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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 7, 2025
at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today’s tape are NORTHERN LAPWING, PINK-FOOTED GOOSE,
SWAINSON’S HAWK, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, BARROW’S
GOLDENEYE, KING EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, BLACK-HEADED GULL and an enigmatic
HERRING-type GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, VESPER SPARROW and more.
The NORTHERN LAPWING happily continues its visit to the Bridgehampton area,
foraging in fields along Halsey Lane north of Mecox Road much of the time
but also visiting fields off Horse Mill Lane just south of Mecox Road.
Today it was seen off Halsey Lane, where it favors a fenced field also
patronized by hooved animals and domestic Helmeted Guineafowl.
The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE visiting the Eastport area was noted on Eastport Lake
on the north side of Montauk Highway at least to Monday, and was also seen
on the sod farm on the east side of Route 51 just north of Route 111
through Wednesday, but with waterfowl now on the move, its departure is
likely soon.
The Brooklyn SWAINSON’S HAWK, quite elusive lately, may still visit the
Sims Municipal Recycling Plant around 29th Street west of 2nd Avenue, where
it was Sunday, but has also been seen soaring over Green-Wood Cemetery both
today and last Saturday, thus apparently spending most of its time
undetected somewhere in the area.
Today single GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE were noted at Floyd Bennet Field
with CANADAS, on Miller Field on Staten Island, and on the Bowman Avenue
pond in Rye Brook, while two were on Wainscott Pond yesterday A TUNDRA
SWAN was still at Southaven County Park Sunday, a female KING EIDER was
still off Mt. Loretto Unique Area Saturday, the drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE
was spotted Sunday off Old Field Point and Lighthouse, and today there were
7 HARLEQUIN DUCKS off Point Lookout and a female off Coney Island Beach
with BUFFLEHEAD.
Lingering single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were still visiting Oldfield Point at
least to Saturday, Plumb Beach to Monday, and Point Lookout through today,
and Old Field Point also continues to host the yellow-legged HERRING-type
GULL that has sparked much discussion as to its specific identity,
including such possibilities as the recently split European Herring Gull or
a Yellow-legged Gull, or a hybrid, or ....
Other GULLS this week included a GLAUCOUS at Staten Island’s Fort Wadsworth
today, a LESSER BLACK-BACKED visiting Prospect Park Lake Wednesday, and
single ICELAND GULLS at Shinnecock Inlet Wednesday, at Wolfe's Pond Park on
Staten Island Tuesday, and visiting Oldfield Point at least to Tuesday.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue in Green-Wood Cemetery and at Sunken Meadow
State Park, with one also seen once again along the Paumanok Trail today,
this near Jones Pond off Schultz Road in Manorville.
A couple of VESPER SPARROWS were off Hulse Landing Road in Calverton
Saturday, while recent arrivals have included OSPREY, a few EASTERN PHOEBES
and some TREE SWALLOWS, and AMERICAN WOODCOCKS are now displaying at a few
locations, with more expected quite soon.
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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