[nysbirds-l] Central Park & N.Y. County (NYC) May 1st - with a Starr-walk, & more
Saturday, 1st of May - At Central Park, there were birders out from pre-dawn through dusk (at least) and among all these observers spread from all corners of that park to all other pointswith good sightings from all around the site. One guided walk had to be given its due, that which honors the memory of Starr Saphir, who passed too soon (of cancer, eventually) yet inspired literally thousands of birders of all ages and proclivities, many of those birders active today, some of them mentored as observers with and by Starr, who was not just a leader of walks in Central Park, but an educator, who had birded from the Pacific (in Mexico & California, where she first learned her craft, as well as in SE Arizona) to the Indian ocean, where she led a birding tour in Kenya for some lucky folks, and in a whole lot of other places around the globe, such as Homer, Alaska where she got closer to being one of the then-small club of “700-species-observers” of North American birds (north of Mexico, that was). During this Saturday’s May-day memorial walk for Starr’s memory, offered by the non-profit Linnaean Society of New York, some of the highlights included the singing male Yellow-throated Warbler at the western edge of The Lake, and a couple of those wonderful city-rarities, Evening Grosbeaks - still in the Ramble of Central Park, along with many dozens of other migrants; thanks to Lenore Swenson for her role as the leader for this annual walk. (Incidentally, the all-time attendance-record for any bird-walk, ever, in N.Y. County is forever held by Starr Saphir, which took place in Central Park. I know, I was on that particular walk, it was as if every birder who lives in N.Y. City had shown up on the day. And that was well before these times & the social-media buzz that’s now so ubiquitous.) All told, birders in Central Park alone were finding more than 20 species of warblers, & 90+ species of birds on the first of May. For the county as a whole, including those outlying islands (Governors, which re-opened to the general public on May-day, and Randall’s Island[s]) there were far more than 110 species found on the day, even with a lot of blustery wind to give a bit of a challenge. Nice sightings from the windy s. tip of Manhattan & Governors Island, to the wind-chilled eastern reaches of Randall’s Island, to Inwood & the Hudson and Harlem and East rivers. At the “least”, Least Flycatcher was a freshly-confirmed addition to 2021 species seen & heard in N.Y. County, with several or more in Central Park alone. Marsh Wren was among the 4 species of wrens again in Central, just as was seen on Friday 4/30, the others as expected being Winter, House, & Carolina Wrens. There were again 5 species of vireos in Manhattan, all of those also being found in Central Park - Red-eyed, White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Warbling, & still Blue-headed Vireos were all present. Thrushes seen & well-documented were Veery, Wood, Swainson’s, and above-all, in great numbers Hermit Thrush, of which Central Park alone had far more than 100, and many other parks also had large numbers - yep, Am. Robins too! For sparrows, at least 8 species were found in N.Y. County - Field, Chipping, Savannah, Song, Swamp, Lincoln’s (& the first few of migrants just showing this or in most-recent days, as well as the 2 known overwinters of Lincoln’s), White-throated (in the many hundreds and hundreds) & White-crowned (which are now not so tough to find), plus E. Towhees galore, & still as of Saturday a few Slate-colored Juncos, in a couple of less-birded sites. In all there were still *at least* seven Evening Grosbeaks lingering in Central Park, & a few more also again in part of Riverside Park (near W. 91st) but likely others could have been in some additional sites in Manhattan or other parts of the county; while feeding these birds are sometimes quiet, & surprisingly ‘hidden’ at times in the increasing leaf-out around town. There also are still Purple Finches & some Pine Siskins about & passing through and the American Goldfinches may be building a bit. Other (rarer for N.Y. County) finch species are also still a possibility, so brush up on those flight- & contact-calls. … There might be more & new migrants by or after Sunday, thus a more thorough list by next week. Among many species to **watch** for: Golden-winged Warbler. good May 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] Central Park & N.Y. County (NYC) May 1st - with a Starr-walk, & more
Saturday, 1st of May - At Central Park, there were birders out from pre-dawn through dusk (at least) and among all these observers spread from all corners of that park to all other pointswith good sightings from all around the site. One guided walk had to be given its due, that which honors the memory of Starr Saphir, who passed too soon (of cancer, eventually) yet inspired literally thousands of birders of all ages and proclivities, many of those birders active today, some of them mentored as observers with and by Starr, who was not just a leader of walks in Central Park, but an educator, who had birded from the Pacific (in Mexico & California, where she first learned her craft, as well as in SE Arizona) to the Indian ocean, where she led a birding tour in Kenya for some lucky folks, and in a whole lot of other places around the globe, such as Homer, Alaska where she got closer to