Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 10, 2023
* NYNY2302.10

– Birds mentioned
TRUMPETER SWAN+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
EARED GREBE
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned 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

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 10th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, EARED GREBE, DOVEKIE, TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, SUMMER TANAGER and more.

Going back to last Friday, February 3rd, an immature SWAINSON’S HAWK was photographed over Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery in mid-afternoon and subsequently identified but apparently not spotted thereafter.

The EARED GREBE visiting Hendrick’s Creek at the north end of Jamaica Bay was still along the east side of Shirley Chisholm State Park at least to Monday.

Continuing a decent run recently of coastal alcids a DOVEKIE was identified Wednesday flying out of Jones Inlet where a total of 122 RAZORBILLS were also counted. Another nice gathering of RAZORBILLS totaled 208 off Riis Park last Sunday.

The TRUMPETER SWAN was still around the northwestern portion of Fort Pond out in Montauk at least through Monday. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport on Sunday and Tuesday while the Westchester WHITE-FRONTED has been spending most days recently on Playland Lake in Rye. The female EURASIAN WIGEON was still around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 to Wednesday and a drake KING EIDER continues in the Common Eider flock usually inside Shinnecock Inlet.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted in Port Jefferson Harbor last Saturday with one also seen in the vicinity of Wainscott Pond both Sunday and yesterday while single ICELAND GULLS were reported from Governors Island Sunday, at Veterans Memorial Pier in Brooklyn Wednesday and at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx Thursday.

A PIPING PLOVER was among the shorebirds at Point Lookout Tuesday with 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS reported there Wednesday among the roosting flock also featuring 3 RED KNOTS. One or two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WILSON’S SNIPE were still being seen at least to Tuesday on Smith Pond in Rockville Centre.

An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Brooklyn’s Marine Park usually encountered near the intersection of Stuart Street and Avenue T.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR stayed at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field with Horned Larks from Sunday through today.

Brooklyn Bridge Park’s NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was still present today and a decent number of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS remain in the area while the SUMMER TANAGER continues to visit a private Islip feeder.

The status and timing of next week’s tape are currently unknown due to impending travel. Stay tuned.

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
* Feb. 3, 2023
* NYNY2302.03

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Eared Grebe
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dovekie
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Red Crossbill
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Summer Tanager

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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, February 3rd 2023 at 8pm. The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC PUFFIN, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, NORTHERN FULMAR plus PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EARED GREBE, BLACK GUILLEMOT and THICK-BILLED MURRE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER and more.

A 12 hour pelagic last Saturday aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay at 6am and got out to waters warm enough to produce nice numbers of DOVEKIES with just over 13 hundred counted along with 11 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 2 COMMON MURRES, 33 RAZORBILLS and a NORTHERN FULMAR. Other highlights included 2 ICELAND and 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 175 NORTHERN GANNETS.

Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE were found together last Saturday morning roosting at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport and were also spotted in that area near Blanchard Lake Sunday but haven’t been seen since.

The EARED GREBE at the north end of Jamaica Bay was still being seen around the mouth of Hendrick’s Creek off Shirley Chisholm State Park last weekend and likely continues there.

Completing the sweep of the eastern alcids for the week a BLACK GUILLEMOT was reported flying past Montauk Point last Sunday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE was still frequenting Fort Pond Bay often off Navy Beach at least to Thursday. There were also reports of a COMMON MURRE off Montauk Point Tuesday and of a couple of DOVEKIES with 29 RAZORBILLS off Jones Beach West End Wednesday with 2 more DOVEKIES last Saturday at Montauk Point.

A TRUMPETER SWAN continues around the northwest corner of Fort Pond in Montauk and single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE remain near Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the Rye area in Westchester County. A female type EURASIAN WIGEON on the Brooklyn shore was seen at both Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and Bush Terminal Piers Park later in the week with a drake seen Saturday at Puppy Cove, a western arm of Huntington Harbor, while the Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. Also continuing are a drake KING EIDER in a Common Eider flock around Shinnecock Inlet, up to 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Ditch Plains in Montauk and a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE off Crab Meadow Beach.

BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted this week off Astoria Park in Queens Sunday and Jones Inlet Wednesday and around Setauket Harbor yesterday. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE remained around Lake Montauk inlet to Thursday and local ICELAND GULLS were spotted in Brooklyn and Staten Island during the week.

A PIPING PLOVER was at Jones Beach West End Sunday and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have continued at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre at least to yesterday.

The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Marine Park in Brooklyn to Wednesday usually near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T. Up to 8 TREE SWALLOWS at Breezy Point from Saturday to Thursday might regret their decision to be here. RED CROSSBILLS this week included a few at Jones Beach West End to Thursday and 5 at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge Sunday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was a nice find Saturday at Fleets Cove Beach Park in Huntington.

