[nysbirds-l] extralimital Redwing

[Andrew Block]

The extralimital Redwing was seen all day today in Capisic Pond Park in 
Portland, Maine.  I also saw one of the two Dickcissels there and a Northern 
Shrike.  The Black-headed Grosbeak was seen briefly in the early morning but 
not the rest of the day.  A regular Patagonia Picnic Area Effect happening:-)  
Amazing.  

Andrew  
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[nysbirds-l] extralimital Redwing

[Andrew Block]

The extralimital Redwing was seen all day today in Capisic Pond Park in 
Portland, Maine.  I also saw one of the two Dickcissels there and a Northern 
Shrike.  The Black-headed Grosbeak was seen briefly in the early morning but 
not the rest of the day.  A regular Patagonia Picnic Area Effect happening:-)  
Amazing.  

Andrew  
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Re: [nysbirds-l] common redpoll in IHP

[nathan o'reilly]

Credit to Dmitriy Aronov for finding the IHP Common Redpoll and helping me get 
on it!

Nate

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On Jan 30, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Amy Simmons  wrote:

 Still here now.  Dykman Fields at very end of Dykman st. In Inwood Hill Park, 
NYC.   Along fence at parking lot.  First reported by Nathan Reilly
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Re: [nysbirds-l] common redpoll in IHP

[nathan o'reilly]

Credit to Dmitriy Aronov for finding the IHP Common Redpoll and helping me get 
on it!

Nate

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On Jan 30, 2021, at 2:49 PM, Amy Simmons  wrote:

 Still here now.  Dykman Fields at very end of Dykman st. In Inwood Hill Park, 
NYC.   Along fence at parking lot.  First reported by Nathan Reilly
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RE:[nysbirds-l] common redpoll in IHP

[Amy Simmons]

That's Nathan O'Reilly


 Original message 
From: Amy Simmons 
Date: 1/30/21 2:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: NYS Bird Reports 
Subject: common redpoll in IHP

Still here now.  Dykman Fields at very end of Dykman st. In Inwood Hill Park, 
NYC.   Along fence at parking lot.  First reported by Nathan Reilly

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RE:[nysbirds-l] common redpoll in IHP

[Amy Simmons]

That's Nathan O'Reilly


 Original message 
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Date: 1/30/21 2:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: NYS Bird Reports 
Subject: common redpoll in IHP

Still here now.  Dykman Fields at very end of Dykman st. In Inwood Hill Park, 
NYC.   Along fence at parking lot.  First reported by Nathan Reilly

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[nysbirds-l] common redpoll in IHP

[Amy Simmons]

Still here now.  Dykman Fields at very end of Dykman st. In Inwood Hill Park, 
NYC.   Along fence at parking lot.  First reported by Nathan Reilly

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[nysbirds-l] common redpoll in IHP

[Amy Simmons]

Still here now.  Dykman Fields at very end of Dykman st. In Inwood Hill Park, 
NYC.   Along fence at parking lot.  First reported by Nathan Reilly

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[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrow, Queens

[Corey Finger]

Seen in brushy area north of westernmost ball field at Fort Tilden.

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Lark Sparrow, Queens

[Corey Finger]

Seen in brushy area north of westernmost ball field at Fort Tilden.

Good Birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Central & Carl Schurz Parks, Manhattan, NYC 1/29 - Gr. W.-fr. Goose, W. Tanager, etc.

[Thomas Fiore]

The find of a Redwing (the European thrush species, Turdus iliacus) in southern 
Maine, made public on 1/29 (after another had been found much farther north in 
that state, and following several of that species in eastern Canada this winter 
so far) is an additional reminder to check through flocks of American Robins, 
in particular, as they are what that rare-in-North America thrush species is 
likeliest to travel among; same for another European thrush which has appeared 
this winter in eastern Canada: Fieldfare (that in Quebec, thru 1/29).  Either 
of those rare thrushes *could* show up in NY state, this winter. Note: I am not 
advocating for travel out of NY state, rather pointing up that an interesting 
species (or 2) might show in NYS.

