– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 3, 2023
* NYNY2303.03
– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
WESTERN MEADOWLARK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form “Common Teal”)
KING EIDER
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Long-billed Dowitcher
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
SUMMER TANAGER
– 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, March 3rd 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, WESTERN MEADOWLARK, EARED GREBE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and KING EIDER, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
But first, another very sad announcement. Cesar Castillo very recently passed away much too soon due to a long ailment. Cesar was an excellent birder and photographer and was always a highlight to encounter him in the field. Our deepest condolences to his wife and family.
Two top highlight birds are currently residing in Brooklyn. An immature SWAINSON’S HAWK, conceivably the bird first sighted on Staten Island back on January 8th, was last Sunday spotted over Green-wood Cemetery and subsequently refound frequenting the shoreline a little west of there. Most recently, including today, it has been seen sitting on garbage piles, light structures and buildings at the municipal recycling center located at 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue. If not visible there look at similar structures just south of there. Also, a little farther south of there, a non-breeding plumaged MEADOWLARK thought to be a WESTERN based on plumage analysis has been present at Bush Terminal Piers Park actually since December. This bird has not been heard to vocalize which could pin down this identification. Look for it around the field areas or along the shoreline but try not to disturb it.
The EARED GREBE was still frequenting Hendrick’s Creek off the southeastern side of Shirley Chisholm State Park last weekend. The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE continued with Canada Geese at the north end of Hempstead Lake State Park at least to Tuesday and the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still roosting on the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook Monday when the TRUMPETER SWAN was also still present around the northwestern corner of Fort Pond in Montauk. EURASIAN WIGEON included a drake on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday, a female at Bush Terminal Piers Park yesterday and 2 males along Long Creek north of Grand Avenue Bridge in Mattituck today. The Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still on Smith Pond in Rockville Centre Monday where the LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen the day before. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport last Saturday and the drake KING EIDER continued around Shinnecock Inlet to Sunday.
Two DOVEKIES along with 150 RAZORBILLS and 30 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were reported off Montauk Point last Sunday with a RED-NECKED GREBE also off Culloden Point that day.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted at Randall’s Island Saturday and in Setauket Harbor Saturday to Monday while single ICELAND GULLS occurred at Shinnecock Inlet near the Ponquogue Bridge Sunday, at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Monday and over Astoria Wednesday.
Six RED CROSSBILLS were still along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville last Wednesday and a flock of COMMON REDPOLLS was reported along the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow last Saturday but not since. SUMMER TANAGER was still visiting an Islip feeder last Saturday.
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.
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