It feels well-worth noting here that the very active Kings County (Brooklyn, N.Y. City) birders continue to find an ANHINGA continuing on at Prospect Park’s Lake, often seen on and around the small island known there as the “Three Sisters” and still present into Thursday, May 4th in that location.
______________ New York County, N.Y. City - including (in this report) in particular, Manhattan parks - Thursday, May 4th: At least one EVENING Grosbeak was again being seen by many observers at the north-west sector of Central Park on Thursday (5/4); it would be nice to attempt to see if there are more in the area, or anywhere at all through the county as the chances are, others of the species *might be* occuring as well. (Incidentally, the occurrence of this species in May has precedents in this county, and in-particular in some of the larger parks of Manhattan, with occasionally, small flocks of this ‘irruptive’ finch species showing at times in spring, including multiple times in flocks, in Central Park, for example, over the many many decades; this is not-only a recent phenomenon for the county.) The May 3rd Solitary Sandpiper at Morningside Park’s pond was a notable nice addition to that park’s bird list, with the brightly-plumaged *Red-headed* Woodpecker up on the higher levels of the park - and at least, the Red-headed Woodpecker continuing in Morningside Park for Thursday, May 4th - still in the same general area, up on the higher (western) section, and near roughly West 115th St. east of Morningside Drive; this bird’s been active each of the past 4 days and is best sought by scanning all the nearby trees, and of course watching for movement. Other migrants are about in these initial days of May in that smaller park, with a LOT more visitation than is typical by birders with the unusual woodpecker’s occurrence there. Two (differently-plumaged) *Summer* Tanagers were reported and confirmed in eBird sightings from the Ramble-area of Central Park on Wed., May 3rd. Either of those may well be lingering ion that park, or same area as that tanager species will often linger, in that park in particular, sometimes for many days. Scarlet Tanagers are continuing to show in multiple parks as well including at Central Park and in other wooded areas. A potentially newly-arrived Orange-crowned Warbler was photographed in Central Park by May 3rd, and this comes in a week when the Orange-crowneds that might have been lingering overwintered individuals spread around the county have (had) seemed to move on. Many of the species noted to this list in past few days of May have been lingering, with among these ongoing into May 4th, Yellow-billed Cuckoos (in the multiple, from [at least] Governors Island, as well as in Central Park, early a.m., and the variety in warbler species again fairly good, with such species as Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, Cape May, Chestnut-sided all around in modest but multiple numbers, including (all) within Central Park by May 4th, as well as many of the various other species, of recent days or longer. A minimum of 22 warbler species were present in Central Park alone for Thursday morning, May 4th, & some additional are fairly likely to be noted. Flycatchers in the county again include Least, and Great Crested, as well as E. Kingbirds and still a few E. Phoebes; all of these are occurring in Central Park as well as other locations. With multiple birders having publicly reported the bird, it’s now reasonable to add the note that a Virginia Rail was present for many days running in Central Park’s ‘Loch', with some days providing far more sightings than some other days, and the bird itself sometimes showing well, and more-often trying not to, as most any rail’s natural behavior. (this was not the first of that species in the county this spring). These are good days in which to check over the swallows (or possible martins) moving thru, as some new arrivals may be pusing in despite what seems ‘contrary’ weather. Each day and night of this week has provided migratory movement of a lot of species, in all categories of birds, and the urge to make-headway on to the north is strong. More detailed reports in future. Thanks to the many keen and quiet observers of so many sightings, and for various reports of these and many more migrant birds. 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/ --