being one of the then-small club of “700-species-observers” of North American birds (north of Mexico, that was). During this Saturday’s May-day memorial walk for Starr’s memory, offered by the non-profit Linnaean Society of New York, some of the highlights included the singing male Yellow-throated Warbler at the western edge of The Lake, and a couple of those wonderful city-rarities, Evening Grosbeaks - still in the Ramble of Central Park, along with many dozens of other migrants; thanks to Lenore Swenson for her role as the leader for this annual walk. (Incidentally, the all-time attendance-record for any bird-walk, ever, in N.Y. County is forever held by Starr Saphir, which took place in Central Park. I know, I was on that particular walk, it was as if every birder who lives in N.Y. City had shown up on the day. And that was well before these times & the social-media buzz that’s now so ubiquitous.) All told, birders in Central Park alone were finding more than 20 species of warblers, & 90+ species of birds on the first of May. For the county as a whole, including those outlying islands (Governors, which re-opened to the general public on May-day, and Randall’s Island[s]) there were far more than 110 species found on the day, even with a lot of blustery wind to give a bit of a challenge. Nice sightings from the windy s. tip of Manhattan & Governors Island, to the wind-chilled eastern reaches of Randall’s Island, to Inwood & the Hudson and Harlem and East rivers. At the “least”, Least Flycatcher was a freshly-confirmed addition to 2021 species seen & heard in N.Y. County, with several or more in Central Park alone. Marsh Wren was among the 4 species of wrens again in Central, just as was seen on Friday 4/30, the others as expected being Winter, House, & Carolina Wrens. There were again 5 species of vireos in Manhattan, all of those also being found in Central Park - Red-eyed, White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Warbling, & still Blue-headed Vireos were all present. Thrushes seen & well-documented were Veery, Wood, Swainson’s, and above-all, in great numbers Hermit Thrush, of which Central Park alone had far more than 100, and many other parks also had large numbers - yep, Am. Robins too! For sparrows, at least 8 species were found in N.Y. County - Field, Chipping, Savannah, Song, Swamp, Lincoln’s (& the first few of migrants just showing this or in most-recent days, as well as the 2 known overwinters of Lincoln’s), White-throated (in the many hundreds and hundreds) & White-crowned (which are now not so tough to find), plus E. Towhees galore, & still as of Saturday a few Slate-colored Juncos, in a couple of less-birded sites. In all there were still *at least* seven Evening Grosbeaks lingering in Central Park, & a few more also again in part of Riverside Park (near W. 91st) but likely others could have been in some additional sites in Manhattan or other parts of the county; while feeding these birds are sometimes quiet, & surprisingly ‘hidden’ at times in the increasing leaf-out around town. There also are still Purple Finches & some Pine Siskins about & passing through and the American Goldfinches may be building a bit. Other (rarer for N.Y. County) finch species are also still a possibility, so brush up on those flight- & contact-calls. … There might be more & new migrants by or after Sunday, thus a more thorough list by next week. Among many species to **watch** for: Golden-winged Warbler. good May 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] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 1, 2021 - Evening & Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Vireos, 17 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 1, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, mob. Highlights - Evening & Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged, Yellow-throated, Blackpoll, and Canada Warbler. Canada Goose - 20 Northern Shoveler - 5 males Gadwall - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Mallard - 10 Bufflehead - 6 (2 males, 4 females) Ruddy Duck - 3 Mourning dove - 15-20 Chimney Swift - 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - male uphill from Boathouse Cafe Herring Gull - 14 Double-crested Cormorant - 35 Great Egret - 2 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (2 over Ramble, adult and chick at nest on Cardinal Cooke) Barred Owl - reported Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 3 American Kestrel - hovering over Red-tailed Hawk nest Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Tupelo Field Blue-headed Vireo - 4 Warbling Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 7 American Crow - 4 Barn Swallow - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Shakespeare Garden White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Laupot Bridge in Ramble House Wren - 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Upper Lobe Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Veery - 3 Hermit Thrush - 25-50 American Robin - 50-100 Gray Catbird - 10-20 Evening Grosbeak - 2 males Tupelo field House Finch - 4 Purple Finch - 1 female Stone Arch American Goldfinch - 15-25 Chipping Sparrow - 5-6 Field Sparrow - 1 Oak Bridge (in Pin Oak) White-throated Sparrow - 50-100 Song Sparrow - singing at Reservoir Swamp sparrow - 3 Eastern Towhee - 5 Orchard Oriole - adult male south side of Turtle Pond Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 including 1 female Red-winged