- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Feb. 3, 2023 * NYNY2302.03
- Birds mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ TRUMPETER SWAN+ COMMON MURRE+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ ATLANTIC PUFFIN+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) Greater White-fronted Goose Eurasian Wigeon Green-winged Teal King Eider Harlequin Duck Barrow's Goldeneye Eared Grebe Piping Plover Long-billed Dowitcher Dovekie Razorbill Black Guillemot Black-legged Kittiwake Black-headed Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Fulmar Northern Gannet Red-headed Woodpecker Tree Swallow Red Crossbill Yellow-breasted Chat Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Orange-crowned Warbler Summer Tanager - 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, February 3rd 2023* at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC PUFFIN, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, NORTHERN FULMAR plus PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EARED GREBE, BLACK GUILLEMOT and THICK-BILLED MURRE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER and more. A 12 hour pelagic last Saturday aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay at 6am and got out to waters warm enough to produce nice numbers of DOVEKIES with just over 13 hundred counted along with 11 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 2 COMMON MURRES, 33 RAZORBILLS and a NORTHERN FULMAR. Other highlights included 2 ICELAND and 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 175 NORTHERN GANNETS. Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE were found together last Saturday morning roosting at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport and were also spotted in that area near Blanchard Lake Sunday but haven't been seen since. The EARED GREBE at the north end of Jamaica Bay was still being seen around the mouth of Hendrick's Creek off Shirley Chisholm State Park last weekend and likely continues there. Completing the sweep of the eastern alcids for the week a BLACK GUILLEMOT was reported flying past Montauk Point last Sunday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE was still frequenting Fort Pond Bay often off Navy Beach at least to Thursday. There were also reports of a COMMON MURRE off Montauk Point Tuesday and of a couple of DOVEKIES with 29 RAZORBILLS off Jones Beach West End Wednesday with 2 more DOVEKIES last Saturday at Montauk Point. A TRUMPETER SWAN continues around the northwest corner of Fort Pond in Montauk and single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE remain near Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the Rye area in Westchester County. A female type EURASIAN WIGEON on the Brooklyn shore was seen at both Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and Bush Terminal Piers Park later in the week with a drake seen Saturday at Puppy Cove, a western arm of Huntington Harbor, while the Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. Also continuing are a drake KING EIDER in a Common Eider flock around Shinnecock Inlet, up to 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Ditch Plains in Montauk and a drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE off Crab Meadow Beach. BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted this week off Astoria Park in Queens Sunday and Jones Inlet Wednesday and around Setauket Harbor yesterday. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE remained around Lake Montauk inlet to Thursday and local ICELAND GULLS were spotted in Brooklyn and Staten Island during the week. A PIPING PLOVER was at Jones Beach West End Sunday and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have continued at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre at least to yesterday. The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Marine Park in Brooklyn to Wednesday usually near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T. Up to 8 TREE SWALLOWS at Breezy Point from Saturday to Thursday might regret their decision to be here. RED CROSSBILLS this week included a few at Jones Beach West End to Thursday and 5 at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge Sunday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was a nice find Saturday at Fleets Cove Beach Park in Huntington. Among some lingering warblers have been one each of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD and ORANGE-CROWNED at Brooklyn Bridge Park and a SUMMER TANAGER continues to visit a private feeder in Islip. 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: 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/ --