Manhattan (and notes from the other isles of N.Y. County), N.Y. City thru Tuesday, May 9th:
The Prothonotary Warbler seen [D. McEachern] at The Battery (Park) near the statue of “the Immigrants” is confirmed in eBird for May 9th; was *not* re-found there (at least as of around 9 am, on Wed., May 10th). (There are water-features in the general area, the park and greenspaces on up the west side of lower Manhattan’s waterfront.) An Eastern Whip-poor-will was heard (B. Cacace) in northern Manhattan (Cabrini Woods) on May 8th. Broad-winged Hawk was seen from Central Park on Tuesday, 5/9 (multi. observers). Summer Tanagers - (adult male) at Central Park, and at least one (other individual) at Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan, on May 9th, each well-photo’d. and with multiple observers. There may have been additionals of this tanager species in other county locations, again seen to 5/9. One of the Central Park (adult male) Summers was continuing on for Wednesday, May 10th, at or around the mid-Ramble, Azalea Pond and adjacent areas. Cliff Swallows were moving, and a few starting to situate in potential breeding sites in the county (that being mostly or solely at Randall’s Island, as far as known). Cliff Swallows were continuing - as well as a pair of Monk Parakeets, on Randall’s Island, into May 10th (Wednesday). Bank Swallows also have been reliably detected in recent days in the county, those latter being solely migrants. The other regularly-occurring swallows - Tree, N. Rough-winged, and Barn, have set up for nesting and also are still pushing through in this month. (Additional confirmed sightings of Purple Martin have also occurred in the county, but in limited no’s. and locations.) Some unusual sightings for midtown Manhattan, at Bryant Park (one city block east of Times Square) included a female E. Bluebird, and Green Heron, as well as Savannah Sparrow, with observers on a not-for-profit guided bird walk with an expert leader. Various other species seen there all on May 9th included Red-breasted Nuthatch, Indigo Bunting and a mix of warblers. At least the sixth White-eyed Vireo for the county this spring was recorded at Riverside Park north, on May 9th. Some of the sightings of this species may be in areas where breeding would be a possibility. The other regularly-breeding species of vireos of the county are Warbling and Red-eyed, with Yellow-throated considered a rather rare-breeder; no records exist nor are any expected for breeding Blue-headed Vireo, nor the [scarce on passage] Philadelphia Vireo. A possibly near-unprecedented late-date for the county was noted with a sighting-report of American Tree Sparrow in Central Park (where that species is quite uncommon to rare in any recent year at any season), on May 5th - it would be great if there is any photo-documentation of such a late date. Some reports continued to flow in for Yellow-throated Warbler into May 9th, in a spring that’s featured possibly-unprecedented numbers of (well-documented) sightings of that species to the broader region and also in New York City. 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/ --