Blackbird - 12-20 Brown-headed cowbird - 1 male Belvedere Castle Common Grackle - 15-18 Ovenbird - 5-10 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 males (Azalea Pond & near Boathouse) Black-and-white Warbler - 10 (8 males) Common Yellowthroat - 5 males American Redstart - 3 (2 adult males, 1 immature male) Northern Parula - 7 Magnolia Warbler - 4 males Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 males (Upper Lobe & Balcony Bridge) Blackpoll Warbler - Warbler Rock (David Barrett) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 7 males Yellow-rumped Warbler - around 10 (3 females) Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 first-spring male Hernshead Prairie Warbler - 2 (Oven & near Warbler Rock) Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Oak Bridge at Upper Lobe (Ryan Serio) Canada Warbler - male Balcony Bridge (David Barrett) Northern Cardinal - 7-9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Indigo Bunting - 1 first-spring male (Azalea Pond & Tupelo Field) Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 1, 2021 - Evening & Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Vireos, 17 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 1, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, mob. Highlights - Evening & Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged, Yellow-throated, Blackpoll, and Canada Warbler. Canada Goose - 20 Northern Shoveler - 5 males Gadwall - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Mallard - 10 Bufflehead - 6 (2 males, 4 females) Ruddy Duck - 3 Mourning dove - 15-20 Chimney Swift - 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - male uphill from Boathouse Cafe Herring Gull - 14 Double-crested Cormorant - 35 Great Egret - 2 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (2 over Ramble, adult and chick at nest on Cardinal Cooke) Barred Owl - reported Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 3 American Kestrel - hovering over Red-tailed Hawk nest Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Tupelo Field Blue-headed Vireo - 4 Warbling Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 7 American Crow - 4 Barn Swallow - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Shakespeare Garden White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Laupot Bridge in Ramble House Wren - 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Upper Lobe Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Veery - 3 Hermit Thrush - 25-50 American Robin - 50-100 Gray Catbird - 10-20 Evening Grosbeak - 2 males Tupelo field House Finch - 4 Purple Finch - 1 female Stone Arch American Goldfinch - 15-25 Chipping Sparrow - 5-6 Field Sparrow - 1 Oak Bridge (in Pin Oak) White-throated Sparrow - 50-100 Song Sparrow - singing at Reservoir Swamp sparrow - 3 Eastern Towhee - 5 Orchard Oriole - adult male south side of Turtle Pond Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 including 1 female Red-winged Blackbird - 12-20 Brown-headed cowbird - 1 male Belvedere Castle Common Grackle - 15-18 Ovenbird - 5-10 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 males (Azalea Pond & near Boathouse) Black-and-white Warbler - 10 (8 males) Common Yellowthroat - 5 males American Redstart - 3 (2 adult males, 1 immature male) Northern Parula - 7 Magnolia Warbler - 4 males Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 males (Upper Lobe & Balcony Bridge) Blackpoll Warbler - Warbler Rock (David Barrett) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 7 males Yellow-rumped Warbler - around 10 (3 females) Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 first-spring male Hernshead Prairie Warbler - 2 (Oven & near Warbler Rock) Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Oak Bridge at Upper Lobe (Ryan Serio) Canada Warbler - male Balcony Bridge (David Barrett) Northern Cardinal - 7-9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Indigo Bunting - 1 first-spring male (Azalea Pond & Tupelo Field) Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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] Brooklyn Chuck
The Prospect Park Chuck Wills Widow was first found by Akilah Lewis this morning. Something about that piece of wood just didn’t feel right:) Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Brooklyn Chuck
The Prospect Park Chuck Wills Widow was first found by Akilah Lewis this morning. Something about that piece of wood just didn’t feel right:) Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Chuck wills widow Prospect Park
Amazing find by Akilah Lewis! Hope many others get to enjoy such a hard-to-spot bird. Thanks for sharing.-Purbita Sahashe/her Original message From: Rob Bate Date: 5/1/21 12:02 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Alice Deitz Subject: [nysbirds-l] Chuck wills widow Prospect Park There is a Chuck just below the path above the Wellhouse on the north side of the park. It is roosting cooperatively on the ground now. 40.6573498,-73.9701429Rob BateBrooklyn --NYSbirds-L List Info:http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htmARCHIVES:1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01Please 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/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] Chuck wills widow Prospect Park