Among some lingering warblers have been one each of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD and ORANGE-CROWNED at Brooklyn Bridge Park and a SUMMER TANAGER continues to visit a private feeder in Islip.

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. 27, 2023
* NYNY2301.27

– Birds Mentioned

THICK-BILLED MURRE+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Trumpeter Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form)
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Long-billed Dowitcher
DOVEKIE
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Red-headed Woodpecker
RED CROSSBILL
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine 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, January 27, 2023 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are PACIFIC LOON, EARED GREBE, COMMON and THICK-BILLED MURRES and DOVEKIE, LITTLE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and HARLEQUINDUCK, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more.

Delivering a repeat performance, a short trip aboard the American Princess last Sunday afternoon produced a second sighting of PACIFIC LOON in a week, this one seen south of Coney Island not too distant from last week’s pelagic trip sighting. Another PACIFIC LOON was spotted in the inlet at Lake Montauk last Saturday, where it was also reported again Wednesday.|

An EARED GREBE continues to be seen in Hendrix Creek along the northeastern side of Shirley Chisholm State Park at the north end of Jamaica Bay.

It was another good week coastally for alcids, with RAZORBILLS providing the bulk of the individuals, including roughly 4,800 estimated off Montauk Point last Saturday. Also at the Point were two DOVEKIES and a THICK-BILLED MURRE Saturday along with 80 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, and Montauk Harbor inlet attracted both single THICK-BILLED and COMMON MURRES over the weekend, a COMMON still there today. A THICK-BILLED stayed around Fort Pond Bay through yesterday, and the Camp Hero overlook produced reports of COMMON MURRE andDOVEKIE last weekend as well.

Other Montauk highlights featured a TRUMPETER SWAN continuing around the northwestern corner of Fort Pond, some HARLEQUIN DUCKS remaining off Ditch Plains, a GLAUCOUS and multiple ICELAND GULLS mostly around the Harbor inlet, and a couple of RED-NECKED GREBES still off Culloden Point yesterday. 

A THICK-BILLED MURRE was also seen off Coney Island Creek Park yesterday.

An adult LITTLE GULL was photographed Wednesday along with two BONAPARTE’S GULLS just inside Shinnecock Inlet, where a drake KING EIDER has also been hanging out. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was present in Setauket Harbor last weekend, when multiple ICELAND GULLS were noted along the Staten Island coast from Fort Wadsworth down to ConferenceHouse Park.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues on Long Creek in Mattituck, usually north of the Grand Avenue bridge, and a female was identified at the West Sayville Golf Course Sunday. The drake EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was still visiting Santapogue Creek in West Babylon on Tuesday. A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE can still be found off Crab Meadow Beach inNorthport, and a female was reported at Founders Landing in Southold yesterday.”

A RED-NECKED GREBE was still off Coney Island in Brooklyn today, two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have been present lately at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre, and the immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still in Marine Park, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, often near the intersection of Stuart Street and Avenue T.

Last Sunday there were still 18 RED CROSSBILLS at Jones Beach West End, and 16 were found at Cupsogue Beach as well.

Recent WARBLERS have included both OVENBIRD and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Brooklyn Bridge Park and several scattered ORANGE-CROWNEDS, plusNASHVILLE, PALM and PINE, and a SUMMER TANAGER continues at a private Islip feeder.

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. 20, 2023
* NYNY2301.20

– Birds Mentioned

SHORT-BILLED GULL+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form)
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
DOVEKIE
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red Crossbill
Lapland Longspur
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, January 20, 2023 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are pelagic trip results, including PACIFIC LOON and COMMON MURRE, SHORT-BILLED GULL, EARED GREBE,DOVEKIE and BLACK GUILLEMOT, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON and EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, DICKCISSEL and more.

An eight-hour inshore pelagic trip aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay Saturday morning and immediately came across a PACIFIC LOON off Breezy Point, while other later highlights included 5 COMMON MURRES, 73 RAZORBILLS, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, 20 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, and over 400 NORTHERN GANNETS.

With Thursday providing another bad weather day, the SHORT-BILLED GULL showed up again on the Randall’s Island fields, the third time it has followed this scenario.

An EARED GREBE continues in Hendrix Creek off Shirley Chisholm State Park at the north end of Jamaica Bay, seen there today.

A few DOVEKIES continue to be seen, with birds this week reported from Shinnecock Inlet today, Jones Beach Wednesday, and Montauk Point Monday.

