A Western Cattle Egret was still present on the north side of West 28th Street this Thuesday morning at 6:45 a.m., seen slightly nearer to the Ninth Ave. end of the long linear greenspace there, rather than up in the center or nearer to Eighth Ave. (i.e., just a bit more to the west than it’s most often been over recent days). This is in Manhattan, N.Y. City, in the Chelsea neighborhood.
- - - - - - - - - - - There’s been very good migration overnight thru the fog & drizzles, and at least some areas in Central Park, in Manhattan are hopping with freshly-arrived migrants - Already before even 9 a.m. there are at least 20 warbler species in the park, and such specials as SUMMER Tanager (in the north woods, a bit south of the Blockhouse as of 8:15 a.m. but may be moving a bit); there are also many new-for-year species just-in, & certain to be some additionals, perhaps including a few more uncommon / rarer species found. It remains to be seen if all of the park is active with migrants, or possibly the 2 regularly-busy areas for fresh migrant arrivals, which are the Ramble (likely to be hopping with observers for a good while, too!) and the north end of the park. It looks likely this is the largest arrival of neotropical migrant passerines so far this year, at least in this county. Further reports as warranted, and no doubts by day’s end… and recommended for at least NYC birders to, if possible, have a look around any local patch, where you work, atttend school, or live, as there might be some bird[s] of note, or at the least, a chance of some migrants. This is also the sort of day (with moderate to locally-thick fog) when the day could get more “birdy” as it rolls on, or, (perhaps) see a greater dispersal, & thus a bit less of any hot-spot sort of activity concentrated, as fog lifts or clears out. good -and ethical- birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
