Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 6, 2023
* NYNY2301.06

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Wilson’s Snipe
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
NORTHERN FULMAR
Bald Eagle
Northern Saw-whet Owl
House Wren
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler

– 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 6th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SHORT-BILLED GULL, PACIFIC LOON, NORTHERN FULMAR, BLACK GUILLEMOT, COMMON and THICK-BILLED MURRES, DOVEKIE, EARED GREBE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, LITTLE and BLACK-HEADED GULLS, LARK SPARROW, Christmas Count results and much more.

It took another day of lousy weather but the SHORT-BILLED GULL did pay another visit to the fields at Randall’s Island this on Tuesday though it had been searched for continuously since first spotted there on December 23rd. Other Randall’s highlights this week featured a BLACK-HEADED GULL on Tuesday and Thursday and continuing ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.

A PACIFIC LOON was spotted Wednesday morning off Kings Point in Queens and seen from Stepping Stones Park until flying off to the northeast. There had also been an earlier report of a PACIFIC LOON in Fort Pond Bay out in Montauk last Sunday.

The Southern Nassau Christmas Bird Count on Saturday the 31st reported 134 species including its first record of NORTHERN FULMAR seen moving by off Long Beach on the west side of Jones Inlet. Other count highlights included 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, WILSON’S SNIPE, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, 3 DOVEKIES and well over 1,500 RAZORBILLS, 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, HOUSE WREN, 14 RED CROSSBILLS at Jones Beach a PINE SISKIN and 7 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS.

In Montauk a BLACK GUILLEMOT has continued in Fort Pond Bay at least to Wednesday and 2 were noted there last Monday these sightings usually from Edward Vincent Ecker Sr. County Park on the west side of the bay. A RED-NECKED GREBE has also has been residing there and a TRUMPETER SWAN continues around the north end of Fort Pond. Other recent alcid reports featured a COMMON MURRE off Breezy Point Sunday, single THICK-BILLED MURRES at Montauk Point Monday and off Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, a few scattered DOVEKIES from Montauk Point west to Jones Beach West End during the week and a good flight of RAZORBILLS noted off Moses Park Monday.

An EARED GREBE was photographed off Shirley Chisholm State Park yesterday.

Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE visited Midland Beach on Staten Island last Saturday until being flushed off and another flew west by Geisler Beach Park in Fort Salonga Wednesday morning. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the Rye WHITE-FRONTED is back to using the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook. One or two EURASIAN WIGEON have been seen lately on Long Creek as viewed to the north from the Grand Avenue Bridge in Mattituck and the BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continues off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport.

One or two LITTLE GULLS were present in large Bonaparte’s Gull concentrations at least Wednesday and Thursday in the Verrazzano-Narrows and adjacent Gravesend Bay.

The Central Suffolk Count on Tuesday the 27th netted 120 species including EURASIAN WIGEON, 22 BALD EAGLES, 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 10 RED CROSSBILLS, 6 PINE SISKINS and 3 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was in Setauket Harbor Wednesday with an ICELAND GULL in Prospect Park Thursday. A LARK SPARROW was still at Heckscher State Park Monday, another at Sunken Meadow State Park Wednesday and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Midland Beach Monday.

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 and Happy New Year.

– End transcript

-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.

– End transcript

-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.

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 16, 2022
* NYNY2212.16

– Birds mentioned
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER+ (Sullivan County)
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
MARBLED GODWIT
Western Sandpiper
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
RED CROSSBILL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
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

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 16th 2022 at 1am. The highlights of today’s tape are TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, PAINTED BUNTING, an extralimital HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, MARBLED GODWIT, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RED CROSSBILL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER and more.

Of three excellent rarities in our region recently two seemed to have moved on these being the female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING appearing at the feeders at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area on Thursday the 8th and last reported there last Sunday and the HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER occurring slightly to our north up at Bashakill in Sullivan County found on Friday the 9th and also relocated and photographed the following day. However, one rarity thought to have moved on, as it had not been reported since November 24th, this the TOWNSEND’S WARBLER at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn was relocated there last Saturday and still present Thursday making it into the Christmas Count period and hopefully staying on for the count.

The Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE usually seen on the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook appeared on Playland Lake with some Canada Geese Thursday morning.

