Category: Rare Bird Alerts

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 12, 2025
* NYNY2512.12

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
CASSIN’S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Marbled Godwit
Razorbill
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Grasshopper Sparrow
Redpoll
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL

– Transcript

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, December 12th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CASSIN’S SPARROW, TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BROWN
PELICAN, pelagic trip results including THICK-BILLED MURRE, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and much
more.

Last Saturday at Montauk Point a CASSIN’S SPARROW was discovered along the
park entrance road and amazingly has remained there all week including
today providing New York with its second state record. The bird, perhaps
distressingly tame so far, is usually found in the short grass either
bordering the upper parking lot or in the adjoining short grass down along
the entrance road. The GRASSHOPPER SPARROW accompanying it for much of the
week was last reported on Wednesday.

A TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE residing in the Oyster Bay area since November 3rd
moved a little west during the week and was spotted Tuesday on Dosoris Pond
in Glen Cove. Also joining the Canada Goose flock that the TUNDRA SWAN has
been associating with have been a ROSS’S GOOSE, two SNOW GEESE including an
immature BLUE GOOSE and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. This pond can be
viewed from the Pryibil Beach parking lot at the end of East Beach Road but
the birds have also moved to the adjacent Glen Cove golf course. Please
respect the local parking rules when visiting there. Another ROSS’S GOOSE
was present all week on a pond in St. James that is off Mills Pond Road
while other single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE featured one continuing to
visit the Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 west of New Hyde Park Road,
one at Miller Field on Staten Island from Monday through today, one on
Short’s Pond in Bridgehampton yesterday and one continuing in lower
Westchester seen on Playland Lake in Rye today. EURASIAN WIGEONS include
one at the south end of Hempstead Lake State Park all week at least to
Thursday, one continuing at Connetquot River State Park and one or two on
Mill Pond on the north side of Montauk Highway in Sayville during the week
while single HARLEQUIN DUCKS were reported off Montauk Point Saturday and
Wednesday.

Decent numbers of BROWN PELICANS were seen throughout the week in the
waters off southern Brooklyn over to Staten Island with 9 off Brighton
Beach Saturday and 14 off Coney Island Wednesday but the peak actually was
the 19 counted as the American Princess pelagic trip was leaving Brooklyn
Saturday morning. This 8 hour venture into ocean waters also tallied a
THICK-BILLED MURRE, 78 RAZORBILLS, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, one ICELAND,
10 LESSER BLACK-BACKED and 822 BONAPARTE’S GULLS and 267 NORTHERN GANNETS
plus a nice variety of cetaceans. Out at Montauk 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS were
seen around the Lake Montauk jetties on Sunday and a GLAUCOUS GULL was
photographed off the point Wednesday and 6 RAZORBILLS counted today and a
RED-NECKED GREBE noted Tuesday. Another RED-NECKED GREBE was present in the
north end of Jamaica Bay Sunday through Tuesday.

A MARBLED GODWIT was off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station
Thursday to today while continuing birds feature a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at Carl Schurz
Park in Manhattan.

Single REDPOLLS were reported from Napeague State Park Sunday and Jones
Beach West End Tuesday while single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included one
lingering in Heckscher State Park to Wednesday, one off Dune Road Tuesday
and one today at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park with a DICKCISSEL near the
Central Park Reservoir last weekend.

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 5, 2025
* NYNY2512.05

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
EARED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Evening Grosbeak
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED 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
5, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BROWN PELICAN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER,
WESTERN KINGBIRD, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN
WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL, and much
more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues in the Oyster Bay area, still being
seen in the morning on Beaver Lake before departing its overnight
roost in favor of various feeding areas in the surrounding
neighborhood.  The best spot from which to look for the Goose still
seems to be the causeway on Cleft Road, which bisects Beaver Lake.
Scan south for the roosting Geese and be careful on the causeway.
Parking is available at nearby Shu Swamp, requiring a hike to the
causeway, and a telescope is useful.

Some SANDHILL CRANES moving through our area this week included 6 seen
over Green-Wood Cemetery and nearby sites in Brooklyn mid-afternoon on
Thursday. followed shortly thereafter with 8 moving south over Pelham
Bay Park in the Bronx.  A large group moving down the Connecticut
coast today was apparently not noted in our region – maybe tomorrow?

