[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 January 2020
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 3, 2020
* NYNY2001.03
- Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON
Blue-winged Teal
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Eider
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
American Bittern
Piping Plover
Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Snowy Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Baltimore Oriole
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
VARIED THRUSH
- 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
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 3rd
2020 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, PAINTED
BUNTING, VARIED THRUSH, WESTERN GREBE, BARNACLE GOOSE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE,
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
SUMMER TANAGER and much more.
An excellent array of rarities this week and it all began on the Southern
Nassau Christmas Count held on Saturday December 28th which reported a high
135 species including 2 new to the all time count. On Saturday morning a
female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING, possibly a young male, was spotted at
Jones Beach State Park. That bird was still present today from Ocean
Parkway just west of the Jones Beach water tower enter the parking lot for
the Gatsby Restaurant, walk to the small playground on the ocean side of
the parking lot and search especially the shrubby area on the north side of
the playground where the BUNTING is often quietly eating goldenrod seed
heads.
Later on Saturday afternoon a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was found at Philip B.
Healey Beach Park in Massapequa at the end of Florence Avenue. The warbler
visited the few pine trees in the park through Sunday. It was also reported
briefly on Monday and Wednesday but with no continuous sightings those 2
days despite intensive searching. Other notable finds on the Southern
Nassau were HARLEQUIN DUCK around Jones Inlet, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RED-NECKED
GREBE, COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, 99 RAZORBILLS,
BLACK-HEADED GULL at Jones Beach West End, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL,
AMERICAN BITTERN, NORTHERN, BARN and SHORT-EARED OWLS, SNOWY OWL during the
count period, 16 COMMON RAVENS, NASHVILLE WARBLER and 3 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT plus a count period GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
Last Sunday in Prospect Park a VARIED THRUSH was uncovered and photographed
and happily was still present today. The THRUSH can be quite elusive but
today was again near the Nethermead Bridge towards Binnen Pool on the
ravine side of the bridge.
On Wednesday afternoon a WESTERN GREBE was located on the ocean off the
Point Lookout jetties on the west side of Jones Inlet. The bird drifted
towards the inlet but could not be relocated on subsequent days.
Another PAINTED BUNTING and our area's fifth since early November was found
Sunday at Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights. This BUNTING also still
present today near Pier 5.
The Smithtown Christmas Count last Friday netted 106 species with a
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE reported from Sunken Meadow State Park seen on the water
course on the west side of the entrance bridge. Other count highlights
included 7 COMMON EIDER, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 12 RAZORBILLS, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, 4 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, EASTERN PHOEBE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BALTIMORE ORIOLE and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
Seen on the Orient Count last Saturday were 4 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Orient
Point, a PIPING PLOVER and a feeder visiting SUMMER TANAGER.
The BARNACLE GOOSE roosting at Belmont Lake State Park was still around
Tuesday and one was spotted today in Riverhead east of Horton Avenue and
north of Reeves Avenue. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at Hook Pond in
East Hampton yesterday with another remaining in the Rye area. A drake
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is back at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport with Common
Goldeneye west of the beach and a HARLEQUIN DUCK is also at Shinnecock
Inlet. Recent EURASIAN WIGEON have been at Mill Pond in
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 3 January 2020
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 3, 2020
* NYNY2001.03
- Birds mentioned
WESTERN GREBE+
BARNACLE GOOSE+
PAINTED BUNTING+
TOWNSEND'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
GLAUCOUS GULL
ICELAND GULL
Lesser Black-backed Gull
BLACK-HEADED GULL
EURASIAN WIGEON
Blue-winged Teal
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Common Eider
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
American Bittern
Piping Plover
Barn Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Snowy Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Common Raven
Baltimore Oriole
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
Grasshopper Sparrow
SUMMER TANAGER
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
VARIED THRUSH
- 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
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 3rd
2020 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are TOWNSEND'S WARBLER, PAINTED
BUNTING, VARIED THRUSH, WESTERN GREBE, BARNACLE GOOSE, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE,
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, HARLEQUIN
DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, ICELAND GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
SUMMER TANAGER and much more.
An excellent array of rarities this week and it all began on the Southern
Nassau Christmas Count held on Saturday December 28th which reported a high
135 species including 2 new to the all time count. On Saturday morning a
female plumaged PAINTED BUNTING, possibly a young male, was spotted at
Jones Beach State Park. That bird was still present today from Ocean
Parkway just west of the Jones Beach water tower enter the parking lot for
the Gatsby Restaurant, walk to the small playground on the ocean side of
the parking lot and search especially the shrubby area on the north side of
the playground where the BUNTING is often quietly eating goldenrod seed
heads.
