New York City Rare Bird Alert

Below is the New York City Rare Bird Alert for the week ending Friday, February 3, 2023
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Feb. 3, 2023
* NYNY2302.03


- Birds mentioned
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE+
TRUMPETER SWAN+
COMMON MURRE+
THICK-BILLED MURRE+
ATLANTIC PUFFIN+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Greater White-fronted Goose
Eurasian Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Eared Grebe
Piping Plover
Long-billed Dowitcher
Dovekie
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Fulmar
Northern Gannet
Red-headed Woodpecker
Tree Swallow
Red Crossbill
Yellow-breasted Chat
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Summer Tanager

- 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

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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, February 3rd 2023* at 8pm. The highlights of today's tape are pelagic trip results including ATLANTIC PUFFIN, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, NORTHERN FULMAR plus PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, EARED GREBE, BLACK GUILLEMOT and THICK-BILLED MURRE, EURASIAN WIGEON, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK and BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER and more.

A 12 hour pelagic last Saturday aboard the American Princess left Sheepshead Bay at 6am and got out to waters warm enough to produce nice numbers of DOVEKIES with just over 13 hundred counted along with 11 ATLANTIC PUFFINS, 2 COMMON MURRES, 33 RAZORBILLS and a NORTHERN FULMAR. Other highlights included 2 ICELAND and 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS and 175 NORTHERN GANNETS.

Two PINK-FOOTED GEESE were found together last Saturday morning roosting at Crab Meadow Beach in Northport and were also spotted in that area near Blanchard Lake Sunday but haven't been seen since.

The EARED GREBE at the north end of Jamaica Bay was still being seen around the mouth of Hendrick's Creek off Shirley Chisholm State Park last weekend and likely continues there.

Completing the sweep of the eastern alcids for the week a BLACK GUILLEMOT was reported flying past Montauk Point last Sunday and a THICK-BILLED MURRE was still frequenting Fort Pond Bay often off Navy Beach at least to Thursday. There were also reports of a COMMON MURRE off Montauk Point Tuesday and of a couple of DOVEKIES with 29 RAZORBILLS off Jones Beach West End Wednesday with 2 more DOVEKIES last Saturday at Montauk Point.

A TRUMPETER SWAN continues around the northwest corner of Fort Pond in Montauk and single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE remain near Tung Ting Pond in Centerport and the Rye area in Westchester County. A female type EURASIAN WIGEON on the Brooklyn shore was seen at both Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4 and Bush Terminal Piers Park later in the week with a drake seen Saturday at Puppy Cove, a western arm of Huntington Harbor, while the Eurasian form of GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. Also continuing are a drake KING EIDER in a Common Eider flock around Shinnecock Inlet, up to 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Ditch Plains in Montauk and a drake BARROW'S GOLDENEYE off Crab Meadow Beach.

BLACK-HEADED GULLS were noted this week off Astoria Park in Queens Sunday and Jones Inlet Wednesday and around Setauket Harbor yesterday. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE remained around Lake Montauk inlet to Thursday and local ICELAND GULLS were spotted in Brooklyn and Staten Island during the week.

A PIPING PLOVER was at Jones Beach West End Sunday and 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS have continued at Smith Pond in Rockville Centre at least to yesterday.

The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was still visiting Marine Park in Brooklyn to Wednesday usually near the intersection of Stewart Street and Avenue T. Up to 8 TREE SWALLOWS at Breezy Point from Saturday to Thursday might regret their decision to be here. RED CROSSBILLS this week included a few at Jones Beach West End to Thursday and 5 at the Quogue Wildlife Refuge Sunday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was a nice find Saturday at Fleets Cove Beach Park in Huntington.

Among some lingering warblers have been one each of NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, OVENBIRD and ORANGE-CROWNED at Brooklyn Bridge Park and a SUMMER TANAGER continues to visit a private feeder in Islip.

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.

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