- RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 29, 2024 * NYNY2403.29
- Birds mentioned WESTERN GREBE+ RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ PAINTED BUNTING+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) BRANT (subspecies "Black Brant") HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Razorbill BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL Lesser Black-backed Gull RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Purple Finch Pine Siskin Orange-crowned Warbler YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER (western subspecies "Audubon's" form) - 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, March 29th, 2024* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, PAINTED BUNTING, WESTERN GREBE, black form of BRANT, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, Audubon's form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, Spring migrants and more. Prospect Park continues to host the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD first seen there back on February 10th. It is still visiting the honeysuckle plants and nearby hummingbird feeder located along the path on the Prospect Park lake side of Breeze Hill. It has been roosting in the plantings there when not actively feeding. The fairly elusive female type PAINTED BUNTING first noted at Hempstead Lake State Park on February 22nd was only reported once this week that being today. To search for the BUNTING park in field 3 across from the southwest corner of Hempstead Lake and take the path towards McDonald's Pond which goes along the bottom of a grassy slope dropping down from Lake Drive across from the south end of the lake. The bird lurks within these grasses as far as McDonald's Pond and who knows where else. The WESTERN GREBE recently along the southwestern shore of Staten Island was reported last Sunday south of the pavilion at Conference House Park and may still be around. A dark form of BRANT referred to as "Black Brant" was found with a small group of our Atlantic Brant feeding last Saturday in a traffic circle at field 5 at Robert Moses State Park but we have no further reports. There were still 15 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Point Lookout last Sunday. A BLACK-HEADED GULL in crisp breeding plumage was noted along Plumb Beach especially towards the western end of the beach for most of the week through today and one was also spotted off Point Lookout last Sunday. An immature ICELAND GULL was in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn last Sunday and one also visited Plumb Beach Tuesday. Coastal counts of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS last Saturday featured 18 at Robert Moses State Park and 7 at Floyd Bennett Field. Three LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were still around the south end of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge today and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER visited the ponding at field 6 at Heckscher State Park on Wednesday while 4 RAZORBILLS were seen off Jacob Riis Park last Saturday. Two RED-NECKED GREBES were off Dead Horse Point west of Floyd Bennett Field on Tuesday and 3 were reported off Pelham Bay Park today. Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Croton Point Park, another at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye all getting closer to full adult plumage. A Jones Beach West End Audubon's form of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER present all Winter was seen last Sunday along the main roadway just east of the entrance road to the Coast Guard Station but does move around the area. Several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS also continue locally. There was not much notable movement of migrants this week at least into our area but a few more NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED and BARN SWALLOWS were seen and some northbound PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS also occurred. 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 -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
