- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 13, 2015 * NYNY1503.13
- Birds mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Cackling Goose TUNDRA SWAN Wood Duck Eurasian Wigeon Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal (Eurasian form "Common Teal") KING EIDER BARROW'S GOLDENEYE Red-necked Grebe Black Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle NORTHERN GOSHAWK Rough-Legged Hawk Killdeer American Woodcock Laughing Gull ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull GLAUCOUS GULL SNOWY OWL Belted Kingfisher Tree Swallow Brown Creeper American Pipit Orange-crowned Warbler Lapland Longspur Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Common Redpoll - 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 To report sightings call: Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day) Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island) Compiler: Tom Burke, 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, March 13th 2015 at 6pm. The highlights of today's tape are BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, SNOWY OWL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, NORTHERN GOSHAWK and more. Finally, melting snow and signs of Spring and the expected early migrants perhaps somewhat delayed are now arriving in our area. Besides flocks of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS and COMMON GRACKLES along with some BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS other species seen this week have included decent numbers of WOOD DUCKS, a BLUE-WINGED TEAL in Queens, a few OSPREY, some widespread KILLDEER and AMERICAN WOODCOCK and a LAUGHING GULL and some TREE SWALLOWS in Brooklyn plus BELTED KINGFISHER, BROWN CREEPER, AMERICAN PIPIT and the like moving farther afield. More should be arriving soon. As to the rarities the status is pretty similar to prior weeks. The BARNACLE GOOSE in Calverton was joined by a second last Saturday the two seen along the east side of Edward's Avenue south of Sound Avenue. Subsequently on Sunday the two were still in the same area but not always together whereas today they were back on the east side of Edward's just north of Route 25. Roads to look for them among the flocks of Canadas besides Edward's Avenue include Riley Avenue and the west side of Twomey Avenue. A CACKLING GOOSE was also in that area and a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen Sunday a little east of there near the Reeves Avenue and Horton Avenue intersection. The drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was still off Manhattan Beach Park in Brooklyn last Saturday. The female was still on the Moravian Cemetery pond on Staten Island Sunday and another female was spotted Wednesday in Pumpkin Channel off Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Also on Staten Island a TUNDRA SWAN visited Great Kills Park for awhile last Saturday. A female KING EIDER was still off Orient Point County Park through Tuesday. Two EURASIAN WIGEON reappeared on the West Sayville Golf Course as of Wednesday and another was at Shirley Marina County Park on Saturday while a Eurasian type GREEN-WINGED TEAL was reported recently from the Wading River duck ponds at North Country Road and Sound Road. A SNOWY OWL was seen at Floyd Bennett Field again last Monday and the immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was still being reported at Jones Beach West End at least to Tuesday. Among the several RED-NECKED GREBES in the area was one spotted Sunday in the West Marina Basin by the waterworks at Point Lookout that was in quite striking breeding plumage. The close proximity of this and a second bird provided wonderful views and both were still there Tuesday. An adult ICELAND GULL was in the Point Lookout Town Park parking lot Sunday and one or two continue at Gravesend Bay in Brooklyn with 3 ICELANDS and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL along the Staten Island shore Monday. Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were at Gravesend Bay Monday and Tuesday and at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn Sunday with another at Artist's Lake in Middle Island Monday. Saturday a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Breezy Point with 7 LAPLAND LONGSPURS at adjacent Riis Park and two more LAPLANDS were still at Jones Beach West End Sunday. Decent numbers of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS continue in the area, 4 BALD EAGLES were in the Riverhead area Sunday and a BLACK VULTURE was over Greenport High School on the north fork on Monday. Some COMMON REDPOLLS remain recently with 40 at Robert Moses State Park Sunday and the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was still in the cattails at Massapequa Preserve on Monday. To phone in reports on Long Island, call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or during the day except Sunday call Tom Burke at (212) 372-1483. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. 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