-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 14, 2023
* NYNY2312.14
– Birds Mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD+
MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
“Black” Brant
Eurasian Wigeon
TUFTED DUCK
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Marbled Godwit
RED PHALAROPE
Parasitic Jaeger
DOVEKIE
COMMON MURRE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Northern Gannet
Evening Grosbeak
Lapland Longspur
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
“AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED 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
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Thursday December 14, 2023 at 11:00 p.m.
The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, pelagic trip results including COMMON MURRE, DOVEKIE and RED PHALAROPE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, TUFTED DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and much more.
The Randall’s Island BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD was still visiting the feeder at the Urban Farm through Wednesday at least; this site, with plantings surrounding a public restroom, is off Wards Meadow Loop in the southeast section of the island, with an adjacent parking area.
On Sunday morning a calling MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER was followed for a short while as it moved around a weedy field off Delwit Avenue at Oakwood Beach on Staten Island, but it soon disappeared for good.
Back on Friday the 8th, a Bluebird photographed at Overlook Beach out at Gilgo was subsequently identified as a female-plumaged MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD but could not later be relocated.
The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER frequenting Manhattan’s West Village was still present at least to Monday near the Bleeker Playground, with a DICKCISSEL also continuing in that area, and another ASH-THROATED was seen again Tuesday and today at Brooklyn’s Owl’s Head Park; additionally an ASH-THROATED has also been reported Wednesday and today in a Mount Vernon neighborhood in Westchester, though details as to the location and accessibility have been sparse.
Both previously noted WESTERN TANAGERS were still present today, one at Morningside Drive around West 113th Street in northern Manhattan and one hanging around the hedge rows and fruiting trees near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End.
In addition to the TANAGER, the West End has also been producing a number of other interesting birds. Last Saturday an “AUDUBON’S” YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was found near the now closed restroom building by the Coast Guard Station and has continued there to date, while other notables included a “BLACK” BRANT photographed on the bar last Saturday, followed by an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL and up to 16 or so MARBLED GODWITS visiting there on Wednesday.
A pelagic trip aboard The Hunter out of Brooklyn last Saturday recorded two flocks of RED PHALAROPES totaling 50 individuals, a PARASITIC JAEGER, 67 RAZORBILLS, 5 DOVEKIES and 2 COMMON MURRES, 10 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 1 ICELAND and 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 141 NORTHERN GANNETS, plus a female KING EIDER just off Breezy Point.
A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was spotted today in a private area off Horseshoe Road in Mill Neck, likely the one previously at Planting Fields Arboretum. Continuing are the drake EURASIAN WIGEON on the main pond at Connetquot River State Park and the male TUFTED DUCK staying at the south end of Fort Pond in Montauk. A young male KING EIDER was off Montauk Point Sunday, and recent HARLEQUIN DUCKS included 2 around Mount Sinai Inlet and 3 at Orient Point.
On Sunday single DOVEKIES were reported off Montauk Point and Robert Moses State Park. Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted in Setauket Harbor from Monday and at Calvert Vaux Park on Monday, and single GLAUCOUS GULLS occurred off Riis Park Sunday and in Gravesend Bay Monday, with a few ICELAND GULLS also noted.
An EVENING GROSBEAK was reported over northern Staten Island Saturday, 1 or 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were spotted at Smith Point County Park recently, and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found at Montauk Point Tuesday.
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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