New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls Island, Governors Island and Roosevelt Island, and the waters surrounding and skies above - Sunday, Oct. 15th -
Another great arrival of migrants occurred for the region, and this county. Nearly 140 species were found in N.Y. County on the day with nearly 100 species recorded just in Central Park, which included at least 18 warbler species in that park alone on Sunday. One of the focal points of migration on Sunday in the county was on Randalls Island, which had among many, many other species noted, these reported sightings - Cackling Goose - also reported from around the city and region, Atlantic Brant in a modest arrival -likewise seen in other locations on the day, Wilsons Snipe, at least 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons lingering as is typical there, Monk Parakeets - a species that has also been seen recently in a nearby area of Manhattans East Harlem, Veery, nicely-photographed at Randalls for additional rigor on the documentation of a late date; a few of these also reported from Central Park and elsewhere on the day, American Pipits, Pine Siskin - a species now showing in many areas all around the region, and in some places including in N.Y. County in fairly high numbers, thus a species to listen and watch for locally, Vesper Sparrow and many other sparrow species, and Blue Grosbeak, the last a female or poss. young male, with a number of observers, including K. Becker and others, on Randalls Island on Sunday. A very good raptor flight was also noted at Randalls Island, for both species-variety and numbers at that location; strong vulture migration was seen with more than 150 Turkey Vultures noted - part of a strong migration regionally, for vultures and a diversity of raptors. More than 80 species of birds were recorded Sunday on Randalls Island, and many with thanks in part to 3 of some regular bird-finders there, D. Aronov, A. Cunningham, T. Healy, as well as numerous other observers. Eastern Meadowlark was seen and photod, by J. Marinov, at Roosevelt Island, within N.Y. County, on Sunday, adding yet another site for the species in this past week in the county. Black-billed Cuckoo, which was found and seen by independent observers on Sunday at Central Park was a species also seen in multiple other locations regionally, on the day. A Yellow-breasted Chat which was seen in Central Park by many independent observers had among many eBirded reports, this photo included with one now in the Macaulay Library, thanks to B. Yolton - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/610009057 Among the vast numbers of newly-arrived migrants were yet-more of White-throated Sparrows, which numbered in the many-thousands for all of the county and were seen in quadruple-digits in Central Park, taking all of that park into consideration, for Sunday. That species only a sampler for the high numbers of many other arrivals in good numbers on the day. American Woodcock arrived at Central Park on 10/15, and there were some other newly-arrived species around as well. The good numbers of Turkey Vultures on Sunday were noted from various points in Manhattan, including at Inwood Hill Park and some other parks; also seen were at least small numbers of Black Vulture, and a variety of raptors, with multiple Red-shouldered Hawks and a few reports of Broad-winged Hawk. Some county reports may still be coming in for Sunday's full day of migration; as of early Monday, there were no public eBirded reports of a bittern on 10/15, thus the most-recent eBird-listed/confirmed sighting of one in the county was still from mid-May of this year, at Central Park and as seen then, in May, during a guided not-for-profit walk with multiple participants, led for the American Museum of Natural History. One of the eBird-ed American Bitterns photographed on Sunday 10/15 was from New York Botanical Garden, in Bronx County, NY - that bird found within their native plant garden and viewed by many. More N.Y. County reports will be forthcoming. 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/ --