Amazing find by Akilah Lewis! Hope many others get to enjoy such a hard-to-spot bird. Thanks for sharing.-Purbita Sahashe/her Original message From: Rob Bate Date: 5/1/21 12:02 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Alice Deitz Subject: [nysbirds-l] Chuck wills widow Prospect Park There is a Chuck just below the path above the Wellhouse on the north side of the park. It is roosting cooperatively on the ground now. 40.6573498,-73.9701429Rob BateBrooklyn --NYSbirds-L List Info:http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htmARCHIVES:1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01Please 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Chuck wills widow Prospect Park
There is a Chuck just below the path above the Wellhouse on the north side of the park. It is roosting cooperatively on the ground now. 40.6573498,-73.9701429 Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] Chuck wills widow Prospect Park
There is a Chuck just below the path above the Wellhouse on the north side of the park. It is roosting cooperatively on the ground now. 40.6573498,-73.9701429 Rob Bate Brooklyn -- 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] N.Y. County (NYC) - a 31st warbler species before May 1st (Prothonotary)
New York County (in N.Y. City) - including Manhattan, Governors, & Randall’s Islands - Not quite certain of this, but it just might be nearly unprecedented that 31 species of American warblers have been found & documented in the county for a season (& year) *before the 1st of May*. That was what came about with the find & photo (by A. Cunningham) of a Prothonotary Warbler out on Randall’s Island on Friday, 4/30. (Another species just-arrived, Canada Warbler, has been seen in Manhattan as of 4/30, if not before then. - N.B., a male Canada Warbler was photographed in Fairfield County Connecticut on 4/30, quite an early date for that neighboring state.) At least 25 warbler species were seen (by many, many observers in all parts of that park) in Central Park alone on Friday, 4/30, with multiple other parks & green-spaces also having warblers of many species, as well as many other migrants in good numbers in some locations. …. It’s worth a note too that (among many other migrant breeders) Cerulean Warblers had already reached [**some!**] of their NYS breeding range as of late this past week, with singing males on territory and those are not particularly early, although more, including females, are still anticipated there. Another species to be watching for as they’ve continued to move through - Red-headed Woodpecker, seen elsewhere (in passage) this past week in the city & region. One other report, the 2nd Eastern Whip-poor-will of the spring was found on Friday, and again just briefly, in a different part of Central Park than the first reported. That species had already been arriving to many breeding areas, some far north of N.Y. City - such as in southern Maine. Some interesting reports of “gray-cheeked” thrush, in Central Park - an unexpectedly early date for that species and the *chance* for confusion with (varying-plumaged) Hermit Thrush exists, as can happen each year with migrant thrush ID here. Good photos and even more so, crisp sound-recordings of any calls or song might help in confirming these. There is also the chance of another Catharus [genus] thrush species in the area which have 'greyish cheeks' - Bicknell’s: in the phenology for spring arrivals, Bicknell’s *possibly* sometimes starting a bit earlier than Gray-Cheeked in spring - but that species-ID can be ‘tricky’ *away from* the wintering (in the Caribbean Greater Antilles, for Bicknell’s only) or breeding areas, without sound-recordings or at least very good photographs that show various plumage (& bill) features crisply. There are some (so far, very few) reports of “Gray-cheeked” Thrush this spring for states in the mid-Atlantic including photographed single birds in southern N.J. (on 4/28), and in Virginia (perhaps 2 or more, with photos), & farther south, most being of single individuals, and some of the photos suggestive of Gray-cheeked, from those states southwest of N.Y. City. Again these are noted as rare for their dates in those states, and just one individual had been confirmed as Gray-cheeked in the state of Virginia for 4/28 - in other words, still an early date, that far south of N.Y.! good birds for May, 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] N.Y. County (NYC) - a 31st warbler species before May 1st (Prothonotary)
New York County (in N.Y. City) - including Manhattan, Governors, & Randall’s Islands - Not quite certain of this, but it just might be nearly unprecedented that 31 species of American warblers have been found & documented in the county for a season (& year) *before the 1st of May*. That was what came about with the find & photo (by A. Cunningham) of a Prothonotary Warbler out on Randall’s Island on Friday, 4/30. (Another species just-arrived, Canada Warbler, has been seen in Manhattan as of 4/30, if not before then. - N.B., a male Canada Warbler was photographed in Fairfield County Connecticut on 4/30, quite an early date for that neighboring state.) At least 25 warbler species were seen (by many, many observers in all parts of that park) in Central Park alone on Friday, 4/30, with multiple other parks & green-spaces also having warblers of many species, as well as many other migrants in good numbers in some locations. …. It’s worth a note too that (among many other migrant breeders) Cerulean Warblers had already reached [**some!