Some lingering BROWN PELICANS included 6 last Saturday off Fort
Wadsworth on Staten Island, up to 12 Sunday at Breezy Point, with 5
there Monday, and 5 seen off Coney Island to Thursday.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER stayed around Plumb Beach to last Sunday,
and a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen again Wednesday at Caumsett State
Park.

Multiple ROSS’S GOOSE reports included 1 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge last Sunday and again Tuesday, with 2 on Thursday seen with
SNOW GEESE on the East Pond, and another present Wednesday to Friday
on a pond east of Mills Pond Road in St. James.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit the pond off Bowman
Avenue in Rye Brook, and 1 was seen Thursday and Friday in Lake
Success on the Nassau County Stormwater Basin #21west of New Hyde Park
Road.

Drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were still present early in the week at
Connetquot River State Park and Frank Melville Memorial Park in
Setauket, and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were spotted off Rockaway Beach
between Beach 81st and 84th Streets on Wednesday.

An EARED GREBE was still being seen on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay as
of Sunday.

Single ICELAND GULLS were found at Breezy Point Sunday and Monday and
at Old Field Point Thursday, while an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

Among the winter finches that so far have made it into our area, even
if only briefly, were this week a flock of about a dozen RED
CROSSBILLS visiting Croton Point Park Thursday morning, with one or
more also heard only at Jones Beach West End last Saturday morning,
two female EVENING GROSBEAKS appearing in Prospect Park today, and a
PINE SISKIN in Central Park last Saturday.

A few LAPLAND LONGSPURS included 1 at Breezy Point Saturday, 2 at
Gardiners Bay Wednesday, and 1 at Sammy’s Beach today, and single
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted at Randall’s Island Saturday and in
Heckscher State Park Wednesday through Friday.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER has continued at Manhattan’s Carl Schurz
Park at least to yesterday, with several other WARBLER species also
still hanging on, including numerous ORANGE-CROWNED.

A DICKCISSEL was spotted at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Saturday.

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

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

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 28, 2025
* NYNY2511.28

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
BROWN BOOBY
BROWN PELICAN
Western Cattle-Egret
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Evening Grosbeak
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Red-winged Blackbird
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Dickcissel

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November
28, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,
BROWN PELICAN, TOWNSEND’S and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS
and much more.

Though not reported for several days after last Friday, the TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE has been spotted on Beaver Lake in Oyster Bay from
Wednesday through today.  This goose presumably continues to roost
overnight with CANADA GEESE on the south end of the lake, moving out
in mid-morning to feeding areas in the surrounding neighborhood.  The
best area to look for the goose still seems to be from the causeway
portion of Cleft Road, which crosses the middle of Beaver Lake. Look
south from the causeway but be aware that the geese might be hidden by
shoreline coves and overhanging vegetation.  Parking is available at
nearby Shu Swamp but does require a hike from there.  A telescope is
certainly useful and be careful along the roadway.

Three nice rarities occurring on consecutive days early in the week
featured a BROWN BOOBY photographed as it flew by Fire Island off
Smith Point County Park last Sunday; followed Monday by a WHITE-WINGED
DOVE seen twice briefly on Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Park on
Staten Island before disappearing, and then on Tuesday a female
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD spotted in a small flock of RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS by a sharp-eyed young lady who pointed it out to her father
as the birds moved by their east-side Manhattan apartment building.

BROWN PELICANS continue to be seen in the waters off southwest
Brooklyn from lower New York Bay down to Breezy Point and east towards
Jamaica Bay, with a peak of 19 counted off Coney Island on Wednesday
and at least 2 noted today south of the Verrazano Bridge.

The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER at Highbridge Park in northern Manhattan was
last reported on Monday, but 1 or 2 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were
present from Sunday to today at Carl Schurz Park, located off East End
Avenue and East 87th Street.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found last week at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn
was still present at least up to Thursday, and another visited Bush
Terminal Piers Park last weekend, while a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen
again at Sammy’s Beach in Northwest Harbor on Monday.

