Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 21, 2022
* NYNY2201.21

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Long-billed Dowitcher
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
VESPER SPARROW
Baltimore Oriole
Orange-crowned Warbler

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 21, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, VESPER SPARROW and more.

Weather conditions at Montauk last Sunday and Monday were sufficiently windy to produce a few DOVEKIES moving past the Point along with decent numbers of RAZORBILLS, and on Monday a few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were also reported, although waterfowl numbers remain notably low.  Another DOVEKIE was also spotted off Robert Moses State Park Monday morning, and, thanks to the storm, widely separated THICK-BILLED MURRES were also uncovered and photographed, one off Coney Island Creek Park that soon drifted north into the Bay, and another seen from the Bellport Bay Yacht Club that ultimately moved south into Bellport Bay.

Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS both continue, one visiting the feeder area at Carl Schurz Park located off East End Avenue near East 86th Street, and another remaining around the private Clinton Community Garden site off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue, this latter bird moving around somewhat and harder to find.

A NORTHERN STRIKE continues to frequent the North Fork Preserve, though it can be quite elusive.  The Preserve is on the north side of Sound Avenue in Northville.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was still present today with CANADA GEESE on a pond near the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University, and lingering GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen as recently as today on Playland Lake in Rye, at Tung Ting pond in Centerport Wednesday, and at Rockland Lake State Park Tuesday.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted last Sunday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn, with another still on the mostly frozen Mill Pond in Oyster Bay Monday.

The drake KING EIDER was still off Great Kills Park on Staten Island Wednesday, and another was still being reported around Shinnecock Inlet last weekend.

Five HARLEQUIN DUCKS were frequenting the jetties at Point Lookout last Saturday, and three were seen in Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday and Thursday.

Three separate BLACK-HEADED GULLS involve recurring individuals seen at Jones Beach West End Monday, in Setauket Harbor Wednesday, and at Randall’s Island Thursday.  Randall’s Island also produced GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS during the week, with other GLAUCOUS GULLS reported from Coney Island Creek and the Bellport Bay Yacht Club, while ICELANDS were noted at several Brooklyn sites, including Prospect Park, plus one yesterday at the Meer in Central Park.

Single RED-NECKED GREBES were spotted at Coney Island Beach Sunday and off Truman’s Beach in Orient up to Wednesday. A few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.

A hardy EASTERN PHOEBE continues in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, along with one or two BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and a few VESPER SPARROWS remain at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.  ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen during the week at Randall’s Island, Calvert Vaux Park and a few other sites.

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
* Jan. 14, 2022
* NYNY2201.14

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
Long-billed Dowitcher
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Blue-headed Vireo
NORTHERN SHRIKE
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER 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, January 14, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are DOVEKIE, WESTERN TANAGER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, CLAY-COLORED and VESPER SPARROWS and more.

Last Sunday’s rough weather paid dividends at Montauk Point, where duck numbers remained low, but a productive offshore morning flight did provide 9 DOVEKIES as well as 65 RAZORBILLS, 30 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, around 100 NORTHERN GANNETS and even 7 BONAPARTE’S GULLS, quite scarce this winter.  Thursday morning there produced 23 RAZORBILLS and a couple of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES as well.

Also in the Montauk area, a WESTERN KINGBIRD, likely the bird found on the Christmas count near West Lake Drive, was seen briefly both Saturday and Sunday mornings along East Lake Drive near Little Reed Pond.

Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS were still in place this week, one at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue around East 86th Street, and the other near private Clinton Community Garden around West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

A NORTHERN STRIKE also continues at the North Fork Preserve out in Northville on the north side of Sound Avenue, but this bird can be quite elusive.

Among the waterfowl, a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit Tung Ting Pond in Centerport, and the lower Westchester bird was on Playland Lake in Rye today, but more unusual was a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE that’s been visiting a small pond on the Stony Brook University campus since Monday.  A few CACKLING GEESE are also around.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen on the mostly frozen Mill Pond in Oyster Bay, with another continuing on Patchogue Lake.  Still present, too, are a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE off Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga and drake KING EIDERS at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and around Shinnecock Inlet.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was still in the vicinity of the bar off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station at least to Wednesday, and another BLACK-HEADED was spotted from the Veterans Memorial Pier in Brooklyn on Tuesday.  GLAUCOUS GULLS were noted on Central Park reservoir and at Randall’s Island during the week, with Randall’s Island also producing a couple of ICELAND GULLS Saturday, with other ICELANDS seen today on Prospect Park Lake and at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn.

