-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Mar. 8, 2024 * NYNY2403.08
- Birds Mentioned WESTERN GREBE+ RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ SWAINSON'S HAWK+ PAINTED BUNTING+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE TUFTED DUCK Lesser Scaup HARLEQUIN DUCK Red-necked Grebe Long-billed Dowitcher Razorbill BLACK-HEADED GULL Laughing Gull Iceland Gull GLAUCOUS GULL Osprey Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe Tree Swallow RED CROSSBILL YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD SUMMER TANAGER 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: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, March 8, 2024 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, PAINTED BUNTING, WESTERN GREBE, SWAINSON'S HAWK, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, TUFTED DUCK, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED and GLAUCOUS GULLS, RED CROSSBILL, SUMMER TANAGER and more. In Brooklyn's Prospect Park, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit the hummingbird feeder and adjacent honeysuckle plants near the hairpin turn on the Prospect Park Lake side of Breeze Hill . After going several days without being reported, the female-type PAINTED BUNTING was seen again yesterday at Hempstead Lake State Park, still frequenting the grassy slope down from Lake Drive at the south end of Hempstead Lake. Park in Field 3 across from the southwest corner of the lake and take the path that goes below the downward slope, watching for the Bunting and usually accompanying flock of sparrows in the heavy grasses. The WESTERN GREBE wintering around Raritan Bay off South Amboy, New Jersey, on Thursday morning was seen much closer to Staten Island, providing nice views off Conference House Park; it then moved northerly, occurring off the end of Bentley Street near the Tottenville train station, where it was also present again this afternoon. The immature SWAINSON’S HAWK in Brooklyn was seen at least through Wednesday around the SIMS Municipal Recycling Center, located at the end of 29th Street, just west of 2nd Avenue. It has also moved east over towards Green-Wood Cemetery on occasion. An adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in non-breeding plumage was spotted Thursday morning at Croton Point Park and spent much of the afternoon feeding with a large mixed flock on the grassy lawns near the park’s entrance. Unfortunately, it was only seen very early this morning in flight, heading in a northwesterly direction, and was not encountered thereafter. The drake TUFTED DUCK found last week and seen to Saturday at the Ludlows Creek Tidal Wetlands in Oakdale, Long Island, reappeared there on Thursday and was also reported there today. There is a small parking lot near the end of Franklin Road that is next to the trail that goes along the creek where the TUFTED and accompanying LESSER SCAUP have been seen. Two GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were still at the Buffalo Farm off Reeves Avenue in Riverhead on Thursday, while the one on the pond off Bowman Avenue in Rye Brook was last noted Sunday. Three HARLEQUIN DUCKS were still off Orient Point County Park last Sunday. An adult BLACK-HEADED GULL was still around Setauket Harbor today, and an immature has continued in the Jones Beach area to today as well. A GLAUCOUS GULL remains near the Hunts Point Landing in the Bronx, and single ICELAND GULLS were noted at Pelham Bay to Sunday, near Shirley Chisholm State Park Tuesday, and at Miller Field on Staten Island Wednesday. Two RED-NECKED GREBES were still off Pelham Bay last Sunday, four LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were in the southeast corner of the West Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Saturday, and RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island and in Westchester at Croton Point Park and Marshlands Conservancy. A few RAZORBILLS also continue offshore. A RED CROSSBILL was heard flying over High Rock Park on Staten Island Sunday, and a SUMMER TANAGER visited a private Commack feeder again last Saturday. Recent arrivals have included LAUGHING GULL, OSPREY, EASTERN PHOEBE and lots more TREE SWALLOWS. 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/ --