The EARED GREBE at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was seen on the West
Pond as recently as Tuesday, while the one found last week in
Shinnecock Bay was still off the end of Atterbury Road on Tuesday.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were spotted at Plumb Beach Sunday, again in
Montauk Inlet Monday, and on Prospect Park lake today; a GLAUCOUS GULL
was at Patchogue’s Shorefront Park Wednesday (along with a
DICKCISSEL), and an ICELAND GULL (plus a RED-NECKED GREBE) visited
Plumb Beach Saturday.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has returned to Rye Brook for the 12th
consecutive year, appearing on the pond off Bowman Avenue as of last
Saturday, this behind the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, while EURASIAN
WIGEON were noted during the week at both Connetquot River State Park
and Frank Melville Memorial Park.

Single WESTERN CATTLE-EGRETS continued at Floyd Bennett Field to
Saturday and Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk to Thursday.

A LARK SPARROW was at Plumb Beach Sunday, with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
at Jamaica Bay Saturday followed by one at Randalls Island today.

At least three EVENING GROSBEAKS visited Central Park last weekend.

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

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

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 21, 2025
* NYNY2511.21

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
BROWN PELICAN
Western Cattle Egret
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded 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, November 21st
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE,
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, LECONTE’S SPARROW, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE
SWALLOW, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, RUFOUS-type
HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON,
EVENING GROSBEAK and other Winter finches, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and much more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues its residence in the Oyster Bay area […]
using Beaver Lake as its overnight roosting site and moving mid-morning
with Canada Geese to various fields and golf courses for feeding purposes.
Most reliable viewing in that area is to look south from the causeway
portion of Cleft Road which splits Beaver Lake. Parking is available at
nearby Shu Swamp requiring a hike.

An apparent immature TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was spotted Thursday at Highbridge
Park which is south of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and just east of
Edgecombe Avenue in northern Manhattan and it continued there today. Check
eBird maps for directions to this location.

A LECONTE’S SPARROW was a nice find Wednesday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge lurking in grasses along the south side of the West Pond near the
breach. The sparrow continued to Thursday but perhaps successive pursuit
impacted its stay. Please stay on the paths there.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found Monday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn was
still present today seen near the Belt Parkway along the path on the north
side of the marsh.

This weeks only reported CAVE SWALLOWS come from last Saturday with one
noted at Fort Tilden and the Breezy Point tip.

A group of birds photographed moving over Croton Point Park last Sunday on
inspection turned out to be a flock of Cedar Waxwings that included one
BOHEMIAN WAXWING.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD found last Friday at Caumsett State Park was seen there
again on Monday and another was spotted today at Sammy’s Beach in Northwest
Harbor.

The EARED GREBE on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was still
present today and another was found Wednesday in Shinnecock Bay spotted
from the end of Atterbury Road in Shinnecock Hills while a RED-NECKED GREBE
was off Plumb Beach today.

A RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD continues near Rocky Point State Pine Barrens
Preserve.

Up to 4 or more BROWN PELICANS were noted fairly regularly all week in the
Gravesend Bay to Breezy Point and Staten Island area while 4 birds moving
northwest high over Brooklyn Monday morning were identified as SANDHILL
CRANES.

A formation of roughly 40 birds moving southeast over Pelham Bay Park
Wednesday morning were judged to be TUNDRA SWANS.

Single EURASIAN WIGEONS continue at Connetquot River State Park and at
Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET stayed at Floyd Bennett Field all week with another
in Montauk Wednesday.

Providing a decent sign for some Winter finches this season have been the
recent appearances of EVENING GROSBEAK at a Bridgehampton feeder last
weekend and in Central Park Thursday, a small number of PINE SISKINS lately
and a RED CROSSBILL at Cupsogue Beach County Park Tuesday.

Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at Smith Point County Park Sunday and then on
Thursday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Sammy’s Beach whilst sparrows
featured a LARK Saturday at Plumb Beach, a CLAY-COLORED at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge Wednesday and Thursday and a GRASSHOPPER at Bush Terminal
Piers Park Wednesday and Thursday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Cupsogue Saturday and lingering warblers
included a HOODED in Forest Park Wednesday and several ORANGE-CROWNEDS.

