-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 30, 2022
* NYNY2212.30
– Birds Mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
TRUMPETER SWAN
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Wilson’s Snipe
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
Black Vulture
Osprey
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Red Crossbill
Lapland Longspur
LARK SPARROW
Nelson’s Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
Boat-tailed Grackle
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Prairie Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Indigo Bunting
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found athttp://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, December 30, 2022 at 10:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK GUILLEMOT and DOVEKIE, PAINTED BUNTING, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, BARROW’SGOLDENEYE, LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULLS, LARK SPARROW, SUMMER TANAGER, Christmas Count results and more.
Last Monday a BLACK GUILLEMOT was found in Fort Pond Bay out in Montauk, and it has continued there through today. It has usually been viewed from Edward Vincent Ecker, Sr. County Park, though sometimes with difficulty at a distance. A couple of RED-NECKEDGREBES have also been present there. Montauk has also provided more excitement with the appearance of numerous DOVEKIES seen both off the Point and from the Camp Hero overlook beginning Thursday, when a peak of 37 DOVEKIES were counted off Camp Hero on the south side of the Point, while RAZORBILLS seemed to be more numerous off the north side, with about 160 noted.
Other Montauk highlights included a HARLEQUIN DUCK and a few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, plus an adult LITTLE GULL with BONAPARTE’S GULLS off Camp Hero Thursday and the continuing TRUMPETER SWAN still hanging around the north end of Fort Pond.
Also on Eastern Long Island, on the North Fork, a female-type PAINTED BUNTING was photographed last Sunday at the North Fork Preserve off Sound Avenue in Northville, and a drake EURASIAN WIGEON was found today on Long Creek in Mattituck as viewed from the Grand Avenue bridge looking north.
A few DOVEKIES and some RAZORBILLS were also present in Jones Inlet today.
A lingering PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted Tuesday in Head of the Harbor for the Smithtown Christmas count, and a GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE has spent the week roosting on Playland Lake in Rye, while the drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continues off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS this week were noted at Prospect Park Lake and Randall’s Island on Tuesday, and north of the Verrazano Bridge in Brooklyn and at Jones Beach West End on Wednesday. ICELAND GULLS were spotted as recently as today in Central Park, Thursday in Queens and Wednesday in Prospect Park, while GLAUCOUS GULLS visited Randall’s Island on Tuesday and Jones Beach Field 10 on Wednesday.
A LARK SPARROW was photographed at Heckscher State Park last Saturday, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR visited Robert Moses State Park Field 5 on Monday.
Decent numbers of RED CROSSBILLS have been present recently along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville, with up to 28 counted today, and up to 8 have been visiting Jones Beach West End recently.
For Christmas Count highlights, the Bronx-Westchester Count on Monday the 26th stands at 116 species, including the Rye GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, OSPREY, 18 BALD EAGLES, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE and INDIGO BUNTING.
The Smithtown Count on Tuesday the 27th netted 106 species including the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, 24 NORTHERN GANNETS, 4 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS and EASTERN PHOEBE.
From the prior week, the Captree Count recorded 131 species on Sunday the 18th, with 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, over 2000 RAZORBILLS, 10 LESSERBLACK-BACKED and 2 ICELAND GULLS, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 9 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, RED CROSSBILL, NELSON’S SPARROW, 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, and a SUMMER TANAGER at a private residence.
The Queens Count on Sunday the 18th netted 126 species – new for the Count were FORSTER’S TERN, BLACK VULTURE and PRAIRIE WARBLER, withother highlights including 6 BALD EAGLES and 9 ORANGE-CROWNED and 3 NASHVILLE WARBLERS.
And the Staten Island Count on Saturday the 17th recorded 115 species with CACKLING GOOSE, 16 WILSON’S SNIPE, OSPREY and 14 BALD EAGLES, 2LAPLAND LONGSPURS and 9 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.
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