West End last Sunday, with
a LAPLAND LONGSPUR there today, and a BLUE GROSBEAK was still in
Brentwood Wednesday and Thursday.

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, 11/8/2024

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 8, 2024
* NYNY2411.08

– Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
WOOD STORK+
SAGE THRASHER+
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Long-billed Dowitcher
White-rumped Sandpiper
Black-legged Kittiwake
Caspian Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Scopoli’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
Rough-legged Hawk
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD

– 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, November 8th
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SAGE THRASHER, BULLOCK’S
ORIOLE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, WOOD STORK, AMERICAN WHITE
PELICAN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON,
HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED
SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD and more.

This morning out at Robert Moses State Park a SAGE THRASHER was found at
field 5 and though it disappeared for a while it was refound at dusk along
the northern edge of the parking lot a little east of the toll booths.
There’s nothing to determine whether this is the same individual as the
earlier Fire Island record at Smith Point County Park on October 22nd.

The male BULLOCK’S ORIOLE at Stillwell Woods Park in Woodbury was last
reported on Wednesday but it still may be worth checking the fruiting trees
east of the ballfields.

A female type RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was spotted last Saturday visiting feeders
out in Eastport, Suffolk County and has continued there through today. The
homeowner is very graciously permitting birders to view the feeders located
behind their house. The address is 353 Old Country Road. Visitors should
park on Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353 entering
the yard carefully near shrubs marked by streamers to view the feeders.

The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER in Bay Ridge Brooklyn has not been reported since
Tuesday. To check the site look around 85th Street just west of 3rd Avenue.

The Staten Island WOOD STORK previously visiting North Mount Loretto State
Forest was last reported apparently back on October 29th but it appears a
different immature was photographed today at Blue Heron Park in Annadale
seen on Blue Heron Pond west of Barkley Avenue.

An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN spotted flying over the William Floyd Estate in
Mastic Beach last Saturday was a different individual from the one
frequenting the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge still reported
there today. Other Jamaica Bay birds this week included at least one drake
EURASIAN WIGEON usually seen on the East Pond but also reported from the
West Pond Thursday plus low shorebird numbers still including LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER along with CASPIAN TERN there on
Wednesday and a report of LAPLAND LONGSPUR Monday.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was reported from the Sparrow Bowl in Prospect
Park last Saturday with a VESPER SPARROW also in the park that day.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD has spent the week at Jones Beach West End usually seen
near the inner turnaround and another was at Bush Terminal Piers Park in
Brooklyn yesterday and today.

Two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were back at Orient Point County Park as of Tuesday.

A good showing of shearwaters still lingering around Montauk Point last
weekend include a decent number of CORY’S with SCOPOLI’S also possibly
mixed in. Good luck with that. Similar numbers of GREAT and at least one
SOOTY and a couple of MANX. BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was also seen and 58
PINE SISKINS were counted Saturday.

Six RED CROSSBILLS were reported Thursday over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch
in Bedford with a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK there Sunday.

A LARK SPARROW visited the Fire Island hawkwatch site at Robert Moses State
Park last weekend and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were at Fort Tilden Saturday
and Prospect Park Sunday among others.

Two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were noted in Brooklyn this week including one in
Prospect today and a male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was spotted flying west
over Jones Beach West End with Red-wingeds Thursday morning.

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