– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 29, 2024
* NYNY2403.29
– Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
BRANT (subspecies “Black Brant”)
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (western subspecies “Audubon’s” form)
– Transcript
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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, March 29th,
2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD,
PAINTED BUNTING, WESTERN GREBE, black form of BRANT, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, Audubon’s form of
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, Spring migrants and more.
Prospect Park continues to host the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD first seen there
back on February 10th. It is still visiting the honeysuckle plants and
nearby hummingbird feeder located along the path on the Prospect Park lake
side of Breeze Hill. It has been roosting in the plantings there when not
actively feeding.
The fairly elusive female type PAINTED BUNTING first noted at Hempstead
Lake State Park on February 22nd was only reported once this week that
being today. To search for the BUNTING park in field 3 across from the
southwest corner of Hempstead Lake and take the path towards McDonald’s
Pond which goes along the bottom of a grassy slope dropping down from Lake
Drive across from the south end of the lake. The bird lurks within these
grasses as far as McDonald’s Pond and who knows where else.
The WESTERN GREBE recently along the southwestern shore of Staten Island
was reported last Sunday south of the pavilion at Conference House Park and
may still be around.
A dark form of BRANT referred to as “Black Brant” was found with a small
group of our Atlantic Brant feeding last Saturday in a traffic circle at
field 5 at Robert Moses State Park but we have no further reports.
There were still 15 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Point Lookout last Sunday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL in crisp breeding plumage was noted along Plumb Beach
especially towards the western end of the beach for most of the week
through today and one was also spotted off Point Lookout last Sunday. An
immature ICELAND GULL was in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn last Sunday
and one also visited Plumb Beach Tuesday. Coastal counts of LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS last Saturday featured 18 at Robert Moses State Park and
7 at Floyd Bennett Field.
Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still around the south end of the West
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER visited
the ponding at field 6 at Heckscher State Park on Wednesday while 4
RAZORBILLS were seen off Jacob Riis Park last Saturday.
Two RED-NECKED GREBES were off Dead Horse Point west of Floyd Bennett Field
on Tuesday and 3 were reported off Pelham Bay Park today.
Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park, another at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye all getting closer to full adult plumage.
A Jones Beach West End Audubon’s form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER present all
Winter was seen last Sunday along the main roadway just east of the
entrance road to the Coast Guard Station but does move around the area.
Several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS also continue locally.
There was not much notable movement of migrants this week at least into our
area but a few more NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS were seen and
some northbound PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS also occurred.
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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