NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/10/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 10, 2026
* NYNY2604.10

– Birds mentioned
TUFTED DUCK+
COMMON GROUND DOVE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Chimney Swift
SANDHILL CRANE
Lesser Yellowlegs
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Northern Gannet
American Bittern
Broad-winged Hawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Purple Martin
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
RED CROSSBILL
Snow Bunting
LARK SPARROW
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Parula

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 10th,
2026*, at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SANDHILL CRANE,
BOHEMIAN WAXWING, a deceased COMMON GROUND DOVE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED,
and HARLEQUIN DUCKS, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW,
RED CROSSBILL, some new Spring arrivals, and more.

A couple of interesting overhead sightings this week involved two SANDHILL
CRANES moving west over the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester
yesterday afternoon and a BOHEMIAN WAXWING reported migrating with a flock
of Cedar Waxwings over Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning.

Not moving by but instead delivered recently to the American Museum of
Natural History was an apparently wild but deceased COMMON GROUND DOVE
found in late March in Kew Gardens, Queens.

Interesting waterfowl included a drake EURASIAN WIGEON seen again Thursday
on Agawam Lake off Pond Lane in Southampton, a drake TUFTED DUCK visiting
Cammann’s Pond Park Saturday to Monday off Merrick Road in Nassau, and 13
HARLEQUIN DUCKS counted Saturday off Montauk Point.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted again today at Bush Terminal Piers Park, with
another at Rockaway Beach last Sunday, while an ICELAND GULL and 3 LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Fort Tilden on Tuesday.

The 6-hour inshore pelagic trip Saturday aboard the American Princess also
recorded an ICELAND GULL plus 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, along with a
RAZORBILL and well over one-thousand NORTHERN GANNETS plus some nice whales.

A CASPIAN TERN was seen moving south past Fort Tryon Park Sunday. An
AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed roosting in Brooklyn’s Green-wood
Cemetery Saturday. A RED-NECKED GREBE was still off City Island in the
Bronx last weekend, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye. A female RED CROSSBILL was seen feeding at Croton Point
Park Thursday afternoon, and a late SNOW BUNTING visited Heckscher State
Park field 7 last Saturday, and an apparent LARK SPARROW appeared at a
Riverhead feeder Wednesday as well as an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was
recorded singing at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens last Saturday.

Among the various recent arrivals have been CHIMNEY SWIFT, LESSER
YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER’S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PURPLE MARTIN, and, among
the warblers, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in Central Park Saturday and a
NORTHERN PARULA in Prospect Park today.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 4/3/2026

RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 03, 2026
* NYNY2604.03

– Birds Mentioned

HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Virginia Rail
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
ICELAND GULL
CASPIAN TERN
Northern Gannet
Little Blue Heron
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Marsh Wren
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (GAMBEL’S-type)
Black-throated Green Warbler

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, April 3,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS,
CASPIAN TERN, HARLEQUIN DUCK, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, GAMBEL’S-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and various earlier
spring migrants.

A slow week, with the doldrums hopefully coming to an end soon.  Our
most interesting rarity possibly was the adult BLACK-HEADED GULL still
present around Frank Melville Memorial Park and Pond in Setauket at
least to Monday. An ICELAND GULL was also still visiting the Brooklyn
Army Terminal Pier 4 as of Thursday, and a few LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS continue to be reported, while an interesting arrival featured a
CASPIAN TERN spotted Tuesday in the bay by the Croton-Harmon train
station in Westchester..

Out at Montauk Point, 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were spotted offshore
Saturday, and back at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge 2 LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS were noted visiting the West Pond Saturday through Monday.

NORTHERN GANNETS have been streaming east along Long Island’s south
shore in good numbers recently, but very few appearing in western Long
Island Sound have featured 5 off City Island in the Bronx Tuesday,
with just a few other scattered GANNET sightings this week, though a
RED-NECKED GREBE  was also spotted off City Island today.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues near the shore at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye, and a GAMBEL’S-type WHITE CROWNED SPARROW was
still visiting Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery today, lingering in
bushes east of Sylvan Waters .

