NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 1/9/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 9, 2026
* NYNY2601.09

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
CASSIN’S SPARROW+
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Brant (Black)
Cackling Goose
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form)
TUFTED DUCK
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
Semipalmated Plover
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
Black-legged Kittiwake
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Bald Eagle
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Orange-crowned 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, January 9, 2026
at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, CASSIN’S SPARROW,
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUFTED DUCK,
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and GRASSHOPPER
SPARROWS and much more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues in the Oyster Bay area, this week visiting
three of its favored locations – last weekend it was seen Saturday and
Sunday at Nassau Country Club off Nassau Road, then Tuesday it was back on
Dosoris Pond as viewed from the Pryibil Beach parking lot, while today it
had returned to Beaver Lake, an original roosting spot; this latter area is
best viewed from the causeway portion of Cleft Road, which crosses the
middle of Beaver Lake – look south for the goose flock but be careful along
the roadway. Parking is available at nearby Shu Swamp.

Out at Montauk Point the CASSIN’S SPARROW continues its residency, seen
through today usually in the short grass area between the entry road at the
Point and the upper parking lot, including along the path down to the road
and towards the Lighthouse.  Also look for the lingering GRASSHOPPER
SPARROW there.  Seawatching offshore there also pays dividends, a watch
last Saturday recording 5 DOVEKIES, over 400 RAZORBILLS, 13 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES and a RED-NECKED GREBE.

The BULLOCK’S ORIOLE was still in East Islip last weekend, moving from
private property occasionally to trees around the parking lot at the
adjoining St. Mary’s School, but with the school now open again, this area
is not available during weekdays.

A ROSS’S GOOSE was seen Thursday in a goose-covered field at the Wolffer
Estate along the south side of the Montauk Highway Route 27 in Sagaponack,
while GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were well scattered in the region, with 2
in Van Cortland Park Sunday down to 1 Tuesday, 1 in Roslyn Pond Town Park
Tuesday to Thursday, 2 at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and another at
Stehli Beach in Lattingtown Sunday, 1 off Quogue-Riverhead Road in Quogue
today, and 1 back on Playland Lake in Rye as of Wednesday.  A Black form of
Brant was nicely photographed at the Floyd Bennett Field boat launch last
weekend, and several CACKLING GEESE have been reported lately.

A Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was found for the Southern Nassau
Christmas Count Saturday on Smith Pond in Roosevelt.  An immature TUFTED
DUCK has been present for the last 2 days on New Croton Reservoir in
Westchester, where a female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has also been noted
recently; other regional BARROW’S include 1 at Shelter Island for the
Orient Count last Saturday and another lingering off Sunken Meadow State
Park.  HARLEQUIN DUCKS include 3 off Ditch Plains in Montauk Monday, and 1
at Iron Pier off Pier Avenue in Northville Wednesday.

Eight DOVEKIES were feeding in Shinnecock Inlet today, part of a recent
small regional incursion, this unfortunately not all good news, as 1
yesterday at Jones Beach West End was dispatched by a group of gulls.

A GLAUCOUS GULL was at the Ponquogue Bridge in Shinnecock Wednesday, and
several ICELAND GULLS have been noted this week.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was at Robert Moses State Park Field 5 yesterday, a LARK
SPARROW has continued at Plumb Beach to Wednesday, and several
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS are still around.

The Southern Nassau Christmas Count last Saturday tallied 132 species,
including 16 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 5 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 11 BALD EAGLES, and 7
LAPLAND LONGSPURS.

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, 1/2/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 2, 2026
* NYNY2601.02

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
CASSIN’S SPARROW+
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
EARED GREBE
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

– 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, January 2nd
2026* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE,
CASSIN’S SPARROW, BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, EARED GREBE, THICK-BILLED MURRE,
DOVEKIE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and much more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues in northern Nassau County still visiting
Dosoris Pond as viewed from Pryibil Beach in Oyster Bay but also recently
seen on several different days at Nassau Country Club about 2 miles south
of Dosoris coming to a pond area off Nassau Road.

