Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 25, 2022
* NYNY2202.25

– Birds mentioned
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
PACIFIC LOON+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
American Woodcock
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Herring Gull complex (unidentified to species)
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
NORTHERN SHRIKE
VESPER SPARROW
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, February 25th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are PACIFIC LOON, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, DOVEKIE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, VESPER SPARROW and more.

Last Saturday afternoon a winter plumaged PACIFIC LOON was spotted and photographed in the Connetquot River off the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River but moving quickly downstream the LOON soon disappeared and has evaded subsequent relocation attempts.

Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS were both still present this week. The Carl Schurz Park bird was seen through Thursday around the feeders located in the park off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street. This bird certainly most reliable in the morning while the west side bird can with patience often be spotted in the vicinity of the private Clinton Community Garden off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

The NORTHERN SHRIKE wintering at the North Fork Preserve out in Northville was seen as recently as Tuesday in this park located on the north side of Sound Avenue. The bird often spotted in fields west of the entrance road just beyond a small pond.

Alcids this week featured a DOVEKIE spotted Sunday off Camp Hero at Montauk Point where a peak of 5 RAZORBILLS plus a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and 2 female HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen on Wednesday.

Last Sunday morning a THICK-BILLED MURRE was spotted in Brooklyn’s Gravesend Bay but moved south quickly last seen in the vicinity of Coney Island Creek. Up to 5 RAZORBILLS occurred off Breezy Point during the week.

Single lingering GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still present mid-week at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook and also continuing were single EURASIAN WIGEONS at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn and on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and the drake KING EIDER at Great Kills Park on Staten Island.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was present Sunday out on Old Field Point north of Stony Brook where other gulls also noted this week have included GLAUCOUS, 2 ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED plus an unusual gull in the greater HERRING GULL complex featuring bright yellow legs and feet and a somewhat darker mantle and remains unidentified as to species. Other ICELAND GULLS occurred around Sheepshead Bay and up in Peekskill.

AMERICAN BITTERN continues in the Tobay area and AMERICAN WOODCOCK are now displaying in appropriate areas where the weather is right.

A VESPER SPARROW was still at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue on Monday and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS continue at Randall’s Island and at Battery Park City.

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
* Feb. 18, 2022
* NYNY2202.18

– Birds Mentioned

SLATY-BACKED GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Gallinule
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
LITTLE GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Bald Eagle
Snowy Owl
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
VESPER SPARROW
Baltimore Oriole
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, February 18, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SLATY-BACKED GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, LITTLE GULL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE, GLAUCOUS GULL, VESPER SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and more.

The sub-adult SLATY-BACKED GULL, building up the suspense last Saturday in Central Park, finally appeared on the reservoir about noon time and provided satisfying views for the gathered crowd until soon thereafter flushed off along with a few hundred other Gulls by a passing BALD EAGLE. We are unaware of any confirmed visits since then, though ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS have continued to visit the reservoir on subsequent days.

Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS feature a more reliable one best seen in the morning at Carl Schurz Park around the feeders located off East End Avenue just south of East 86th Street, and an elusive one circulating around the neighborhood near Clinton Community Garden off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

Another interesting Manhattan visitor was a SNOWY OWL perched on an Upper West Side building, being harassed by PEREGRINE FALCONS last Saturday.

Late Thursday afternoon an adult LITTLE GULL paid a surprise visit to Piermont Pier in Rockland County, the bird photographed as it very quickly continued its journey down the Hudson River.

Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE this week included repeat sightings yesterday at Rockland Lake State Park and on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport, while the lower Westchester bird was today back on its now partially open pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook.

Last Sunday EURASIAN WIGEON were again seen at Bush Terminal Piers Park and on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, and the drake KING EIDER was still around Great Kills Park on Staten Island on Wednesday. A female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was spotted Tuesday and also present Wednesday with COMMON GOLDENEYES off Culloden Point in Montauk.

Also in Montauk, a highlight Wednesday morning were three DOVEKIES flying in off the Point but quickly disappearing once landing in the choppy sea. Featured too at the Point were 42 RAZORBILLS counted Tuesday, with 34 on Wednesday, and counts of 4 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES Tuesday, 6 more on Wednesday.

