NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 11/27/20
-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 27, 2020
* NYNY2011.27
– Birds Mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
BROWN BOOBY+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Gannet
Northern Goshawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Ovenbird
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
DICKCISSEL
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at https://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin – Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Gail Benson
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November
27, 2020 at 10 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, THICK-BILLED MURRE, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND GULL and BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, RED CROSSBILL, DICKCISSEL and more.
Certainly the surprise of the week was an apparent immature BROWN BOOBY photographed distantly as it flew down the Hudson River off Inwood Hill Park early last Sunday morning.
But much of the week’s excitement centered around Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, where both an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and a WESTERN TANAGER continued from the week before. The ASH-THROATED was still present today, seen feeding in the vicinity of Sassafras Avenue and Dale Avenue. The WESTERN TANAGER, however, was not reported yesterday or today but may still be visiting the Yew trees next to the Chas. T. Yerkes mausoleum near the intersection of Cypress Avenue and Vine Avenue. A decent number of RED CROSSBILLS also visited the Cemetery last Sunday.
A birder visiting Robert Moses State Park early Wednesday morning for some fishing came across a THICK-BILLED MURRE sitting on the beach. Once moved out to the water, happily the Murre swam away.
Still around, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was noted as recently as Wednesday visiting the feeder at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, and the EARED GREBE was reported again today on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
Lingering GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE include one at Northport High School Sunday and another on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Tuesday, while another returned as of today to the Rye area in southern Westchester County, often roosting on a pond in Rye Brook off Bowman Avenue.
Recent drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were present today at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center and on Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park, and at least to Wednesday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Refuge.
A drake KING EIDER moving east a little has been present recently off Riis Park, with a female seen Sunday off Dead Horse Point just west of Floyd Bennett Field.
A HARLEQUIN Duck was present Wednesday off Point Lookout Town Park, where a late PIPING PLOVER was also seen.
An ICELAND GULL was noted at the Lemon Creek Pier on Staten Island Sunday.
The stormy coastal conditions Thursday morning produced a nice count of 46 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES off Smith Point County Park in Shirley, other highlights there including 4 RAZORBILLS, a PARASITIC JAEGER and over 300 NORTHERN GANNETS. Nineteen KITTIWAKES were also noted off
Robert Moses State Park.
RED-NECKED GREBES last Sunday were seen at Dead Horse Point and Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn and at the Lemon Creek Pier, some lingering LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included 13 at Moses Park yesterday, and 3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.
A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was a surprise at Breezy Point Tuesday, and 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue off Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville.
Today a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Smith Point County Park, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6.
Large flights of RED CROSSBILLS included 330 estimated moving by Jones Beach West End last Saturday morning, with fewer numbers during the week at several different sites. Numbers of PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES have dropped off, while some COMMON REDPOLLS continue to be seen.
A DICKCISSEL was at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday, and among various late WARBLERS have been OVENBIRD, TENNESSEE, ORANGE-CROWNED, CAPE MAY and NORTHERN PARULA.
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