The CASSIN’S SPARROW was still at Montauk Point today, usually seen in the
short grass area between the entry road and the upper parking lot often
near the pathway down from the lot and leading towards the lighthouse.

The immature male BULLOCK’S ORIOLE also continues in East Islip sometimes
on private property but also occasionally drifting to trees around the
adjoining parking lot at St. Mary’s School. With the school opening up
soon, visiting there might also be a problem.

An EARED GREBE was found today off Point Lookout in Jones Inlet.

Besides decent flights of RAZORBILLS this week, especially off Montauk
Point, other alcids have featured a THICK-BILLED MURRE spotted Wednesday
morning moving by the point with some RAZORBILLS and 2 DOVEKIES flying west
off Sagaponack Tuesday followed by another DOVEKIE sitting off Montauk
Point this morning.

Widely scattered occurrences of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, mostly
singles, also this week included a group of at least 9 in Calvert Vaux Park
in Brooklyn Wednesday and Thursday and a group of 11 on the south side of
Montauk Highway in Sagaponack also on Thursday. Four HARLEQUIN DUCKS were
at Montauk Point Wednesday with 4 more at Jones Beach West End Thursday
while single BARROW’S GOLDENEYE were at Sunken Meadow State Park Thursday
and continuing on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester to today.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS around the circumference of Brooklyn included one
at Calvert Vaux Park Sunday, at Randall’s Island Monday, at Brooklyn Army
Terminal Pier 4 Tuesday and at Bush Terminal Piers Park Wednesday with
another stopping by Sunken Meadow State Park last Sunday. A few GLAUCOUS
and ICELAND GULLS scattered regionally included both out at Bellport Bay
Yacht Club during the week.

Single ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS were noted on Staten Island Thursday and at Gilgo
today and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in
Rye.

Three LAPLAND LONGSPURS were spotted in a large Horned Lark flock off
Cook’s Lane in Watermill Thursday and a LARK SPARROW was spotted today at
Plumb Beach perhaps lingering there since November.

Three YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were reported during the week with one Thursday
near the BULLOCK’S ORIOLE site and the YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still
present in Carl Schurz Park in Manhattan at least to Tuesday.

We will provide a Christmas Count highlight summary with next week’s tape.

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, 12/18/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 18, 2025
* NYNY2512.18

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
CASSIN’S SPARROW+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

ROSS’S GOOSE
Greater White-fronted Goose
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Eurasian Wigeon
King Eider
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
PACIFIC LOON
BROWN PELICAN
Rough-legged Hawk
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER

– 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 *Thursday, December
18th 2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CASSIN’S SPARROW,
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE and a Rockland County PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, ROSS’S GOOSE,
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, PACIFIC LOON, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL,
CLAY-COLORED and GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, TOWNSEND’S and
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS and much more.

Despite last Sunday’s snowstorm the CASSIN’S SPARROW, lingering recently at
Montauk Point, continues to feed in the short grass along the entrance road
near the tip or in adjacent grasses along the edge of the upper parking
lot. A previously accompanying GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was also seen again with
it last Saturday.

A TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, most recently visiting Dosoris Pond off Pryibil Beach
in Oyster Bay, was last seen there on Tuesday but likely continuing in the
area with one of the many roaming Canada Goose flocks. Both the ROSS’S and
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE also occurring there were not reported after
Monday at that location though scattered ROSS’S were also noted during the
week in mid-Long Island at Sunken Meadow State Park Tuesday, at Timber
Point Golf Course Sunday and at Connetquot River State Park over last
weekend so a few seem to be around. Same for GREATER WHITE-FRONTEDS with
one visiting the Alley Pond Park Restoration Pond Wednesday and Thursday,
one at Nassau County Country Club on Saturday and one now visiting Playland
Lake in Rye after being frozen out of the Bowman Avenue Pond in Rye Brook.
The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was also seen Wednesday at the Haverstraw Landfill in
Rockland County. Among the ducks a EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the lake at
Connetquot River State Park to today, a young male KING EIDER was in a
Common Eider flock in Shinnecock Bay Thursday and a young male BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE has been seen off Sunken Meadow State Park since last Saturday
with a female also back on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester since
Wednesday.

