New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan -with Central Park- and Governors Island and Randalls Island - into Tuesday, Sept. 12th:
Highlights, among others, included a Golden-winged Warbler - again turning up at Central Park, but at the northern edge of that park on Monday, and the earlier Yellow-br. Chat that a fair number got to see as the one day it was seen went along, also among many sightings from the Tribute In Light for 9/11 Remembrance at the World Trade Center memorial in lower Manhattan, with volunteers present watching for any migrants coming in to and around the high beams of light projected upward for that occasion; of many migrants including warblers, at least one Connecticut was noted for the effort; perhaps a lengthy list of some species seen that evening and night will be forthcoming. The brightly-plumaged -fly-through only- Red-HEADED Woodpecker at Central Park's north end in the morning of 9/12 was not re-found there at all by afternoon, but could potentially still be present in that park somewhere. On the past weekend, at least 25 species of American warblers were found in the county, and at least 22 of those were still being seen thru Sunday, 9/10 and that latter total of warbler species moved up to at least 23 by Monday, 9/11, in Central Park. Slight increases of Palm Warbler have been noted in the county in the past few days, while American Redstart has continued to be rather numerous, yet not as much so as in the prior week and earlier this fall -or southbound-season. More N. Parulas had also begun to be seen and there also was an increase in Common Yellowthroat sightings. Vast numbers of all kinds of migrants fled south on the night of Sept. 11 into morning (with fog present) of Sept. 12th; many of those migrants over-flew the NYC area and wider region and some certainly made it, overnight, to at least the Delaware Bay area... with indications of excellent flight in such hot-spots as Cape May N.J. on the 12th. In a small touch of autumnal birds, one of the first Brown Creepers of the season was noted from Central Park by Sept. 8th, and some others also were reported in the county. Several sightings of Savannah Sparrow have occurred, one of the first-reported in the county being at Governors Island. The sightings of Common Nighthawks by a number of observers have put a nice cap on what might be a change-over of weather pattern to a more early-autumnal or at-least late-summer feel, and the changing bird scene to go with. A partial listing of migrants and other birds seen thru Sept. 12th in N.Y. County - Canada Goose Mute Swan Wood Duck Northern Shoveler Gadwall Mallard American Black Duck Green-winged Teal feral-type Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk - includes those seen roosting in Central Park, multi-observers, as well as a modest number on eve. flights, in recent days. Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird - still coming thru, and fair numbers for 9/12. Killdeer Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper peep / Calidris-genus sp. Wilsons Snipe - Randalls Island. Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper large shorebird sp. Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - mainly at Randalls Island as is typical for the county for this season. Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Eastern Screech-Owl, Great Horned Owl - each resident on manhattan. Belted Kingfisher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - STILL just the few that had summered-over. Red-headed Woodpecker - fly-thru at Central Park, Tuesday, 9/12. Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Monk Parakeet Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher - one confirmed, with calls recorded. Alder/Willow Flycatcher or so-called Traill's Flycatcher types, perhaps either still moving thru. Empidonax-genus Flycatcher sp. - any number of such, best left as genera, not to species... Eastern Phoebe - increased. Great Crested Flycatcher - decreased. Eastern Kingbird - now rather scarce, and any sightings should be checked closely for later autumn. Yellow-throated Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper - as noted above, a few had arrived here in past week. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher House Wren Carolina Wren European Starling Gray Catbird -a few migrants showing in addition to the many local breeders. Brown Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Veery - these also with good nocturnal migrations, esp. thru Sept. 11th-12th. Gray-cheeked Thrush - some increase in these types, Gray-cheeked / Bicknell's Thrush - both included for some of these sightings. Swainsons Thrush - increased - and also many moving for nocturnal flights. Hermit Thrush - scarce, as is fully expected so far here. Wood Thrush - more migrants around, or passing now. American Robin Cedar Waxwing House Sparrow House Finch Purple Finch - few, and just slightly surprising now - 9/12. American Goldfinch Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow - these are still the many that summered and do so in each year in this county, particularly in mid and lower Manhattan; the migrant-visitors are still to come in. Savannah Sparrow - began to appear in the county. Song Sparrow Lincolns Sparrow - very scant so far. Swamp Sparrow - small no's. Eastern Towhee Yellow-breasted Chat - reported first by D. Allen, later same day seen by multiple obs. at same area of Central Park, not reported again after the one-day, but just-may be continuing. Bobolink - ongoing small flights, and some on-the-deck too, esp. at Governors Island. Baltimore Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle -- Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush Golden-winged Warbler - one sighting at Central Park's north end, 9/11, by E. Leonardi. Blue-winged Warbler - in multiple again recently. Black-and-white Warbler - multiple Tennessee Warbler - multiple Nashville Warbler - multiple Connecticut Warbler - seen in the Tribute in Light 9/11 Remembrance on that recent night. Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat - increased. Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler - - multiple - - this species has occurred into early JAN. in N.Y. County, although very rare by then; it can occasionally be found attempting to overwinter however. Northern Parula - increased. Magnolia Warbler - increased. Bay-breasted Warbler - thru 9/12. Blackburnian Warbler - thru 9/12. Yellow Warbler - increased, more migrants showing from farther north and-or west just now. Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler - small further increases, none in past week were the first-of-season at any larger island or larger park in this county, with the trend among so many Parulidae for a slightly early first-appearance in the area, this season. Pine Warbler Myrtle -Yellow-rumped- Warbler - very slight increase. Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler - decreased. Wilsons Warbler -- Scarlet Tanager - still passing in modest numbers to 9/12. Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting - slight decrease just lately, but more are likely. - and surely a number of other species: possibly some rarities. Thanks to all the many keen observers of the past few days and the many volunteers and guides / leaders for many non-profit orgs, for so many sightings and individual reports. We have also had a number of nice insect-sightings of late in this county, those including a goodly variety of butterfly species- migratory Monarchs amongst these. 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