– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 10, 2023
* NYNY2302.10
– Birds mentioned
TRUMPETER SWAN+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
EARED GREBE
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
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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
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 10th 2023 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, EARED GREBE, DOVEKIE, TRUMPETER SWAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
Going back to last Friday, February 3rd, an immature SWAINSON’S HAWK was photographed over Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery in mid-afternoon and subsequently identified but apparently not spotted thereafter.
The EARED GREBE visiting Hendrick’s Creek at the north end of Jamaica Bay was still along the east side of Shirley Chisholm State Park at least to Monday.
Continuing a decent run recently of coastal alcids a DOVEKIE was identified Wednesday flying out of Jones Inlet where a total of 122 RAZORBILLS were also counted. Another nice gathering of RAZORBILLS totaled 208 off Riis Park last Sunday.
The TRUMPETER SWAN was still around the northwestern portion of Fort Pond out in Montauk at least through Monday. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport on Sunday and Tuesday while the Westchester WHITE-FRONTED has been spending most days recently on Playland Lake in Rye. The female EURASIAN WIGEON was still around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 to Wednesday and a drake KING EIDER continues in the Common Eider flock usually inside Shinnecock Inlet.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted in Port Jefferson Harbor last Saturday with one also seen in the vicinity of Wainscott Pond both Sunday and yesterday while single ICELAND GULLS were reported from Governors Island Sunday, at Veterans Memorial Pier in Brooklyn Wednesday and at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx Thursday.
A PIPING PLOVER was among the shorebirds at Point Lookout Tuesday with 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS reported there Wednesday among the roosting flock also featuring 3 RED KNOTS. One or two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and a WILSON’S SNIPE were still being seen at least to Tuesday on Smith Pond in Rockville Centre.
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in Brooklyn’s Marine Park usually encountered near the intersection of Stuart Street and Avenue T.
A LAPLAND LONGSPUR stayed at Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field with Horned Larks from Sunday through today.
Brooklyn Bridge Park’s NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH was still present today and a decent number of ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS remain in the area while the SUMMER TANAGER continues to visit a private Islip feeder.
The status and timing of next week’s tape are currently unknown due to impending travel. Stay tuned.
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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