Other interesting non-passerines featured RED-NECKED GREBE at Culloden Point in Montauk Sunday and at Orient Point Wednesday, a COMMON GALLINULE continuing at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, four LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS Tuesday at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon, and AMERICAN BITTERN along Dune Road.

A BLUE-HEADED VIREO was seen Monday at Floyd Bennett Field, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW along with a few VESPER SPARROWS were both still present at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue yesterday.

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
* Jan. 7, 2022
* NYNY2201.07

– Birds mentioned
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Gallinule
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
FRANKLIN’S GULL (extralimital)
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Red Crossbill
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
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 7th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ROSS’S GOOSE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, DICKCISSEL, Christmas Count results, extralimital FRANKLIN’S GULL and more.

The lackluster accumulation of waterfowl regionally so far this season has shown some signs of improving recently. For instance the discovery yesterday of 2 ROSS’S GEESE on the Eastport pond off Route 27 on the east side of town. However the 2 geese did soon take off together and have not been seen since. Fitting this pattern too were 4 TUNDRA SWANS photographed flying over Croton Point Park in Westchester last Sunday. Among other notable waterfowl have been single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE with one seen again last Sunday at Dix Hills High School West and another still roosting on the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook yesterday while the pond’s icing over might be a problem. Drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue to be seen on the Mill Pond in Oyster Bay on Patchogue Lake and a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has recently returned to Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga generally seen in the offshore Common Goldeneye flock. A drake KING EIDER remains at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and a young male was spotted at Shinnecock Inlet Monday.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was still present in Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park today seen along the northeast side of the hill and 2 WESTERN TANAGERS continue in Manhattan, one at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue around 86th Street and the other near private Clinton Community Garden around West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue but this one does move around a bit.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues at Jones Beach West End often around the bar off the Coast Guard Station but also moving well out into the channel to feed. ICELAND GULLS this week have been seen on Central Park’s Reservoir, at Randall’s Island and at Plumb Beach and around Sheepshead Bay.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE continues to be seen at the North Fork Preserve reported yesterday in this park located north of Sound Avenue out in Northville. Four VESPER SPARROWS were uncovered yesterday at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue. A RED CROSSBILL was spotted early in the week at Jones Beach West End and a DICKCISSEL was still visiting the Prospect Park feeders Tuesday.

The quite successful Southern Nassau Christmas Count last Sunday recorded 139 species among its highlights were CACKLING GOOSE, 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS continuing at Point Lookout, a COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, single SEMIPALMATED and PIPING PLOVERS, WESTERN SANDPIPER, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Jones Beach West End, 7 AMERICAN WOODCOCK and a WILSON’S SNIPE, the BLACK-HEADED GULL and 7 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS, NELSON’S, 2 SALTMARSH and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS, 2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES and 5 ORANGE-CROWNED, 3 PALM and 2 PINE and single NASHVILLE and CAPE MAY WARBLERS.

A little to our north in Orange and Dutchess Counties an immature FRANKLIN’S GULL remains mostly along the Hudson River in Newburgh but also crossing over occasionally to the Beacon Waterfront where an immature BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was also seen offshore last 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.

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 31, 2021
* NYNY2112.31

– Birds mentioned
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Snowy Egret
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Chipping Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Boat-tailed Grackle
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Black-throated Blue 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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 31st 2021 at 9pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SHORT-BILLED GULL, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LECONTE’S SPARROW, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL, Christmas Count results and more.

The SHORT-BILLED GULL first spotted on Tuesday, December 21st, near Bush Terminal Piers Park continued in that section of Brooklyn for a while but today was relocated south of there around Gravesend Bay. During the day the bird was viewed from the parking lots at BJ’s and Ceasar’s Bay Bazaar down to Calvert Vaux Park and across to Coney Island Creek Park so this may become its favorite area.

Two ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS continue locally, one at Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park and the other in Westchester at the Rockwood Hall section of Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Mount Pleasant.

With the 2 WESTERN TANAGERS in Manhattan, one was still today visiting the feeder area at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue around East 86th Street while the other at private Clinton Community Garden has not been reported since Saturday this site along West 48th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE remains in the North Fork Preserve seen today at this park located north of Sound Avenue in Northville but the SHRIKE at the Norman Levy Preserve located just east of the Meadowbrook Parkway in Merrick has not been reported since Monday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER do continue there.

