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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
28, 2025 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE, BROWN BOOBY, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,
BROWN PELICAN, TOWNSEND’S and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, ASH-THROATED
FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, EARED GREBE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS
and much more.
Though not reported for several days after last Friday, the TUNDRA
BEAN-GOOSE has been spotted on Beaver Lake in Oyster Bay from
Wednesday through today. This goose presumably continues to roost
overnight with CANADA GEESE on the south end of the lake, moving out
in mid-morning to feeding areas in the surrounding neighborhood. The
best area to look for the goose still seems to be from the causeway
portion of Cleft Road, which crosses the middle of Beaver Lake. Look
south from the causeway but be aware that the geese might be hidden by
shoreline coves and overhanging vegetation. Parking is available at
nearby Shu Swamp but does require a hike from there. A telescope is
certainly useful and be careful along the roadway.
Three nice rarities occurring on consecutive days early in the week
featured a BROWN BOOBY photographed as it flew by Fire Island off
Smith Point County Park last Sunday; followed Monday by a WHITE-WINGED
DOVE seen twice briefly on Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Park on
Staten Island before disappearing, and then on Tuesday a female
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD spotted in a small flock of RED-WINGED
BLACKBIRDS by a sharp-eyed young lady who pointed it out to her father
as the birds moved by their east-side Manhattan apartment building.
BROWN PELICANS continue to be seen in the waters off southwest
Brooklyn from lower New York Bay down to Breezy Point and east towards
Jamaica Bay, with a peak of 19 counted off Coney Island on Wednesday
and at least 2 noted today south of the Verrazano Bridge.
The TOWNSEND’S WARBLER at Highbridge Park in northern Manhattan was
last reported on Monday, but 1 or 2 YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS were
present from Sunday to today at Carl Schurz Park, located off East End
Avenue and East 87th Street.
An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER found last week at Plumb Beach in Brooklyn
was still present at least up to Thursday, and another visited Bush
Terminal Piers Park last weekend, while a WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen
again at Sammy’s Beach in Northwest Harbor on Monday.
The EARED GREBE at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge was seen on the West
Pond as recently as Tuesday, while the one found last week in
Shinnecock Bay was still off the end of Atterbury Road on Tuesday.
Single BLACK-HEADED GULLS were spotted at Plumb Beach Sunday, again in
Montauk Inlet Monday, and on Prospect Park lake today; a GLAUCOUS GULL
was at Patchogue's Shorefront Park Wednesday (along with a
DICKCISSEL), and an ICELAND GULL (plus a RED-NECKED GREBE) visited
Plumb Beach Saturday.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE has returned to Rye Brook for the 12th
consecutive year, appearing on the pond off Bowman Avenue as of last
Saturday, this behind the Rye Ridge Shopping Center, while EURASIAN
WIGEON were noted during the week at both Connetquot River State Park
and Frank Melville Memorial Park.
Single WESTERN CATTLE-EGRETS continued at Floyd Bennett Field to
Saturday and Deep Hollow Ranch in Montauk to Thursday.
A LARK SPARROW was at Plumb Beach Sunday, with a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
at Jamaica Bay Saturday followed by one at Randalls Island today.
At least three EVENING GROSBEAKS visited Central Park last weekend.
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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