At least 3 MARBLED GODWITS have continued to Wednesday around the bar off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End where other interesting birds last Saturday featured a BLACK-HEADED GULL flying by with some Bonaparte’s Gulls and 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS. Other interesting gulls include Brooklyn ICELAND GULLS with an adult on the East River at the Austin Nichols House last Sunday followed by an immature at Veterans Memorial Pier Tuesday. A few lingering LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS along the coast and a small number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES seen most regularly out in the Montauk area.

RED CROSSBILLS last weekend featured 4 at Jones Beach West End and singles in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery and at Heckscher State Park where a LARK SPARROW was seen and nicely photographed on Monday and Tuesday. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW on private property out in Mattituck reminds us to continue to look over sparrow flocks closely.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen Tuesday along Riverside Drive near West 111th Street the same day a SUMMER TANAGER was photographed at Cedar’s in Islip.

Several late lingering warblers, besides a decent number of ORANGE-CROWNEDS, provides some potential excitement for local Christmas Counts these including OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NASHVILLE, CAPE MAY, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW and BLACK-THROATED BLUE, so good luck.

Please call in count results so we can mention them here.

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

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 9, 2022
* NYNY2212.09

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Common Gallinule
Piping Plover
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Bittern
RED CROSSBILL
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler

– 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, December 9th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PAINTED BUNTING, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

A fairly bright female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING showed up Thursday at the feeders at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area and was still being seen there today. The park entrance is at the end of Slice Drive and Oceanside.

Out in Northport on Long Island the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, first seen at the Northport High School back on November 27th, was still present last weekend but it and the accompanying Canada Goose flock do range considerably around that area. The PINK-FOOTED has also been seen southwest of there at Greenlawn Memorial Park and over on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. So the flocks, which also include single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GEESE, can require some effort to track them down. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE also continues to visit and roost on a small pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook, Westchester County by the Rye Bridge shopping center. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still on a Mill Pond east of Lake Avenue in Oyster Bay Sunday and a HARLEQUIN DUCK has been seen recently at Point Lookout where 2 PIPING PLOVERS were still around on Wednesday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was reported out at the tip of Breezy Point last Sunday along with 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS a few of the latter still lingering around.

Five MARBLED GODWITS remain in Jones Inlet often seen on the bar off the West End Coast Guard Station. A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was also reported there Tuesday and up to 9 RED CROSSBILLS have been feeding in the West End pines all week. Other LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.

A decent number of RAZORBILLS were seen today out at Orient Point by passengers on the Orient to New London Ferry. A COMMON GALLINULE has been present recently on the Mill Pond north of Merrick Road in Wantagh and AMERICAN BITTERNS have returned to the marshes along Dune Road.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was reported at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Sunday and besides several lingering ORANGE-CROWNEDS some other warblers noted this week included OVENBIRD, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART in Prospect Park, a CAPE MAY in Union Square Park, a YELLOW at Calvert Vaux Park and BLACK-THROATED BLUE.

As Christmas Count season is about to begin please call in count results for inclusion here.

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

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 2, 2022
* NYNY2212.02

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD
BROWN BOOBY+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form)
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
SANDHILL CRANE
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dovekie
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Golden Eagle
Northern Goshawk
RED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
DICKCISSEL


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 2, 2022 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, a Selasphorus RUFOUS-like HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN BOOBY, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN and SUMMER TANAGERS, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Out in Northport a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE last Sunday joined the gathered Geese on the High School fields where a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED had previously been found among the CANADAS, these also including a CACKLING GOOSE. Based on feeding needs and amount of disturbance, the Goose flocks move around this area, with the rarer ones sometimes being relocated at a few other similar local locations as well as at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. The Westchester GREATER-WHITE FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit a pond in Rye Brook located off Bowman Avenue.

A Selasphorus HUMMINGBIRD, likely a RUFOUS, continued at a private feeder in Rocky Point at least to Monday, and such vagrants should be looked for at feeders and still blooming Salvia plantings.

The last report of a BROWN BOOBY off Richmond Terrace on northwestern Staten Island came from last Saturday.

Small flocks of SANDHILL CRANES over Westchester recently included a group of 12 over the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch in Bedford last Monday, followed by 16 noted over Armonk 2 hours later, and 5 more just north of White Plains on Wednesday.

