Category: Rare Bird Alerts

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 12, 2021
* NYNY2103.12

MEW GULL+
FERRUGINOUS HAWK (extralimital)+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Willet
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
Osprey
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Eastern Phoebe
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Pine Warbler

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, March 12, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are MEW GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, KING EIDER, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, winter finches and spring arrivals and more.

The immature MEW GULL visiting both Bush Terminal Piers Park and Prospect Park lake in Brooklyn the past couple of weeks was last reported at the lake on Tuesday, while the immature BLACK-HEADED GULL continued around Bush Terminal Piers Park at least through Wednesday.

Of the two Manhattan WESTERN TANAGERS, only the one at Carl Schurz Park was reported this week, this bird often spotted near the feeders located just inside the park off East End Avenue slightly south of East 86th Street.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was photographed on Tuesday in a field along Sagg Main Street in Bridgehampton.

The drake KING EIDER at Great Kills Park on Staten Island was seen on the beach there today, while of two KING EIDERS noted recently at Jones Beach West End, the young male was photographed in a COMMON EIDER flock off the West End jetty Monday, and the immature male KING wintering at Shinnecock Inlet was still present last Sunday.

Also last Sunday single ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were spotted along the Meadowbrook Parkway at Jones Beach West End and in Amityville, while highlights that same day at Montauk Point included 4 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 13 RAZORBILLS.

Also notable this week were a RED-NECKED GREBE seen again off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx on Monday, the continuing COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, an ICELAND GULL still around Randall’s Island Wednesday, and AMERICAN BITTERNS at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and along Dune Road.  A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still out at Cedarn Point County Park in Northwest Harbor last Saturday.

Besides some lingering PINE SISKINS locally, lower numbers of COMMON REDPOLLS did include 10 in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday, and 4 RED CROSSBILLS were spotted out in Georgica today.

Also lingering as well have been a VESPER SPARROW out at the Calverton Grasslands and a couple of LINCOLN’S SPARROWS in Manhattan at Bryant Park and in Central Park.

Peak numbers of AMERICAN WOODCOCKS are now displaying in appropriate habitat, and some new recent arrivals, replacing our departing waterfowl, have included AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, PIPING PLOVER, WILSON’S SNIPE and WILLET, LAUGHING GULL, OSPREY, and such early passerines as EASTERN PHOEBE and PINE WARBLER.

And, not to forget, the extralimital FERRUGINOUS HAWK was still up in the Orange County black dirt region Wednesday.

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
* Mar. 5, 2021
* NYNY2103.05

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
MEW GULL+
FERRUGINOUS HAWK+ (Orange County)
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
SANDHILL CRANE
American Woodcock
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Great Egret
Black Vulture
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Tree Swallow
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin

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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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 5th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MEW GULL, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN TANAGER, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and more.

The immature MEW GULL visiting Brooklyn since late January did go missing for much of this past week being seen once back at Bush Terminal Piers Park last Sunday before reappearing again on Prospect Park Lake yesterday. More regular during this week was the immature BLACK-HEADED GULL spotted as recently as yesterday and today both on Prospect Park Lake and at Bush Terminal Piers Park the latter location also hosting a drake EURASIAN WIGEON all week. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL also made a reappearance at Randall’s Island last Sunday.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE first spotted back in late January out in Northport but unobserved since then is apparently still in the area as it was spotted with Canada Geese last Monday along Norwood Road in Northport just east of the Fuch’s Pond Preserve. It has remained unknown as to where this flock roosts overnight.

A belated report from Thursday February 25th featured a SANDHILL CRANE flying west over Tobay Sanctuary.

Both Manhattan WESTERN TANAGERS were present this week. The one at Carl Schurz Park regularly visits feeders setup in the park just east of East End Avenue a little south of East 86th Street while the one downtown in the Chelsea area continues to be more elusive finding food where available between West 22nd and West 23rd Streets just east of 10th Avenue.

A drake KING EIDER was still present today at Great Kills Park on Staten Island and the female KING was still off Archery Road at Floyd Bennett Field last Sunday.

A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was spotted near a feeding whale off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday that day also finding a GLAUCOUS GULL still present at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai. An ICELAND GULL was noted at Randall’s Island as recently as yesterday with another still in the Brooklyn area last Sunday.