A PACIFIC LOON was described from Hallock Landing Beach in Rocky Point on
Wednesday.

A few BROWN PELICANS have remained in the Staten Island to lower Brooklyn
waters with 6 off Manhattan Beach Park Saturday and a couple off Coney
Island Sunday and northern Staten Island Monday but more unexpected was one
seen off Glen Cove Thursday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still present around the Lake Montauk Harbor
entrance during the week with another off Robert Moses State Park mixed in
with some Bonaparte’s Gulls Sunday morning. Four BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES
and 14 RAZORBILLS were also noted off Moses Sunday both of these also
occurring off Montauk Point. A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Argyle Lake in Babylon
last Sunday and several ICELAND GULLS were noted during the week including
2 at Bellport Bay on Monday, singles at Lake Montauk Inlet and Plumb Beach
Thursday and a THAYER’S-type visiting Prospect Park Lake Monday through
Thursday.

A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK has been around the Cedar Beach area since Sunday.
Presumably lingering CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were still at Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park and Heckscher State Park last weekend and a
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last
Sunday. A TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was a good find at the Bayard Cutting
Arboretum last Saturday while a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was still being
seen in Carl Schurz Park in central Manhattan 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, 12/12/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 12, 2025
* NYNY2512.12

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
CASSIN’S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Marbled Godwit
Razorbill
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte’s Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
Grasshopper Sparrow
Redpoll
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL

– 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, December 12th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are CASSIN’S SPARROW, TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BROWN
PELICAN, pelagic trip results including THICK-BILLED MURRE, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and much
more.

Last Saturday at Montauk Point a CASSIN’S SPARROW was discovered along the
park entrance road and amazingly has remained there all week including
today providing New York with its second state record. The bird, perhaps
distressingly tame so far, is usually found in the short grass either
bordering the upper parking lot or in the adjoining short grass down along
the entrance road. The GRASSHOPPER SPARROW accompanying it for much of the
week was last reported on Wednesday.

A TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE residing in the Oyster Bay area since November 3rd
moved a little west during the week and was spotted Tuesday on Dosoris Pond
in Glen Cove. Also joining the Canada Goose flock that the TUNDRA SWAN has
been associating with have been a ROSS’S GOOSE, two SNOW GEESE including an
immature BLUE GOOSE and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. This pond can be
viewed from the Pryibil Beach parking lot at the end of East Beach Road but
the birds have also moved to the adjacent Glen Cove golf course. Please
respect the local parking rules when visiting there. Another ROSS’S GOOSE
was present all week on a pond in St. James that is off Mills Pond Road
while other single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE featured one continuing to
visit the Nassau County Stormwater Basin No. 21 west of New Hyde Park Road,
one at Miller Field on Staten Island from Monday through today, one on
Short’s Pond in Bridgehampton yesterday and one continuing in lower
Westchester seen on Playland Lake in Rye today. EURASIAN WIGEONS include
one at the south end of Hempstead Lake State Park all week at least to
Thursday, one continuing at Connetquot River State Park and one or two on
Mill Pond on the north side of Montauk Highway in Sayville during the week
while single HARLEQUIN DUCKS were reported off Montauk Point Saturday and
Wednesday.

Decent numbers of BROWN PELICANS were seen throughout the week in the
waters off southern Brooklyn over to Staten Island with 9 off Brighton
Beach Saturday and 14 off Coney Island Wednesday but the peak actually was
the 19 counted as the American Princess pelagic trip was leaving Brooklyn
Saturday morning. This 8 hour venture into ocean waters also tallied a
THICK-BILLED MURRE, 78 RAZORBILLS, a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, one ICELAND,
10 LESSER BLACK-BACKED and 822 BONAPARTE’S GULLS and 267 NORTHERN GANNETS
plus a nice variety of cetaceans. Out at Montauk 2 BLACK-HEADED GULLS were
seen around the Lake Montauk jetties on Sunday and a GLAUCOUS GULL was
photographed off the point Wednesday and 6 RAZORBILLS counted today and a
RED-NECKED GREBE noted Tuesday. Another RED-NECKED GREBE was present in the
north end of Jamaica Bay Sunday through Tuesday.

