Rare-bird alerts plus birding news, photos, and videos for Queens and Long Island. See link for user guide.

Queens, NY
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This morning breezy point had 4 surf scoters, 3 harriers , Peregrine Falcon hunting, kestrel, a bald eagle flew by , coopers and Merlin small birds run I mean fly for your lives!! Shot using fujifilm#birdcpp @BirdBrklyn @BirdCentralPark @FujifilmX_US
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Saturday at Lido Beach Passive Nature Area. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blackburnian Warbler, Blue Grosbeak and Palm Warbler. @BirdQueens 1/2
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Replying to @BirdQueens
@BirdQueens Common Raven making interesting sounds at Juniper Valley Park today!
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Laughing gull Saturday at the beach #BirdTwitter #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdcpp #shorebirds
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Oystercatchers Saturday at the beach #BirdTwitter #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdcpp #shorebirds
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A scarlet tanager enjoying some goodies, this morning at Maple Grove Cemetery, Queens county #birds
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A snowy egret was tossing a tiny fish down the hatch. East pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 08/29/2026 #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdcpp
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Eastern Phoebe at Oakland Lake, Queens today. @qcbirdclub @BirdQueens
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Hundreds of Tree Swallows swarming in parking lot at Nickerson Beach. @BirdQueens
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Magnolia Warbler at Oakland Lake yesterday 9/29/2026 @qcbirdclub @BirdQueens
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After the storm at Oakland Lake, Queens NYC #rubythroatedhummingbird #wildbirds @qcbirdclub @BirdQueens
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Two gloss ibises came in for landing while what seems to be a laughing gull tried to photobomb. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, east pond, 08/29/2026 #birdcpp #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography
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Seeing a few nighthawks in Hewlett LI over East Broadway. Seen about 3 so far. @BirdQueens
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Rednot, American golden plover , harrier and 100s of sanderlings , skimmers, lots of royal terns at breezy point @BirdQueens #birdcpp @wildnewyorkshow @BirdCentralPark
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A lesser yellowlegs was picking up an insect from the shallow mud flats at the south end of the east pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 08/29/2026 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdphotography #birdcpp
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A few semi-palmated sandpipers were foraging in the shallow mud flat at the south end of the East pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. 08/29/2026 #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birdcpp
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Stilt sandpiper and reflection at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens county #birds
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Red Tailed Hawk enjoying a pigeon lunch in Queens, NY yesterday! #BirdTwitter #sonyalpha #birdqueens @BirdQueens @SonyAlpha
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