A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted off Pelham Bay Park Monday, a COMMON GALLINULE remains at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore and AMERICAN BITTERNS continue along Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet.

This week ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was noted at several locations along the Jones Island strip from Zach’s Bay east to Oak Beach as well as out at the Calverton Grassland.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues along the Paumanok Trail near Jones Pond in Manorville this site on the west side of Schultz Road.

Some COMMON REDPOLLS remain in the area including about 20 seen last Saturday in Brooklyn at the Cemetery of the Evergreens west of Forest Park and PINE SISKINS are also now moving back through our area.

AMERICAN WOODCOCKS are now displaying locally and also noted recently have been arriving GREAT EGRET, some northbound BLACK VULTURES and RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS and more TREE SWALLOW and the extralimital FERRUGINOUS HAWK in the Orange County Black Dirt area was still present Thursday.

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. 26, 2021
* NYNY2102.26

– Birds mentioned
MEW GULL+
FERRUGINOUS HAWK+ (Orange County)
SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Wood Duck
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Rough-legged Hawk
Tree Swallow
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
Common Grackle

– 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 26th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SPOTTED TOWHEE, MEW GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED CROSSBILL and other winter finches, early spring arrivals and more.

A SPOTTED TOWHEE in Baldwin Harbor Park was still being seen today along the paved bike and walking path that bisects the thicket east of Grand Avenue and the first of two large parking lots. An entrance to this path is at the northwest corner of the second lot. Watch for areas where seed has been spread along the path.

The immature MEW GULL was appearing daily on Prospect Park Lake through yesterday with some warning that a lingering Bald Eagle there might have caused it to alter its routine. An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL has also been joining the mob of gulls roosting on the lake as have single ICELAND and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at least through Wednesday.

The WESTERN TANAGER originally found in early December in Manhattan’s Chelsea section was recently relocated in the same area occurring Tuesday near 10th Avenue and West 22nd Street and the following day up near West 23rd Street now much more elusive as it maintains its search for food. Likewise the WESTERN TANAGER at Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan has remained in the area at the feeders off East End Avenue just below East 86th Street but squirrels raiding the feeders have impacted the TANAGERS reliability.

Single drake EURASIAN WIGEON were spotted around 61 Mott Lane in Brookhaven Wednesday and off Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn today.

KING EIDERS this week included the female off the end of Archery Road at Floyd Bennett Field on Sunday and Monday, a young male again at Bayshore Marina Tuesday and a drake at Great Kills Park on Staten Island as recently as Wednesday. Two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Shinnecock Inlet last Sunday.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL visited Central Park Reservoir last Tuesday and other younger BLACK-HEADEDS in Brooklyn, besides on Prospect Park Lake, were also noted at Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday and Bush Terminal Piers Park today. GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted again yesterday at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai and single ICELAND GULLS visited Riverside Park last Saturday and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park yesterday. Eight BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 49 RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point last Saturday.

One or two ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were noted recently both along Ocean Parkway near Tobay and at the Calverton Grasslands and AMERICAN BITTERN are still being seen at Tobay and along Dune Road.

Flocks of RED CROSSBILLS along the south shore recently have featured 11 at Jones Beach West End and 16 at Oak Beach both on Wednesday and 24 at Robert Moses State Park yesterday. Small groups of COMMON REDPOLLS included 29 along Oregon Road in Cutchogue Wednesday and 21 at Goethal’s Bridge Pond on Staten Island yesterday and PINE SISKINS too are moving around in our area.

Among some early spring arrivals recently were 2 PIPING PLOVERS at Robert Moses State Park yesterday plus many WOOD DUCKS and some AMERICAN WOODCOCK, WILSON’S SNIPE, TREE SWALLOWS and COMMON GRACKLE and the FERRUGINOUS HAWK continues in the Orange County Black Dirt area.

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. 19, 2021
* NYNY2102.19

– Birds Mentioned

MEW GULL+
FERRUGINOUS HAWK (extralimital)+
SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
Semipalmated Plover
COMMON MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
LECONTE’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT

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
19, 2021 at 10:00 PM.

The highlights of today’s tape are SPOTTED TOWHEE, MEW GULL, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, COMMON MURRE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, winter finches, extralimital FERRUGINOUS HAWK and more.

