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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
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, November 7, 2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, SMITH'S LONGSPUR, PURPLE GALLINULE, VARIED THRUSH, CAVE SWALLOW, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, BROWN PELICAN, BLACK-HEADED GULL, SANDHILL CRANE, RUFOUS-TYPE HUMMINGBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON, WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, DICKCISSEL, and more.
An exciting week regionally began with a BEAN-GOOSE spotted Monday at the Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, analysis of field marks pointing to this as the TUNDRA form of this recently split taxon. Since Monday, the GOOSE has been found to roost overnight with CANADA GEESE on Beaver Lake, this area visible looking south from the causeway portion of Cleft Road. There is parking at nearby Shu Swamp, requiring a hike, but much of the area is private. The GEESE leave the lake later in the morning, flying out to any of the various fields or golf courses in the area. On Tuesday it was found southwest of the lake at the Nassau Country Club on a pond off Nassau Road. Good luck!
A SMITH'S LONGSPUR was found in dunes east of Shinnecock Inlet last Sunday and seen again Monday but not reported since.
An adult PURPLE GALLINULE spotted Wednesday along Industrial Road at the north end of Fort Pond in Montauk was still present today, and, interestingly, may be the same individual that visited this same location last October.
The striking male VARIED THRUSH has continued through the week in Prospect Park, usually seen just below the Litchfield Villa just east of Prospect Park West and 5th Street.
CAVE SWALLOWS have again made their late fall incursion into New York, both up in the Great Lakes region and now coastally in our area. So far they've been noted locally in the Bronx since Tuesday around the Pelham Bay landfill, sparsely so far along the Westchester coast, and at Governors Island today, but more are up along the Connecticut coast and hopefully will be moving our way and likely along the Atlantic shore of Long Island as well.
A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen briefly Thursday at Randalls Island, and another has since last Sunday been visiting the Suffolk County Farm and Education Center, where a LARK SPARROW was also seen Monday and Wednesday.
At Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, the EARED GREBE was still present today on the West Pond, where an HUDSONIAN GODWIT was spotted last Saturday.
A number of BROWN PELICANS have been seen in lower New York Bay since last Sunday from both Breezy Point and various Brooklyn locations as well as from northeastern Staten Island, these including counts of 16 off Brooklyn Monday and 17 off Fort Tilden Thursday.
A BLACK-HEADED GULL was joined by an ICELAND GULL on Fort Pond Bay in Montauk on Wednesday, a RED-NECKED GREBE was off Wolfe's Pond Park Thursday, four SANDHILL CRANES flew over the Chestnut Ridge hawk watch in Bedford last Sunday, and a WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET was last seen in Cutchogue Sunday.
For waterfowl, a EURASIAN WIGEON was back at Connetquot River State Park as of Wednesday, and two HARLEQUIN DUCKS were at Fort Tilden Sunday, while also notable were a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Sheepshead Bay Wednesday and a Selasphorus HUMMINGBIRD, likely RUFOUS, near the Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve to Friday.
An EVENING GROSBEAK flew over Alley Pond Park Friday morning, and SPARROWS included a LARK in Central Park Thursday, 3 CLAY-COLORED, 2 GRASSHOPPER and a few VESPER, with some DICKCISSELS continuing locally,
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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