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

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

– End transcript

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 14, 2025
* NYNY2511.14

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
VARIED THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
Hudsonian Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
PACIFIC LOON
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Western Cattle Egret
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
Evening Grosbeak
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
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, November 14th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, PURPLE
GALLINULE, PACIFIC LOON, VARIED THRUSH, CAVE SWALLOW, WESTERN KINGBIRD,
EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD,
EURASIAN WIGEON, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

A TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE happily continues through today in the Oyster Bay area
of Nassau County maintaining its routine roosting overnight on Beaver Lake
with Canada Geese and flying out later in the morning to any of various
local fields and golf courses. Most reliable viewing is to look south from
the causeway portion of Cleft Road which splits Beaver Lake but parking is
a problem as much of the area is private. Parking is available at nearby
Shu Swamp though it does require a hike so be careful.

The adult PURPLE GALLINULE was last reported Tuesday in Montauk where it
had been staying along Industrial Road at the north end of Fort Pond.

Last Saturday a PACIFIC LOON was identified off Stelhi Beach in Lattingtown
on the north shore of Nassau County where it was seen sporadically through
Monday morning.

The VARIED THRUSH in Prospect Park was last seen Saturday but not reported
thereafter.

CAVE SWALLOWS were seen at several south shore locations especially on the
stronger winds early in the week with from one up to 8 counted from Cedar
Beach to the Rockaways, Coney Island and Fort Tilden. Others should
hopefully also be moving through.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found today at Caumsett State Park along the
southwest side of the polo field.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the EARED GREBE was seen at least to Tuesday
on the West Pond and may continue there. Also at the bay on the East Pond 2
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were spotted Sunday and a HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen
again Tuesday.

A sizable number of BROWN PELICANS have been hanging out recently in the
waters off Breezy Point and over towards Staten Island with 15 counted off
Fort Tilden and 5 off Staten Island Saturday and 23 estimated off Coney
Island Monday leading up to today with 32 counted from Breezy Point and 11
off Fort Wadsworth.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still present Sunday at the inlet to Lake Montauk
and the selasphorus hummingbird, likely RUFOUS, continues near Rocky Point
State Pine Barrens Preserve.

A EURASIAN WIGEON spent the week at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Mill
Pond in Setauket with another also at Connetquot River State Park.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET spent much of the week at Floyd Bennett Field and
last Saturday a GREAT SHEARWATER, a PARASITIC JAEGER and an estimated 1,200
NORTHERN GANNETS were off Fort Tilden.

An EVENING GROSBEAK flew over the Pruyn Sanctuary in Westchester Tuesday
and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR visited Croton Point Park last Saturday with another
today at Robert Moses State Park field 2. A LARK SPARROW was found today in
Stillwell Woods Park in Woodbury. A few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included 2 at
Playland Park in Rye last Sunday and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was in Central
Park Sunday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Cupsogue Beach County Park today and a
DICKCISSEL visited the Reade Sanctuary in Rye Monday.

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

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

– End transcript

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 7, 2025
* NYNY2511.07

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
VARIED THRUSH+
SMITH’S LONGSPUR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
Hudsonian Godwit
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET
Rough-legged Hawk
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
Evening Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
DICKCISSEL

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November
7, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, SMITH’S LONGSPUR, PURPLE GALLINULE, VARIED THRUSH, CAVE
SWALLOW, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, RUFOUS-TYPE HUMMINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON,
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL, and
more.

An exciting week regionally began with a BEAN-GOOSE spotted Monday at
the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, analysis of field marks
pointing to this as the TUNDRA form of this recently split taxon.
Since Monday, the GOOSE has been found to roost overnight with CANADA
GEESE on Beaver Lake, this area visible looking south from the
causeway portion of Cleft Road.  There is parking at nearby Shu Swamp,
requiring a hike, but much of the area is private.  The GEESE leave
the lake later in the morning, flying out to any of the various fields
or golf courses in the area.  On Tuesday it was found southwest of the
lake at the Nassau Country Club on a pond off Nassau Road.  Good luck!

A SMITH’S LONGSPUR was found in dunes east of Shinnecock Inlet last
Sunday and seen again Monday but not reported since.

An adult PURPLE GALLINULE spotted Wednesday along Industrial Road at
the north end of Fort Pond in Montauk was still present today, and,
interestingly, may be the same individual that visited this same
location last October.

The striking male VARIED THRUSH has continued through the week in
Prospect Park, usually seen just below the Litchfield Villa just east
of Prospect Park West and 5th Street.

