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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, October 31,
2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are COMMON. CUCKOO,
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, VARIED THRUSH, WESTERN KINGBIRD, BROWN PELICAN, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,
HUDSONIAN GODWIT, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more.
The COMMON CUCKOO first noted out in Riverhead back on October 23rd, stayed
roughly in the same area just east of Roanoke Avenue through Saturday,
though eluding birders for quite a while, and then on Sunday it was found
in the morning a little further east along Reeves Avenue but soon
thereafter apparently disappeared for good.
The PINK-FOOTED GOOSE, keeping company with CANADA GEESE at the Buffalo
Farm on the west side of Roanoke Avenue just south of Reeves Avenue,
continued through Monday and was reported Tuesday just north of there but
not since, though a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found Tuesday at the
Buffalo Farm, both of these rarer geese likely still in that area.
Last Monday a stunning adult male VARIED THRUSH was found in Prospect Park
and has continued there through today. The location is near Litchfield
Villa just east of Prospect Park West and 5th Street. Check with birders
at the site for more specific directions.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD found at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay
last Sunday was still present today around the fenced in farm by the
arboretum.
Five BROWN PELICANS were seen off Coney Island Creek Park last Sunday but
not reported subsequently.
A WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, present since Wednesday in the Cutchogue area on
the North Fork, was still being seen today, usually briefly, as it flies
around back fields at the Pellegrini Vineyards, following the cattle herd
on the northwest side of Main Road.
Among the shorebirds, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER visited Fort Tilden
Tuesday, where 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted, and the
HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen again Saturday and Tuesday on the East Pond at
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
The recent storm event did produce 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS spotted off Riis
Park on Thursday, 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also noted there, and a
CASPIAN TERN was around Robert Moses State Park Wednesday and Thursday,
while the season’s first alcids featured 2 RAZORBILLS off Smith Point
County Park in Shirley on Thursday.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was spotted in Prospect Park last Saturday and again
today.
RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS this week included 1 in Green-Wood Cemetery last
Saturday and 1 all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.
On Sunday and Monday single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were present at Hudson
River Park in lower Manhattan and at Jones Beach West End, and a
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW visited Planting Fields Arboretum Monday and Tuesday,
while several VESPER SPARROWS were also locally uncovered during the week.
YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS occurred at the JFK Tobay Sanctuary Saturday,
Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday, Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and
Monday, and Inwood Hill Park Monday, and several ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
and DICKCISSELS were found, but the surprise was a SUMMER TANAGER seen
Saturday and Tuesday in Kissena Park in Queens.
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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