– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 4, 2020
* NYNY2012.04
– Birds mentioned
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
BARNACLE GOOSE
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Red-headed Woodpecker
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Common Redpoll
RED CROSSBILL
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
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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 4th 2020 at 10pm. The highlights of today’s tape are ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, EARED GREBE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, RED CROSSBILL and more.
A nice run of ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHERS continues with four present this week. The ASH-THROATED first seen in Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery November 17th was still around Wednesday near Border and Sassafras Avenues. One found last Sunday at Conference House Park at the southern end of Staten Island was still present today near Surf Avenue while another was seen Wednesday and Thursday in Bayswater Park in Queens, this area off Bay 32nd Street, and then today a fourth was photographed at Nissequogue River State Park up in King’s Park. In contrast a WESTERN KINGBIRD spotted last Saturday in Mount Loretto Unique Area on Staten Island did not stick around. Lingering however have been the male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD with the damaged flight feathers still present last weekend at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park on the east side of Meadow Lake below the boathouse and the EARED GREBE still on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
A decent selection of waterfowl featured 2 BARNACLE GEESE on eastern Long Island since Tuesday recently seen in fields along Deerfield Avenue north of Mill Pond in Watermill. Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE continue to be seen on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and on a pond off Bowman Avenue in Ryebrook. A flock or two of TUNDRA SWANS last weekend included what may have been the same 11 seen Saturday morning first moving west by Robert Moses State Park and then over Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Floyd Bennett Field. Five more were spotted off Manhattan’s Battery Park Sunday. Drake EURASIAN WIGEON were noted again this week on Jamaica Bay’s West Pond and on Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park. A nice find was a female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE last Friday and still present today on the pond at Frank Melville Memorial Park on Mill Pond in Setauket. A not quite full drake KING EIDER was with Common Eider off Riis Park last Sunday and an immature male KING joined a female off Fort Tilden today. A HARLEQUIN DUCK was back at Shell Beach on Shelter Island last Saturday and a female has been along the west jetty at Shinnecock Inlet since Wednesday.
An immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was spotted at Brooklyn’s Bush Terminal Piers Park Tuesday that same day finding an adult at Gravesend Bay and later off Coney Island Beach. An ICELAND GULL was spotted at Conference House Park Sunday and one or two RED-NECKED GREBES were seen around Gravesend Bay during the week.
At Robert Moses State Park birds included a RAZORBILL and 6 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS Tuesday preceded by a PARASITIC JAEGER and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR last Saturday. Another LONGSPUR was in Riverhead yesterday.
The 51 RED CROSSBILLS counted at Jones Beach West End last Saturday was a high for the week as even their numbers are falling off. Twenty-eight were counted Tuesday along the Paumanok Trail in Manorville where a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continued. Scattered COMMON REDPOLLS included 19 counted going by Crab Meadow Beach Sunday.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen Saturday at Montauk Point in Cooper’s Neck Pond and Southampton and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park Saturday when a VESPER SPARROW appeared at Pelham Bay Park.
Warblers included some ORANGE-CROWNED plus TENNESSEE, CAPE MAY and NORTHERN PARULA.
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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