LECONTE’S SPARROW continues to be reported on the landfill at Croton Point Park occurring on the top with Savannah Sparrows.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL in Brooklyn was present Thursday and today at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and earlier at Gravesend Bay on Wednesday and another has returned to Setauket Harbor. A GLAUCOUS GULL was at BJ’s in Brooklyn today and near Randall’s Island Sunday and an ICELAND GULL or 2 were also in the area.

Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue at the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook, at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and at Rockland Lake State Park. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON remained on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on the Oyster Bay Mill Pond. A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was spotted Sunday at Cedar Point County Park in Northwest Harbor north of East Hampton and a drake KING EIDER continues around the mudflats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island. A surprise was provided by a flock of 7 HARLEQUIN DUCKS seen Tuesday flying south along the Brooklyn coast in the Red Hook area.

A DICKCISSEL has been visiting the feeders in Prospect Park since Wednesday with an AMERICAN REDSTART also continuing in the park.

On the Bronx-Westchester Christmas Count last Sunday recorded 110 species including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 2 CLAPPER RAILS, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Pelham Bay Park, CHIPPING SPARROW, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 2 new count species, 8 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES and a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER.

The Smithtown Count Monday netted 101 species with highlights including the Setauket BLACK-HEADED GULL, VIRGINIA RAILS, SNOWY EGRET, 4 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 22 CHIPPING SPARROWS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and have a great New Year!

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 24, 2021
* NYNY2112.24

NORTHERN LAPWING+
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
SANDHILL CRANE
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
FRANKLIN’S GULL (extralimital)
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
WESTERN KINGBIRD
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
LECONTE’S SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
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, December 24, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, SHORT-BILLED GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, WESTERN TANAGER, LECONTE’S, CLAY-COLORED and LARK SPARROWS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, DICKCISSEL, Christmas Count results, an extralimital FRANKLIN’S GULL and more.

Exceptional was the discovery last Saturday of a NORTHERN LAPWING at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon – the bird soon relocated to adjacent Bergen Point Golf Course, where seen with difficulty into the afternoon.  After disappearing later in the afternoon, the bird was not seen thereafter, though subsequently single LAPWINGS did appear in both New Jersey and Maryland.

Also very noteworthy was a SHORT-BILLED GULL photographed Tuesday off Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn, this the first sighting of this western gull in our area since the American Ornithological Society recently split this bird from the Mew Gull complex.  It has not been relocated since Tuesday, but a BLACK-HEADED GULL has been there.

Three SANDHILL CRANES were reported flying west over White Plains Monday.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE, found Tuesday at the Norman J. Levy Preserve just east of the Meadowbrook Parkway in Merrick, was still present today along the trails on the west side of the landfill.  Yesterday YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER were also seen there.

Previously found ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS were still present today in Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park and at the Rockwood Hall section of Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, and a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen last weekend along North Fernwood Drive in Montauk.

WESTERN TANAGERS in Manhattan remain at Carl Schurz Park off East End Avenue around East 86th Street and near private Clinton Community Garden viewed from West 48th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

A LECONTE’S SPARROW continues on top of the landfill at Croton Point Park, single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were seen Sunday along Seven Ponds Road in Watermill and in Mattituck, and a LARK SPARROW was found at Brooklyn’s Hendrix Creek Saturday.  A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Robert Moses State Park Field 2 yesterday, and a DICKCISSEL was still at Inwood Hill Park Monday.

Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were reported Tuesday at Dix Hills High School and today at Tung Ting Pond off Route 25A in Centerport.

For this week’s Christmas counts, Brooklyn tops the list with 129 species last Saturday, their top highlights including EURASIAN WIGEON at Jamaica Bay, 1 ICELAND and 6 LESSER BLACK-BLACKED GULLS, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and their first LARK SPARROW.

Among Captree’s 128 species Sunday were HARLEQUIN DUCK, LONG- and SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 5 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.

Montauk’s 125 species on Saturday included BLACK-HEADED GULL and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on Gardiner’s Island, 37 BALD EAGLES, 9 NORTHERN SAW-WHET and 7 SNOWY OWLS, WESTERN KINGBIRD, 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS and 4 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS.

Greenwich-Stamford on Sunday netted 109 species including the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Rye Brook and DICKCISSEL.