The SPOTTED TOWHEE at Baldwin Harbor Park has been seen several times this past week at least through Wednesday, presumably coming more into the open due to the snow covered grounds. Look especially along the paved bike and walking path that bisects the wooded area east of Grand Avenue and the first of two large parking lots. There is an entrance to this path from the northwest corner of the second large parking lot, which is farther down Grand Avenue.

The immature MEW GULL in Brooklyn has been visiting Prospect Park Lake on likely a daily basis, including around 2:00 PM this afternoon, where it roosts on frozen portions of the lake and bathes in open water when available. This European form, referred to as Common Gull, is usually best viewed from the south side of the lake. The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL has also been spotted visiting the lake several days this week, including today.

A nice and unexpected find this week was a LECONTE’S SPARROW spotted briefly a few times Tuesday morning as it elusively skulked its way around the outer dunes at Breezy Point, finally providing enough to confirm the identification.

The female WESTERN TANAGER wintering in Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan was still visiting feeders there yesterday, these feeders located just inside the park off East End Avenue just below East 86th Street.

A COMMON MURRE spotted just offshore at Robert Moses State Park last Sunday was found deceased on shore Monday, being devoured by a PEREGRINE FALCON.

Last Monday, the female KING EIDER was seen again off Floyd Bennett Field’s Archery Road and a drake KING was spotted in flight off Montauk Point. Besides the HARLEQUIN DUCKS present around Jones Inlet, two drake HARLEQUINS were also off Orient Point on Monday.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL visited Cedar Beach on Long Island’s north shore at Mt. Sinai Tuesday, and an ICELAND GULL was noted out at Breezy Point Tuesday, perhaps the one also occurring along the Brooklyn waterfront.

Among various lingering non-passerines of interest this week were a RED-NECKED GREBE off Brooklyn, the COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at Jones Beach West End Sunday, AMERICAN BITTERNS at Tobay and along Dune Road, an adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Randall’s Island, and a few ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, including, on Wednesday, 1 at Tobay, 2 along Dune Road at Shinnecock, and 3 around the Calverton grasslands north of Riverhead.
Here it should also be mentioned that the FERRUGINOUS HAWK continues in the Orange County black dirt region.

Single LAPLAND LONGPURS were noted at Robert Moses State Park Saturday, at Jones Beach West End Sunday, and at Nickerson Beach on Tuesday.

A VESPER SPARROW continues at the Calverton grasslands, and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday.

Among various appearances of COMMON REDPOLLS in our area this week were 12 at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday and over 25 at Plumb Beach Wednesday, while some RED CROSSBILLS Wednesday included sightings of 9 at Jones Beach West End, 4 at Tobay and around 40 at Robert Moses State Park Field 2.

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. 12, 2021
* NYNY2102.12

– Birds Mentioned

THICK-BILLED MURRE+
MEW GULL+
FERRUGINOUS HAWK+
SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
Semipalmated Plover
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Rough-legged Hawk
Horned Lark
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow

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

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44<at>nybirds<dot>org

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 12, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SPOTTED TOWHEE, MEW GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, THICK-BILLED MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK SPARROW, RED CROSSBILL and more, including extralimital FERRUGINOUS HAWK.

Not reported for over two weeks, the female SPOTTED TOWHEE, initially found January 2nd at Baldwin Harbor Park, was seen again last Sunday and also today in essentially the same area, perhaps brought more into the open by recent snow accumulation.  Both days the TOWHEE appeared along the paved path that bisects the thicket that is east of the entrance road Grand Avenue and the first of two large parking lots.  The second parking lot provides a direct access to this path on its north side.

An immature Mew Gull of the European race canus, referred to as Common Gull, continues in Brooklyn.  Seen again last Sunday at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, this Gull has since Tuesday been visiting the open water in Prospect Park Lake in the afternoon, so far somewhere between 2:00 and 4:30 PM, today arriving about 3:30 PM and leaving an hour later.  Another Mew Gull was photographed last Saturday at Orient Beach State Park, this an adult bird.

The female WESTERN TANAGER continues at Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park, sometimes coming to feeders along East End Avenue just south of East 86^th Street; three COMMON REDPOLLS also visited that park yesterday.

And we should note, among the rarities, that the FERRUGINOUS HAWK up north in Orange County was still present today.

