-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 8, 2024
* NYNY2403.08
– Birds Mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
TUFTED DUCK
Lesser Scaup
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Long-billed Dowitcher
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Osprey
Red-headed Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Tree Swallow
RED CROSSBILL
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
SUMMER TANAGER
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
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 8,
2024 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, PAINTED
BUNTING, WESTERN GREBE, SWAINSON’S HAWK, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,
TUFTED DUCK, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED
and GLAUCOUS GULLS, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more.
In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit
the hummingbird feeder and adjacent honeysuckle plants near the
hairpin turn on the Prospect Park Lake side of Breeze Hill .
After going several days without being reported, the female-type
PAINTED BUNTING was seen again yesterday at Hempstead Lake State Park,
still frequenting the grassy slope down from Lake Drive at the south
end of Hempstead Lake. Park in Field 3 across from the southwest
corner of the lake and take the path that goes below the downward
slope, watching for the Bunting and usually accompanying flock of
sparrows in the heavy grasses.
The WESTERN GREBE wintering around Raritan Bay off South Amboy, New
Jersey, on Thursday morning was seen much closer to Staten Island,
providing nice views off Conference House Park; it then moved
northerly, occurring off the end of Bentley Street near the
Tottenville train station, where it was also present again this
afternoon.
The immature SWAINSON’S HAWK in Brooklyn was seen at least through
Wednesday around the SIMS Municipal Recycling Center, located at the
end of 29th Street, just west of 2nd Avenue. It has also moved east
over towards Green-Wood Cemetery on occasion.
An adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in non-breeding plumage was
spotted Thursday morning at Croton Point Park and spent much of the
afternoon feeding with a large mixed flock on the grassy lawns near
the park’s entrance. Unfortunately, it was only seen very early this
morning in flight, heading in a northwesterly direction, and was not
encountered thereafter.
The drake TUFTED DUCK found last week and seen to Saturday at the
Ludlows Creek Tidal Wetlands in Oakdale, Long Island, reappeared there
on Thursday and was also reported there today. There is a small
parking lot near the end of Franklin Road that is next to the trail
that goes along the creek where the TUFTED and accompanying LESSER
SCAUP have been seen.
Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still at the Buffalo Farm off
Reeves Avenue in Riverhead on Thursday, while the one on the pond off
Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook was last noted Sunday. Three HARLEQUIN
DUCKS were still off Orient Point County Park last Sunday.
An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around Setauket Harbor today, and
an immature has continued in the Jones Beach area to today as well.
A GLAUCOUS GULL remains near the Hunts Point Landing in the Bronx, and
single ICELAND GULLS were noted at Pelham Bay to Sunday, near Shirley
Chisholm State Park Tuesday, and at Miller Field on Staten Island
Wednesday.
Two RED-NECKED GREBES were still off Pelham Bay last Sunday, four
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were in the southeast corner of the West Pond
at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS
continue at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island and in Westchester at
Croton Point Park and Marshlands Conservancy. A few RAZORBILLS also
continue offshore.
A RED CROSSBILL was heard flying over High Rock Park on Staten Island
Sunday, and a SUMMER TANAGER visited a private Commack feeder again
last Saturday.
Recent arrivals have included LAUGHING GULL, OSPREY, EASTERN PHOEBE
and lots more TREE SWALLOWS.
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.
– End transcript