A MARBLED GODWIT was off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station
Thursday to today while continuing birds feature a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at
Marshlands Conservancy in Rye and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at Carl Schurz
Park in Manhattan.

Single REDPOLLS were reported from Napeague State Park Sunday and Jones
Beach West End Tuesday while single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included one
lingering in Heckscher State Park to Wednesday, one off Dune Road Tuesday
and one today at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park with a DICKCISSEL near the
Central Park Reservoir last weekend.

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, 12/5/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 5, 2025
* NYNY2512.05

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Snow Goose
ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
HARLEQUIN DUCK
EARED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
Red-headed Woodpecker
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Evening Grosbeak
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
DICKCISSEL

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, December
5, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BROWN PELICAN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER,
WESTERN KINGBIRD, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN
WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL, and much
more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues in the Oyster Bay area, still being
seen in the morning on Beaver Lake before departing its overnight
roost in favor of various feeding areas in the surrounding
neighborhood.  The best spot from which to look for the Goose still
seems to be the causeway on Cleft Road, which bisects Beaver Lake.
Scan south for the roosting Geese and be careful on the causeway.
Parking is available at nearby Shu Swamp, requiring a hike to the
causeway, and a telescope is useful.

Some SANDHILL CRANES moving through our area this week included 6 seen
over Green-Wood Cemetery and nearby sites in Brooklyn mid-afternoon on
Thursday. followed shortly thereafter with 8 moving south over Pelham
Bay Park in the Bronx.  A large group moving down the Connecticut
coast today was apparently not noted in our region – maybe tomorrow?

Some lingering BROWN PELICANS included 6 last Saturday off Fort
Wadsworth on Staten Island, up to 12 Sunday at Breezy Point, with 5
there Monday, and 5 seen off Coney Island to Thursday.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER stayed around Plumb Beach to last Sunday,
and a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen again Wednesday at Caumsett State
Park.

Multiple ROSS’S GOOSE reports included 1 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge last Sunday and again Tuesday, with 2 on Thursday seen with
SNOW GEESE on the East Pond, and another present Wednesday to Friday
on a pond east of Mills Pond Road in St. James.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit the pond off Bowman
Avenue in Rye Brook, and 1 was seen Thursday and Friday in Lake
Success on the Nassau County Stormwater Basin #21west of New Hyde Park
Road.

Drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were still present early in the week at
Connetquot River State Park and Frank Melville Memorial Park in
Setauket, and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were spotted off Rockaway Beach
between Beach 81st and 84th Streets on Wednesday.

An EARED GREBE was still being seen on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay as
of Sunday.

Single ICELAND GULLS were found at Breezy Point Sunday and Monday and
at Old Field Point Thursday, while an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

Among the winter finches that so far have made it into our area, even
if only briefly, were this week a flock of about a dozen RED
CROSSBILLS visiting Croton Point Park Thursday morning, with one or
more also heard only at Jones Beach West End last Saturday morning,
two female EVENING GROSBEAKS appearing in Prospect Park today, and a
PINE SISKIN in Central Park last Saturday.

A few LAPLAND LONGSPURS included 1 at Breezy Point Saturday, 2 at
Gardiners Bay Wednesday, and 1 at Sammy’s Beach today, and single
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted at Randall’s Island Saturday and in
Heckscher State Park Wednesday through Friday.

A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER has continued at Manhattan’s Carl Schurz
Park at least to yesterday, with several other WARBLER species also
still hanging on, including numerous ORANGE-CROWNED.

A DICKCISSEL was spotted at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Saturday.

