-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jan. 12, 2018 * NYNY1801.12
- Birds Mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE Canada Goose TUNDRA SWAN EURASIAN WIGEON KING EIDER HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe EARED GREBE American Bittern Rough-legged Hawk Wilson’s Snipe “Western” Willet BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Lapland Longspur Orange-crowned Warbler Rusty Blackbird 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: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, January 12, 2018 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, PINK-FOOTED, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUNDRA SWAN, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and EURASIAN WIGEON, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, EARED GREBE, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and more. The Long Island TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present at least through Wednesday at the Tiffany Creek Preserve east of Oyster Bay. The Preserve entrance is along Sandy Hill Road on the west side of the road, where parking is available. The field the Townsend’s frequents is on the east side of Sandy Hill Road a little north of the Preserve entrance just beyond a private road. Enter the field and check especially the eastern side of the field, which has a small group of junipers, one of which contains many berries and thus attracts the Solitaire. Notable among the variety of waterfowl present this season, the Montauk PINK-FOOTED GOOSE apparently is still around; first noted November 28th at Deep Hollow Ranch, it has only been reported twice since, on the Montauk Christmas Bird Count December 16 and again yesterday, both times on the Montauk Downs Golf Course with CANADAS. A ROSS’S GOOSE has recently been at Baisley Pond Park in Queens, either on the pond at the north end of the park or on one of the many ballfields extending south of the pond along 150th Street. Out on Eastern Long Island 2 ROSS’S were seen yesterday and today in East Hampton east of the intersection of Stephen Hands Path and Route 114, the East Hampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has been visiting Alley Pond Park in Queens, appearing on a pond at least through Wednesday that is near the intersection of Douglaston Parkway and the Long Island Expressway. Another continues to visit Tung Ting Pond in Centerport. Six TUNDRA SWANS were seen on almost fully frozen Hook Pond in East Hampton yesterday. Continuing drake EURASIAN WIGEONS remain on Mill Pond north of the Montauk Highway in Sayville and on Patchogue Lake, and one was reported flying by Crab Meadow Beach in Northport Sunday. A nice collection of ducks around Jones Inlet lately has featured up to four KING EIDERS, two females, an immature male and an adult male, these often seen around the jetty at Jones Beach West End, with the adult male also off the Point Lookout jetties yesterday. Also at Point Lookout have been up to seven HARLEQUIN DUCKS, including four drakes. An EARED GREBE was spotted off Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday, eventually flying further west, and RED-NECKED GREBE has been noted recently around Jones Inlet. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen on the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 Wednesday, and one was still around Five Islands Park in New Rochelle last Saturday. On the west side of the entrance to Montauk Harbor yesterday there were four ICELAND GULLS, and two were at Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday, with another at the Floyd Bennett Field boat launch today, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was at Crab Meadow Beach Sunday. Among a few reports of ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS this week were two at the Calverton Grasslands and one at Tobay recently, and other interesting sightings this week have included an AMERICAN BITTERN at Lake Montauk Thursday, a few WILSON’S SNIPE around, a “WESTERN” WILLET off the Jones Beach West End Coast Guard Station yesterday, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER still at Mashomack Preserve on Shelter Island Wednesday. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was still being seen Wednesday around Field 5 at Robert Moses State Park, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was at Kissena Park in Queens today, and RUSTY BLACKBIRDS are still appearing at various appropriate locations. To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or 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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