NYC Area Rare Bird Alert, 1/30/2026

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 30, 2026
* NYNY2601.30

– Birds Mentioned

Tundra Bean-Goose+
CASSIN’S SPARROW+
LECONTE’S SPARROW+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Cackling Goose
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
TUFTED DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
KING EIDER
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
Orange-crowned Warbler
PAINTED BUNTING

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, January30,
2026 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are CASSIN’S and LECONTE’S SPARROWS,
PAINTED BUNTING, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUFTED DUCK,
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE and KING EIDER, THICK-BILLED MURRE and DOVEKIE,
GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and more.

As anticipated, this week’s horrendous weather has definitely impacted
local birding.  The CASSIN’S SPARROW at Montauk Point was reported
Saturday and then again on Tuesday, still around the perimeter roadway
near the lighthouse entrance and upper parking lot, so this tough
little bird could still be present, as unlikely as that seems.

On the other hand, as a note to this week’s tape, the TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE on Long Island was last noted in the Oyster Bay area back
on Monday the 19th, but also could possibly be lingering locally.

On Thursday a LECONTE’S SPARROW was found on the landfill at Croton
Point Park in Westchester and noted there again today.  The bird has
been in company with other ground feeders around a plowed section at
the top of the landfill technically only for maintenance personnel, so
please be mindful of this if visiting there.

A female–type PAINTED BUNTING was photographed visiting a private
feeder last Saturday and Sunday in Hampton Bays but has since
disappeared.

A ROSS’S GOOSE was noted again Saturday in the large flock that had
been feeding on a set of fields on the south side of Route 27 Montauk
Highway, just west of Town Line Road in Sagaponack, this also
containing up to three GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE.

Among various CACKLING GEESE were three still visiting the Great Lawn
in Central Park last Saturday.

A drake TUFTED DUCK was spotted on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester
last Saturday but has been difficult to relocate, as the ice there
continues to increase.  The concentrations of DUCKS there, mostly
RING-NECKEDS, does still contain one or two female BARROW’S
GOLDENEYES, a few REDHEADS and a CANVASBACK, with a RED-NECKED GREBE
also there to at least Thursday.

A female KING EIDER was spotted flying up Shinnecock Inlet with COMMON
EIDERS on Wednesday, heading into the bay, and three HARLEQUIN DUCKS
were still around the Inlet last Saturday.  Other HARLEQUINS include a
male still around Southold Town Beach last Saturday and another drake
off Ditch Plains Wednesday.

A THICK-BILLED MURRE continued at least to Saturday off the southern
tip of Staten Island, seen from Conference House Park and farther up
the coast in Tottenville, while on Wednesday alcids seen off Montauk
Point featured two DOVEKIES and 9 RAZORBILLS.

A GLAUCOUS GULL visited Bush Terminal Piers Park last Saturday, and
ICELAND GULLS included three around Gravesend Bay Wednesday and one
out at Old Field Point Thursday.

A LARK SPARROW was photographed at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
Monday, while the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW lingering at Heckscher State
Park Field 5 was last reported last Saturday.

A few ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS still continue in appropriate habitat.

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, 1/23/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 23, 2026
* NYNY2601.23

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

ROSS’S GOOSE
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
Harlequin Duck
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
RED PHALAROPE
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
GLAUCOUS GULL
Iceland Gull
PACIFIC LOON
Northern Gannet
American Goshawk
Rough-legged Hawk
RED CROSSBILL
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT

– 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 23rd 2026 at 11pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, CASSIN’S SPARROW, BULLOCK’S ORIOLE, PACIFIC LOON, pelagic trip results including RED PHALAROPE and DOVEKIE, THICK-BILLED MURRE, ROSS’S GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON and BARROW’S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, RED CROSSBILL, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more.

Though everything may change in a day or two the TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE was still present at least through Monday in the Oyster Bay area seen that day roosting on Dosoris Pond as viewed from Pryibil Beach at the end of East Beach Drive.

The CASSIN’S SPARROW was reported through today at Montauk Point still lingering in the short grass along the entrance road near the lighthouse and the BULLOCK’S ORIOLE in East Islip was again spotted last Saturday in trees off the parking lot at St. Mary’s School which with school open is not available on weekdays.

A PACIFIC LOON spotted Wednesday near the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End was reported there again Thursday morning.

A 12-hour pelagic trip last Sunday aboard the American Princess out of Sheepshead Bay recorded a very unexpected RED PHALAROPE plus 185 RAZORBILLS and 284 DOVEKIES, 2 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, an ICELAND GULL and 87 NORTHERN GANNETS. On Monday a DOVEKIE was seen in Jones Inlet and then on Thursday another was found injured at Brooklyn Bridge Park and taken to a rehabilitator. A THICK-BILLED MURRE was still visiting the waters off southern Staten Island and was seen again today at Conference House Park eventually moving off towards the New Jersey side.