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, 11/28/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov 28, 2025
* NYNY2511.28

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN GOOSE+
WHITE-WINGED DOVE+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
BROWN BOOBY
BROWN PELICAN
Western Cattle-Egret
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
Evening Grosbeak
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Red-winged Blackbird
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Dickcissel

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, November
28, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,
BROWN PELICAN, TOWNSEND’S and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS
and much more.

Though not reported for several days after last Friday, the TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE has been spotted on Beaver Lake in Oyster Bay from
Wednesday through today.  This goose presumably continues to roost
overnight with CANADA GEESE on the south end of the lake, moving out
in mid-morning to feeding areas in the surrounding neighborhood.  The
best area to look for the goose still seems to be from the causeway
portion of Cleft Road, which crosses the middle of Beaver Lake. Look
south from the causeway but be aware that the geese might be hidden by
shoreline coves and overhanging vegetation.  Parking is available at
nearby Shu Swamp but does require a hike from there.  A telescope is
certainly useful and be careful along the roadway.

Three nice rarities occurring on consecutive days early in the week
featured a BROWN BOOBY photographed as it flew by Fire Island off
Smith Point County Park last Sunday; followed Monday by a WHITE-WINGED
DOVE seen twice briefly on Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Park on
Staten Island before disappearing, and then on Tuesday a female
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD spotted in a small flock of RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS by a sharp-eyed young lady who pointed it out to her father
as the birds moved by their east-side Manhattan apartment building.

BROWN PELICANS continue to be seen in the waters off southwest
Brooklyn from lower New York Bay down to Breezy Point and east towards
Jamaica Bay, with a peak of 19 counted off Coney Island on Wednesday
and at least 2 noted today south of the Verrazano Bridge.

The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER at Highbridge Park in northern Manhattan was
last reported on Monday, but 1 or 2 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were
present from Sunday to today at Carl Schurz Park, located off East End
Avenue and East 87th Street.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found last week at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn
was still present at least up to Thursday, and another visited Bush
Terminal Piers Park last weekend, while a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen
again at Sammy’s Beach in Northwest Harbor on Monday.

The EARED GREBE at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was seen on the West
Pond as recently as Tuesday, while the one found last week in
Shinnecock Bay was still off the end of Atterbury Road on Tuesday.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were spotted at Plumb Beach Sunday, again in
Montauk Inlet Monday, and on Prospect Park lake today; a GLAUCOUS GULL
was at Patchogue’s Shorefront Park Wednesday (along with a
DICKCISSEL), and an ICELAND GULL (plus a RED-NECKED GREBE) visited
Plumb Beach Saturday.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has returned to Rye Brook for the 12th
consecutive year, appearing on the pond off Bowman Avenue as of last
Saturday, this behind the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, while EURASIAN
WIGEON were noted during the week at both Connetquot River State Park
and Frank Melville Memorial Park.

Single WESTERN CATTLE-EGRETS continued at Floyd Bennett Field to
Saturday and Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk to Thursday.

A LARK SPARROW was at Plumb Beach Sunday, with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
at Jamaica Bay Saturday followed by one at Randalls Island today.

At least three EVENING GROSBEAKS visited Central Park last weekend.

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, 11/21/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 21, 2025
* NYNY2511.21

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

TUNDRA SWAN
EURASIAN WIGEON
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
BROWN PELICAN
Western Cattle Egret
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
EVENING GROSBEAK
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler

– 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, November 21st
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE,
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, LECONTE’S SPARROW, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE
SWALLOW, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, RUFOUS-type
HUMMINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON,
EVENING GROSBEAK and other Winter finches, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and much more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues its residence in the Oyster Bay area […]
using Beaver Lake as its overnight roosting site and moving mid-morning
with Canada Geese to various fields and golf courses for feeding purposes.
Most reliable viewing in that area is to look south from the causeway
portion of Cleft Road which splits Beaver Lake. Parking is available at
nearby Shu Swamp requiring a hike.

