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> On Sep 22, 2023, at 7:28 AM, Tom Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan with Roosevelt Island and > other islands of the county, as well as skies above and adjacent waters. > > On Thursday Sept. 21, a Lark Sparrow was seen and photographed in the Four > Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island which is a part of N.Y. County- that park > is at the south side of that island in the East River estuary, and is the > largest bit of open habitat on that otherwise quite residential island. The > park may or may not be p open at very early hours, and in some instances over > many years, birds found at Roosevelt Island may or may-not stay in place > there. The island is reached via several modes of transit, including an > aerial tramway from Manhattan, as well as NYC subway, and by roadway from a > bridge out of northwest Queens County NYC. Two BLUE Grosbeaks, up from one > previously there were noted from this same park on Wed, 9/20, sightings noted > by J. Marinov, with photos also confirmed and in eBird, Macaulay Library etc. > > At Central Park in Manhattan on 9/21, a young Red-headed Woodpecker, lacking > the adults red hood, was seen passing thru the Strawberry Fields area - J. > Nance - and that, at least the 2nd of that species this month, could also > potentially linger within the park - a park where up to 10 of that species at > least once spent the greater part of one fall-winter and many into spring not > so many years ago - these may find wintering territories to which they can be > very loyal, and in that Park, the territories can be potentially almost > anywhere in semi wooded places, from the southern end of that park thru to > the northern portion and from east to west as well. The species also has > wintered in and near Riverside Park on Manhattans western side more than > once. M. > > Philadelphia Vireos have continued to be seen, including in Central Park into > Thursday, 9/21, one nicely photographed and eBirded as such, in Centrals > north end -T. Zahner- as well as sightings by others then and over multiple > days. As to the Connecticut Warbler in Central Parks nw quadrant, there were > up to 15+ observers of that individual on Wed, 9/20 and the local GroupMe > bird alerts system helped bring some of those observers; the skulking warbler > having moved slightly in the various hour spaces of its sightings; the > original finder has not been noted by anyone reporting to NYSBirds. As on > many many prior days, migrants were seen in great diversity and numbers all > around the county into all of Thursday. Some slightly-late Great Crested > Flycatchers were being found recently a tiny Central Park, and as many know, > we ought to scrutinize any birds in the genus Myiarchus for the possibilities > of western vagrants, the most regular to our region being Ash-throated, among > the potential for flycatchers in autumn, which will begin on the calendar > shortly! > > A number of observers went to Randalls Island -in N.Y. County- and among many > migrants there, Greater Yellowlegs were seen again, 2 or more days in a row > into 9/21, an uncommon species to linger within the county. More than 15 > warbler spp. were also found thru just Thursday on Randalls Island, similarly > to what was > noted in many of the countys various many other parks - and to some extent > also in smaller greenspaces. > > Thanks to the many quiet, keen active observers as well as many leaders of > not-for-profit walks to benefit conservation and science-based orgs, plus > many independent observers and photographers out and about thru the county, > for a vast many sightings and reports, plus photos, in high-volume migration > times recently. > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
