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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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
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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:  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
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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, 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
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
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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, 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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 1/31/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 31, 2025
* NYNY2501.31

– Birds mentioned
NORTHERN LAPWING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
TUNDRA SWAN
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
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 31st 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, PAINTED BUNTING, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUNDRA SWAN, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, SANDHILL CRANE, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL and more.

Saturday a NORTHERN LAPWING was discovered on Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton and it continued there along mostly the western edges of the pond until Wednesday morning when it apparently moved off and has remained undetected though probably still in the region. The parking area is at the end of Sagg Main Street. Other highlights around Sagg Pond featured up to 3 BLACK-HEADED GULLS on the flats and a wonderful display of some nicely viewable DOVEKIES just offshore especially on Sunday joined by a few RAZORBILLS. Early Sunday too a flight noted along mid Fire Island early in the morning did record 24 DOVEKIES and 90 RAZORBILLS where two DOVEKIES were also noted to Thursday along the coast from Montauk Point west to Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road.

A female type PAINTED BUNTING and associating CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, but not probably searched for successfully now, were still present at least to Wednesday in Far Rockaway. Look especially in the vegetated area around the cat colony just north of the boardwalk between Beach 26th and 27th Streets.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted on Eastport Lake north of Route 27 from Sunday through Wednesday and two were seen again Thursday on the soccer field in Northport at 337 Eaton’s Neck Road where they have previously been frequenting. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were present today on private Tung Ting Pond in Centerport with one Wednesday on Eastport Lake while the one in Westchester has continued to visit Playland Lake in Rye most days. This lake is also hosting an immature TUNDRA SWAN identified Monday and still present through today usually around the southwest corner of the lake. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow Beach Wednesday, a drake KING EIDER continues in the Common Eider flock around Shinnecock Inlet with a female KING still off Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island today and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was off Truman’s Beach in Orient Tuesday with others around Jones Inlet.

An interesting SANDHILL CRANE report from Sagg Pond in the fog and rain today involved a calling bird hopefully settling in somewhere in that area awaiting subsequent rediscovery.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still in the Point Lookout area today and a couple of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES occurred off Montauk Point Sunday and Monday. A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Central Park Reservoir Sunday with 2 ICELAND GULLS there Monday. Another GLAUCOUS included one in Hunt’s Point Landing in the Bronx recently through today and one at Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday. Among a few other ICELAND GULLS were singles in Prospect Park and Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island today and one at Lake Montauk inlet Tuesday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was noted off Montauk Point Sunday and RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Green-wood Cemetery and at Sunken Meadow State Park.

A LARK SPARROW found Sunday in Water Mill was still present yesterday. When visiting this residential and farming area please stay along the road and park off the roadway. Watch the traffic and look especially around the grassy areas by the Corwith’s Farmstand at 851 Head of Pond Road or around the lawns across from there.

The DICKCISSEL in Riverside Park was still present yesterday south of the 119th Street entrance near some scattered bird seed.

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, 1/24/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 24, 2025
* NYNY2501.24

– Birds mentioned
TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE+ (extralimital)
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
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 24th 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED and BARNACLE GEESE, plus an extralimital TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE, SHORT-BILLED GULL, PAINTED BUNTING, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, KING EIDER and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The 3 PINK-FOOTED GEESE formerly frequenting the Northport Soccer Park off […] Eaton’s Neck Road did visit there last Sunday after leaving Crab Meadow Beach but have since then apparently split up and changed venues. At least one PINK-FOOTED was seen Thursday and Friday in Centerport around the Mill Pond in nearby private Tung Ting Pond. One or two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE have also been present in that same area recently and another WHITE-FRONTED was spotted at the Buffalo Farm along Reeves Avenue north of Riverhead Thursday. The lower Westchester WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has had to change roosting sites due to freezing conditions at times visiting frozen Playland Lake in Rye. Today a BARNACLE GOOSE was found in a large Canada Goose flock visiting farm fields on the north fork between Mattituck and Cutchogue. Remember, it is still hunting season in that area.

As a note, the extralimital TAIGA BEAN-GOOSE continues in Schuylerville a little north of Saratoga Lake and regional birding services have been timely in providing current information on the goose’s location.

Central Park Reservoir has been drawing in a decent number of gulls recently including one photographed last Sunday and identified as a SHORT-BILLED GULL perhaps a returning individual which was apparently spotted again on the ice Wednesday afternoon. Other gulls noted on the reservoir this week have included a BLACK-HEADED on several different days, a GLAUCOUS today, a couple of different ICELANDS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED. Other BLACK-HEADED GULLS include one or two in the Jones Beach area, one at Smith Point County Park Sunday and one at Sagg Pond Saturday to Monday. GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS continue in the North Bellport area and a GLAUCOUS at the Ponquogue Bridge Saturday and ICELANDS also noted around Coney Island and the Lake Montauk inlet early in the week.

A recent PAINTED BUNTING and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW hanging together between Beach 26th and 27th Streets in Far Rockaway were last reported last Sunday but may continue around there. Another female type PAINTED BUNTING was spotted Sunday on Staten Island at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center Heritage Farm.

The drake KING EIDER was seen again around Shinnecock Inlet as recently as Wednesday. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE plus 2  BARROW’S X COMMON hybrids continue off Crab Meadow Beach and HARLEQUIN DUCKS remain around Jones Inlet, Moriches Inlet and Ditch Plains.

A small coastal flight of DOVEKIES commencing last weekend produced a few sightings from Montauk Point and environs along the coast west of Hook Pond and East Hampton and Tiana Beach off Dune Road while farther west a THICK-BILLED MURRE was spotted nicely in Jones Inlet last Saturday and seen briefly again Sunday. RAZORBILLS also joined this activity.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT recently staying at the Mill Pond Preserve in Wantagh was last reported on Monday and a DICKCISSEL lingering in Riverside Park in northern Manhattan was still present today but less reliable in the area south of the tennis courts below 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, 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