New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, January 21, 2022:

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Jan. 21, 2022
* NYNY2201.21


- Birds Mentioned

PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
WESTERN TANAGER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Canada Goose
EURASIAN WIGEON
KING EIDER
HARLEQUIN DUCK
Red-necked Grebe
Long-billed Dowitcher
DOVEKIE
Razorbill
Black-legged Kittiwake
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Iceland Gull
GLAUCOUS GULL
Eastern Phoebe
NORTHERN SHRIKE
VESPER SPARROW
Baltimore Oriole
Orange-crowned Warbler

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 nysarc44nybirdsorg

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, January 21, 2022 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE, WESTERN TANAGER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, VESPER SPARROW and more.

Weather conditions at Montauk last Sunday and Monday were sufficiently windy to produce a few DOVEKIES moving past the Point along with decent numbers of RAZORBILLS, and on Monday a few BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES were also reported, although waterfowl numbers remain notably low. Another DOVEKIE was also spotted off Robert Moses State Park Monday morning, and, thanks to the storm, widely separated THICK-BILLED MURRES were also uncovered and photographed, one off Coney Island Creek Park that soon drifted north into the Bay, and another seen from the Bellport Bay Yacht Club that ultimately moved south into Bellport Bay.

Manhattan's two WESTERN TANAGERS both continue, one visiting the feeder area at Carl Schurz Park located off East End Avenue near East 86th Street, and another remaining around the private Clinton Community Garden site off West 48th Street east of 10th Avenue, this latter bird moving around somewhat and harder to find.

A NORTHERN STRIKE continues to frequent the North Fork Preserve, though it can be quite elusive. The Preserve is on the north side of Sound Avenue in Northville.

A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE was still present today with CANADA GEESE on a pond near the Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University, and lingering GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were seen as recently as today on Playland Lake in Rye, at Tung Ting pond in Centerport Wednesday, and at Rockland Lake State Park Tuesday.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was spotted last Sunday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn, with another still on the mostly frozen Mill Pond in Oyster Bay Monday.

The drake KING EIDER was still off Great Kills Park on Staten Island Wednesday, and another was still being reported around Shinnecock Inlet last weekend.

Five HARLEQUIN DUCKS were frequenting the jetties at Point Lookout last Saturday, and three were seen in Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday and Thursday.

Three separate BLACK-HEADED GULLS involve recurring individuals seen at Jones Beach West End Monday, in Setauket Harbor Wednesday, and at Randall's Island Thursday. Randall's Island also produced GLAUCOUS and ICELAND GULLS during the week, with other GLAUCOUS GULLS reported from Coney Island Creek and the Bellport Bay Yacht Club, while ICELANDS were noted at several Brooklyn sites, including Prospect Park, plus one yesterday at the Meer in Central Park.

Single RED-NECKED GREBES were spotted at Coney Island Beach Sunday and off Truman's Beach in Orient up to Wednesday. A few LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS continue along Santapogue Creek in West Babylon.

A hardy EASTERN PHOEBE continues in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, along with one or two BALTIMORE ORIOLES, and a few VESPER SPARROWS remain at the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center off Yaphank Avenue. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS were seen during the week at Randall's Island, Calvert Vaux Park and a few other sites.

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