...
Central Park & Carl Schurz Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Friday, Jan. 29th -

The Greater White-fronted Goose (of the form flavirostris, as nearly as can be 
determined; [mis-spelled, thanks-not to auto-correct, in a prev. report of 
mine]) was seen again at the Lake of Central Park, among many Canada Geese, 
where it was seen into the afternoon.  Many waterbodies may freeze over at 
least partially in Central, and could both concentrate waterbirds &/or drive 
some to other waters.  A Common Loon had continued on the C.P. reservoir, which 
most-likely will not freeze entirely. A drake Wood Duck was back at the Pool, 
in the park’s n.w. sector.  [N.B., it is interesting to note that some 
ornithologists have proposed a ‘split’ of the form flavirostris, or “Greenland 
- form" Greater White-fronted Goose, as a separate species, and have also noted 
some possibly nearly-unique behavioral traits (at least for geese of the same 
genus) in that form, under natural conditions in observation, including a sort 
of ‘grandparenting' behavior around nest-sites. Some of that, and more, had 
been included with updates to the “Birds of the Western Palearctic” in 2002, & 
there may have been other studies since. There is some great, detailed research 
on this particular form, by Anthony D. Fox, at Aarhus Univ., Denmark, among the 
available literature.]

A Western Tanager (female-plumaged) at Carl Schurz Park was continuing, that 
off East End Ave. and mostly in the vicinity of W. 85th-87th Streets, coming to 
trees & buildings on East End, as well as within that park and occasionally 
fairly low in shrubs or some of the conifers rather near restrooms n. of the 
main 86th St. entrance.  (An Orange-cr. Warbler was not sought by me on a 
frigid Friday, but may be ongoing, often up by Gracie mansion’s grounds, which 
is a fenced non-public area).

Back over at Central Park, a small number of vultures overflew the park, some 
of the earlier being Turkey Vultures, uncommon enough here in mid-winter, but 
then also at least two Black Vultures - and which may have wandered about over 
Manhattan for a while, eventually, as with the earlier several T.V.’s (of which 
I counted six observations, but possibly involving just 3 individual T.V.’s) 
all were headed in a southwesterly direction.  I would wonder if these vultures 
were all coming away from roosts they had been sticking with up until now, and 
finally with the sharply-colder snap, chose to head on a bit farther south. (In 
just a month or two, there is a chance of some vulture migration in the other 
direction, partly dependent in end-of-winter weather.)  I can still vividly 
recall the excitement stirred when Paul Sweet who was then as now working at 
the A.M.N.H., some 25 years or so ago, came running up in a lunch-hour break, 
to let a number of us know that the (then) rare Black Vulture was passing over 
the Great Lawn in Central Park - on a December day - it was a real rarity in 
Manhattan, at that time. It is still the less-common of our 2 partly-migratory 
vulture species - will that be so in another 25 years? 

Various other ongoing birds at Central Park included: Gadwall, American Black 
Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, 
Great Blue Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Ring-billed 
Gull, [American] Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, ['feral'] Rock Pigeon, 
European Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, American Kestrel, Peregrine 
Falcon, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, 
Yellow-shafted Flicker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted 
Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch (scarce), White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown 
Creeper, Carolina Wren, Winter Wren (at least 2 continue in 2 areas), Hermit 
Thrush, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, 
Dark-eyed Junco, American Tree Sparrow, [Red] Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp 
Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty 
Blackbird, Common Grackle, House Finch, & American Goldfinch - with other 
additional species being seen in other locations in Manhattan & around N.Y. 
County, including such as Atlantic Brant, 

[nysbirds-l] Central & Carl Schurz Parks, Manhattan, NYC 1/29 - Gr. W.-fr. Goose, W. Tanager, etc.

[Thomas Fiore]

The find of a Redwing (the European thrush species, Turdus iliacus) in southern 
Maine, made public on 1/29 (after another had been found much farther north in 
that state, and following several of that species in eastern Canada this winter 
so far) is an additional reminder to check through flocks of American Robins, 
in particular, as they are what that rare-in-North America thrush species is 
likeliest to travel among; same for another European thrush which has appeared 
this winter in eastern Canada: Fieldfare (that in Quebec, thru 1/29).  Either 
of those rare thrushes *could* show up in NY state, this winter. Note: I am not 
advocating for travel out of NY state, rather pointing up that an interesting 
species (or 2) might show in NYS.

...
Central Park & Carl Schurz Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Friday, Jan. 29th -

The Greater White-fronted Goose (of the form flavirostris, as nearly as can be 
determined; [mis-spelled, thanks-not to auto-correct, in a prev. report of 
mine]) was seen again at the Lake of Central Park, among many Canada Geese, 
where it was seen into the afternoon.  Many waterbodies may freeze over at 
least partially in Central, and could both concentrate waterbirds &/or drive 
some to other waters.  A Common Loon had continued on the C.P. reservoir, which 
most-likely will not freeze entirely. A drake Wood Duck was back at the Pool, 
in the park’s n.w. sector.  [N.B., it is interesting to note that some 
ornithologists have proposed a ‘split’ of the form flavirostris, or “Greenland 
- form" Greater White-fronted Goose, as a separate species, and have also noted 
some possibly nearly-unique behavioral traits (at least for geese of the same 
genus) in that form, under natural conditions in observation, including a sort 
of ‘grandparenting' behavior around nest-sites. Some of that, and more, had 
been included with updates to the “Birds of the Western Palearctic” in 2002, & 
there may have been other studies since. There is some great, detailed research 
on this particular form, by Anthony D. Fox, at Aarhus Univ., Denmark, among the 
available literature.]