A THICK-BILLED MURRE appeared off Coney Island Beach last Saturday, and today another THICK-BILLED, not in the best of health, was spotted off Long Beach in Noyack but eventually washed ashore and was taken to a rehabilitator.

The Central Park GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was last reported on the Reservoir last Monday.  A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE remains off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport, and a female KING EIDER was off the end of Archery Road at Floyd Bennett Field this week, with the young male KING EIDER still around Shinnecock Inlet Tuesday. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue, usually around the Point Lookout jetties.

The immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still being seen near Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 at least to Tuesday, with a GLAUCOUS GULL also continuing in nearby Red Hook through today.  Seven BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were counted off Montauk Point last Saturday, the storm there also producing an estimated 350 RAZORBILLS.  An ICELAND GULL was noted again at Randall’s Island yesterday as well as on Central Park Reservoir last Monday, and two young LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were reported on Prospect Park Lake Tuesday.

At least one RED-NECKED GREBE remains along the Brooklyn coast, with another off Pelham Bay Park yesterday.

The COMMON GALLINULE is still residing at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, and odd were six SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS reported at Jones Beach West End Wednesday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been present with HORNED LARKS since Wednesday in a field off Sagg Main Street just before the entrance to Sagg Pond in Bridgehampton, and today three were found with LARKS at the entrance to Malibu Beach off Lido Boulevard in Point Lookout.

The Fort Tilden LARK SPARROW was last reported last Saturday, while a VESPER SPARROW does continue out in the Calverton Grasslands, where a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK is also being seen.

Twenty-five or more RED CROSSBILLS were present at Robert Moses State Park today.

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. 5, 2021
* NYNY2102.05

– Birds mentioned
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
HOARY REDPOLL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Common Gallinule
Black-bellied Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
COMMON REDPOLL
RED CROSSBILL
Chipping Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Rusty Blackbird
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 5th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON MURRE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, WESTERN TANAGER, LARK SPARROW, HOARY REDPOLL, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, winter finches and more.

As the nor’easter approached our area last Sunday it produced a nice flight of over 80 RAZORBILLS in and around Jones Inlet and even better, reported in the inlet were a THICK-BILLED MURRE spotted off the West End jetty followed later by a COMMON MURRE landing in the inlet as viewed from the Point Lookout side. Also at Point Lookout were 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS continuing around the jetties there and a good concentration of shorebirds featuring 67 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 3 RUDDY TURNSTONES, 23 RED KNOT, over 1,500 DUNLIN, 54 PURPLE SANDPIPERS and some SANDERLING.

The female WESTERN TANAGER wintering in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park around East 86th Street and East End Avenue was taking advantage of feeders there today while the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was closer to Gracie Mansion yesterday.

Last Saturday a LARK SPARROW was found along the western side of the ballfields at Fort Tilden continuing there through Sunday. While following the storm it wasn’t until Thursday that it was again seen in the same area. The storm has also produced small numbers of COMMON REDPOLLS widespread through our area. Up to 30 or more have been concentrated at Croton Point Park in Westchester while a pale individual seen occasionally in the flock on the landfill was thought to be a HOARY REDPOLL.

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Central Park recently was seen today on the lake but has also appeared on the reservoir and even on the Great Lawn last Sunday. Another WHITE-FRONTED was seen last Sunday off Sound Avenue in Riverhead east of Doctor’s Path.

The EURASIAN WIGEON was still on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga yesterday and a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continues off Crab Meadow Beach. Single KING EIDER include a young male still in Shinnecock Inlet yesterday and females off Rockaway Beach last Sunday and at the Smith Point Park Marina Wednesday. An EARED GREBE was seen off Joline Avenue Beach on Staten Island last Sunday when 5 RED-NECKED GREBES appeared off Manhattan Beach Park in Brooklyn.

An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 last Saturday and a GLAUCOUS GULL continued off Red Hook in Brooklyn at least to Wednesday. An ICELAND GULL again visited Central Park Reservoir yesterday and 3 were at Crab Meadow Beach and one at Plumb Beach Sunday.

Also notable from last weekend were a couple of BLUE-WINGED TEAL with a drake on Patchogue Lake and a female on Mill Pond Park in Bellmore where a COMMON GALLINULE continues.

