-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 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org --
