This list covers only Brooklyn & Queens sightings.... based on the species rarity or uncommon frequency . The twitter accounts I follow only post birds under this protocol ( not general personal tweets to keep my account purelyfor rare to uncommon birds or unususual events like massed flocks, high warbler activity "waves" etc in Kings and Queens) . Some twitterers I might turn on the notifications on my cell phone... ( because I do work full time)
Of Course , if a MEGA RARITY ( not on the list below, bird outside of Northeastern range, a extralimital species) , in kings or Queens, tweet it.
if u want this list, email me....
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
| Western Grebe | Aechmophorus occidentalis |
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea |
| Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri |
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo ( if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc ) |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea ( if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc ) |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens ( if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc ) Or Massed flock |
| Ross's Goose | Chen rossii |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii |
| Barnacle Goose | Branta leucopsis |
| Brant | Branta bernicla |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria |
| Redhead | Aythya americana |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| King Eider | Somateria spectabilis |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica |
| Hooded Merganser | Lophodytes cucullatus |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator |
| Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris |
| King Rail | Rallus elegans |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata |
| American Coot | Fulica americana |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus |
| American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata |
| American Woodcock | Scolopax minor |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia |
| Royal Tern | Sterna maxima |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Least Tern | Sterna antillarum |
| Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus |
| Sooty Tern | Sterna fuscata |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Dovekie | Alle alle |
| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia |
| Razorbill | Alca torda |
| Black Guillemot | Cepphus grylle |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba Owls Not eligible for tweets |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Otus asio |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Snowy Owl | Nyctea scandiaca |
| Barred Owl | Strix varia |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus |
| Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Stellula calliope |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | Picoides arcticus |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum |
| Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Myiarchus cinerascens |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii |
| Cassin's Kingbird | Tyrannus vociferans |
| Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Lanius ludovicianus |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus |
| Bell's Vireo | Vireo bellii |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Poecile atricapilla |
| Boreal Chickadee | Poecile hudsonica |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| Brown Creeper | Certhia americana |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes hyemalis |
| Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Eastern Bluebird | if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Townsend's Solitaire | Myadestes townsendi |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus |
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Varied Thrush | Ixoreus naevius |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Sage Thrasher | Oreoscoptes montanus |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava/tschutschensis (indeterminate) |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapillus |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Helmitheros vermivorus |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora cyanoptera |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| Swainson's Warbler | Limnothlypis swainsonii |
| Tennessee Warbler | Oreothlypis peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Oreothlypis celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Oreothlypis ruficapilla |
| Virginia's Warbler | Oreothlypis virginiae |
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Geothlypis tolmiei |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia |
| Kentucky Warbler | Geothlypis formosus |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina |
| Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Setophaga castanea |
| Blackburnian Warbler | Setophaga fusca |
| Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Setophaga coronata |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Setophaga dominica |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Setophaga nigrescens |
| Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens |
| Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla |
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Western Tanager | Piranga ludoviciana |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
| American Tree Sparrow | Spizella arborea |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla |
| Vesper Sparrow | Pooecetes gramineus |
| Lark Sparrow | Chondestes grammacus |
| Lark Bunting | Calamospiza melanocorys |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum |
| Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii |
| Le Conte's Sparrow | Ammodramus leconteii |
| Nelson's Sparrow | Ammodramus nelsoni |
| Saltmarsh Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus |
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris |
| Dickcissel | Spiza americana |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus |
| Brewer's Blackbird | Euphagus cyanocephalus |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Scott's Oriole | Icterus parisorum |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus if in Prospect Park, GWCemetery, etc |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera |
| Common Redpoll | Carduelis flammea |
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
| Evening Grosbeak | Coccothraustes vespertinus |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
