[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 December 2017
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 29, 2017
* NYNY1712.29
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD+
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Barn Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Marsh Wren
Lapland Longspur
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
- 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
Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 29th
2017 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, WESTERN
TANAGER, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, TUFTED DUCK,
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL and much more.
Of our recent trio of exciting western passerines two continue but one may
have moved on. The female plumaged MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD present since December
17th on Tuesday was seen around field 2 at Robert Moses State Park and then
very shortly thereafter back at the Red Cedars along the bay side of
Democrat Point at the western tip of Fire Island but it has not been
reported from there since Tuesday. Please let us know of any later
sightings. The WESTERN TANAGER at Crocheron Park in Queens was still
present today near the pond at the south end of the park near the terminus
of 35th Avenue. The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, east of Oyster Bay, can be
difficult to find but does continue around the field and hedge row on the
east side of Sandy Hill Road just north of the entrance to Tiffany Creek
Preserve.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN arriving at Playland Lake in Rye in Westchester
County on the 21st stayed around to provide the Bronx-Westchester Christmas
Count with a new record Saturday and was last seen on the lake late Tuesday
morning interestingly spotted moving by over Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx
about noontime. Fortunately headed south.
Nice ducks in the area, thanks in part to this freeze up, include an
eclipse male TUFTED DUCK spotted in a scaup flock on Santapogue Creek in
West Babylon near where up to 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue to be seen.
Freezing water could force the flock to move further down the creek towards
Phoenician Shores Park. This bird currently has a very short crest.
A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was spotted this morning off Oak Neck Beach in
Bayville probably moving east with some of the Common Goldeneyes. A male
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE previously present in the northern part of Jamaica Bay
could also be worth looking for.
At Jones Beach West End a winter male KING EIDER in nice plumage off the
jetty has been in a flock of Common Eider that also features an immature
male KING. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS also continue near the jetty and if not
there could be at the jetties on the Point Lookout side of Jones Inlet. Two
young male KING EIDERS were also seen today along the east side of Setauket
Harbor as viewed from Shore Road. One of these was noted on the Smithtown
Count on Wednesday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL in Setauket Harbor was found
on Tuesday and another adult remains around Five Island Park in New
Rochelle a highlight of the Bronx-Westchester Count.
An EARED GREBE was still present last Sunday off the western end of Oak
Beach Road where it's usually west of the Fisherman's parking lot.
Speaking of Christmas Counts the Bronx-Westchester Count last Saturday
recorded 108 species including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GEESE,
the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAUGHING GULL, EASTERN
PHOEBE, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER along with ORANGE-CROWNED and PINE,
CHIPPING SPARROW and a count period a LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
The Smithtown Count Wednesday netted 109 species including 4 CACKLING
GEESE, KING EIDER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, RAZORBILL,
BARN and NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, EASTERN PHOEBE, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
and 89 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS as well as count period RED-NECKED GREBE,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 29 December 2017
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Dec. 29, 2017
* NYNY1712.29
- Birds mentioned
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN+
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD+
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
TUFTED DUCK
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
Red-necked Grebe
EARED GREBE
Bald Eagle
Rough-legged Hawk
Semipalmated Plover
Spotted Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Razorbill
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Laughing Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Barn Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Eastern Phoebe
Marsh Wren
Lapland Longspur
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pine Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
- 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
Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 29th
2017 at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, WESTERN
TANAGER, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, TUFTED DUCK,
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE, BLACK-HEADED
GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL and much more.
Of our recent trio of exciting western passerines two continue but one may
have moved on. The female plumaged MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD present since December
17th on Tuesday was seen around field 2 at Robert Moses State Park and then
very shortly thereafter back at the Red Cedars along the bay side of
Democrat Point at the western tip of Fire Island but it has not been
reported from there since Tuesday. Please let us know of any later
sightings. The WESTERN TANAGER at Crocheron Park in Queens was still
present today near the pond at the south end of the park near the terminus
of 35th Avenue. The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, east of Oyster Bay, can be
difficult to find but does continue around the field and hedge row on the
east side of Sandy Hill Road just north of the entrance to Tiffany Creek
Preserve.
An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN arriving at Playland Lake in Rye in Westchester
County on the 21st stayed around to provide the Bronx-Westchester Christmas
Count with a new record Saturday and was last seen on the lake late Tuesday
morning interestingly spotted moving by over Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx
about noontime. Fortunately headed south.
Nice ducks in the area, thanks in part to this freeze up, include an
eclipse male TUFTED DUCK spotted in a scaup flock on Santapogue Creek in
West Babylon near where up to 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue to be seen.
Freezing water could force the flock to move further down the creek towards
Phoenician Shores Park. This bird currently has a very short crest.
A female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE was spotted this morning off Oak Neck Beach in
Bayville probably moving east with some of the Common Goldeneyes. A male
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE previously present in the northern part of Jamaica Bay
could also be worth looking for.
At Jones Beach West End a winter male KING EIDER in nice plumage off the
jetty has been in a flock of Common Eider that also features an immature
male KING. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS also continue near the jetty and if not
there could be at the jetties on the Point Lookout side of Jones Inlet. Two
young male KING EIDERS were also seen today along the east side of Setauket
Harbor as viewed from Shore Road. One of these was noted on the Smithtown
Count on Wednesday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL in Setauket Harbor was found
on Tuesday and another adult remains around Five Island Park in New
Rochelle a highlight of the Bronx-Westchester Count.
An EARED GREBE was still present last Sunday off the western end of Oak
Beach Road where it's usually west of the Fisherman's parking lot.
Speaking of Christmas Counts the Bronx-Westchester Count last Saturday
recorded 108 species including GREATER WHITE-FRONTED and CACKLING GEESE,
the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN and BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAUGHING GULL, EASTERN
PHOEBE, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER along with ORANGE-CROWNED and PINE,
CHIPPING SPARROW and a count period a LAPLAND LONGSPUR.
The Smithtown Count Wednesday netted 109 species including 4 CACKLING
GEESE, KING EIDER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, RAZORBILL,
BARN and NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS, EASTERN PHOEBE, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
and 89 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS as well as count period RED-NECKED GREBE,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER
