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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, December
5, 2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, BROWN PELICAN, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER,
WESTERN KINGBIRD, ROSS'S and GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE, EURASIAN
WIGEON, HARLEQUIN DUCK, EARED GREBE, RED CROSSBILL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR,
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, DICKCISSEL, and much
more.
The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continues in the Oyster Bay area, still being
seen in the morning on Beaver Lake before departing its overnight
roost in favor of various feeding areas in the surrounding
neighborhood. The best spot from which to look for the Goose still
seems to be the causeway on Cleft Road, which bisects Beaver Lake.
Scan south for the roosting Geese and be careful on the causeway.
Parking is available at nearby Shu Swamp, requiring a hike to the
causeway, and a telescope is useful.
Some SANDHILL CRANES moving through our area this week included 6 seen
over Green-Wood Cemetery and nearby sites in Brooklyn mid-afternoon on
Thursday. followed shortly thereafter with 8 moving south over Pelham
Bay Park in the Bronx. A large group moving down the Connecticut
coast today was apparently not noted in our region - maybe tomorrow?
Some lingering BROWN PELICANS included 6 last Saturday off Fort
Wadsworth on Staten Island, up to 12 Sunday at Breezy Point, with 5
there Monday, and 5 seen off Coney Island to Thursday.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER stayed around Plumb Beach to last Sunday,
and a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen again Wednesday at Caumsett State
Park.
Multiple ROSS'S GOOSE reports included 1 at Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge last Sunday and again Tuesday, with 2 on Thursday seen with
SNOW GEESE on the East Pond, and another present Wednesday to Friday
on a pond east of Mills Pond Road in St. James.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues to visit the pond off Bowman
Avenue in Rye Brook, and 1 was seen Thursday and Friday in Lake
Success on the Nassau County Stormwater Basin #21west of New Hyde Park
Road.
Drake EURASIAN WIGEONS were still present early in the week at
Connetquot River State Park and Frank Melville Memorial Park in
Setauket, and 3 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were spotted off Rockaway Beach
between Beach 81st and 84th Streets on Wednesday.
An EARED GREBE was still being seen on the West Pond at Jamaica Bay as
of Sunday.
Single ICELAND GULLS were found at Breezy Point Sunday and Monday and
at Old Field Point Thursday, while an adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.
Among the winter finches that so far have made it into our area, even
if only briefly, were this week a flock of about a dozen RED
CROSSBILLS visiting Croton Point Park Thursday morning, with one or
more also heard only at Jones Beach West End last Saturday morning,
two female EVENING GROSBEAKS appearing in Prospect Park today, and a
PINE SISKIN in Central Park last Saturday.
A few LAPLAND LONGSPURS included 1 at Breezy Point Saturday, 2 at
Gardiners Bay Wednesday, and 1 at Sammy’s Beach today, and single
CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were noted at Randall’s Island Saturday and in
Heckscher State Park Wednesday through Friday.
A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER has continued at Manhattan’s Carl Schurz
Park at least to yesterday, with several other WARBLER species also
still hanging on, including numerous ORANGE-CROWNED.
A DICKCISSEL was spotted at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Saturday.
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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