-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Nov. 15, 2024 * NYNY2411.15
- Birds Mentioned RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+ WOOD STORK+ MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) TUNDRA SWAN EURASIAN WIGEON HARLEQUIN DUCK SANDHILL CRANE Whimbrel Parasitic Jaeger ICELAND GULL Cory’s Shearwater Scopoli’s Shearwater Sooty Shearwater Great Shearwater Manx Shearwater Northern Gannet AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Western Cattle Egret RED-TAILED HAWK, Krider’s form ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Red-headed Woodpecker ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER WESTERN KINGBIRD Tree Swallow CAVE SWALLOW EVENING GROSBEAK LAPLAND LONGSPUR BLUE GROSBEAK 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 Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 15, 2024 at 11:00 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER, CAVE SWALLOW, WOOD STORK, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and WESTERN KINGBIRD, SANDHILL CRANE, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ICELAND GULL, Krider’s form of RED-TAILED HAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, EVENING GROSBEAK, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD continues to visit feeders in Eastport, Suffolk County, and the homeowners welcome birders to their backyard to view this exciting vagrant. The address is 353 Old Country Road, and visitors should park on Union Street just east of the house and walk back to 353, entering the yard carefully just past the house near shrubs marked by streamers to view the feeders and Salvia near the building. On Staten Island today a MACGILLIVRAY’S WARBLER was spotted on the north section of the island at Heritage Farm and later relocated north of there at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. Though calling regularly, this bird could be difficult to relocate if it continues to move around. After sweeping through northern New York over to the New England coast, some CAVE SWALLOWS began appearing along southern New York as they head back south. Sightings last Saturday at Robert Moses State Park and at Fort Tilden were followed by birds at Breezy Point Monday and off Coney Island Wednesday, so watch for them at coastal sites especially, and any other areas still attracting TREE SWALLOWS. The more recent immature WOOD STORK on Staten Island was still at Blue Heron Park in Annadale on Saturday, but in poor condition, and hopefully has been taken in by a rehabilitator. At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was still visiting the East Pond today, but it does fly around, and a drake EURASIAN WIGEON was still on the East Pond last weekend, perhaps continuing. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found Wednesday in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden was still present today, and a WESTERN KINGBIRD has continued all week at Jones Beach West End around the median strip or near the turnaround, while a second continued at Bush Terminal Piers Park through Monday at least. A SANDHILL CRANE was spotted high over Great Kills Park on Monday, seven TUNDRA SWANS stopped by Hook Pond in East Hampton Monday, one still reported there Tuesday, and a HARLEQUIN DUCK continued at Orient Point County Park to Monday. Two WHIMBRELS stopped by the sandbar at Jones Beach West End briefly today, and an ICELAND GULL appeared at the Breezy Point tip Monday, while single WESTERN CATTLE EGRETS were noted out in Water Mill last Sunday and up at the Croton Railroad Station in Westchester Monday. Out at Montauk Point good numbers of SHEARWATERS offshore have included a few hundred GREAT and decent numbers of CORY’S, with a few SCOPOLI’S likely mixed in, as well as a lingering SOOTY and a few MANX, plus multiple PARASITIC JAEGERS and many NORTHERN GANNETS. And interesting Krider’s form of RED-TAILED HAWK was photographed over Alley Pond Park Environmental Center Monday, and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK visited Croton Point Park last Saturday. Several RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS are still around. An EVENING GROSBEAK stopped by Jones Beach West End last Sunday, with a LAPLAND LONGSPUR there today, and a BLUE GROSBEAK was still in Brentwood Wednesday and Thursday. To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. 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