Northern Nassau Saturday recorded 104 species including the EURASIAN WIGEON on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay, NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, while the Rockland Count’s 84 species Sunday featured the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE on Rockland Lake and 78 BALD EAGLES.

An accommodating immature FRANKLIN’S GULL has been present recently in Orange County at the Newburgh Sewage Treatment Plant.

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.

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 16, 2021
* NYNY2112.16

WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
SANDHILL CRANE
Long-billed Dowitcher
ICELAND GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
CATTLE EGRET
RED CROSSBILL
Grasshopper Sparrow
LECONTE’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, LECONTE’S SPARROW, SANDHILL CRANE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, CATTLE EGRET, GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, RED CROSSBILL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The locations for WESTERN TANAGER in Manhattan increased by one today when one was found at Central Park’s north end, north of the 97th Street Transverse.  This joins a WESTERN TANAGER continuing today at Carl Schurz Park, often visiting the feeder area just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.  And earlier this week on Monday and Tuesday a WESTERN TANAGER was seen at Clinton Community Garden, a private park viewable from West 48th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

In Westchester a LECONTE’S SPARROW was still being seen at Croton Point Park Tuesday, with two noted on Monday, sightings recently only occurring rather early in the morning.

Also today in Westchester, a SANDHILL CRANE was reported by motorists on the ground near the intersection of the Taconic and Saw Mill River Parkways but was gone when they returned soon afterwards.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to roost on the Rye Brook pond off Bowman Avenue in southern Westchester, with another still visiting Rockland Lake State Park today.  Several CACKLING GOOSE reports included one still at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream today and three at Caumsett State Park Sunday.

Lingering single drake EURASIAN WIGEON were noted on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge to Tuesday and on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay to today.

The drake KING EIDER was still being seen on the flats at Great Kills Park today, and HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue around the Jones inlet jetties.

A CATTLE EGRET was an interesting find at Jones Beach West End last Saturday, and up to six LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continued along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon early in the week.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was noted up to Tuesday at Randall’s Island, with one also on Tuesday inside Shinnecock Inlet, and single ICELAND GULLS included one on Prospect Park Lake Sunday, one in Sheepshead Bay to Monday, and one continuing around Randall’s Island through today.

A single RED CROSSBILL was a good find at Jones Beach West End last Sunday, as was a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW spotted at Randall’s Island last Saturday.  A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was photographed on Governors Island Tuesday, while another continues along the Hudson River Greenway in Manhattan along West Street south of Watts Street.

Several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS this week included birds at Inwood Hill Park and Union Square Park in Manhattan, at Brooklyn Bridge Park and at Brooklyn’s Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center, while Prospect Park added AMERICAN REDSTART, NORTHERN PARULA and WILSON’S WARBLER.

At least one DICKCISSEL was still present Wednesday at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area feeders.

We wish you good fortune on the upcoming Christmas Bird Counts.

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.

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 10, 2021
* NYNY2112.10

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Wood Thrush
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Ovenbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
DICKCISSEL
– Transcript

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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 10th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

The GRAY KINGBIRD found November 29th at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and staying generally just north of Moonbeam Marina until Tuesday was relocated Wednesday farther south along the white trail out to Crooke’s Point but unfortunately has not been reported since though it could still be in the area. A drake KING EIDER at Great Kills does continue to visit the mudflat area there.

A HENSLOW’S SPARROW located in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery last Sunday has remained in the same general area through today. The bird frequents low grasses near the intersection of Central and Oak Leaf Avenues. It’s uncharacteristic behavior is probably the result of its being compromised in some manner. Please give this bird sufficient space to subsist in and also respect the sanctity of the cemetery. Two LECONTE’S SPARROWS, first noted at Croton Point Park on December 2nd, were still present Wednesday but unlike the HENSLOW’S are very elusive with one or both only glimpsed very occasionally on top of the landfill and usually missed altogether.

A WESTERN TANAGER continues to visit the feeder area at Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park. The feeder is located just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was still being seen at least to Tuesday at the North Fork Preserve, the bird occasionally perching prominently in the preserve located north of Sound Avenue in Northville.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE on Short’s Pond off Scuttlehole Road in Bridgehampton on Monday may be the same one reported Thursday on the Wainscott pond. Remember, these areas are private so remain on the roadways.

Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE recently include one still roosting at the Rye Brook Pond off Bowman Avenue in southern Westchester and one at Rockland Lake State Park. Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on the Mill Pond in Oyster Bay and a pair of HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been along the jetties at Point Lookout recently.