**] of their NYS breeding range as of late this past week, with singing males on territory and those are not particularly early, although more, including females, are still anticipated there. Another species to be watching for as they’ve continued to move through - Red-headed Woodpecker, seen elsewhere (in passage) this past week in the city & region. One other report, the 2nd Eastern Whip-poor-will of the spring was found on Friday, and again just briefly, in a different part of Central Park than the first reported. That species had already been arriving to many breeding areas, some far north of N.Y. City - such as in southern Maine. Some interesting reports of “gray-cheeked” thrush, in Central Park - an unexpectedly early date for that species and the *chance* for confusion with (varying-plumaged) Hermit Thrush exists, as can happen each year with migrant thrush ID here. Good photos and even more so, crisp sound-recordings of any calls or song might help in confirming these. There is also the chance of another Catharus [genus] thrush species in the area which have 'greyish cheeks' - Bicknell’s: in the phenology for spring arrivals, Bicknell’s *possibly* sometimes starting a bit earlier than Gray-Cheeked in spring - but that species-ID can be ‘tricky’ *away from* the wintering (in the Caribbean Greater Antilles, for Bicknell’s only) or breeding areas, without sound-recordings or at least very good photographs that show various plumage (& bill) features crisply. There are some (so far, very few) reports of “Gray-cheeked” Thrush this spring for states in the mid-Atlantic including photographed single birds in southern N.J. (on 4/28), and in Virginia (perhaps 2 or more, with photos), & farther south, most being of single individuals, and some of the photos suggestive of Gray-cheeked, from those states southwest of N.Y. City. Again these are noted as rare for their dates in those states, and just one individual had been confirmed as Gray-cheeked in the state of Virginia for 4/28 - in other words, still an early date, that far south of N.Y.! good birds for May, 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] NYC Area RBA: 30 April 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 30, 2021
* NYNY2104.30
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
BURROWING OWL+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Iceland Gull
Common Tern
CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
GOLDEN EAGLE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Bobolink
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting
- Transcript
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
(at)nybirds{dot}org.
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 30th 2021
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BURROWING OWL, BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER, WHITE-FACED IBIS, KING EIDER, GOLDEN EAGLE, CATTLE EGRET,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
EVENING GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL and much more.
Two quite unexpected reports, both occurring last Wednesday but surfacing
in unusual ways, were a BURROWING OWL photographed on a fence at the Lowe's
in King's Plaza off Avenue U in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and a
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER described from the Tobay Sanctuary off Ocean
Parkway. Despite searching neither bird has been relocated.
An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS appeared today with a good sized group of Glossy
Ibis in the marsh north of Captree Island. Please respect private property
if looking for this bird.
Lingering KING EIDER included a female off Riis Park Sunday and a male
still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday.
An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was a nice surprise Wednesday passing over an
informal hawkwatch conducted next to Alley Creek at the north end of Alley
Pond Park. Also interesting was a CATTLE EGRET appearing at Pelham Bay Park
Sunday evening.
Some movement of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS today produced adults in Prospect
Park and at Sunset Cove Park in Far Rockaway while a pair remains along
Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville. An ICELAND GULL visited
Rockaway Beach Wednesday and both YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOOS began appearing in Central Park this week.
And finally, a week with some nicely diversified movement among the
passerines despite continual barrage of northwest winds. Noteworthy birds
included a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visiting a Montrose home in Westchester
County last Tuesday. A fine selection of warblers this week included
PROTHONOTARYS lingering in Prospect Park to today, at Hempstead Lake State
Park Sunday and Monday and another seen at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens
and one today on Randall's Island. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS also appeared
at Ridgewood Reservoir last Sunday and then in Central Park Tuesday through
today as well as at Bush Terminal Piers Park on Thursday while a KENTUCKY
WARBLER in Central Park's north end to Saturday was replaced by another
near mid-park Sunday to Tuesday. Other new and increasing warblers this
week featured WORM-EATING, NASHVILLE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, one or two
CERULEAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, PRAIRIE and
BLACK-THROATEDS BLUE and GREEN.
