– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 26, 2024
* NYNY2401.26
– Birds mentioned
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL+
PACIFIC LOON+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
MARBLED GODWIT
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
American Bittern
Rough-legged Hawk
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (western subspecies “Audubon’s” form)
– Transcript
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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
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 26th 2024 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are a slightly extralimital GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL, PACIFIC LOON, DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, MARBLED GODWIT, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, “Audubon’s” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and more.
Last Saturday afternoon a subadult GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL was first spotted and identified on floating docks at the Newburgh waterfront in Orange County but as of Sunday the gull would cross the Hudson River to roost on the Beacon side in Dutchess County on ice forming near the train station. Sightings were limited to the Beacon side until the ice disappeared and by late Thursday afternoon the gull was back to using the floating docks in Newburgh. Where the GLAUCOUS-WINGED would spend its feeding time however was not determined until today when it was spotted off Mohonk Road northwest of New Paltz visiting one of a few regional gull feeding areas most of which are not accessible for public viewing. Later today it was found feeding in a New Paltz cornfield along Route 299 just west of the bridge over the Wallkill River but it subsequently left with other gulls and headed back presumably towards the Newburgh-Beacon area so the best strategy might be to look for gull feeding areas during midday though local knowledge would be very helpful but check the Newburgh waterfront early and late in the day especially the floating docks off Second Street east of Water Street or if ice gathers again on the river try the Beacon waterfront by the train station.
A PACIFIC LOON was still present at least to Wednesday off the northeastern side of Floyd Bennett Field often viewed from the kayak launch site. A DOVEKIE was seen Tuesday near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End and RAZORBILLS continue along the Atlantic coast and were seen even into western Long Island Sound.
Single adult and immature BLACK-HEADED GULLS were both noted during the week from Jones Beach West End and along the inlet to Point Lookout. Multiple GLAUCOUS GULLS featured one regular in Sheepshead Bay at least to Wednesday and off Calvert Vaux Park Thursday, an immature at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Wednesday followed by an adult there today and one at Randall’s Island last weekend. A few ICELAND GULLS were noted from Miller Field on Staten Island today out to Montauk Harbor Inlet last Saturday with a THAYER’S GULL reported from Prospect Park late Tuesday.
The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen several times around the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead and one continues in lower Westchester noted on Playland Lake a few times up to yesterday. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park and HARLEQUIN DUCKS include up to 9 around Jones Inlet and off Point Lookout and a couple in Moriches Inlet Tuesday. Six MARBLED GODWITS were still around Jones Beach field 10 Saturday, a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Calvert Vaux Park Wednesday, one or two AMERICAN BITTERNS continue along Dune Road and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted Sunday near the Long Island Expressway in Brookhaven.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Robert Moses State Park today and a VESPER SPARROW was found at Great Kills Park last Sunday while the YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT occurred at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island last weekend. The “Audubon’s” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was still around the Jones Beach West End parking area by the Coast Guard Station on Wednesday and a decent number of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS remain 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.
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