A GLAUCOUS GULL has been roosting recently in the Point Lookout Town Park parking lot and today immatures were also spotted on Randall’s Island and at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island. Immature ICELAND GULLS recently have been reported on Prospect Park Lake yesterday, in Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn all week and also just north of the Brooklyn Navy Yard yesterday.

Recent shorebird reports featured a WESTERN SANDPIPER on the beach at Point Lookout and 6 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at the traditional site on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.

The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen Wednesday and today along the Hudson River Greenway along West Street just south of Watts Street and another also on Manhattan at Bella Abzug Park along with a WOOD THRUSH and an OVENBIRD this park off West 34th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues. Two DICKCISSELS have been visiting the feeders lately at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area with another still at Inwood Hill Park last Sunday.

At least 8 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were spotted recently and other lingering warblers and various other passerines hopefully will still be around for the Christmas Counts.

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. 3, 2021
* NYNY2112.03

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
GRAY KINGBIRD+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Wilson’s Warbler
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, December 3rd 2021 at 8pm. The highlights of today’s tape are GRAY KINGBIRD, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, DICKCISSEL and more.

A rather obliging GRAY KINGBIRD found last Monday at Great Kills Park on Staten Island was still present there today. It has been staying mostly in shrubby areas across from the Moonbeam Marina. So from Hylan Boulevard enter Great Kills on Buffalo Street and continue towards Crooke’s Point. Park near the Moonbeam Marina and search the vegetated areas across from the marina including near the bathhouse for the KINGBIRD. A drake KING EIDER also continues along the shore at Great Kills.

Last Sunday a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was found in a Canada Goose flock out in Bridgehampton in a field on the south side of Route 27 (Montauk Highway). On Monday the flock was with the PINK-FOOTED and relocated a little north of there on Short’s Pond on the western side of Scuttlehole Road but we have no further reports since Monday. This PINK-FOOTED follows one on Wappinger’s Lake in Dutchess County that departed last Saturday.

Two LECONTE’S SPARROWS were seen together on top of the landfill at Croton Point Park on Thursday morning with one reappearing there in the afternoon. This is the same area where a LECONTE’S was also present in early November.

A WESTERN TANAGER was still appearing in Carl Schurz Park in mid-Manhattan today visiting the feeder area located just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again yesterday and today at the North Fork Preserve which is north of Sound Avenue in Northville.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still present midday today on the pond adjacent to the Rye Ridge shopping center off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook and another was reported today on the lake at Rockland Lake State Park.

A few CACKLING GEESE include the one at Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were continuing on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay on Patchogue Lake and additional drake KING EIDERS included one last weekend continuing on the Montauk Harbor Inlet and another Sunday at Shinnecock Inlet.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted last Saturday at Jones Beach West End followed by one Monday at Fort Tilden. Dwindling numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 4 Saturday at Robert Moses State Park lot 2 and an AMERICAN BITTERN was still around Prospect Park Lake last Saturday

A report of 6 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS moving by Robert Moses State Park this morning provide good encouragement of perhaps a good winter ahead.

Last Sunday single flyover LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted at both Randall’s Island and Breezy Point.

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen in Inwood Hill Park all week and Union Square Park Saturday and out at Montauk last weekend and late warblers featured AMERICAN REDSTART and WILSON’S in Prospect Park to Thursday.

Two DICKCISSELS have been visiting the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area recently through today with another lingering in Inwood Hill Park through last weekend.

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
* Nov 26, 2021
* NYNY2111.26

WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
SANDHILL CRANE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
American Bittern
CATTLE EGRET
Blue-headed Vireo
NORTHERN SHRIKE
House Wren
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
American Redstart
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Canada 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

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 26, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of tape are SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, TUNDRA SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, CATTLE EGRET, WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

Very interesting Tuesday morning were a large number of SANDHILL CRANES reported moving over Rye in Westchester County, with 30 estimated over Read Sanctuary at Playland Park and even more over Marshlands Conservancy shortly thereafter; these birds were not observed farther down the coast, but additional CRANES were seen at local hawk watches on following days, with five over the Quaker Ridge site at the Audubon Center in northwest Greenwich Wednesday and then six over the Chestnut Ridge watch at the Butler Sanctuary in Bedford Thursday.