A Western Tanager (female-plumaged) at Carl Schurz Park was continuing, that 
off East End Ave. and mostly in the vicinity of W. 85th-87th Streets, coming to 
trees & buildings on East End, as well as within that park and occasionally 
fairly low in shrubs or some of the conifers rather near restrooms n. of the 
main 86th St. entrance.  (An Orange-cr. Warbler was not sought by me on a 
frigid Friday, but may be ongoing, often up by Gracie mansion’s grounds, which 
is a fenced non-public area).

Back over at Central Park, a small number of vultures overflew the park, some 
of the earlier being Turkey Vultures, uncommon enough here in mid-winter, but 
then also at least two Black Vultures - and which may have wandered about over 
Manhattan for a while, eventually, as with the earlier several T.V.’s (of which 
I counted six observations, but possibly involving just 3 individual T.V.’s) 
all were headed in a southwesterly direction.  I would wonder if these vultures 
were all coming away from roosts they had been sticking with up until now, and 
finally with the sharply-colder snap, chose to head on a bit farther south. (In 
just a month or two, there is a chance of some vulture migration in the other 
direction, partly dependent in end-of-winter weather.)  I can still vividly 
recall the excitement stirred when Paul Sweet who was then as now working at 
the A.M.N.H., some 25 years or so ago, came running up in a lunch-hour break, 
to let a number of us know that the (then) rare Black Vulture was passing over 
the Great Lawn in Central Park - on a December day - it was a real rarity in 
Manhattan, at that time. It is still the less-common of our 2 partly-migratory 
vulture species - will that be so in another 25 years? 

Various other ongoing birds at Central Park included: Gadwall, American Black 
Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck, 
Great Blue Heron, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, Ring-billed 
Gull, [American] Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, ['feral'] Rock Pigeon, 
European Starling, House Sparrow, Mourning Dove, American Kestrel, Peregrine 
Falcon, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, 
Yellow-shafted Flicker, Blue Jay, American Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted 
Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch (scarce), White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown 
Creeper, Carolina Wren, Winter Wren (at least 2 continue in 2 areas), Hermit 
Thrush, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, 
Dark-eyed Junco, American Tree Sparrow, [Red] Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Swamp 
Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty 
Blackbird, Common Grackle, House Finch, & American Goldfinch - with other 
additional species being seen in other locations in Manhattan & around N.Y. 
County, including such as Atlantic Brant, 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 January 2021

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 29, 2021
* NYNY2101.29

- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
MEW GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Snowy Owl
EVENING GROSBEAK
COMMON REDPOLL
RED CROSSBILL
PINE SISKIN
Orange-crowned Warbler

Extralimital:
FERRUGINOUS HAWK+ (Orange County)

Not reported:
SPOTTED TOWHEE+

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sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

   Gary Chapin - Secretary
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   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 29th
2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are extralimital FERRUGINOUS
HAWK, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, MEW GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, winter finches and more.

The immature FERRUGINOUS HAWK spending time recently in the Black Dirt
section of Orange County to our north was present at least through
yesterday hunting over a large area mostly bordered on the west by Lynch
Avenue and Pierce Circle Road and Onion Avenue and on the north by Maple
Avenue and crossroad over to Pulaski Highway. Please respect private roads
in the area and don't disturb the farming activities or enter the fields.

Last weekend on the North Fork Winter Bird Count a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was
spotted on the restricted Veteran's Administration Golf Course in Northport
and was still noted at that location Monday but with no reports since. The
golf course at Veteran's Administration complex, located off Middleville
Road, requires special permission for entry. While the golf course can be
seen from Middleville Road it is an obstructed view and the road itself has
no parking areas in that vicinity. Checking the roosting geese at Sunken
Meadow State Park just east of there could be profitable.

An immature MEW GULL, of the European race canus, was found yesterday among
Ring-billed Gulls feeding around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and reported
again there today. This site has also recently been attracting an immature
BLACK-HEADED GULL.

In Manhattan the WESTERN TANAGER visiting Carl Schurz Park located at East
End Avenue around East 86th Street has been more difficult to find recently
as it wanders around a bit but was still in the area yesterday as was the
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER hanging out near Gracie Mansion.