Among the recently arriving migrants this week have been VIRGINIA
RAIL, SOLITARY and SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, LITTLE BLUE HERON, WHITE-EYED
and BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, MARSH WREN, and a BLACK-THROATED GREEN
WARBLER, this in Prospect Park Monday.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/27/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 27, 2026
* NYNY2603.27

– Birds Mentioned

TRUMPETER SWAN+
(+Details requested by NYSARC)

Mute Swan
TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
American Wigeon
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Red-necked Grebe
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER
Lesser Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
Glossy Ibis
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
RED CROSSBILL
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (GAMBEL’S-type)
Louisiana Waterthrush

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 27,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TRUMPETER and TUNDRA SWANS,
EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS,
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, RED CROSSBILL, GAMBEL’S
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and more.

The New York City TRUMPETER SWAN visiting the East River since late
February was last reported Wednesday the 25th in Brooklyn off the
North 5th Street Pier and Park, where it and an accompanying MUTE SWAN
had spent most of the week up to that point.

A TUNDRA SWAN found last Friday at Moravian Cemetery in central Staten
Island stayed there through Saturday but moved on Sunday morning.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON noted March 13th off Shirley was seen again
Sunday with a group of AMERICAN WIGEON in Bellport Bay off Shirley
Beach on the west side of Shirley.

An immature male KING EIDER was spotted again Sunday near Shinnecock
Inlet and a little west of there near the Ponquogue Bridge,
accompanying a flock of COMMON EIDER, while a female COMMON EIDER was
unusual Monday off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL in virtually full breeding plumage was seen up to
Thursday at Frank Melville Memorial Park and Pond in Setauket, this
north of Old Field Road.

An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was seen last weekend at Bush Terminal Piers
Park and nearby Bush Army Terminal Pier 4, with 1 also at Staten
Island’s Miller Field last Sunday, and lingering ICELAND GULLS were
noted at both Bush Terminal Parks above as well as at Calvert Vaux
Park Tuesday and Jerome Reservoir in the Bronx Wednesday.

A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, perhaps wintering, was photographed along
Dune Road on Tuesday, and single RED-NECKED GREBES included 1 off
Breezy Point Saturday and 1 continuing off Floyd Bennett Field at
least to Tuesday.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

A small group of RED CROSSBILLS was encountered today near Jones Pond
off the Paumanok Trail in Manorville; this species has nested in this
area before, so please do not disturb them.  Access to the area is
from Schultz Road.

An immature GAMBEL’S-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW continues in
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery.

Some arrivals noted during the week have featured PECTORAL SANDPIPER,
LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GLOSSY IBIS, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN
SWALLOWS, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 3/6/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Mar. 06, 2026
* NYNY2603.06

– Birds Mentioned
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+Details requested by NYSARC)

Mute Swan
TRUMPETER SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
American Oystercatcher
Piping Plover
American Woodcock
THICK-BILLED MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
PACIFIC LOON
AMERICAN GOSHAWK
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Tree Swallow
LAPLAND LONGSPUR

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 6, 2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, PACIFIC LOON, TRUMPETER SWAN, THICK-BILLED MURRE, AMERICAN GOSHAWK, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.

The adult SWAINSON’S HAWK currently wintering in Brooklyn was present at least to Wednesday around the SIMS Municipal Recycling Center located around 29th Street, west of Second Avenue – access to this facility is restricted but the area can be viewed from outside the surrounding fencing.  Also watch for it flying around the local neighborhood, including over Green-Wood Cemetery.

A PACIFIC LOON apparently still hanging around Jones Inlet was seen off Jones Beach West End on Tuesday and reported there again today.

Causing quite a stir recently has been a TRUMPETER SWAN lingering in the East River along the Brooklyn and Queens shorelines with an accompanying MUTE SWAN.  This pair has been moving up as far as Hunters Point in Queens on the north end of their travels and then down river as far as Wallabout Channel in Brooklyn, today spending some time around the Austin Nichols House a little north of the Williamsburg Bridge.