CAVE SWALLOWS have again made their late fall incursion into New York,
both up in the Great Lakes region and now coastally in our area. So
far they’ve been noted locally in the Bronx since Tuesday around the
Pelham Bay landfill, sparsely so far along the Westchester coast, and
at Governors Island today, but more are up along the Connecticut coast
and hopefully will be moving our way and likely along the Atlantic
shore of Long Island  as well.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen briefly Thursday at Randalls Island, and
another has since last Sunday been visiting the Suffolk County Farm
and Education Center, where a LARK SPARROW was also seen Monday and
Wednesday.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the EARED GREBE was still present
today on the West Pond, where an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted last
Saturday.

A number of BROWN PELICANS have been seen in lower New York Bay since
last Sunday from both Breezy Point and various Brooklyn locations as
well as from northeastern Staten Island, these including counts of 16
off Brooklyn Monday and 17 off Fort Tilden Thursday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was joined by an ICELAND GULL on Fort Pond Bay in
Montauk on Wednesday, a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Wolfe’s Pond Park
Thursday, four SANDHILL CRANES flew over the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch
in Bedford last Sunday, and a WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET was last seen in
Cutchogue Sunday.

For waterfowl, a EURASIAN WIGEON was back at Connetquot River State
Park as of Wednesday, and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Fort Tilden
Sunday, while also notable were a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Sheepshead Bay
Wednesday and a Selasphorus HUMMINGBIRD, likely RUFOUS, near the Rocky
Point State Pine Barrens Preserve to Friday.

An EVENING GROSBEAK flew over Alley Pond Park Friday morning, and
SPARROWS included a LARK in Central Park Thursday, 3 CLAY-COLORED, 2
GRASSHOPPER and a few VESPER, with some DICKCISSELS continuing
locally,

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
* Oct. 31, 2025
* NYNY2510.31 

– Birds Mentioned

COMMON CUCKOO+
VARIED THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill 
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN 
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD 
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER 
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, October 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON. CUCKOO, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, VARIED THRUSH, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more.

The COMMON CUCKOO first noted out in Riverhead back on October 23rd, stayed roughly in the same area just east of Roanoke Avenue through Saturday, though eluding birders for quite a while, and then on Sunday it was found in the morning a little further east along Reeves Avenue but soon thereafter apparently disappeared for good.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, keeping company with CANADA GEESE at the Buffalo Farm on the west side of Roanoke Avenue just south of Reeves Avenue, continued through Monday and was reported Tuesday just north of there but not since, though a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found Tuesday at the Buffalo Farm, both of these rarer geese likely still in that area.

Last Monday a stunning adult male VARIED THRUSH was found in Prospect Park and has continued there through today.  The location is near Litchfield Villa just east of Prospect Park West and 5th Street.  Check with birders at the site for more specific directions.  

A WESTERN KINGBIRD found at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay last Sunday was still present today around the fenced in farm by the arboretum.

Five BROWN PELICANS were seen off Coney Island Creek Park last Sunday but not reported subsequently.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, present since Wednesday in the Cutchogue area on the North Fork, was still being seen today, usually briefly, as it flies around back fields at the Pellegrini Vineyards, following the cattle herd on the northwest side of Main Road.

Among the shorebirds, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Fort Tilden Tuesday, where 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted, and the  HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen again Saturday and Tuesday on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

The recent storm event did produce 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS spotted off Riis Park on Thursday, 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also noted there, and a CASPIAN TERN was around Robert Moses State Park Wednesday and Thursday, while the season’s first alcids featured 2 RAZORBILLS off Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Thursday.  

An AMERICAN BITTERN was spotted in Prospect Park last Saturday and again today.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included 1 in Green-Wood Cemetery last Saturday and 1 all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

On Sunday and Monday single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were present at Hudson River Park in lower Manhattan and at Jones Beach West End, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW visited Planting Fields Arboretum Monday and Tuesday, while several VESPER SPARROWS were also locally uncovered during the week.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred at the JFK Tobay Sanctuary Saturday, Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday, Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and Monday, and Inwood Hill Park Monday, and several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and DICKCISSELS were found, but the surprise was a SUMMER TANAGER seen Saturday and Tuesday in Kissena Park in Queens. 