A ROSS’S GOOSE has been feeding with Canada Geese recently in Sagaponack on a set of fields on the south side of Montauk Highway, Route 27 just west of Townline Road. Multiple GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE have also been seen associating with this flock while single WHITE-FRONTEDS have been noted at Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and on Playland Lake in Rye recently. Scattered CACKLING GEESE have recently included 3 reported from the Great Lawn in Central Park. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON has been on Mill Pond in Sayville at least since Wednesday. Drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYES were seen on Monday at Sammy’s Beach in East Hampton and on Thursday near the north ferry dock on Shelter Island and another identified as a young male continues off Sunken Meadow State Park with 2 female types still on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester to today. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were in Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday to today and another visited Southold Town Beach at least Monday to Thursday.

A BLACK-HEADED GULL was at Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday, another at Plumb Beach Thursday while single GLAUCOUS GULLS were noted at Bush Terminal Piers Park Sunday and at the Bellport Bay Yacht Club Monday while up to 3 or more ICELAND GULLS have been frequenting waters between Gravesend Bay and Floyd Bennett Field.

An AMERICAN GOSHAWK has been reported a few times in the Jones Beach West End area since last Saturday and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was present at Shirley Chisholm State Park Wednesday and Thursday.

Four RED-NECKED GREBES were reported off Breezy Point Saturday, 2 on Monday.

Two RED CROSSBILLS were heard moving over Wave Hill in the Bronx Wednesday morning.

A lingering LARK SPARROW was seen again on Sunday at Plumb Beach, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was still at Heckscher State Park field 5 on Friday and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was noted in Lynbrook 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, 1/16/2026

– RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 16, 2026
* NYNY2601.16

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

ROSS’S GOOSE
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
BLACK GUILLEMOT
Razorbill
DOVEKIE
THICK-BILLED MURRE
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
AMERICAN GOSHAWK
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
LARK SPARROW

– 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 16th
2026* at 11pm. 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, KING EIDER and HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK
GUILLEMOT, THICK-BILLED MURRE and DOVEKIE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, AMERICAN
GOSHAWK, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS and more.

The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, while not reported for several days this week does
continue in the Oyster Bay area spotted Wednesday and again today back on
Beaver Lake. At that site look for the goose roosting with Canadas on the
south end of the lake as viewed from the causeway on Cleft Road which
splits the lake. Parking is available at nearby Shu Swamp but be careful on
the roadway. Other sites to check are Dosoris Pond as viewed from Pryibil
Beach at the end of East Beach Drive or Nassau Country Club as viewed from
Nassau Road.

The CASSIN’S SPARROW was still along the roadway near the lighthouse at
Montauk Point as of yesterday. Park in the upper lot and search the short
grass sections along the roadway towards the lighthouse and up towards the
parking lot.

The immature BULLOCK’S ORIOLE continues in East Islip but with St. Mary’s
School open now on weekdays parking there is not available at that time.
The ORIOLE moves occasionally from adjoining private property to trees
around the school parking lot but be sure to act responsibly if visiting
there.

Joining a large number of Canada Geese on a series of fields in Sagaponack
along the south side of Route 27 recently have been a ROSS’S GOOSE and up
to 14 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE. Another ROSS’S visited Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge last Monday and other GREATER WHITE-FRONTEDS have included
2 at Van Cortlandt Park Wednesday, 3 recently on Larchmont Reservoir off
Waver Street and one continuing in the Rye area. The immature TUFTED DUCK
continues to be reported on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester as does a
female BARROW’S GOLDENEYE while Long Island BARROW’S include continuing off
Sunken Meadow State Park through today and one at Goldsmith Inlet in
Southold last Saturday. A young male KING EIDER was spotted near Shinnecock
Inlet last Saturday and a HARLEQUIN DUCK was off Southold Town Beach Monday
and Tuesday with others in the Jones Inlet area.

A decent run of alcids this week featured a BLACK GUILLEMOT photographed
nicely during its brief visit to the Jones Beach West End jetty last Sunday
followed by a THICK-BILLED MURRE feeding in the inlet off the West End
Coast Guard Station Wednesday through today with another THICK-BILLED found
Wednesday off Conference House Park on Staten Island. Montauk Point for the
week peaked with a couple of DOVEKIES Thursday along with over 1,100
RAZORBILLS and 13 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES and 6 DOVEKIES were feeding at
Shinnecock Inlet with some RAZORBILLS last Saturday with 3 DOVEKIES still
there on Sunday. A few RAZORBILLS were also noted along the Brooklyn shore.

Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS included one returning to the Setauket Harbor
area during the week, another at Plumb Beach early in the week and one in
Jones Inlet today and a few ICELAND GULLS were also encountered.

An immature AMERICAN GOSHAWK was a nice surprise as it cruised in a
westerly direction over the JFK-Tobay Sanctuary last Sunday afternoon.

A LARK SPARROW was seen again at Plumb Beach last weekend and a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW has been present Wednesday to today at Heckscher State
Park field 5.

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, 1/9/2026

-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