Also notable is a WESTERN TANAGER reported late this week at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan, this the same site where one visited this park’s feeders all last winter.  The feeders are located just off East End Avenue adjacent to about 86th Street.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted again on Long Island, this one on Wednesday at the North Fork Preserve, north of Sound Avenue in Northville.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed at Plumb Beach on Wednesday.

Waterfowl, still on the increase locally, this week included two TUNDRA SWANS in flight along Bellport Bay yesterday.

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in the Rye area of lower Westchester has still been visiting the pond behind the Rye Ridge shopping center, though on somewhat of an irregular basis, apparently spending most of its time with CANADAS on local golf courses.

A few CACKLING GOOSE reports have included one at Randall’s Island yesterday and another back at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in Valley Stream as of today.

Last Sunday drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were still on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on Patchogue Lake, and a drake KING EIDER was again around the entrance to Lake Montauk.

A CATTLE EGRET was seen from Sunday at least to Wednesday near Route 51 in Eastport in fields off Eastport-Manor Road and Head of Neck Road, and an AMERICAN BITTERN was still around Prospect Park Lake at least to Wednesday.

At least three WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were noted yesterday during the morning flight at Robert Moses State Park.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was spotted Tuesday at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center, while VESPER SPARROWS included singles at Bayswater Park and Rockaway Beach in Queens last weekend and two at Croton Point Park in Westchester Wednesday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited City Hall Park in lower Manhattan Tuesday and Wednesday.

At least six ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were reported during the week, and various late lingering WARBLERS this week included BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and PRAIRIE plus both CANADA and WILSON’S in Prospect Park.

Other late species have included BLUE-HEADED VIREO, HOUSE WREN and BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and a DICKCISSEL was still visiting Inwood Hill Park 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.

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 19, 2021
* NYNY2111.19

ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
Red Knot
Long-billed Dowitcher
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
GOLDEN EAGLE
Bald Eagle
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula
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 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 19, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, GOLDEN EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED and GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL and more.

This somewhat less spectacular week than we’d been enjoying recently was highlighted by the discovery today of an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Bayswater Park in Queens.  This is the third record of this species in the last few years for this park, the entrance to which is located near the intersection of Bay 32nd Street and Dwight Avenue.

Another good find from today during a strong westward flight of gulls off Fort Tilden was an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL spotted moving down the coast.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continuing in the Rye area of lower Westchester is most frequently seen on a pond off Bowman Avenue just behind the Rye Ridge shopping center.  The geese roost on this pond often during mid-day before flying off to feed on one of several local golf courses.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON have been continuing recently both on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay, while another recurring individual was back as of today on West Lake in Patchogue.

A young male HARLEQUIN DUCK has been present around the Point Lookout jetties since Wednesday.

An immature AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was still around the pilings off Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday, this spot also attracting a decent number of RED KNOTS recently.  A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was still along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon last Saturday.

Smaller numbers of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS still remain along Long Island’s south shore, along with some continuing ROYAL TERNS, and three BLACK SKIMMERS were hanging on at Jones Beach West End
Wednesday.

Depending on wind and weather conditions, some large concentrations and movement of NORTHERN GANNETS have been taking place recently, mostly along Long Island’s south shore but with smaller numbers also occurring in western Long Island Sound.  More unusual, though, was an immature GANNET spotted early Tuesday morning moving south on the Hudson River past Beacon in Dutchess County, a quick shout out on the internet enabling birders to later watch it fly by Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan.

Recent strong winds also brought a GOLDEN EAGLE over northern Manhattan today, while 11 BALD EAGLES were counted over Shirley Chisholm State Park in Brooklyn Tuesday.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn Tuesday.

A calling LAPLAND LONGSPUR flew over Fort Tilden Sunday, while unusual SPARROWS this week included a CLAY-COLORED at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island Sunday, preceded by a VESPER SPARROW in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx Saturday; two GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS on Long Island featured one Saturday at the East Farm Preserve in Head of the Harbor near Stony Brook and one further east on private property in Mattituck
Wednesday.

A lingering ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER continued in Central Park on the west side of the Reservoir at least to yesterday, and among other late warblers were OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, NORTHERN PARULA, BLACKPOLL and BLACK-THROATED BLUE plus a WILSON’S in Prospect Park up to Thursday.

A PINE SISKIN was in Central Park Tuesday, and a DICKCISSEL continued in Inwood Hill Park to 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.

– End transcript