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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 21st 2025* at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are Kamchatka COMMON GULL and 2 other interesting gulls, NORTHERN LAPWING, SANDHILL CRANE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, SWAINSON'S HAWK, PINK-FOOTED and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, TUNDRA SWAN, KING EIDER, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR and more.
A Kamchatka race of COMMON GULL appeared midday Monday at Playland Park in Rye, staying less than an hour before flying off in a flock towards Long Island Sound. On Tuesday evening a bird photographed off Belden Point on City Island seemed to be the same bird which is likely the one that for a few years now has been wintering in Stamford Connecticut. That bird was not seen in Connecticut during the above 2 days but was back on station in Stamford on Wednesday. Also at Belden Point late Monday evening a bird reminiscent of a SHORT-BILLED GULL was photographed in poor conditions and may have been the one previously noted around Manhattan. And mentioning challenging gulls, a Yellow-legged HERRING type visiting Old Field Point and Lighthouse on Long Island's north shore noted here for a few years now has left birders guessing as to its true parentage.
A NORTHERN LAPWING out in Bridgehampton has continued this week visiting fields off Halsey Lane a little north of Mecox Road and a SANDHILL CRANE has been feeding in fields a little south of there along Horse Mill Lane on the south side of Mecox Lane in Watermill.
A BOHEMIAN WAXWING was last reported last Saturday at Jones Beach West End.
A now adult plumaged SWAINSON'S HAWK has returned to Brooklyn. Since last Saturday appearing again at the Sims Municipal Recycling Plant around 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue and today photographed nicely over Green-wood Cemetery.
A PINK-FOOTED GOOSE continues in Eastport visiting Eastport Lake on the north side of Montauk Highway or some sod fields north of there. GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at a few locations included up to 16 counted Tuesday at Southaven County Park in Yaphank these numbers dropping off but a TUNDRA SWAN at that location was still present today north of the spillway. A drake KING EIDER was at Shinnecock Inlet last Saturday with a female at Mount Loretto Unique Area the same day and single BARROW'S GOLDENEYES were on New Croton Reservoir in Westchester all week, on Great Pond in Southold Wednesday and at Old Field Point to today.
Last Saturday Shinnecock Inlet produced single DOVEKIE and THICK-BILLED MURRE while DOVEKIES were also noted off Camp Hero in Montauk today. The Brooklyn THICK-BILLED MURRE was still off BJ's Wholesale Club Sunday when one was also found in Montauk's Fort Pond Bay. Montauk Point also provided 71 RAZORBILLS plus 5 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES last Sunday while today's equivalent numbers were 78 RAZORBILLS and 16 KITTIWAKES. This week's BLACK-HEADED GULLS included one at Old Field Point and one still around Plumb Beach and ICELAND GULLS were noted at Croton Point Park Tuesday and around the Ponquogue Bridge Sunday as well as in the Montauk area.
Today a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Montauk Point and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was photographed at Croton Point Park.
This week RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were present in Green-wood Cemetery and Sunken Meadow State Park and noted Wednesday at Miller's Pond in Smithtown and Southaven County Park.
In Westchester 2 TREE SWALLOWS visited New Croton Reservoir yesterday and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been in a Horned Lark flock at the Croton Point landfill recently.
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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