An apparent immature TOWNSEND’S WARBLER was spotted Thursday at Highbridge
Park which is south of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge and just east of
Edgecombe Avenue in northern Manhattan and it continued there today. Check
eBird maps for directions to this location.

A LECONTE’S SPARROW was a nice find Wednesday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge lurking in grasses along the south side of the West Pond near the
breach. The sparrow continued to Thursday but perhaps successive pursuit
impacted its stay. Please stay on the paths there.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found Monday at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn was
still present today seen near the Belt Parkway along the path on the north
side of the marsh.

This weeks only reported CAVE SWALLOWS come from last Saturday with one
noted at Fort Tilden and the Breezy Point tip.

A group of birds photographed moving over Croton Point Park last Sunday on
inspection turned out to be a flock of Cedar Waxwings that included one
BOHEMIAN WAXWING.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD found last Friday at Caumsett State Park was seen there
again on Monday and another was spotted today at Sammy’s Beach in Northwest
Harbor.

The EARED GREBE on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was still
present today and another was found Wednesday in Shinnecock Bay spotted
from the end of Atterbury Road in Shinnecock Hills while a RED-NECKED GREBE
was off Plumb Beach today.

A RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD continues near Rocky Point State Pine Barrens
Preserve.

Up to 4 or more BROWN PELICANS were noted fairly regularly all week in the
Gravesend Bay to Breezy Point and Staten Island area while 4 birds moving
northwest high over Brooklyn Monday morning were identified as SANDHILL
CRANES.

A formation of roughly 40 birds moving southeast over Pelham Bay Park
Wednesday morning were judged to be TUNDRA SWANS.

Single EURASIAN WIGEONS continue at Connetquot River State Park and at
Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET stayed at Floyd Bennett Field all week with another
in Montauk Wednesday.

Providing a decent sign for some Winter finches this season have been the
recent appearances of EVENING GROSBEAK at a Bridgehampton feeder last
weekend and in Central Park Thursday, a small number of PINE SISKINS lately
and a RED CROSSBILL at Cupsogue Beach County Park Tuesday.

Single LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at Smith Point County Park Sunday and then on
Thursday at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Sammy’s Beach whilst sparrows
featured a LARK Saturday at Plumb Beach, a CLAY-COLORED at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge Wednesday and Thursday and a GRASSHOPPER at Bush Terminal
Piers Park Wednesday and Thursday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT appeared at Cupsogue Saturday and lingering warblers
included a HOODED in Forest Park Wednesday and several ORANGE-CROWNEDS.

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, 11/14/2025

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 14, 2025
* NYNY2511.14

– Birds mentioned
TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
VARIED THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
EARED GREBE
Hudsonian Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
BLACK-HEADED GULL
PACIFIC LOON
Great Shearwater
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
Western Cattle Egret
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
Evening Grosbeak
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
DICKCISSEL

– 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, November 14th
2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, PURPLE
GALLINULE, PACIFIC LOON, VARIED THRUSH, CAVE SWALLOW, WESTERN KINGBIRD,
EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD,
EURASIAN WIGEON, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL and more.

A TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE happily continues through today in the Oyster Bay area
of Nassau County maintaining its routine roosting overnight on Beaver Lake
with Canada Geese and flying out later in the morning to any of various
local fields and golf courses. Most reliable viewing is to look south from
the causeway portion of Cleft Road which splits Beaver Lake but parking is
a problem as much of the area is private. Parking is available at nearby
Shu Swamp though it does require a hike so be careful.

The adult PURPLE GALLINULE was last reported Tuesday in Montauk where it
had been staying along Industrial Road at the north end of Fort Pond.

Last Saturday a PACIFIC LOON was identified off Stelhi Beach in Lattingtown
on the north shore of Nassau County where it was seen sporadically through
Monday morning.

The VARIED THRUSH in Prospect Park was last seen Saturday but not reported
thereafter.