Later on Saturday afternoon a TOWNSEND'S WARBLER was found at Philip B.
Healey Beach Park in Massapequa at the end of Florence Avenue. The warbler
visited the few pine trees in the park through Sunday. It was also reported
briefly on Monday and Wednesday but with no continuous sightings those 2
days despite intensive searching. Other notable finds on the Southern
Nassau were HARLEQUIN DUCK around Jones Inlet, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, RED-NECKED
GREBE, COMMON GALLINULE at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, 99 RAZORBILLS,
BLACK-HEADED GULL at Jones Beach West End, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL,
AMERICAN BITTERN, NORTHERN, BARN and SHORT-EARED OWLS, SNOWY OWL during the
count period, 16 COMMON RAVENS, NASHVILLE WARBLER and 3 ORANGE-CROWNED
WARBLERS and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT plus a count period GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
Last Sunday in Prospect Park a VARIED THRUSH was uncovered and photographed
and happily was still present today. The THRUSH can be quite elusive but
today was again near the Nethermead Bridge towards Binnen Pool on the
ravine side of the bridge.
On Wednesday afternoon a WESTERN GREBE was located on the ocean off the
Point Lookout jetties on the west side of Jones Inlet. The bird drifted
towards the inlet but could not be relocated on subsequent days.
Another PAINTED BUNTING and our area's fifth since early November was found
Sunday at Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn Heights. This BUNTING also still
present today near Pier 5.
The Smithtown Christmas Count last Friday netted 106 species with a
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE reported from Sunken Meadow State Park seen on the water
course on the west side of the entrance bridge. Other count highlights
included 7 COMMON EIDER, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES, 12 RAZORBILLS, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, 4 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, EASTERN PHOEBE, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
BALTIMORE ORIOLE and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER.
Seen on the Orient Count last Saturday were 4 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Orient
Point, a PIPING PLOVER and a feeder visiting SUMMER TANAGER.
The BARNACLE GOOSE roosting at Belmont Lake State Park was still around
Tuesday and one was spotted today in Riverhead east of Horton Avenue and
north of Reeves Avenue. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was at Hook Pond in
East Hampton yesterday with another remaining in the Rye area. A drake
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE is back at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport with Common
Goldeneye west of the beach and a HARLEQUIN DUCK is also at Shinnecock
Inlet. Recent EURASIAN WIGEON have been at Mill Pond in
[nysbirds-l] Barrow’s Goldeneye - Northport, Suffolk Co.
For at least the third winter in a row, a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has returned to Crab Meadow Beach in Northport, Suffolk Co. The bird is off the point approximately 250 meters west of the main beach and the La Casa Cafe building, associating with Common Goldeneye. The beach in that area is private so please stay waterward of the wrack line if you try for it. Good birding, Taylor Sturm Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Barrow’s Goldeneye - Northport, Suffolk Co.
For at least the third winter in a row, a drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE has returned to Crab Meadow Beach in Northport, Suffolk Co. The bird is off the point approximately 250 meters west of the main beach and the La Casa Cafe building, associating with Common Goldeneye. The beach in that area is private so please stay waterward of the wrack line if you try for it. Good birding, Taylor Sturm Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Varied Thrush prospect park
Reported continuing same area. Rob Bate -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Varied Thrush prospect park
Reported continuing same area. Rob Bate -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker -Suffolk
The immature Red-headed Woodpecker found yesterday by John Todaro and Marguerite Wolffsohn was still present this morning near Long Pond in Sag Harbor. To find the bird, park by the tennis courts near the Sag Harbor entrance to the trail. The bird has been frequenting the patch of woods where the Sprig Tree trail meets the Spur trail, about 3/4 mile in. I’ll eBird later. Also along the trail was a Pine Warbler, a handful of Bluebirds, and a Brown Creeper among others. -Chris Sent from my iPod -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker -Suffolk
The immature Red-headed Woodpecker found yesterday by John Todaro and Marguerite Wolffsohn was still present this morning near Long Pond in Sag Harbor. To find the bird, park by the tennis courts near the Sag Harbor entrance to the trail. The bird has been frequenting the patch of woods where the Sprig Tree trail meets the Spur trail, about 3/4 mile in. I’ll eBird later. Also along the trail was a Pine Warbler, a handful of Bluebirds, and a Brown Creeper among others. -Chris Sent from my iPod -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