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
* Oct. 24, 2025
* NYNY2510.24

– Birds mentioned
COMMON CUCKOO+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Common Eider
EARED GREBE
AMERICAN AVOCET
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
HENSLOW’S SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, October 24th 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON CUCKOO, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, HENSLOW’S SPARROW, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

Another spectacular occurrence for New York State features an unfamiliar bird photographed on a Riverhead golf course Thursday that has keyed out to be a COMMON CUCKOO, the first state record pending approval by NYSARC. This Eurasian CUCKOO was relocated Friday morning along the fence lines separating the Cherry Creek Country Club from the adjoining farm and corn fields. This area viewable looking east from Roanoke Avenue a short distance south of Reeves Avenue. With birders initially obtaining permission to visit the golf course and farm would seem to perhaps be an over zealous approach in tracking this vagrant causing it to disappear for a few hours. Later, refound at a paddock next to the golf course parking lot the CUCKOO suddenly took off and headed in a northerly direction. If on Saturday it does return to the fence line and corn field along Roanoke where it was feeding quite successfully, hopefully the bird will be given adequate space to avoid its being pressured off again and in the same spot a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE spent much of Friday in a large Canada Goose flock feeding on the west side of Roanoke Avenue at the south end of the Buffalo Farm. CACKLING GOOSE was also seen.

Westchester County last Saturday, a HENSLOW’S SPARROW was photographed on the landfill at Croton Point Park but could not be relocated.

Last weekend a WESTERN KINGBIRD visited All Faiths Cemetery in southwestern Queens and on Tuesday a female type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was spotted in a blackbird flock along Horse Mill Lane in Watermill.

The EARED GREBE was spotted again Wednesday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge where 4 CASPIAN TERNS visited the East Pond last Sunday.

Three BROWN PELICANS were spotted Wednesday morning heading west off Coney Island and this morning 4 more were also moving west past Fort Tilden.

Among the shorebirds on Tuesday two AMERICAN AVOCETS stopped by Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park while the 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS, often at the south end of Jamaica Bay’s East Pond, had decreased to just one by Wednesday.

At least one of two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS present last Saturday at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye has continued there and a COMMON EIDER paid a surprise visit there last Wednesday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared Wednesday in Prospect Park where a LARK SPARROW was noted last Saturday.

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Saturday at Coney Island Creek was followed by one in Central Park Sunday, another at Randall’s Island Tuesday and another staying in lower Manhattan at Gansevoort Peninsular through today. Several VESPER SPARROWS were encountered.

Warblers included a couple of late CONNECTICUTS and several ORANGE-CROWNEDS while the VE Macy Park and Great Hunger Memorial in Irvington recently hosted a BLUE GROSBEAK and up to 4 DICKCISSELS with another BLUE GROSBEAK at Calvert Vaux Park Sunday and several other DICKCISSELS throughout 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

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 17, 2025
* NYNY2510.17

– Birds mentioned
BAR-TAILED GODWIT+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EARED GREBE
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
BAIRD’S SANDPIPER
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Royal Tern
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
American Pipit
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Fox Sparrow
VESPER SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut 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, October 17th 2025 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BAR-TAILED GODWIT, EARED GREBE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED and VESPER SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

This week’s superb sighting occurred this morning out at Cupsogue Beach County Park when a BAR-TAILED GODWIT was spotted on the sandbar on the lowering tide. This straggly plumaged individual stayed for a short while but moved east on the rising tide and could not be relocated. Chances are reasonable though that it did remain in that area.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the EARED GREBE was last reported from the West Pond last Saturday but could remain there. Among the decent variety of shorebirds continuing at the bay were 2 HUDSONIAN GODWITS at the south end of the East Pond Thursday and an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER seen by kayak out in the bay south of the West Pond last Saturday. The variety of waterfowl at the bay is also increasing daily. Another AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was spotted last Saturday at Fort Tilden and a late BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was photographed last weekend at the College Point wetlands in Queens.

Single PARASITIC JAEGERS were spotted off Plumb Beach Sunday and Fort Tilden Monday but more unusual by location were single birds reported Monday and Tuesday off Belden Point on City Island in western Long Island Sound.

Out in the Montauk area a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE spotted off the point on Sunday was followed by an immature off Ditch Plains on Monday. In the seawatch from the point Sunday reported one SOOTY SHEARWATER, 16 CORY’S and 2 GREAT.

A decent 80 ROYAL TERNS were estimated at Jones Beach field 6 on Tuesday.