Two rare and unexpected TANAGERS this week featured a SUMMER TANAGER found in Georgica thickets last Saturday, followed by a WESTERNTANAGER photographed at Fort Tilden on Sunday.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON were seen this week on 2 separate Mill Ponds, 1 in Oyster Bay east of Lake Avenue and 1 in Sayville just north of Montauk Highway, Route 85.

A drake Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was photographed Monday along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon, and a female HARLEQUIN DUCK was spotted off Breezy Point Sunday.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL, presumably a returning winter visitor, was spotted Wednesday in Setauket Harbor. Other GULLS featured an ICELAND and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED at the Ponquogue Bridge at Shinnecock last Saturday and occasional BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, including 1 off Mecox Saturday and 2 off Robert Moses State Park Wednesday.

A deceased DOVEKIE was found Sunday at Orient Beach State Park.

Notable shorebirds featured up to five MARBLED GODWITS at Jones Beach West End and a few LONG -BILLED DOWITCHERS continuing at SantapogueCreek, with 2 others at Jones Beach West End Thursday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE appeared at Orient Point Sunday, and we belatedly report an EARED GREBE photographed off Glen Island Park in Westchester back on November 23rd.

On the raptor front, with most migrants having passed through, this week included reports of a NORTHERN GOSHAWK over Inwood Hill Park Saturday and a GOLDEN EAGLE photographed over Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx Monday.

Continuing small numbers of RED CROSSBILLS featured 11 at Robert Moses State Park and 2 at Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge Saturday, 4 at Jones Beach Monday and 7 in Prospect Park Tuesday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was reported from Heckscher State Park Thursday, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was spotted at Moses Park Saturday, with aYELLOW-BREASTED CHAT noted at Mecox and a DICKCISSEL at Orient Point County Park, both also on Saturday. 

Warblers still include some ORANGE-CROWNEDS as well as a CAPE MAY in Union Square Park

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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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 25, 2022
* NYNY2211.25

– Birds Mentioned

WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Evening Grosbeak
RED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
DICKCISSEL

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, November 25, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD and two SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS, TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, BROWN BOOBY, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, REDCROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, DICKCISSEL and more.

The delightful male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at a private home in Eastport has not been seen since Wednesday, and we’d like to thank very much the homeowners for so graciously hosting a throng of grateful birders!

Two SELASPHORUS HUMMINGBIRDS also showed up this week, these likely RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, but careful analysis is required to rule out the very similar Allen’s Hummingbird, a species still not recorded in New York. Both birds were at private homes, one in Babylon on Monday only, the other up in Rocky Point for the last four days.

The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER found November 16th was still present Thursday in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park but was not reported today, though it might still be present.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was photographed late morning Thursday in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery but quickly disappeared and has not been relocated.

Another quickie was a WHITE-WINGED DOVE photographed while visiting a terrace feeder in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant section Tuesday morning before moving on.

A BROWN BOOBY was still being seen in waters north of Staten Island as recently as Wednesday. One scanning site that has proven rather successful has been from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE had returned to a roosting pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook, Westchester County, as of Sunday, hopefully staying around for the winter. Another was spotted today on Northport High School fields off Laurel Hill Road, possibly continuing there as well, and one is also back at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport.

Single CACKLING GEESE included one still at Flushing Meadows Corona Park today and another at Van Cortlandt Park Tuesday through Thursday, while a young TUNDRA SWAN was identified Monday at Jones Beach West End. There seems to be some debate as to whether drake EURASIAN WIGEON – looking ducks at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the Saltmarsh Nature Center in Brooklyn and on the Sayville Mill Pond are pure EURASIANS or contain some AMERICAN WIGEON genes.

A few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES have been appearing coastally recently, and a BLACK-HEADED GULL has been noted along the East River off Randall’s Island from last Saturday up to Wednesday. As many as five MARBLED GODWITS remain around the bars at Jones Beach West End, and several LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue to roost along SantipogueCreek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still visiting Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday, and late WARBLERS this week included a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS as well as NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACKPOLL and WILSON’S.

This week also featured a few scattered RED CROSSBILLS and EVENING GROSBEAKS, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR in Wading River today, and a DICKCISSEL at Battery Park in southern Manhattan last Sunday.

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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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 18, 2022
* NYNY2211.18

– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
LIMPKIN+ (extralimital)
BROWN BOOBY+
CAVE SWALLOW+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Black-legged Kittiwake
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Golden Eagle
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat

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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, November 18th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, BLACK-THROATED GRAY and TOWNSEND’S WARBLERS, MOTTLED DUCK, BROWN BOOBY, CAVE SWALLOW, BROWN PELICAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, winter finches and more.

