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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: Gail Benson
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Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, November 13,
2026*, at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TROPICAL KINGBIRD,
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE, BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER and
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD, MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER, BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, WESTERN
KINGBIRD, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, EARED
GREBE, RED CROSSBILL, LARK SPARROW and more.
Another good week locally, commencing with the discovery of two TROPICAL
KINGBIRDS last Saturday out in Mecox, these feeding from fence lines in
pastures along Mecox Road near its intersection with Halsey Lane. Both
continued through Wednesday, with just one reported Thursday and today.
Also, last Saturday two WESTERN KINGBIRDS and a bonus female MOUNTAIN
BLUEBIRD were found at Jones Beach West End. The BLUEBIRD spent much of its
time feeding from the wooden fence along the median strip, often near the
police station now under repair. The KINGBIRDS moved about more frequently
but could usually be found between the police station and field across the
street down to the entry to the Coast Guard Station. The BLUEBIRD was last
noted on Thursday, when only one of the KINGBIRDS was reported. Another
WESTERN KINGBIRD was spotted Wednesday at the South Fork Natural History
Museum and Nature Center in Bridgehampton.
The TUNDRA BEAN-GOOSE continued daily through Wednesday feeding with
CANADAS at the Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, visible near a pond as
seen through a chain-link fence along Nassau Road on the northwest side of
the course; this is just south of Forest Avenue where Nassau Road meets
Forest Place. On Thursday. though, it was seen back on Beaver Lake, its
original site, as viewed from Cleft Road in Mill Neck, a narrow road with
no nearby parking, but it may continue to move between the two sites.
At Wave Hill in the Bronx, the BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER was not reported
after last Saturday, the RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD staying only to Sunday.
On Staten Island a MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLER was reported Sunday at Conference
House Park, and on Thursday a female BULLOCK'S ORIOLE was found at the
Mount Loretto Unique Area, continuing there today. Another BULLOCK’S, a
young male, continued in Morningside Park in northern Manhattan from last
week through Tuesday of this week.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen today in a CANADA GOOSE flock along
Daniel's Lane in Sagaponack, four TUNDRA SWANS were on Yellow Bar Hassock
out in Jamaica Bay last Sunday, and single EURASIAN WIGEONS featured a male
on Marion Lake in East Marion on the North Fork last Sunday, with a female
noted at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn Monday to Thursday.
Up to 7 MARBLED GODWITS were counted this week as they gathered on the
sandbars appearing at lower tide off the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach
West End.
The EARED GREBE was still on Jamaica Bay's West Pond last weekend, while
GULLS featured a GLAUCOUS at Coney Island Beach Sunday and an ICELAND at
Robert Moses State Park Field 2 Thursday, where RAZORBILL was also seen
offshore.
A RED CROSSBILL was reported over Heckscher State Park today, numbers of
PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS continue to move through, and a LAPLAND
LONGSPUR was at Plumb Beach last Saturday, when a LARK SPARROW visited
Fresh Kills Park.
Two YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were reported this week on Manhattan, with
another at Green-Wood Cemetery and one at Montauk, while about 16 species
of WARBLERS included numerous ORANGE-CROWNEDS. A BLUE GROSBEAK was reported
in Central Park Monday, and some DICKCISSELS continue 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.