While on Monday Central Park provided WILSON’S SNIPE and AMERICAN WOODCOCK. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were noted this week at the Calverton Grasslands and Croton Point Park. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues along the Paumanok Trail by Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville where about 20 RED CROSSBILLS were seen last Sunday. A VESPER SPARROW was seen in the Calverton Grasslands last Sunday and among some notable passerines lately have been EASTERN PHOEBE, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, CHIPPING and LINCOLN’S SPARROWS, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, RUSTY BLACKBIRD and PINE 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.

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– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 29, 2021
* NYNY2101.29

– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
MEW GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Snowy Owl
EVENING GROSBEAK
COMMON REDPOLL
RED CROSSBILL
PINE SISKIN
Orange-crowned Warbler

Extralimital:
FERRUGINOUS HAWK+ (Orange County)

Not reported:
SPOTTED TOWHEE+

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 29th 2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are extralimital FERRUGINOUS HAWK, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, MEW GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, winter finches and more.

The immature FERRUGINOUS HAWK spending time recently in the Black Dirt section of Orange County to our north was present at least through yesterday hunting over a large area mostly bordered on the west by Lynch Avenue and Pierce Circle Road and Onion Avenue and on the north by Maple Avenue and crossroad over to Pulaski Highway. Please respect private roads in the area and don’t disturb the farming activities or enter the fields.

Last weekend on the North Fork Winter Bird Count a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted on the restricted Veteran’s Administration Golf Course in Northport and was still noted at that location Monday but with no reports since. The golf course at Veteran’s Administration complex, located off Middleville Road, requires special permission for entry. While the golf course can be seen from Middleville Road it is an obstructed view and the road itself has no parking areas in that vicinity. Checking the roosting geese at Sunken Meadow State Park just east of there could be profitable.

An immature MEW GULL, of the European race canus, was found yesterday among Ring-billed Gulls feeding around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and reported again there today. This site has also recently been attracting an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL.

In Manhattan the WESTERN TANAGER visiting Carl Schurz Park located at East End Avenue around East 86th Street has been more difficult to find recently as it wanders around a bit but was still in the area yesterday as was the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER hanging out near Gracie Mansion.

As a note we have no recent information on the SPOTTED TOWHEE visiting Baldwin Harbor Park but it very likely could still be present.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit Central Park often on the lake but also appearing with Canada Geese on the reservoir. This bird was overshadowed in the park Wednesday with the appearance of a SNOWY OWL fortunately choosing a fenced in ballfield in the park’s north end as its roosting spot. Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were also noted on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and on Playland Lake in Rye today. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga today and another was at Bayswater Park in Queens Monday. A drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE continues off Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga with a female off Cedar Point County Park out in Northwest Harbor Saturday. A few HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue around Jones Inlet with a female remaining at Shinnecock Inlet while KING EIDERS include a female at Floyd Bennett Field to Tuesday, one again at Great Kills Park Thursday and a young male at Bayshore Marina yesterday and today.

Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island Sunday, at the Red Hook section of Brooklyn at least to Tuesday and at Crab Meadow Beach Sunday where 3 ICELAND GULLS were also present with another ICELAND at Randall’s Island recently.

Also the upcoming storm may push more winter finches our way as currently we are enjoying small scattered numbers of RED CROSSBILL, EVENING GROSBEAK, COMMON REDPOLL and PINE SISKIN.

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. 22, 2021
* NYNY2101.22

– Birds Mentioned

FERRUGINOUS HAWK+
SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Common Redpoll
HOARY REDPOLL
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Orange-crowned Warbler

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, January 22, 2021 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are extralimital FERRUGINOUS HAWK, SPOTTED TOWHEE, BROWN PELICAN, HOARY REDPOLL, WESTERN TANAGER, DOVEKIE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, winter finches and more.

But first, we unfortunately note the recent passing of Sy Schiff, a wonderful gentleman and ardent birder.  It was always a treat to run into Sy, often around his favored Jones Beach haunts, and his knowledge, friendliness and good humor will be warmly remembered and sadly missed.

Slightly to our north in Orange County, an immature FERRUGINOUS HAWK has since last Saturday been leading birders on a merry chase around the black dirt region a little north of Pine Island.  Hunting over a large complex of farm fields, the hawk has consistently been using fields bordered on the west by Lynch Avenue, Pierce Circle Road and Onion Avenue, and on the north by Maple Avenue and Cross Road over to Pulaski Highway.  Please respect the private roads in the area and don’t disturb the farming activities.

