-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Dec. 13, 2019 * NYNY1912.13
- Birds Mentioned BARNACLE GOOSE+ THICK-BILLED MURRE+ ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE Cackling Goose HARLEQUIN DUCK BROWN PELICAN Common Gallinule AMERICAN AVOCET Razorbill Lesser Black-backed Gull Black Skimmer ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Eastern Phoebe NORTHERN SHRIKE Wood Thrush European Starling American Pipit YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Ovenbird Black-and-white Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch 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: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, December 13, 2019 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN PELICAN, THICK-BILLED MURRE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, NORTHERN SHRIKE, BARNACLE and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, AMERICAN AVOCET, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and more. As Christmas Count season begins, at least one BROWN PELICAN was still in the area at mid-week, when an immature was spotted Tuesday and again Wednesday flying off Battery Park in southern Manhattan. Alcid numbers, too, have begun to increase: a count of 57 RAZORBILLS at Montauk Point yesterday was followed today by a THICK-BILLED MURRE spotted drifting east not far off Georgica Beach in East Hampton. In what has been a good fall locally for this species, an ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was identified Sunday at Michaelis Bayswater Park in Far Rockaway, Queens, this the 6th noted locally this season. This elusive bird was still present yesterday, roaming the northern and bayside edges of this recreational park and also ranging into adjacent Bayswater State Park, these parks accessed from Beach 32nd Street. Also at the park Sunday were AMERICAN PIPIT, PURPLE FINCH and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. Out in the Calverton area a female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was first seen in a large roaming flock of RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS, COMMON GRACKLES and EUROPEAN STARLING last Sunday morning; this flock continues in the area, and the YELLOW-HEADED, with patience, has been spotted on several occasions. This flock is mostly seen from Sound Avenue near the Lewin Farm at 812 Sound Avenue – be very careful when stopping along Sound Avenue. An adult NORTHERN SHRIKE was found today at Heckscher State Park, the SHRIKE seen hunting around Fields 7 and 8 and initially east of Field 8. The BARNACLE GOOSE at Belmont Lake State Park was still being seen last weekend, and another was spotted last Sunday out in the Riverhead area in fields on the east side of Doctors Path. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was also seen off Doctors Path last Saturday, while the Westchester WHITE-FRONTED visited Playland Lake in Rye Wednesday and Thursday, and another was seen again at Schmidt’s Farm in Melville yesterday. Several CACKLING GEESE included three on Tarrytown Lakes in Westchester Wednesday. A quite late AMERICAN AVOCET was still at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Sunday, seen along the edge of the West Pond. HARLEQUIN DUCKS have returned to the Point Lookout jetties, and three were found at Orient Point Thursday. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK continued to be seen this week along Ocean Parkway from Tobay east to Gilgo, and another was near Triton Lane along Dune Road in East Quogue last Sunday. Birds at Coney Island Beach this week featured a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Sunday and 9 BLACK SKIMMERS still there Tuesday. A COMMON GALLINULE was still present yesterday at Mill Pond Park in Bellmore, where a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT continued to Monday. An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains in Central Park’s north end, and several interesting late passerines from EASTERN PHOEBE and WOOD THRUSH to a few species of WARBLERS, including OVENBIRD, BLACK-AND-WHITE, and WILSON’S, as well as BALTIMORE ORIOLE, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and others will hopefully linger long enough to make some Christmas Counts – please call in Count results so we can add them here. To phone in reports please call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. 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