Out in Montauk, 2 BLACK GUILLEMOTS were present this week: an adult continuing around Fort Pond Bay and seen today from Culloden Point, and an immature spotted off Montauk Point Thursday. A major RAZORBILL early morning flight around Montauk Point on Thursday produced a rough estimate of 3,500, many congregating around the Point, where other Thursday highlights included around 320 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 440 NORTHERN GANNETS, one of 8 RED-NECKED GREBES seen in the Montauk area that day, an ICELAND GULL, and a fly-over LAPLAND LONGSPUR. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were also off Ditch Plains in Montauk Thursday, and the TRUMPETER SWAN was still around the west side of Fort Pond on Wednesday.

Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE included one in the Rye area all week, one each at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and the Northport High School Monday, and another along Oregon Road in Cutchogue today.

Three TUNDRA SWANS were seen at distance flying northerly past Great Kills Park on Monday afternoon.

Two drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were still on Mattituck Creek Sunday, with one on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Monday and another on the Sayville Mill Pond Tuesday, while a drake EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was photographed on Santapogue Creek in West Babylon Tuesday.

Female KING EIDERS were noted at Point Lookout Saturday and off Governor’s Island Tuesday, with a drake still around Shinnecock Inlet Thursday and today.

The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE remains off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted Monday and Wednesday at Jones Beach West End, on Tuesday and Wednesday at Flax Pond in Old Field, and again at Randall’s Island Thursday, while single ICELAND GULLS on Monday appeared in Prospect Park, at Coney Island and in Astoria Park, Queens. A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at Goldsmiths Inlet County Park in Southold Sunday.

A light ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, very unusual this winter, appeared Sunday at Gilgo.

An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains in Marine Park, Brooklyn, near the Stuart Street and Avenue T intersection.

Some RED CROSSBILLS continue at Jones Beach West End and along the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville, and a DICKCISSSEL was found Thursday at Southards Pond Park in Babylon.

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. 13, 2023
* NYNY2301.13

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
American Bittern
Red-headed Woodpecker
RED CROSSBILL
Vesper Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
SUMMER TANAGER

– Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at) nybirds{dot}org.

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

       Gary Chapin – Secretary
       NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
       125 Pine Springs Drive
       Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 13th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, DOVEKIE, COMMON and THICK-BILLED MURRES, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more.

Last Sunday a juvenile SWAINSON’S HAWK was spotted along the waterfront adjacent to Front Street in the Clifton section of northeastern Staten Island spending much of its time sitting along the shoreline. It continued there into late Monday morning when it suddenly took flight and disappeared to the northwest.

Alcids continue to occur along the Atlantic coast especially RAZORBILLS with over 250 counted moving west off Jones Beach West End last Tuesday. Some DOVEKIES have also occurred coastally. Single birds this week occurring off the Montauk Harbor mouth last Sunday, off Dune Road at Dolphin Beach Monday, in Jones Inlet Tuesday and off the jetty at Jones today with 2 off Robert Moses State Park yesterday. A COMMON MURRE was photographed again off Breezy Point last Saturday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE was reported off Orient Point the same day with another photographed off Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Wednesday.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was noted again last Saturday at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport, this technically private pond also featuring a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at least to Wednesday. The southern Westchester WHITE-FRONTED had been daily on the Bowman Avenue Pond in Rye Brook until it moved over to Playland Lake in Rye today. A few CACKLING GEESE have been identified in various regional Canada flocks and a TRUMPETER SWAN was still at the western side of Fort Pond in Montauk Sunday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was being seen at least to Wednesday on Long Creek by looking north from the Grand Avenue bridge in Mattituck when another was on the south section of Patchogue Lake on Tuesday. A drake KING EIDER was photographed leaving Shinnecock Inlet on Wednesday and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was at Ditch Plains Beach in Montauk Monday with another still around the Jones Beach West End jetty today. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport Tuesday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL flew by Randall’s Island last Sunday with another at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach Tuesday and an adult still in Setauket Harbor Wednesday. Three BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were spotted off Montauk Point today.

Single RED-NECKED GREBES were off Breezy Point Thursday and continuing in Fort Pond Bay today.

A COMMON GALLINULE remains at the Mill Pond Preserve off Merrick Road in Wantagh and AMERICAN BITTERN is most regularly seen along Dune Road.

An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen in Brooklyn’s Marine Park yesterday and today near the Avenue T entrance on the west side.

Up to 30 or so RED CROSSBILLS continue around Jones Beach West End with others also out along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.

A VESPER SPARROW was at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue last weekend with another near the west end of Hulse Landing Road in Calverton.

Both OVENBIRD and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH continue on Brooklyn Bridge Park and the SUMMER TANAGER remains at feeders at a private Islip home.

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. 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.

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-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