-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Jan. 19, 2018 * NYNY1801.19
- Birds Mentioned PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+ PURPLE GALLINULE+ MEW GULL+ TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ROSS’S GOOSE Canada Goose TUNDRA SWAN EURASIAN WIGEON KING EIDER Common Eider HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe Razorbill BLACK-HEADED GULL ICELAND GULL American Bittern ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 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 19, 2018 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are MEW GULL, PURPLE GALLINULE, TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE, PINK-FOOTED, ROSS’S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUNDRA SWAN, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EURASIAN WIGEON, BLACK-HEADED and ICELAND GULLS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and more. Note: Tomorrow’s Brooklyn pelagic trip has been postponed to February 4. An adult MEW GULL was photographed Tuesday morning on Veterans Memorial Pier in Brooklyn, the bird remaining for a short period of time before heading off towards Staten Island. Based on plumage, this is the western North American form brachyrhynchus thought by the finder to perhaps be the same individual noted in Brooklyn twice last winter. Unfortunately, this bird has not been seen on the pier since, but on Wednesday and again Thursday morning, the pier did produce an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL, this same species and perhaps also the same individual later occurring at Brooklyn Bridge Park late Thursday afternoon. Very unexpected, two PURPLE GALLINULES were found recently on Long Island, unfortunately neither surviving the experience. An adult was found dead on Tuesday in Southampton, while a second, age unknown as of now, was brought to a Suffolk County rehabilitator, where it also apparently passed away. More to come, if we get it. The Oyster Bay TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE was still present yesterday, continuing to visit the field along Sandy Hill Road at the Tiffany Creek Preserve. The Preserve entrance and parking area are on the western side of Sandy Hill Road, and the Solitaire field is a little farther up the road just beyond a private road. Look especially on the eastern side of the field around a fruit-filled juniper or the nearby bittersweet. This bird often arrives and then disappears quickly and can be absent for quite a while, often requiring patience. Among the specialty wintering Geese, the PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was still present in Montauk today, feeding on the Deep Hollow Ranch pastures with CANADAS on the south side of Route 27 east of town. When not there, it has been seen on the fairways at Montauk Downs Golf Course. Two ROSS’S GEESE were with hundreds of CANADAS on Hook Pond in East Hampton this afternoon, and these two have also been seen on fields off Stephen Hands Path in East Hampton. Two ROSS’S GEESE were also reported from Merritt Pond in Riverhead last Saturday, and we have no additional information on the bird at Baisley Pond in Queens since Monday. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was still visiting the Restoration Pond at Alley Pond Park in Queens through yesterday, and one was spotted again on Tung Ting Pond in Centerport Tuesday. Two TUNDRA SWANS on Hook Pond Tuesday were presumably the same two seen in flight west of there today. A EURASIAN WIGEON was seen again at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn last Saturday, and another continues on Mill Pond in Sayville. The drake KING EIDER was still with COMMONS off the Point Lookout jetties yesterday, and watch for other KINGS in the COMMON EIDER flock off the Jones Beach West End jetty. A subadult male King Eider was present today just inside Shinnecock Inlet. Up to eight HARLEQUIN DUCKS can also be seen around the Point Lookout jetties, and another HARLEQUIN was reported off Eatons Neck Point Saturday. A RED-NECKED GREBE was off Floyd Bennett Field recently, with another also around Jones Inlet. Besides a few ICELAND GULLS noted at various Brooklyn sites this week, at least four different ICELANDS continue around the west side of Montauk Harbor Inlet. Thirty-nine RAZORBILLS were counted off Montauk Point this morning, with three more off Montauk harbor inlet. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS on Long Island were noted at Target Rock NWR Saturday and at Tobay Monday, and AMERICAN BITTERNS have been noted this week at Tobay and along Dune Road. 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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