As a note we have no recent information on the SPOTTED TOWHEE visiting
Baldwin Harbor Park but it very likely could still be present.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit Central Park often on the
lake but also appearing with Canada Geese on the reservoir. This bird was
overshadowed in the park Wednesday with the appearance of a SNOWY OWL
fortunately choosing a fenced in ballfield in the park's north end as its
roosting spot. Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were also noted on Tung
Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and on Playland Lake in Rye today. A drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was still on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga today and another
was at Bayswater Park in Queens Monday. A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
continues off Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga with a female off Cedar
Point County Park out in Northwest Harbor Saturday. A few HARLEQUIN DUCKS
continue around Jones Inlet with a female remaining at Shinnecock Inlet
while KING EIDERS include a female at Floyd Bennett Field to Tuesday, one
again at Great Kills Park Thursday and a young male at Bayshore Marina
yesterday and today.

Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island Sunday, at
the Red Hook section of Brooklyn at least to Tuesday and at Crab Meadow
Beach Sunday where 3 ICELAND GULLS were also present with another ICELAND
at Randall's Island recently.

Also the upcoming storm may push more winter finches our way as currently
we are enjoying small scattered numbers of RED CROSSBILL, EVENING GROSBEAK,
COMMON REDPOLL and PINE SISKIN.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

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National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 January 2021

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 29, 2021
* NYNY2101.29

- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
MEW GULL+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Snowy Owl
EVENING GROSBEAK
COMMON REDPOLL
RED CROSSBILL
PINE SISKIN
Orange-crowned Warbler

Extralimital:
FERRUGINOUS HAWK+ (Orange County)

Not reported:
SPOTTED TOWHEE+

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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 29th
2021 at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are extralimital FERRUGINOUS
HAWK, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, MEW GULL, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
BLACK-HEADED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, winter finches and more.

The immature FERRUGINOUS HAWK spending time recently in the Black Dirt
section of Orange County to our north was present at least through
yesterday hunting over a large area mostly bordered on the west by Lynch
Avenue and Pierce Circle Road and Onion Avenue and on the north by Maple
Avenue and crossroad over to Pulaski Highway. Please respect private roads
in the area and don't disturb the farming activities or enter the fields.

Last weekend on the North Fork Winter Bird Count a PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was
spotted on the restricted Veteran's Administration Golf Course in Northport
and was still noted at that location Monday but with no reports since. The
golf course at Veteran's Administration complex, located off Middleville
Road, requires special permission for entry. While the golf course can be
seen from Middleville Road it is an obstructed view and the road itself has
no parking areas in that vicinity. Checking the roosting geese at Sunken
Meadow State Park just east of there could be profitable.

An immature MEW GULL, of the European race canus, was found yesterday among
Ring-billed Gulls feeding around Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and reported
again there today. This site has also recently been attracting an immature
BLACK-HEADED GULL.

In Manhattan the WESTERN TANAGER visiting Carl Schurz Park located at East
End Avenue around East 86th Street has been more difficult to find recently
as it wanders around a bit but was still in the area yesterday as was the
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER hanging out near Gracie Mansion.

As a note we have no recent information on the SPOTTED TOWHEE visiting
Baldwin Harbor Park but it very likely could still be present.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit Central Park often on the
lake but also appearing with Canada Geese on the reservoir. This bird was
overshadowed in the park Wednesday with the appearance of a SNOWY OWL
fortunately choosing a fenced in ballfield in the park's north end as its
roosting spot. Single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were also noted on Tung
Ting Pond in Centerport Sunday and on Playland Lake in Rye today. A drake
EURASIAN WIGEON was still on Fresh Pond in Fort Salonga today and another
was at Bayswater Park in Queens Monday. A drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
continues off Crab Meadow Beach in Fort Salonga with a female off Cedar
Point County Park out in Northwest Harbor Saturday. A few HARLEQUIN DUCKS
continue around Jones Inlet with a female remaining at Shinnecock Inlet
while KING EIDERS include a female at Floyd Bennett Field to Tuesday, one
again at Great Kills Park Thursday and a young male at Bayshore Marina
yesterday and today.

Single GLAUCOUS GULLS were at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island Sunday, at
the Red Hook section of Brooklyn at least to Tuesday and at Crab Meadow
Beach Sunday where 3 ICELAND GULLS were also present with another ICELAND
at Randall's Island recently.

Also the upcoming storm may push more winter finches our way as currently
we are enjoying small scattered numbers of RED CROSSBILL, EVENING GROSBEAK,
COMMON REDPOLL and PINE SISKIN.

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.

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