Here is a photo of the Chuck-wills-widow that was found by someone in the Ramble area of Central Park today. I have never seen a Chuck or Whip roost so low before, great views. Today was a stellar birding day with a wet beginning, but the bird activity made up for all the early rain.
https://flic.kr/p/GSNRUD good birding, Anders Peltomaa Mannahatta On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Thomas Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Manhattan, New York City... > > Mother's Day Sunday, 8 May, 2016 > > A very big (impressive even for some who've been at this spring migration > watch for some years) migration took place overnight Sat. into Sunday and > some flight was still ongoing through the mid-day (& could well keep going > still for some sorts of migrants) in Manhattan and clearly all around the > greater region, perhaps a bit less so on the most eastern sections of the > region (?), > > and in Manhattan's Central Park alone, more than 100 species of birds have > already been found, by a whole lot of observers combining, & with efforts > in all corners of the park... the borough has the potential of adding at > least a dozen, perhaps 2 dozen more species to that "century" mark by day's > end, given the volume & good diversity that is being found. > > A putative Chuck-will's-widow is a candidate for "bird-of-the-day" in > Central - and yes, an American Bittern also in the Ramble area is a very > good find for this park... as are the at least 2 dozen species of Warblers, > the at least 5 species of Vireos, the at least 5 species of Catharus > [genus] Thrushes, the at least 4 species of Wrens, the at least 9 species > of Sparrows (very late "red" Fox being possibly the least-likely to get at > this date in May), the 2 spp. of Orioles, 2 spp. of Tanagers, & much, much > more. > > There are really great numbers of many, many species - one example being > more than 30 Wood Thrush in Central, and that's just from one active > observer going all thru the park this a.m. (myself); a Wood Thrush singing > beautifully even out at the Columbus Circle monument is certainly not where > that species is typical - but today is un-typical (!) > > At the western end of W. 55 St. in "Clinton Cove" just west of Manhattan's > West Side Highway, are still Seaside Sparrows, lingering in a patch-like > park space & often very near the Hudson river green-way pedestrian & bike > path lanes; look in the strip on the immediate west side of lanes (and to > be safe, stay to the west of that strip, off the active biking area). There > were other migrants there this late-morning, including Chestnut-sided > Warbler & a modest variety of other passerine species. > > At Manhattan's Riverside Drive near W. 102 St. (along the drive in trees > on the east side, rather than the Riverside Park side) was a lingering > Summer Tanager, but it was extremely difficult to see, & mostly heard > giving the typical calls, from densely-leaved trees in that area. Some > other migrants are also in Riverside Park, esp. from about W. 96th on thru > the Sanctuary area, at W. 115-120 Streets (& beyond a bit, for those who > are willing to get into poison ivy & see some people who are "not birding" > at times, n. of the north-most steps there.) > > Most any green-space in the region could potentially have some migrants & > could even have a really unexpected bird or two. Plenty more will be > forth-coming (perhaps after a day or more's rest & checking lots of field > notes, photos, & etc. etc.) > > good birding & if mom's out birding too, she ought to be happy with this > day, > > Tom Fiore > Manhattan > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
