-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 23, 2022
* NYNY2212.23
– Birds Mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
TRUMPETER SWAN
Eurasian Wigeon
TUFTED DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
RED PHALAROPE
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red Crossbill
Lapland Longspur
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Wilson’s Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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 23, 2022 at 10:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are SHORT-BILLED GULL, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, RED PHALAROPE, PAINTED BUNTING, BROWN PELICAN, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, TUFTED DUCK, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, SUMMER TANAGER, Christmas Count results and much more.
Late this morning a Mew-type Gull was found in a Gull flock on the ball fields at Randall’s Island, and subsequent review of photos indicates this appears to be a SHORT-BILLED GULL, the western North American form, as opposed to the Eurasian form of this species pair still known as Common Gull. Hopefully it will stick around. Two BLACK-HEADED GULLS were also present at Randall’s Island today.
The Brooklyn Christmas Count held Saturday among its 133 species recorded the TOWNSEND’S WARBLER still at Fort Greene Park at least to Wednesday. This and a NORTHERN PARULA were both new for the Count; and other highlights included a DOVEKIE and 115 RAZORBILLS off Breezy Point, WESTERN SANDPIPER and 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Jamaica Bay, RED-NECKED GREBE, 4 RED CROSSBILLS at Fort Tilden, and 9 ORANGE CROWNED plus BLACK-AND-WHITE and WILSON’S WARBLERS.
A highlight on the Northern Nassau Count on Saturday was a RED PHALAROPE nicely photographed off Lloyd’s Neck. Also occurring among their 105 species were a lingering PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, RED-NECKED GREBE, EURASIAN WIGEON on the Oyster Bay Mill Pond, RED CROSSBILL, and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Glen Head.
The Montauk Count last Saturday recorded 131 species, including its first TRUMPETER SWAN, spotted around the northeastern side of Fort Pond and still in that area yesterday, and a PAINTED BUNTING at Fort Hill Cemetery. Other highlights included HARLEQUIN DUCK, over 2,500 RAZORBILLS, 51 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES plus GLAUCOUS and 4 ICELAND GULLS, BARN, 2 SHORT- EARED and 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 22 BALD EAGLES and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS.
Other notable waterfowl for the week featured a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE along Oregon Road in Cutchogue Saturday, the drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYEback off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport as of Wednesday, and a drake TUFTED DUCK not yet in full plumage spotted Monday in Brookhaven along the Carman’s River in Wertheim NWR, this duck sometimes seen off the terminus of Beaver Dam Road.
Five HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen today at Robert Moses State Park in Fire Island Inlet.
A BROWN PELICAN recently in western Long Island Sound was spotted over Pelham Bay Park Wednesday but has not been pinned down.
A DOVEKIE was found Wednesday off Crescent Beach in Huntington Bay and seen later just north of there at Hobart Beach, and a GLAUCOUS GULL visited Rockaway Beach last Sunday.
RED CROSSBILLS this week included 8 along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville Saturday and 10 at Heckscher State Park Thursday, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was found at Cedar Beach last Sunday, when a SUMMER TANAGER was still visiting private feeders in Islip.
The Riverside Drive YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still apparently present today near 111th Street in Manhattan.
The Quogue-Watermill Count last Sunday recorded 111 species including CACKLING GOOSE and OSPREY, both new for the Count, plus 18 BALD EAGLESand 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS.
The Greenwich-Stamford Count Sunday netted 106 species including the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Rye Brook and OVENBIRD, ORANGE-CROWNED, TENNESSEE and NASHVILLE WARBLERS; while among the Rockland Count’s 86 species on Sunday were new Count additions of CACKLING GOOSE and ORANGE- CROWNED WARBLER.
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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