– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 1, 2023
* NYNY2312.01
– Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
BROWN BOOBY+
HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Iceland Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
SUMMER TANAGER
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 1st 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, BLACK GUILLEMOT, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, BROWN BOOBY, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, NORTHERN SHRIKE, SUMMER TANAGER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.
The BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues on Randall’s Island still visiting the feeder and plantings at the Urban Farm which surrounds a public restroom off the Ward’s Meadow Loop in the southeast section of Randall’s Island. There is a parking area adjacent to this site.
Last Saturday a small empidonax flycatcher was spotted at Rockland Lake State Park off Route 9W identified as a HAMMOND’S FLYCATCHER based on various field characters and voice. The bird would appear in a large leafless oak tree at the south end of parking field 6 on the west side of the lake. This tree is adjacent to a fishing pier and each day to Thursday the bird would reappear in this tree to mid-morning but was otherwise not located once it moved from that location. The HAMMOND’S was not reported Friday but if still around it will be best to check this oak tree early in the morning.
This morning a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted in the small flock of Canada Geese at the Planting Fields Arboretum south of Planting Fields Road in upper Brookville west of Oyster Bay. The flock was later flushed at midday but presumably is still in the area.
A BLACK GUILLEMOT spotted Saturday along the west jetty at Shinnecock Inlet was unfortunately found dead there the next day.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found in Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park on Monday was still present there today.
A BROWN BOOBY hanging out around Bayonne, New Jersey for a while was seen from Brooklyn from the Veteran’s Memorial Pier Saturday and from the 9/11 Memorial site on northern Staten Island on Sunday.
Local GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE featured one at the Reeves Avenue Buffalo Farm in Riverhead Saturday, two at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and one returning to lower Westchester Monday appearing on Playland Lake in Rye before relocating to the Bowman Avenue pond in Rye Brook for the rest of the week. Single EURASIAN WIGEON included one continuing on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park at least to Tuesday, one reported again on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday and one on Marion Lake in East Marion to Tuesday. A young male KING EIDER was spotted at Montauk Point Sunday and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still off Orient Point Monday. In Montauk five RED-NECKED GREBES were seen Sunday, four at Culloden Point and 406 RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point.
An ICELAND GULL was at Brooklyn Bridge Park Monday.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park, another at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye and a NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again last Sunday at Freshkills Park on Staten Island. Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were spotted along Daniel’s Lane in Sagaponack and in Riverhead Saturday and at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday and Friday while a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited Brooklyn Bridge Park Thursday and again today. A female type SUMMER TANAGER was an interesting find at Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga Thursday and a DICKCISSEL was still at Randall’s Island last 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.
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