The SPOTTED TOWHEE at Baldwin Harbor Park was still being noted at least to Wednesday in the very large tangle east of the entry road Grand Avenue across from the main parking lot.  Look especially along the paved path bisecting the thicket or along the edge of the adjoining soccer field.

Very unexpected last Saturday morning was a young BROWN PELICAN flying along the Hudson River in Yonkers.  After a brief stop, it continued up past Irvington but then, perhaps intimidated by the Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge, flew back down river past Yonkers and was photographed off Inwood Hill Park before disappearing.

Then on Thursday morning at Croton Point Park in Westchester a HOARY REDPOLL paid a brief visit to the landfill, was nicely photographed and then disappeared, not to be seen again.

The more cooperative WESTERN TANAGER at Carl Schurz Park at East End Avenue and East 86th Street was still present Thursday though moving about a bit.  The ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was also still there at least to Monday.

A few coastal DOVEKIE sightings included 9 flying out Jones Inlet last Saturday and singles at Shinnecock and Mecox on Monday, the last day reported.  Some RAZORBILLS are also still around.

The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE visiting Central Park through today is most frequently seen on the reservoir.

Drake EURASIAN WIGEON were noted on Mill Pond in Oyster Bay through today and on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga up to Tuesday.

A BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was at Goldsmith’s Inlet in Southold Monday, and the drake presumably remains at Crab Meadow Beach.

Shinnecock Inlet has recently been hosting a young male KING EIDER and a female HARLEQUIN DUCK, and look for HARLEQUINS also around Jones Inlet.

An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was off Coney Island Creek Tuesday, and an immature continues in the vicinity of Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn.

GLAUCOUS GULLS were reported from Shinnecock Inlet Saturday, Jones Beach West End Wednesday, and in Red Hook Brooklyn to today, and a few ICELAND GULLS are around.

Notable were 80 COMMON REDPOLLS at Caumsett State Park Monday, 30 RED CROSSBILLS at Smith Point County Park Tuesday, and a WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL again in Brooklyn 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. 15, 2021
* NYNY2101.15

– Birds Mentioned

SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Goldeneye
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Common Gallinule
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Black Skimmer
American Bittern
COMMON REDPOLL
RED CROSSBILL
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler

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, January
15, 2021 at 10:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SPOTTED TOWHEE, WESTERN TANAGER, DOVEKIE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, KING EIDER and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and GLAUCOUS GULL, RED CROSSBILL, COMMON REDPOLL and more.

The female SPOTTED TOWHEE, continuing in Baldwin Harbor Park through today, remains quite elusive and is more often heard than seen; it is still frequenting the large thicket area east of the ballfields and first main parking lot accessed from Grand Avenue, this thicket also bordered by a second parking lot on its south side and bisected by a paved walking path.  The TOWHEE seems to appear randomly anywhere along the thicket edges, and listening for its harsh calls, infrequently given, can pay off.

The two Manhattan WESTERN TANAGERS have both become more difficult to find as they wander farther afield to find food.  The one at Carl Schurz Park at East End Avenue and 86th Street was seen yesterday, while the Chelsea individual, noted at least to Tuesday, has recently ranged a little north of its usual haunts along West 22nd Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.

Along the Atlantic coast this week’s weather has produced a small incursion of DOVEKIES, with 2 off Montauk Point Tuesday and 3 more Thursday, 1 flying ashore at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday followed by 3 offshore there today, 1 swimming in Fort Pond Bay in Montauk yesterday, and 3 off Jones Beach West End as well as 1 at Shinnecock Inlet today.  Good numbers of RAZORBILLS have also been noted, including 160 off Montauk Point and 65 off Jones Beach yesterday, followed today by counts of 56 at Moses Park and 42 at Jones Beach West End.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE again at Randall’s Island Tuesday is likely the one paying a very welcome visit to Central Park yesterday and today, appearing at several sites with a flock of CANADA GEESE, including on the Lake, the Reservoir, the Pool and the North Meadow. One WHITE-FRONTED Tuesday in Dix Hills increased to 3 Wednesday near the intersection of Melrose Road and Wolf Hill Road, with one also at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Wednesday.

