Hi Deborah and all, The nearly simultaneous appearance of this species at three sites in coastal New York strongly suggests an early irruption. A precedent that comes to mind is June 2007, when this species surprised many of us with its early appearances. We can only hope that fall 2016 shapes up like that one, in terms of irruptive species reaching the coast!
http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2007v57n4/y2007v57n4p295-297feustel.pdf# http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2007v57n4/y2007v57n4rgn10.pdf# http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2008v58n1/y2008v58n1rgn10.pdf# Shai Mitra Bay Shore ________________________________________ From: bounce-120587102-11143...@list.cornell.edu [bounce-120587102-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Deborah Allen [dalle...@earthlink.net] Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2016 4:04 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday June 26, 2016 - R-b Nuthatch Arrival, late date Black-and-white Warbler Central Park NYC - Ramble Sunday June 26, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Turtle Pond at 9am Highlights: Jeff Ward spotted a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the Maintenance Field. Red-breasted Nuthatch does not summer in Central Park, and today's Red-breasted Nuthatch represents the park's earliest fall arrival date. We found two Red-breasted Nuthatches yesterday, June 25th, at the NYBG (Bronx), so these birds may also have been very early fall arrivals. A Red-breasted Nuthatch was also reported today from Brooklyn by Tom Preston via twitter. The group found two Black-and-white Warblers, one in Mugger's Woods, the other at the Tupelo Field. This is the latest spring date we know of for Black-and-white Warbler in Central Park. The previous record was June 25, 2006 (spotted by Sandra Critelli on another of our bird walks). One of the birds (female - Mugger's Woods) is likely the bird we saw last week, the other was an adult male still in alternate plumage at the Tupelo Field. It becomes difficult to tell at this time of year whether this new Black-and-white Warbler represents a lingering spring migrant, an early fall migrant or "post-breeding dispersal." ________________________________ Take a picture. Write a caption. Win a prize. Where’s Danny the Dolphin today?<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/wheresdanny/> -- 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/ --