The male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was still present today in a private yard in Eastport and the homeowners continue to welcome visitors into their backyard to look for this great bird but the weather will likely play a part in the length of its stay. The address is 353 Old Country Road but you should park on Union Avenue just east of the house and walk back west just past the house entering the backyard where indicated by ribbons. Watch the hummingbird feeders by the trellis next to the house as well as the nearby salvia and trees on the west side of the house. Do not enter the fenced area around the house.

Two nice western warblers were found during the week. First the BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was spotted Tuesday afternoon at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area where it was also noted irregularly on Wednesday. Also on Wednesday a young male TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was found in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park where it continued there through today moving around quite a bit.

The elusive MOTTLED DUCK was reported a few times from Saturday through Tuesday along Ketcham’s Creek Freshwater Wetland in Amityville. Best to look for it from a culvert off Lake Drive just north of Kenmore Avenue or from an opening in the dense phragmites just south of there.

One or two BROWN BOOBYS were still present yesterday in waters off the northwestern shores of Staten Island. Successful sightings have frequently been had scanning the water and offshore structures viewed from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue. The fall’s second CAVE SWALLOW was spotted moving by Fort Tilden last Monday. A BROWN PELICAN was seen Sunday and Monday around Rockaway Inlet and along the ocean from Long Beach down to Breezy Point. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was present Thursday and Friday on a Sayville Mill Pond on the north side of North Main Street, Route 85. Another drake WIGEON lingering on the West Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and thought by many to be a hybrid between EURASIAN and AMERICAN WIGEONS. A CACKLING GOOSE visited Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Thursday.

An HUDSONIAN GODWIT was on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond last Saturday and 4 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were there yesterday. Another HUDSONIAN was seen Monday at Jones Beach West End where up to 5 MARBLED GODWITS have been present recently. Up to 7 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have been reported along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon recently.

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and PARASITIC JAEGER were noted last Saturday from both Montauk Point and Orient Point and immature ICELAND GULLS stopped by Breezy Point Saturday.

But expected at inland hawkwatches this time of year signaling more unusual was a GOLDEN EAGLE over Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst on Thursday.

Along with some PINE SISKINS lately other winter finch reports have featured single EVENING GROSBEAKS in Melville Tuesday and Green-wood Cemetery Wednesday and a few RED CROSSBILLS including 3 at Fort Tilden and 8 at Jones Beach West End Monday, 6 at Jones Wednesday and 1 in Prospect Park yesterday. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Fort Tilden Monday and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found in Babylon today.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park yesterday.

Extralimitally the LIMPKIN, present recently up in Lewiston, was picked up by a rehabilitator this Friday afternoon so don’t go.

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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-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 11, 2022
* NYNY2211.11

– Birds Mentioned

MOTTLED DUCK+
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
CAVE SWALLOW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

MARBLED GODWIT
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Great Blue Heron (White morph)
Cattle Egret
WESTERN KINGBIRD
EVENING GROSBEAK
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orange-crowned 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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings!  This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 11, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, MOTTLED DUCK, CAVE SWALLOW, BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT, EVENING GROSBEAK, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Last Sunday afternoon an adult male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD was spotted visiting Saliva flowers in a private yard in Eastport, Suffolk County, and the bird was still present there today.  The homeowners are very graciously permitting birders to enter their property to look for the hummingbird between 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.  The address is 353 Old Country Road, but birders should park along Union Avenue just east of the house and walk back west just past the house, entering the backyard where indicated by pink ribbons; watch the hummingbird feeders by the trellis next to the house as well as the surrounding Salvia and also the Crepe Myrtle tree along the fence line on the west
side of the house, this latter a favorite perch and insect-hunting tree.  The CALLIOPE will disappear between feeding sessions, but please do not enter the fenced area around the house, but do sign the guest register on the table next to the chairs.

The MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville has been reported a few days this week, including today, on Ketchum’s Creek Freshwater Wetland.  Look for it just south of the culvert off Lake Drive just north of Kenmore Avenue or from an opening in the phragmites just south of there, though it can be very difficult to see.

Following recent reports from northern New York, a CAVE SWALLOW was photographed from Coney Island Pier Tuesday morning, with hopefully others to follow.