A THICK-BILLED MURRE was photographed last Saturday as it fed along the west side of Shinnecock Inlet, but more challenging has been a fairly elusive immature AMERICAN GOSHAWK seen briefly several times over the last week or so as it travels around the vegetation in the dunes at Jones Beach West End.

Among the waterfowl, a EURASIAN WIGEON continues to be seen on Agawam Lake in Southampton, a female KING EIDER was spotted Wednesday in Gardiners Bay with a group of COMMON EIDERS, and 12 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were counted off Point Lookout last Saturday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was photographed again Saturday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn, with another continuing in Jones Inlet, often seen at the Point Lookout side.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted Saturday in Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, along with a couple of ICELAND GULLS, and among several other ICELANDS were birds noted at Great Kills Park, Floyd Bennett Field, Crab Meadow Beach, Robert Moses State Park and Oldfield Point and Lighthouse.  Some LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also continue locally at coastal sites where gulls gather.

A couple of RED-NECKED GREBES were present Sunday and Wednesday off City Island in the Bronx, and a single was viewed Wednesday and today off Floyd Bennett Field.

An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen Sunday to Wednesday at Smith Point County Park.

Recent arrivals regionally, hopefully showing good judgment, included a few AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, a PIPING PLOVER at Jones Beach, a few vocalizing AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and a TREE SWALLOW or two.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/27/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 27, 2026
* NYNY2602.27

– Birds Mentioned

SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Wilson’s Snipe
THICK-BILLED MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle

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, February
27, 2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, TUNDRA SWAN,
EURASIAN WIGEON, THICK-BILLED MURRE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS,
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and more.

With birding this week severely hampered by last weekend’s blizzard,
fortunately some highlights do continue locally, especially the adult
SWAINSON’S HAWK wintering again in Brooklyn.  As in previous winters,
this bird continues to roost and hunt frequently in the vicinity of
the SIMS Municipal Recycling Center located around 29th Street west of
2nd Avenue – access to this facility is restricted, but the area can
be viewed from outside the surrounding fencing. The hawk has also been
seen over the local neighborhood, including nearby Green-Wood
Cemetery.

Last Sunday afternoon as the blizzard was gearing up, 9 TUNDRA SWANS
were found on the icy Hudson River just north of Croton Point Park in
Westchester.  The next day 2 were seen south of Croton Point but soon
flew north upriver and have not been relocated since.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted last Saturday around a puddle on
the Timber Point Golf Course off the end of Great River Road in Great
River, and that same day the presumed changing drake EURASIAN WIGEON
was noted again on Agawam Lake in Southampton, this lake just south of
Montauk Highway. A drake BLUE WINGED TEAL was present again on
Patchogue Lake in Patchogue last Sunday.

Yesterday morning a THICK-BILLED MURRE was photographed in Gravesend
Bay off the Caesar’s Bay Bazaar, while a BLACK-HEADED GULL continues
around Jones Inlet, often noted on the Point Lookout side, where 5
HARLEQUIN DUCKS were also present recently.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted moving south over the Red Hook section of
Brooklyn last Saturday, and another visited Orchard Beach in the Bronx
on Wednesday.

Among a few wintering LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were one visiting
Central Park Reservoir last Sunday and another at Bush Terminal Piers
Park Wednesday.

Some scattered ICELAND GULLS included up to 4 around Gravesend Bay in
Brooklyn all week and 2 on Central Park Reservoir last Saturday, with
1 there Tuesday, while elsewhere singles were spotted at Brooklyn Army
Terminal Pier 4 Tuesday and on Thursday at Great Kills Park on Staten
Island and at Louis Engel Park in Ossining up in Westchester.

A decent number of RED-NECKED GREBES featured singles at Brooklyn Army
Terminal Pier 4 and in Southampton last Saturday, 1 in Jamaica Bay
Tuesday, another off Orchard Beach Wednesday and Thursday, and others
today at Breezy Point and Floyd Bennett Field.