A few SUMMER TANAGERS this week featured appearances in Central and
Prospect Parks from Wednesday as well as at Bayard Cutting Arboretum from
Tuesday and Green-wood Cemetery today.
BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park last Saturday and Alley Pond
Park Sunday to Tuesday and in Central Park's Ramble today.
Other recent arrivals have included COMMON TERN, GREEN HERON, an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Central Park Thursday, BOBOLINK, SCARLET TANAGER,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and INDIGO BUNTING.
And also coming through have been some winter finches returning north
including several EVENING GROSBEAKS visiting the city parks along with some
scattered RED CROSSBILLS, PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES. Good variety.
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 30 April 2021
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 30, 2021
* NYNY2104.30
- Birds mentioned
WHITE-FACED IBIS+
BURROWING OWL+
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
KING EIDER
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Iceland Gull
Common Tern
CATTLE EGRET
Green Heron
GOLDEN EAGLE
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Olive-sided Flycatcher
EVENING GROSBEAK
Purple Finch
RED CROSSBILL
Pine Siskin
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Bobolink
Worm-eating Warbler
PROTHONOTARY WARBLER
Nashville Warbler
KENTUCKY WARBLER
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
SUMMER TANAGER
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
BLUE GROSBEAK
Indigo Bunting
- Transcript
If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44
(at)nybirds{dot}org.
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 30th 2021
at 11pm. The highlights of today's tape are BURROWING OWL, BLACK-THROATED
GRAY WARBLER, WHITE-FACED IBIS, KING EIDER, GOLDEN EAGLE, CATTLE EGRET,
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER,
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK,
EVENING GROSBEAK, RED CROSSBILL and much more.
Two quite unexpected reports, both occurring last Wednesday but surfacing
in unusual ways, were a BURROWING OWL photographed on a fence at the Lowe's
in King's Plaza off Avenue U in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn and a
BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLER described from the Tobay Sanctuary off Ocean
Parkway. Despite searching neither bird has been relocated.
An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS appeared today with a good sized group of Glossy
Ibis in the marsh north of Captree Island. Please respect private property
if looking for this bird.
Lingering KING EIDER included a female off Riis Park Sunday and a male
still at Great Kills Park on Staten Island Tuesday.
An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was a nice surprise Wednesday passing over an
informal hawkwatch conducted next to Alley Creek at the north end of Alley
Pond Park. Also interesting was a CATTLE EGRET appearing at Pelham Bay Park
Sunday evening.
Some movement of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS today produced adults in Prospect
Park and at Sunset Cove Park in Far Rockaway while a pair remains along
Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville. An ICELAND GULL visited
Rockaway Beach Wednesday and both YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO and BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOOS began appearing in Central Park this week.
And finally, a week with some nicely diversified movement among the
passerines despite continual barrage of northwest winds. Noteworthy birds
included a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW visiting a Montrose home in Westchester
County last Tuesday. A fine selection of warblers this week included
PROTHONOTARYS lingering in Prospect Park to today, at Hempstead Lake State
Park Sunday and Monday and another seen at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens
and one today on Randall's Island. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS also appeared
at Ridgewood Reservoir last Sunday and then in Central Park Tuesday through
today as well as at Bush Terminal Piers Park on Thursday while a KENTUCKY
WARBLER in Central Park's north end to Saturday was replaced by another
near mid-park Sunday to Tuesday. Other new and increasing warblers this
week featured WORM-EATING, NASHVILLE, HOODED, CAPE MAY, one or two
CERULEAN, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACKPOLL, PRAIRIE and
BLACK-THROATEDS BLUE and GREEN.
A few SUMMER TANAGERS this week featured appearances in Central and
Prospect Parks from Wednesday as well as at Bayard Cutting Arboretum from
Tuesday and Green-wood Cemetery today.
BLUE GROSBEAKS were spotted at Pelham Bay Park last Saturday and Alley Pond
Park Sunday to Tuesday and in Central Park's Ramble today.
Other recent arrivals have included COMMON TERN, GREEN HERON, an
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in Central Park Thursday, BOBOLINK, SCARLET TANAGER,
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK and INDIGO BUNTING.
And also coming through have been some winter finches returning north
including several EVENING GROSBEAKS visiting the city parks along with some
scattered RED CROSSBILLS, PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES. Good variety.
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is
