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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.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
- End transcript
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