AMERICAN BITTERNS were still being seen before the storm along Dune
Road, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was spotted over Douglaston in Queens
last Tuesday.

Impressive counts at Alley Pond Park last weekend featured 78 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS and an estimated 2500 COMMON GRACKLES on Saturday, followed
by a count of 64 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS plus 35 WOOD DUCKS and a WILSON’S
SNIPE Sunday.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/20/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 20, 2026
* NYNY2602.20

– Birds mentioned
SHORT-BILLED GULL+
SWAINSON’S HAWK+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
PACIFIC LOON
Rough-legged Hawk
VESPER SPARROW
PAINTED BUNTING

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, February 20th 2026 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, SHORT-BILLED GULL, PACIFIC LOON, DOVEKIE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, VESPER SPARROW, PAINTED BUNTING and more.

Quite welcome was the return Tuesday of the SWAINSON’S HAWK to Brooklyn seen initially moving over Green-wood Cemetery and then later at its favored location, the Sims Municipal Recycling Center. This site, where it often roosts, is located around 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue. Access is restricted but the area can be viewed from outside the surrounding fences. Also watch for the hawk if around the Green-wood Cemetery area.

A SHORT-BILLED GULL was spotted Monday morning on the mudflats at Great Kills Park on Staten Island but it only stayed for a short while before moving off and has not been reported since.

A PACIFIC LOON, possibly hanging around in the vicinity of Jones Inlet for awhile now, was seen Sunday from both the Jones Beach West End side and the Point Lookout side.

Out at Montauk Point a few DOVEKIES were seen Sunday and Monday off the point and from Camp Hero along with some RAZORBILLS with 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES also reported Monday. Last Saturday a THICK-BILLED MURRE was identified off Lido Beach West Town Park and another was reported off Robert Moses State Park west of field 2.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was identified as it flew over Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn on Sunday and a EURASIAN WIGEON, in unusual plumage, was still on Agawam Lake in Southampton last Sunday, this lake south of Montauk Highway. Today a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE was still at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton and a female is present off the Lemon Creek Pier on Staten Island yesterday and today. Wintering HARLEQUIN DUCKS include about 10 around the Jones Inlet jetties and 3 continuing at Ditch Plains in Montauk.

On Tuesday single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were seen at Plumb Beach and at Swindler’s Cove in northern Manhattan with another continuing around the Point Lookout Town Park seen Tuesday and Thursday. A GLAUCOUS GULL continues along the western Brooklyn coast between Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and Bush Terminal Piers Park and several ICELAND GULLS include up to 3 around Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn, 2 on Central Park Reservoir Saturday, one up the Hudson in Peekskill Tuesday and one continuing around the Lake Montauk inlet.

A RED-NECKED GREBE visited Playland Park in Rye Sunday, this perhaps the one off Pelham Bay Park Tuesday to Thursday, with another at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Tuesday.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen around Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond early in the week with another at Jones Beach State Park Monday.

A VESPER SPARROW continues at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue and a female type PAINTED BUNTING has recently been visiting a private residence on eastern Long Island. Good reason to keep those feeders full.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/13/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 13, 2026
* NYNY2602.13

– Birds mentioned
COMMON GULL+ (Kamchatka form)
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
GLAUCOUS GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Vesper Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird

– Transcript

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: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, February 13th
2026* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON GULL, EURASIAN
WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, DOVEKIE, GLAUCOUS GULL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR and more.

Today in Westchester a COMMON GULL was photographed along the shore of the
Hudson River in Verplanck. The bird quickly disappeared and was searched
for until dusk from Steamboat Landing in Verplanck up to a gull roost at
Riverfront Park in Peekskill without success. Eyes will be on the river
tomorrow during Eagle Fest so hopefully this bird, appearing to be a
Kamchatka form, will be relocated.

