-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 29, 2024 * NYNY2411.29
- Birds Mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ SAGE THRASHER+ MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Cackling Goose EURASIAN WIGEON KING EIDER Common Eider HARLEQUIN DUCK ICELAND GULL Great Shearwater AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Red-headed Woodpecker ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER CAVE SWALLOW Lapland Longspur Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 29, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are SAGE THRASHER, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND GULL, DICKCISSEL and more. The SAGE THRASHER at Robert Moses State Park, despite a pox affecting one of its legs, has continued to frequent the southwestern corner of Parking Lot 5 through today. The THRASHER often forages along the grassy edge of the lot, though sometimes it will disappear for a while into the Autumn Olives lining the border of the lot - patience usually does pay off. The MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER visiting the Heritage Farm garden area in the southeast section of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden was still present Wednesday, still calling regularly though generally remaining hidden. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD was also continuing around Snug Harbor, seen at least to Wednesday in gardens south of Chapel Road. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in Eastport since November 2nd was still visiting the yard at 353 Old Country Road today. The homeowners graciously welcome visitors, who should park on Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353, entering the yard carefully just past the house near shrubs marked with streamers to view the feeder area. A young male RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has also been present since November 23rd at a private yard in Rocky Point. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was photographed Monday in Prospect Park, but we have no additional reports. CAVE SWALLOW reports for the week included 2 at Great Kills Park Saturday, 1 around Coney Island Beach last weekend, 2 in Queens Sunday at Arverne East Nature Preserve, and 1 Wednesday at Smith Point County Park. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was last noted Sunday flying west over the West Pond, presumably departing. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been seen regularly all week at Miller Field on Staten Island, where a CACKLING GOOSE has also been occurring recently, and a second WHITE-FRONTED was spotted today on Mills Pond just south of Route 25A, south of Stony Brook. Another CACKLING GOOSE has been in Flushing Meadows Corona Park since Tuesday. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON has recently been reported from both the East and West Ponds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A female KING EIDER has been with the COMMON EIDER flock around the jetties off Point Lookout since Wednesday, and another female KING has been noted all week in Brooklyn, ranging between Brighton Beach and Coney Island Beach. Up to five HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been present at Point Lookout, presumably also ranging over to the Jones Beach West End jetty. Single HARLEQUINS were reported today from Orient Point and Sunken Meadow State Park and Wednesday from Shinnecock Inlet. Two ICELAND GULLS were still present Saturday at Floyd Bennett Field. Numbers of SHEARWATERS off Montauk have dropped off considerably, down to a peak of seven GREATS off Camp Hero Wednesday. A decent number of continuing RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS feature birds at Green-Wood Cemetery and Caumsett and Sunken Meadow State Parks. Two LAPLAND LONGSPURS were noted at Robert Moses State Park Wednesday, and a DICKCISSEL visited Manhattan Beach Park in Brooklyn Saturday, with another at a Manhattan residence Wednesday. Several late WARBLERS recently have included BLACK-AND-WHITE, TENNESSEE, NORTHEN PARULA and MAGNOLIA plus several others 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 -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