An early LAPLAND LONGSPUR was identified today at Pike’s Beach in West Hampton Dunes. Single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS occurred last Saturday at Central Park’s north end and at Floyd Bennett Field and a VESPER SPARROW visited Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday.

An accommodating but presumably disadvantaged YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still present in Manhattan today around the plantings at the Verizon Plaza just west of Bryant Park between West 41st and 42nd Streets. A CONNECTICUT WARBLER was still at Manhattan’s Trinity Church just west of Wall Street at least to Wednesday and another visited Prospect Park Wednesday and a decent number of later warblers also featured some arriving ORANGE-CROWNEDS including 2 today at Cupsogue Beach County Park and another at Hempstead Lake State Park while last Saturday singles were spotted on Randall’s Island and in Prospect Park.

Several DICKCISSELS included birds noted today at Robert Moses State Park and the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center in Yaphank while other seasonal arrivals of interest have included more AMERICAN PIPITS and PURPLE FINCHES and a very few PINE SISKINS and FOX SPARROWS.

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
* Oct. 10, 2025
* NYNY2510.10

– Birds Mentioned
SAY’S PHOEBE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Cackling Goose
EARED GREBE
Eastern Whip-poor-will
AMERICAN AVOCET
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
MARBLED GODWIT
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Pine Siskin
LARK SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
BLUE GROSBEAK
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, October
10, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are SAY’S
PHOEBE, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, SUMMER TANAGER, AMERICAN AVOCET,
MARBLED and HUDSONIAN GODWITS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more.

This week’s top highlight is thanks to a posting on Facebook which
turned out to be a SAY’S PHOEBE photographed Tuesday at Jones Beach
West End, but we know of no successful follow-ups.  Certainly data on
birds of this local rarity are worthy of more rapid circulation.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the EARED GREBE was seen regularly on
the West Pond through Tuesday and was reported there again today,
while last Saturday a single HUDSONIAN GODWIT paid a visit to the East
Pond.

Also on Saturday three BROWN PELICANS moving east along western Fire
Island were followed later in the day by perhaps a fourth individual
also working its way east over the ocean.

The two AMERICAN AVOCETS visiting the Oceanside Marine Nature Study
Area since September 30 were not reported there after last Saturday,
while a MARBLED GODWIT was spotted at the Jones Beach West End Coast
Guard Station Thursday.

Another migrant EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL was found roosting in Central
Park last Saturday, when an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was also
spotted there; other RED-HEADEDS this week featured two immatures
migrating west past Robert Moses State Park last Saturday, one at
Pelham Bay Park Tuesday, and one visiting Brooklyn’s Green-Wood
Cemetery today.

A nice find, especially for fall, was a SUMMER TANAGER photographed in
Inwood Hill Park on northern Manhattan last Monday, perhaps the same
bird reported Thursday and Friday in Fort Tryon Park just south of
there.

Among the quickly increasing numbers of SPARROWS this week were a LARK
SPARROW at Robert Moses State Park last Saturday and several
CLAY-COLORED, sightings starting with singles in Central Park and Fort
Tilden Saturday, Prospect Park Monday to Wednesday, Alley Pond Park
Tuesday, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Wednesday, and today at Inwood
Hill Park and Jones Beach West End.  A VESPER SPARROW visited Prospect
Park yesterday and today, with 2 at Randalls Island today, and a
decent number of NELSON’S SPARROWS, including a few inland forms, have
arrived recently, mostly in our coastal marshes.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited Central Park last Saturday, with
another in Green-Wood Cemetery Thursday, while another has been in
plantings at the Verizon Plaza just west of Bryant Park between West
41st and 42nd Streets in Central Manhattan since last week.

Among the decent variety of  WARBLERS have been a few ORANGE-CROWNEDS
as well as a CONNECTICUT present Thursday and today at the Trinity
Church gardens just off Wall Street in lower Manhattan.

Single BLUE GROSBEAKS on Thursday at Hunters Point South Park in
Queens, Kissena Park and Robert Moses State Park followed birds last
Sunday in the Bronx and in Irvington in Westchester.  This last site,
at the VE Macy Park – Great Hunger Memorial, also featured two
DICKCISSELS Sunday, with singles also at Alley Pond Park Tuesday and
Fort Tilden today.

Among the various migrants arriving recently have been early reports
of CACKLING GOOSE 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