CAVE SWALLOWS were seen at several south shore locations especially on the
stronger winds early in the week with from one up to 8 counted from Cedar
Beach to the Rockaways, Coney Island and Fort Tilden. Others should
hopefully also be moving through.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was found today at Caumsett State Park along the
southwest side of the polo field.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the EARED GREBE was seen at least to Tuesday
on the West Pond and may continue there. Also at the bay on the East Pond 2
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were spotted Sunday and a HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen
again Tuesday.

A sizable number of BROWN PELICANS have been hanging out recently in the
waters off Breezy Point and over towards Staten Island with 15 counted off
Fort Tilden and 5 off Staten Island Saturday and 23 estimated off Coney
Island Monday leading up to today with 32 counted from Breezy Point and 11
off Fort Wadsworth.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was still present Sunday at the inlet to Lake Montauk
and the selasphorus hummingbird, likely RUFOUS, continues near Rocky Point
State Pine Barrens Preserve.

A EURASIAN WIGEON spent the week at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Mill
Pond in Setauket with another also at Connetquot River State Park.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET spent much of the week at Floyd Bennett Field and
last Saturday a GREAT SHEARWATER, a PARASITIC JAEGER and an estimated 1,200
NORTHERN GANNETS were off Fort Tilden.

An EVENING GROSBEAK flew over the Pruyn Sanctuary in Westchester Tuesday
and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR visited Croton Point Park last Saturday with another
today at Robert Moses State Park field 2. A LARK SPARROW was found today in
Stillwell Woods Park in Woodbury. A few CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS included 2 at
Playland Park in Rye last Sunday and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was in Central
Park Sunday.

A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was found at Cupsogue Beach County Park today and a
DICKCISSEL visited the Reade Sanctuary in Rye 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, 11/7/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Nov. 7, 2025
* NYNY2511.07

– Birds Mentioned

TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE+
RUFOUS-type HUMMINGBIRD+
PURPLE GALLINULE+
VARIED THRUSH+
SMITH’S LONGSPUR+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
SANDHILL CRANE
Hudsonian Godwit
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
BROWN PELICAN
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET
Rough-legged Hawk
WESTERN KINGBIRD
CAVE SWALLOW
Evening Grosbeak
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
DICKCISSEL

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, November
7, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, SMITH’S LONGSPUR, PURPLE GALLINULE, VARIED THRUSH, CAVE
SWALLOW, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, RUFOUS-TYPE HUMMINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON,
WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL, and
more.

An exciting week regionally began with a BEAN-GOOSE spotted Monday at
the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, analysis of field marks
pointing to this as the TUNDRA form of this recently split taxon.
Since Monday, the GOOSE has been found to roost overnight with CANADA
GEESE on Beaver Lake, this area visible looking south from the
causeway portion of Cleft Road.  There is parking at nearby Shu Swamp,
requiring a hike, but much of the area is private.  The GEESE leave
the lake later in the morning, flying out to any of the various fields
or golf courses in the area.  On Tuesday it was found southwest of the
lake at the Nassau Country Club on a pond off Nassau Road.  Good luck!

A SMITH’S LONGSPUR was found in dunes east of Shinnecock Inlet last
Sunday and seen again Monday but not reported since.

An adult PURPLE GALLINULE spotted Wednesday along Industrial Road at
the north end of Fort Pond in Montauk was still present today, and,
interestingly, may be the same individual that visited this same
location last October.

The striking male VARIED THRUSH has continued through the week in
Prospect Park, usually seen just below the Litchfield Villa just east
of Prospect Park West and 5th Street.

CAVE SWALLOWS have again made their late fall incursion into New York,
both up in the Great Lakes region and now coastally in our area. So
far they’ve been noted locally in the Bronx since Tuesday around the
Pelham Bay landfill, sparsely so far along the Westchester coast, and
at Governors Island today, but more are up along the Connecticut coast
and hopefully will be moving our way and likely along the Atlantic
shore of Long Island  as well.

A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen briefly Thursday at Randalls Island, and
another has since last Sunday been visiting the Suffolk County Farm
and Education Center, where a LARK SPARROW was also seen Monday and
Wednesday.