The BROWN BOOBY lingering in the waters off the northwest shore of Staten Island has apparently recently been joined by a second one. Observers have had some luck spotting the BOOBIES along the waterways as viewed from Richmond Terrace near the northern terminus of Northfield Avenue, but they do move around.

A BROWN PELICAN was photographed Wednesday afternoon sitting on the sand at Long Beach.

Another brief sighting involved an immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD feeding late Tuesday afternoon with BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS along a grassy stretch in Riverbank State Park in northern Manhattan.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was photographed Sunday afternoon at Sunken Meadow State Park.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Sunday, and 27 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were counted Thursday at Atlantic Beach.

The white morph GREAT BLUE HERON continued at Piermont Pier at least to Tuesday, and single CATTLE EGRETS were seen Wednesday at Governors Island and Croton Point Park.

Among the gathering of shorebirds at Jones Beach West End were five MARBLED GODWITS last Saturday, down to two on Wednesday.

Two EVENING GROSBEAKS at Millers Field on Staten Island yesterday were part of a current southbound winter Finch movement that locally also includes PINE SISKINS, with more species on their way.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visited Croton Point Park last Sunday, and on Tuesday VESPER SPARROWS were seen in Prospect Park and Green-Wood Cemetery and on Governors Island.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was present in Brooklyn Bridge Park from Tuesday through today, and various late WARBLERS include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS, while scattered DICKCISSELS were noted at least to Tuesday.

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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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 4, 2022
* NYNY2211.04

– Birds mentioned
MOTTLED DUCK+
BROWN BOOBY+
TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Sora
SANDHILL CRANE
American Oystercatcher
Whimbrel
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
Stilt Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Great Blue Heron
Golden Eagle
Red-headed Woodpecker
Vesper Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

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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, November 4th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MOTTLED DUCK, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, BROWN BOOBY, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

The quite elusive MOTTLED DUCK in Amityville was not reported all week until it was spotted this morning at its only known haunt along Ketcham’s Creek Freshwater Wetland. It appeared along the west side of the creek just south of the culvert off Lake Drive a little north of where Kenmore Avenue ends at Lake Drive. The duck disappeared into heavy vegetation on the creek’s west side. The sight lines here further hampered by a thick set of reeds lining the lake drive side. So it seems both patience and luck are required.

Last Saturday a TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was found along Oak Beach Road and photographed feasting on Juniper berries for much of the day but extensive searches for it on Sunday and subsequent days were unsuccessful.

A subadult BROWN BOOBY, perhaps a lingering bird, was spotted last Sunday and still present today actively patrolling [the] bay off the northwest shore of Staten Island. The bird has been viewed from Staten Island by looking north into the bay from the area where Northfield Avenue ends at Richmond Terrace. Whether the bird itself has been spending its time in New York or New Jersey waters doesn’t seem to have been adequately addressed.

Three SANDHILL CRANES flying over the Chestnut Ridge Hawkwatch last Saturday comprised one of a few sightings of overhead cranes in that region recently. Chestnut Ridge is at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford, Westchester County and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were among the raptors passing by there today.

In Tuesday’s fog 4 TUNDRA SWANS considered dropping in on Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers but instead passed close overhead and continued on.

In Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the long staying BLACK-HEADED GULL was still on the East Pond Wednesday along with 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS. A variety of waterfowl there continues to increase while the diminishing number of shorebirds this week did include STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. A group of MARBLED GODWITS lingering at Jones Beach West End did include 3 Wednesday seen on the bar across the inlet north of the Coast Guard Station and a WHIMBREL was spotted there last Saturday with good numbers of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, FORSTER’S TERNS and BLACK SKIMMERS also continuing there. Another WHIMBREL was at Tiana Beach off Dune Road Wednesday a day a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was spotted in Amityville Creek.

A white morph of GREAT BLUE HERON was still around Piermont Pier today. A SORA was photographed in Prospect Park today. Both YELLOW-BILLED and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS were seen on Governors Island on Thursday, good numbers of ROYAL TERNS continue and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Central Park to yesterday. A decent variety of late warblers did include several ORANGE-CROWNEDS. A VESPER SPARROW visited Prospect Park last Sunday and a BLUE GROSBEAK was photographed at Breezy Point the day before. A few DICKCISSELS were noted along the coast and 2 were also present today at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

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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