- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jan. 11, 2019 * NYNY1901.11
- Birds mentioned COMMON MURRE+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ BARNACLE GOOSE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Red-necked Grebe Common Loon Red-throated Loon Razorbill DOVEKIE BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE GLAUCOUS GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull BLACK-HEADED GULL EURASIAN WIGEON BARROW'S GOLDENEYE HARLEQUIN DUCK GREEN-WINGED TEAL Common Eider KING EIDER Black Scoter Surf Scoter Greater White-fronted Goose Cackling Goose American Bittern Osprey Snowy Owl Evening Grosbeak RED CROSSBILL Cape May Warbler Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Extralimital: MEW GULL+ (Connecticut) GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW+ (Ulster County) - 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 Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro 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 11th 2019 at 9pm. The highlights of today's tape are THICK-BILLED MURRE, COMMON MURRE, DOVEKIE, BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, RED CROSSBILL and more. As the nice RAZORBILL push continues along the south shore of Long Island Shinnecock Inlet continues to add other species of alcids to the mix. Last Sunday among the few hundred RAZORBILLS were also one or more DOVEKIE spotted within the RAZORBILL flocks. Last week's THICK-BILLED MURRE was still being seen in Shinnecock Inlet up to Monday and a COMMON MURRE, photographed in the inlet last Sunday was apparently different from one seen in the afternoon both yesterday and today near the west jetty. Additionally at Shinnecock a female HARLEQUIN DUCK has been feeding daily along the west jetty and a female KING EIDER was also there last Sunday these part of a large concentration of COMMON EIDERS and mainly BLACK and SURF SCOTERS plus numbers of RED-THROATED and COMMON LOONS and up to 3 RED-NECKED GREBES. Today 3 or more BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were seen around offshore gull gatherings and a young GLAUCOUS GULL flew by. In addition among the birds along Dune Road west of Shinnecock Inlet have been AMERICAN BITTERNS, SNOWY OWL and a GLAUCOUS GULL near Triton Lane. Among recent RAZORBILL flights were 120 off Breezy Point last Sunday while about 2,500 were estimated off Montauk Point on Tuesday. The sod fields north of Riverhead are now attracting large numbers of Canada Geese among them a BARNACLE GOOSE was spotted in the fog last Tuesday and was present again today on fields on either side of Route 105 just south of Sound Avenue and north of the Northville Turnpike. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE are also in this flock and another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED was present today in a Canada flock at the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue just west of Roanoke Avenue. A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was seen again off Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx Wednesday with a female also off City Island last Sunday and another drake BARROW'S remains off Crab Meadow Beach in Northport. Drake EURASIAN WIGEON continue at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn and at Avon Lake in Amityville and a Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL was spotted Wednesday on Miller's Pond in Smithtown. Scattered CACKLING GEESE continue in the area. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was spotted off Robert Moses State Park last Saturday and an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station last Sunday and on Thursday an adult was spotted in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn. Was this perhaps the same individual? An ICELAND GULL was spotted in the Brooklyn Narrows Tuesday and a GLAUCOUS GULL visited Joline Beach in the Tottenville section of Staten Island Wednesday while single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS included one on Central Park's Reservoir last Saturday and others the length of Long Island. Three RED-NECKED GREBES were noted off Brooklyn's Plumb Beach Tuesday. A late OSPREY was seen on Tuesday on the Croton Reservoir system in northern Westchester County. Four or more RED CROSSBILLS were in the pines at Jones Beach West End last Sunday and a male EVENING GROSBEAK was still being seen in Riverside Park up to Tuesday. For lingering warblers Union Square Park in Manhattan still held OVENBIRD and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT today with the CAPE MAY WARBLER still reported to Wednesday. Extralimitally the GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW in Downsville Ulster County was still present today. If visiting please be very mindful of the rights and sensitivities of the local residents. Also check the Connecticut list serves for the wonderful Kamchatka race of MEW GULL visiting Holly Pond in Stamford. To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or 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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
