Singles of Chimney Swift were reported (separately) from 2 locations in N.Y. City on Monday, March 29th, these being extremely early - possibly NY state early-date records. Interestingly there also was on the same date a report for a single Chimney Swift at Braddock Bay (hawk-watch, in Monroe County), NY. Further, at Cape May, N.J. a small number of Chimney Swifts appeared (along with at least 4 species of hirundines including P. Martins and Cliff and Barn Swallows all in the multiple; & to say nothing-much of the several sightings of Swallow-tailed Kite[s] in N.J. also on March 29). One of the March 29 Chimney Swift sightings in N.Y. City was from Manhattan (T. Olson), & is confirmed in an eBird report.
At least one Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was seen on 3/29, at Manhattan’s Highbridge Park, with others of the species appearing elsewhere in N.Y. City from Saturday 3/27 and since. Early, but not unprecedentedly so for the county or the region. Further migration has just taken place overnight. good birding to all, 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/ --
