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

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