- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 8, 2023
* NYNY2312.08
- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD+
ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+
WESTERN TANAGER+
PAINTED BUNTING+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Swan
EURASIAN WIGEON
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
Harlequin Duck
Red-necked Grebe
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
NORTHERN SHRIKE
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
DICKCISSEL
- 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
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, December 8th
2023* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-CHINNED
HUMMINGBIRD, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, PAINTED BUNTING,
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED DUCK, KING EIDER, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, DICKCISSEL
and more.
On Randall's Island the BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit the
feeders still maintained at the Urban Farm seen there today among the
plantings surrounding the public restroom off Wards Meadow Loop in the
southeastern section of the island. There is a parking lot adjacent to this
site.
But last week's ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn was
not seen after Saturday. That same day one was found in lower Manhattan
where it has continued all week. This bird has bounced around the West
Village seen today around the Bleecker Playground between Bleecker and
Hudson Streets above West 11th Street but also ranging up to Abingdon
Square Park just north of there as well as moving around the adjoining
neighborhood. A DICKCISSEL is also traveling with House Sparrows in the
same area.
Two WESTERN TANAGERS showed up on Tuesday, a female type at Morningside
Park in northern Manhattan has been present near the park entrance around
West 115th Street off Morningside Drive while a brighter one continues at
Jones Beach West End frequenting the hedgerow adjacent to the Coast Guard
Station or along the road to the Fisherman's parking lot.
A male PAINTED BUNTING was reported on Saturday from Fort Tryon Park but no
details were provided and a female type was seen only briefly at Pelham Bay
Park Tuesday.
Among the waterfowl, the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE found last Friday at Planting
Fields Arboretum west of Oyster Bay was also seen Saturday but not
thereafter. A male TUFTED DUCK in decent but not quite full plumage was
spotted last Saturday on Fort Pond in Montauk and was still present today
on the south end of the pond. Other birds in Montauk included 4 RED-NECKED
GREBES Saturday off Culloden Point and 220 RAZORBILLS, 5 BLACK-LEGGED
KITTIWAKES and 225 NORTHERN GANNETS off Montauk Point. A TUNDRA SWAN
visited Miller Field on Staten Island last Sunday while single GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted at Morris Port High School Sunday, again at
the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead Tuesday and in lower
Westchester in the Rye area including on Playland Lake today. A drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was reported again Saturday on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge and another continues on the main pond at Connetquot River
State Park and 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still at Orient Point Saturday. A
female KING EIDER appeared briefly with some Canada Geese off Pelham Bay
Park in the Bronx Wednesday before flying off.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were identified from the middle parking lot along
Gravesend Bay last Saturday, at Breezy Point on Wednesday and off the Jones
Beach West End Coast Guard Station today.
In Westchester multiple RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point
Park joined by one at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was
reported again Monday at Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island while LAPLAND
LONGSPURS included one at Heckscher State Park last Saturday and 2 visiting
Smith Point County Park yesterday and today.
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was still at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Saturday when
one was also spotted at Coney Island Beach. Besides some ORANGE-CROWNEDS
interesting late warblers included BLACK-AND-WHITE, PRAIRIE and WILSON'S.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke
