-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec. 6, 2024 * NYNY2412.06
- 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 Red-necked Grebe American Oystercatcher MARBLED GODWIT Long-billed Dowitcher RED PHALAROPE Razorbill Iceland Gull Great Shearwater Northern Gannet AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Rough-legged Hawk Red-headed Woodpecker Orange-crowned 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, December 6, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are SAGE THRASHER, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, RED PHALAROPE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, MARBLED GODWIT, DICKCISSEL and more. The SAGE THRASHER, providing great views since relocated at Field 5 of Robert Moses State Park back on November 17th, continued its presence there at least to Thursday, though no reports from today have yet surfaced. To look for it, check especially the southwest corner of Field 5, where the THRASHER has been often foraging on the grassy edge of the parking lot or roosting in the adjacent plantings. The MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER on Staten Island was last reported on Sunday at the Heritage Farm section of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, and there were no reports of the previous RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD. The RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD visiting feeders out in Eastport was still present today at 353 Old Country Road. The homeowners continue to welcome visitors to their backyard to view this accommodating rarity. To visit, 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. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was also noted there Tuesday to Thursday. Presumably the same AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was photographed over Breezy Point last Saturday and then seen again on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge on Sunday but not reported since. An apparently injured RED PHALAROPE was found Thursday on the beach on Fire Island at or near Smith Point County Park in Shirley but not encountered thereafter. Single GREAT WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted again at Miller Field on Staten Island on Saturday and at Mills Pond south of Route 25A in St. James Tuesday, and in Westchester we welcome back once again the returning GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE to Rye Brook, seen today on the pond off Bowman Avenue by the Rye Ridge Plaza shopping center. A few CACKLING GEESE include one seen during the week at Flushing Meadows Corona Park and two at Miller Field Sunday. A female EURASIAN WIGEON was noted at Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Tuesday to Thursday, and a female KING EIDER was still frequenting the COMMON EIDER flock around the jetties at Point Lookout at least to Wednesday. Up to four HARLEQUIN DUCKS have been around those jetties as well. One or two MARBLED GODWITS have recently been noted at Jones Beach West End at least to Tuesday, usually with the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER flock. A LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER was noted Saturday along Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon, and an ICELAND GULL was reported from Jones Beach West End 2 on Thursday. Birds noted at Montauk Sunday included a RED-NECKED GREBE, up to 24 RAZORBILLS, 4 lingering GREAT SHEARWATERS and 85 NORTHERN GANNETS. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported at Gilgo Tuesday, and several RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS include one in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, one at Sunken Meadow State Park near the entry bridge, and one still at Caumsett State Park Tuesday. A DICKCISSEL found last Saturday in Riverside Park on northern Manhattan was still present today near the old water drip area just south of the tennis courts at about West 119th Street. 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/ --