The EURASIAN WIGEON male, in unusual transitional plumage, was present this
week on Agawam Lake located on the south side of Montauk Highway in
Southampton. A female HARLEQUIN DUCK was found today on Staten Island off
Cedar Grove Beach and a few continue in Jones Inlet either off the Jones
Beach West End jetty or around the Point Lookout jetties.

A DOVEKIE and 8 RAZORBILLS were reported today off the Camp Hero bluffs out
at Montauk Point and today gulls visiting the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4
featured single GLAUCOUS and ICELAND with other ICELANDS this week
including birds in Brooklyn from Bush Terminal Piers Park today around to
Gravesend Bay, one at Great Kills Park Sunday, one continuing at Old Field
Point and Lighthouse and singles at Bellport Bay and Lake Montauk today. A
few LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also continue in the region including one on
Central Park Reservoir Tuesday and others along the Brooklyn shore.

Single RED-NECKED GREBES were noted this week off California Beach in
Setauket Sunday and at Ditch Plains in Montauk yesterday.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen again at Floyd Bennett Field Tuesday and both
light and dark morphs were noted Thursday out at Cedar Beach where at least
one has been hanging around.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was present from Saturday at least to Monday out at
Robert Moses State Park and a VESPER SPARROW was present all week at the
Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

Some RUSTY BLACKBIRDS still hanging around in the region have included
seven or so at Alley Pond Park lately.

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

NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 2/6/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 06, 2026
* NYNY2602.06

– Birds Mentioned

LECONTE’S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
TUFTED DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Common Goldeneye
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
American Bittern
Bald Eagle
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
VESPER SPARROW
NELSON’S SPARROW

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, February
6, 2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are LECONTE’S SPARROW, TUFTED DUCK,
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, GLAUCOUS GULL, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, LAPLAND
LONGSPUR, NELSON’S and VESPER SPARROWS and more.

The LECONTE’S SPARROW found back on January 29th on the landfill at
Croton Point Park in Westchester was only seen there through last
Saturday, not unexpected for a reclusive bird.

With the icy conditions on New Croton Reservoir squeezing the
waterfowl seeking refuge there into increasingly smaller stretches of
open water, it at least became easier to track down TUFTED DUCKS
there. At least two drakes plus a female–plumaged bird have been found
there, the two males seen simultaneously last weekend, these all
joining large flocks of several hundred RING-NECKED DUCKS in open
water near the dam spillway or a short distance up the eastern shore
of the reservoir off Croton Lake Road. There is a parking area for the
dam spillway site off Route 129 just uphill from the Croton Gorge Park
entrance, but duck numbers may continue to drop as the freeze again
intensifies. Other birds present there have included two female
BARROW’S GOLDENEYES, at least seen to Wednesday with a flock of COMMON
GOLDENEYES, plus a few REDHEADS and a CANVASBACK and other expected
waterfowl, and several BALD EAGLES.  Two TUFTED DUCKS seen Thursday
only over at Piermont Pier in Rockland County may have moved over
there from New Croton Reservoir.

On Long Island single drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYES were seen on Tuesday
off Shoreham Village Beach and back on Saturday at Crab Meadow Beach
in Fort Salonga, where other highlights featured an ICELAND GULL and a
NELSON’S SPARROW.

In Brooklyn a RAZORBILL was photographed off Manhattan Beach Park on
Tuesday, and a GLAUCOUS GULL visited Bush Army Terminal Pier 4 last
Sunday, while up to three ICELAND GULLS were seen around Gravesend Bay
during the week, with others noted at Randall’s Island and Governors
Island Wednesday, in Westchester at the Ossining waterfront at Louis
Engle Park during the week, at Old Field Point Tuesday, and at the
Bellport Bay Yacht Club yesterday.

AMERICAN BITTERNS have been seen fairly regularly along Dune Road west
of Shinnecock inlet, and a few recent sightings of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK,
very often. coastal, have come from Staten Island, including Great
Kills Park Sunday, and from Floyd Bennett Field and Jones Beach to
Monday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Smith Point County Park on Tuesday,
and two VESPER SPARROWS have been present recently at the Suffolk
County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue.

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