ICELAND GULLS this week were spotted at Inwood Hill Park, Plumb Beach to Wednesday, and at Playland Park in Rye today, with a peak of three spotted Tuesday around Montauk Harbor Inlet, where a GLAUCOUS GULL was reported Saturday. Another GLAUCOUS appeared in the Bronx yesterday, 

A COMMON GALLINULE continues at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, and AMERICAN BITTERNS were noted this week at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Tobay Sanctuary and out at Napeague.

EASTERN PHOEBE and BALTIMORE ORIOLE were both still surviving at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn this week, and VESPER SPARROWS were still at Caumsett State Park and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center on Thursday.

A DICKCISSEL was spotted Sunday at feeders at the Trap House just east of Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island.

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
* Feb. 11, 2022
* NYNY2202.11

– Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SLATY-BACKED GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
“Black” form of Brant
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Least Sandpiper
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
COMMON REDPOLL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
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, February 11, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SLATY-BACKED GULL, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, WESTERN TANAGER, DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, COMMON REDPOLL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and more.

Not confirmed on Central Park Reservoir since February 2nd, the subadult SLATY-BACKED GULL was spotted back on the Reservoir Thursday morning, staying for an undetermined amount of time, and then spent most of Friday morning on the Reservoir until the Gulls were flushed off by an overflying BALD EAGLE. Hopefully Saturday will bring a repeat performance.

Last Monday morning a colorful winter male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK paid a visit to a private feeder in Northern Westchester, where nicely photographed before quickly moving on.

More accommodating have been Manhattan’s two WESTERN TANAGERS, the more reliable Carl Schurz Park bird seen through today, usually near the feeder area off East End Avenue around East 86th Street. The other TANAGER is often near private Clinton Community Gardens along West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

Sightings of Alcids this week featured a DOVEKIE and ten RAZORBILLS Sunday off Montauk Point, a THICK-BILLED MURRE lingering in the harbor at Great Kills Park on Staten Island through Sunday, and four RAZORBILLS off Breezy Point Monday.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was identified last Monday in a flock of CANADA GEESE at the mouth of Reeves Creek out in Aquabogue, the Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was roosting on Playland Lake in Rye today, and a “BLACK” BRANT was spotted in the BRANT flock south of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday.

A EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn, and another was identified at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday. A drake KING EIDER remains at Great Kills Park, and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was spotted yesterday off Crescent Beach Town Park in Huntington, with others presumably still at Point Lookout.

A very early LEAST SANDPIPER was a good find at Great Kills Park on Tuesday.

Reports of adult BLACK-HEADED GULLS this week came from Randall’s Island last weekend, Bush Terminal Piers Park Sunday and Plumb Beach today. Other GULLS reported from Central Park Reservoir include a GLAUCOUS early today plus ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED, and Prospect Park also produced ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED, with an ICELAND visiting Jerome Reservoir in the Bronx Wednesday.

Sparse this winter, a ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK has been seen in the Calverton grasslands area recently.

Very interesting, as there have been very few reports in lower New York this winter, was a calling COMMON REDPOLL flying over Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Saturday.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen again at the Calverton grasslands last Sunday, and a VESPER SPARROW was photographed Wednesday and Thursday at Caumsett State Park. 

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted this week at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and at the New York Botanical Garden, and a DICKCISSEL was photographed Tuesday in Prospect Park.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 4, 2022
* NYNY2202.04

– Birds mentioned
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
SLATY-BACKED GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Gallinule
PIPING PLOVER
Red Knot
Short-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Eastern Phoebe
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
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, February 4th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SLATY-BACKED GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, THICK-BILLED MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, PIPING PLOVER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GRASSHOPPER SPARROW and more.

Certainly this week’s highlight was the SLATY-BACKED GULL on Central Park’s Reservoir that was identified from photos taken there on Tuesday. Once this tricky identification was sorted out involving separation from several similar blackish backed gulls including Lesser Black-backed a good number of observers got to view the SLATY-BACKED during the period it was on the reservoir early Wednesday morning and again in mid-afternoon. Unfortunately the gull was not spotted either Thursday or today but incoming colder conditions could again bring the gull back to the reservoir or it might be visiting other local gull roosting sites such as Randall’s Island or along the Brooklyn shoreline. Central Park’s Reservoir has been attracting a good variety of other gulls including an adult BLACK-HEADED on Wednesday and Thursday as well as GLAUCOUS, ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS.