At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the EARED GREBE was still present
today on the West Pond, where an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted last
Saturday.

A number of BROWN PELICANS have been seen in lower New York Bay since
last Sunday from both Breezy Point and various Brooklyn locations as
well as from northeastern Staten Island, these including counts of 16
off Brooklyn Monday and 17 off Fort Tilden Thursday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was joined by an ICELAND GULL on Fort Pond Bay in
Montauk on Wednesday, a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Wolfe’s Pond Park
Thursday, four SANDHILL CRANES flew over the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch
in Bedford last Sunday, and a WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET was last seen in
Cutchogue Sunday.

For waterfowl, a EURASIAN WIGEON was back at Connetquot River State
Park as of Wednesday, and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Fort Tilden
Sunday, while also notable were a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Sheepshead Bay
Wednesday and a Selasphorus HUMMINGBIRD, likely RUFOUS, near the Rocky
Point State Pine Barrens Preserve to Friday.

An EVENING GROSBEAK flew over Alley Pond Park Friday morning, and
SPARROWS included a LARK in Central Park Thursday, 3 CLAY-COLORED, 2
GRASSHOPPER and a few VESPER, with some DICKCISSELS continuing
locally,

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, 10/31/2025

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 31, 2025
* NYNY2510.31 

– Birds Mentioned

COMMON CUCKOO+
VARIED THRUSH+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill 
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
BROWN PELICAN 
American Bittern
WESTERN CATTLE EGRET
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
WESTERN KINGBIRD 
Grasshopper Sparrow
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Orange-crowned Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER 
DICKCISSEL

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, October 31, 2025 at 11:00 pm.  The highlights of today’s tape are COMMON. CUCKOO, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, VARIED THRUSH, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more.

The COMMON CUCKOO first noted out in Riverhead back on October 23rd, stayed roughly in the same area just east of Roanoke Avenue through Saturday, though eluding birders for quite a while, and then on Sunday it was found in the morning a little further east along Reeves Avenue but soon thereafter apparently disappeared for good.

The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, keeping company with CANADA GEESE at the Buffalo Farm on the west side of Roanoke Avenue just south of Reeves Avenue, continued through Monday and was reported Tuesday just north of there but not since, though a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found Tuesday at the Buffalo Farm, both of these rarer geese likely still in that area.

Last Monday a stunning adult male VARIED THRUSH was found in Prospect Park and has continued there through today.  The location is near Litchfield Villa just east of Prospect Park West and 5th Street.  Check with birders at the site for more specific directions.  

A WESTERN KINGBIRD found at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay last Sunday was still present today around the fenced in farm by the arboretum.

Five BROWN PELICANS were seen off Coney Island Creek Park last Sunday but not reported subsequently.

A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, present since Wednesday in the Cutchogue area on the North Fork, was still being seen today, usually briefly, as it flies around back fields at the Pellegrini Vineyards, following the cattle herd on the northwest side of Main Road.

Among the shorebirds, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Fort Tilden Tuesday, where 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted, and the  HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen again Saturday and Tuesday on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

The recent storm event did produce 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS spotted off Riis Park on Thursday, 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also noted there, and a CASPIAN TERN was around Robert Moses State Park Wednesday and Thursday, while the season’s first alcids featured 2 RAZORBILLS off Smith Point County Park in Shirley on Thursday.  

An AMERICAN BITTERN was spotted in Prospect Park last Saturday and again today.

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included 1 in Green-Wood Cemetery last Saturday and 1 all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.

On Sunday and Monday single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were present at Hudson River Park in lower Manhattan and at Jones Beach West End, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW visited Planting Fields Arboretum Monday and Tuesday, while several VESPER SPARROWS were also locally uncovered during the week.

YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred at the JFK Tobay Sanctuary Saturday, Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday, Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and Monday, and Inwood Hill Park Monday, and several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS and DICKCISSELS were found, but the surprise was a SUMMER TANAGER seen Saturday and Tuesday in Kissena Park in Queens. 

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