RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* January 31, 2014
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
MEW GULL+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Eurasian Wigeon
KING EIDER
Common Eider
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
American Bittern
Bald Eagle
Clapper Rail
Willet
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Black-legged Kittiwake
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
Horned Lark
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nelson's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Baltimore Oriole
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
nysa...@nybirds.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
~ Transcript ~
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Weekly Recording: (212) 979-3070
To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays)
Tony Lauro (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)
Compilers: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
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, January 31,
2014, at 5:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are MEW GULL, PINK-FOOTED,
BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS,
KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCKS, NORTHERN SHRIKE and much more.
The Brooklyn MEW GULL, judged to be the Eurasian subspecies referred to as
COMMON GULL, that was found last Friday the 24th on Veterans Memorial Pier
was seen at that location both Saturday and Sunday briefly in mid-afternoon
but has not been reported since. Besides the pier, places to look would
include around the waste water treatment plant across from Owls Head Park
or at the various Gull roosting spots along the Belt Parkway on the south
side of the Verrazano Bridge down towards Coney Island Creek. Also noted
around the pier this week have been a drake EURASIAN WIGEON and an immature
ICELAND GULL, with two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Coney Island Creek on
Saturday.
Out on Eastern Long Island, the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was present with Canada
Geese on Sunday and Monday around the Route 105 and Sound Avenue
intersection north of Riverhead. This is the same general area but a
little east of last week's site, which was closer to Roanoke Avenue.
The New York City BARNACLE GOOSE has been seen consistently since last
Saturday in the northeast section of Randall's Island, usually either in
the creek adjacent to Field 44 or feeding with Canada Geese on the ball
fields themselves. A RED-NECKED GREBE and an ICELAND GULL were also noted
there Sunday. Two ICELAND GULLS were seen along the East River off
mid-town Manhattan on Sunday.
The elusive Jones Beach West End NORTHERN SHRIKE was spotted Wednesday off
the northwest corner of Lot 2, the bird probably spending much of its time
between this Lot and the inlet jetty. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was with HORNED
LARKS on the field next to the pavilion near the Coast Guard Station on
Wednesday, and across Jones Inlet at Point Lookout birds during the week
included a couple of HARLEQUIN DUCKS continuing around the inlet or ocean
jetties, an immature ICELAND GULL Saturday, the WESTERN WILLET again
Wednesday, and the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER again around the Fireman's Park
on Monday.
Out at Shinnecock, where things remain active, the immature BLACK-HEADED
GULL was seen in the inlet again Thursday. Also around the inlet female
and immature male KING EIDERS continue in the Common Eider and mixed Scoter
flocks there and GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS continue to frequent the inlet
area, feeding or roosting with the many Gulls there, these joined by two
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES last Saturday, when a RED-NECKED GREBE was also
seen. Dune Road west of the inlet has also produced AMERICAN BITTERN,
CLAPPER RAIL, and NELSON'S and SEASIDE SPARROWS this week.
Four GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were present at the south end of Cold
Spring Harbor off Route 25A last Saturday, and another has been visiting
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Shirley the 23rd to at least Tuesday,
seen near the bridge over the Carmans River.
Drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were also noted at Massapequa Preserve Wednesday,
Santapogue Creek in West Babylon on Saturday and off Pelham Bay Park in the
Bronx last weekend. A young male KING EIDER was off Long Beach in
Smithtown Saturday and two CACKLING GEESE have been roosting overnight on
Playland Lake in Rye, Westchester County, recently. RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS
continue at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn, Pelham Bay's Turtle Cove, and
Croton Point, with another north of the lake in Kissena Park Queens on
Wednesday. Tw