Also on Manhattan are the 2 lingering WESTERN TANAGERS one still at Carl Schurz Park along East End Avenue at the feeders adjacent to East 86th Street and the other more elusive bird near private Clinton Community Garden around West 47th and 48th Streets east of 10th Avenue.

Besides a few coastal RAZORBILLS this week a THICK-BILLED MURRE was found today at Great Kills Park on Staten Island in the harbor on the north side as viewed from the harbor parking lot. Another THICK-BILLED was reported again Wednesday off Tiana Beach along Dune Road.

The lower Westchester GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was last seen on now frozen Playland Lake in Rye last Sunday the same day one was seen again on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. A female type EURASIAN WIGEON continues along the Brooklyn shoreline near Bush Terminal Piers Park and a drake KING EIDER was still around Shinnecock Inlet Monday. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was reported off north fork Sunday and a few HARLEQUINS should still be around the Point Lookout jetties.

Seasonally unusual shorebirds featured 3 PIPING PLOVERS seen in Fire Island Inlet along with 3 RED KNOTS on Wednesday when a SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER was also reported from Nickerson Beach.

AMERICAN BITTERNS continue along Dune Road and at Tobay and a COMMON GALLINULE remains at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore.

Also unusual at this season was a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Tuesday and 2 or 3 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS early in the week at the Calverton Grasslands on the Epcal complex. These grasslands are definitely worthy of preservation. A VESPER SPARROW was spotted at Caumsett State Park Wednesday.

An EASTERN PHOEBE and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE were still present in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery before the storm and an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was found in Shirley Chisholm State Park Sunday.

To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 28, 2022
* NYNY2201.28
– Birds mentioned

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

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
PIPING PLOVER
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Baltimore Oriole

– 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 28th 2022 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN TANAGER, THICK-BILLED MURRE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, PIPING PLOVER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

There are two WESTERN TANAGERS in Manhattan, the one wintering around Carl Schurz Park continues to visit the feeder area there with some regularity this site located along East End Avenue near East 86th Street. The TANAGER near the private Clinton Community Garden noted last Saturday should be looked for between West 47th & 48th Street east of 10th Avenue.

Following last week’s two occurrences, sightings this week of THICK-BILLED MURRE commenced last Saturday with one in Shinnecock Inlet where perhaps the same bird was photographed today floating into the bay around midday. Another THICK-BILLED was photographed last Monday moving slowly westward off Fort Tilden. More expected RAZORBILLS were also present off Montauk Point with a good count of 51 on Tuesday with a few others along Long Island’s south shore. In addition a small number of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen offshore out east where other species of alcids can also occur though sufficient documentation to substantiate such findings can be difficult to obtain.

NORTHERN SHRIKE was still present Monday at the North Fork Preserve in Northville where it is usually noted along fields west of the entrance road located on the north side of Sound Avenue.

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE continues at Stony Brook University on a pond near the Charles B. Wang Center. Today 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were spotted at Sunken Meadow State Park west of the entrance bridge and another was today again roosting on the lake at Playland Park in Rye. Continuing single female type EURASIAN WIGEON were seen as recently as today both at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn and on Patchogue Lake the north end of which contains a good variety of water birds including a drake BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Single drake KING EIDER were still today at both Great Kills Park on Staten Island and at Shinnecock Inlet and 5 HARLEQUIN DUCKS can be found along the Point Lookout jetties. A PIPING PLOVER was also present at Point Lookout yesterday.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to frequent the waters around the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End where a single LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was seen again Tuesday that bay also producing a LAPLAND LONGSPUR there. LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS also remain along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen today at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and at Bellport Bay Yacht Club while several ICELAND GULLS include birds on Central Park’s Reservoir and at Randall’s Island plus a few sites in Brooklyn and out at Shinnecock Inlet.

Other notable non-passerines include a RED-NECKED GREBE continuing at Culloden Point in Montauk, a COMMON GALLINULE still at Mill Pond in Bellmore and a couple of AMERICAN BITTERN along Dune Road and another at Tobay.

Out in Montauk 2 YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen today, one around the parking lot at the point and the another at Theodore Roosevelt County Park. Up to 3 VESPER SPARROWS still reside at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue and an EASTERN PHOEBE plus a BALTIMORE ORIOLE both remain in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery.

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. 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

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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:  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.