EURASIAN WIGEON this week were present all week on Mill Pond off Lake Avenue in Oyster Bay and on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga, with one also on West Lake in Patchogue Tuesday.

Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS continue around the Jones Inlet jetties on either the Point Lookout or Jones Beach side, with 2 also at Shinnecock Inlet recently and a drake at Orient Point Sunday.

A young male KING EIDER continues at Shinnecock Inlet, and a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE remains with the COMMON GOLDENEYE flock off Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL continues to visit Jones Beach West End, with another spotted in Sheepshead Bay Saturday, and eight BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES appeared off Montauk Point yesterday.

Both ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULLS have been noted along the Brooklyn waterfront this week, and 2 ICELANDS visited Central Park Reservoir Wednesday.

One or 2 RED-NECKED GREBES remain in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, and 3 were on Fort Pond Bay Thursday.

Also, a BLACK SKIMMER was at Coney Island Creek Tuesday, single female BLUE-WINGED TEAL and adult COMMON GALLINULE remain on Mill Pond in Baldwin, and AMERICAN BITTERN continues along Dune Road.

A few COMMON REDPOLLS continue to pop up at various locations, and RED CROSSBILLS today included 14 at Jones Beach West End and 11 at
Heckscher State Park.

A couple of TENNESSEE WARBLERS were seen this week, and Carl Schurz Park has been hosting an 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
* Jan. 8, 2021
* NYNY2101.08

– Birds mentioned
COMMON MURRE+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
SPOTTED TOWHEE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Gallinule
Long-billed Dowitcher
Lesser Yellowlegs
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Rough-legged Hawk
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
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 8th 2021 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SPOTTED TOWHEE, LECONTE’S SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL and RED CROSSBILL.

After the Christmas Bird Count period began in mid December with Brooklyn recording an excellent record total of 137 species, seemingly unbeatable this year, the Southern Nassau closed the period last Saturday by tallying a very notable 140 species including a second record of SPOTTED TOWHEE. The TOWHEE was discovered in Baldwin Harbor Park located at the south end of Grand Avenue in Baldwin and was still present today. Generally quite elusive the TOWHEE has been frequenting a somewhat large thicket area east of Grand Avenue across the street from the first set of ball fields and large parking lot and just north of the second large parking lot with a large pile of road salt further along Grand Avenue. The bird usually appears along the edge of the thicket and paved path through its center and look especially around the back edges of the soccer field checking with birders present for recent sightings and listen for its distinctive call. Other count highlights included BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Point Lookout, COMMON GALLINULE, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 DOVEKIES and 18 RAZORBILLS offshore, BLACK-HEADED, LAUGHING and LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, TRICOLORED and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, 4 SNOWY, LONG-EARED and 3 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, 2 COMMON REDPOLLS, 19 PINE SISKINS, 48 RED CROSSBILLS and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.

The Staten Island LECONTE’S SPARROW was reported again Saturday near the rock wall by the beach at Wolfe’s Pond Park.

Only the WESTERN TANAGER frequenting Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan was reported this week at least to Tuesday with no reports received from the TANAGER previously along West 22nd Street.

Besides on the Southern Nassau Count single DOVEKIES have been occurring occasionally along the Atlantic coast with one found Tuesday on the beach on Fire Island and a COMMON MURRE was photographed off Shinnecock Inlet yesterday and seen inside the inlet today its movements perhaps tidally related.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE appeared again on Central Park Reservoir Thursday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON which spent the week on Mill Pond off Lake Avenue in Oyster Bay with another on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga today. The drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still off the west side of Crab Meadow Beach Thursday when another was seen again off Gardiners Island and on Wednesday single KING EIDER were noted off Jones Beach field 10 and Shinnecock Inlet.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL has been visiting the area east of the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station this week with another in Sheepshead Bay Wednesday. Bush Terminal Piers Park hosted both ICELAND and GLAUCOUS GULLS in mid-week with another GLAUCOUS at Crab Meadow Beach Wednesday and an ICELAND at Shinnecock yesterday. Three BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were off Montauk Point Wednesday.

Among the flock of RED CROSSBILLS at Heckscher State Park Thursday were 3 WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS not refound today and 5 WHITE-WINGEDS were also reported last Monday at Jones Beach West End. A few COMMON REDPOLLS also continue in the area.

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