[nysbirds-l] A Painted Bunting in Central Park (Manhattan) today

[David Barrett]

On the south side of the Central Park Pool, Twitter's @Above96th and I
found and photographed a Painted Bunting female-type this afternoon at the
so-called Bathing Rock as it flew in to take a quick bath. It soon flew off
and was not seen again.

My photo: https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1527419922757959686

@Above96th's photo: https://twitter.com/Above96th/status/1527419628774903845

This location can be reached by entering Central Park at Central Park West
and West 103rd Street and walking two blocks south to the Pool. The Bathing
Rock is a bit west of the Pool's south-side center.

David Barrett
Manhattan

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[nysbirds-l] A Painted Bunting in Central Park (Manhattan) today

[David Barrett]

On the south side of the Central Park Pool, Twitter's @Above96th and I
found and photographed a Painted Bunting female-type this afternoon at the
so-called Bathing Rock as it flew in to take a quick bath. It soon flew off
and was not seen again.

My photo: https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1527419922757959686

@Above96th's photo: https://twitter.com/Above96th/status/1527419628774903845

This location can be reached by entering Central Park at Central Park West
and West 103rd Street and walking two blocks south to the Pool. The Bathing
Rock is a bit west of the Pool's south-side center.

David Barrett
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Painted Bunting at the Pool, North End

[Deborah Allen]

A Painted Bunting was reliably reported with photos late this afternoon at the 
"bathing rock" on the south side of the Pool at the North End of Central Park, 
NYC. Central Park birders will be familiar with this spot.
 
This is the first report of Painted Bunting in Central Park since May 1993.
 
 
 
Links:
 
https://twitter.com/Above96th/status/1527419628774903845/photo/1
 
https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1527419922757959686/photo/1
 
 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Painted Bunting at the Pool, North End

[Deborah Allen]

A Painted Bunting was reliably reported with photos late this afternoon at the 
"bathing rock" on the south side of the Pool at the North End of Central Park, 
NYC. Central Park birders will be familiar with this spot.
 
This is the first report of Painted Bunting in Central Park since May 1993.
 
 
 
Links:
 
https://twitter.com/Above96th/status/1527419628774903845/photo/1
 
https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1527419922757959686/photo/1
 
 
Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 19, 2022: 19 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Mourning, Cape May & Bay-breasted Warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Thursday May 19, 2022
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
 
Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers including Mourning, Cape May, 
Bay-breasted & Blackburnian Warblers. 
 
Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings Turtle Pond
Wood Duck - 1 male on the Lake
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 12
Chimney Swift - 2 or 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Lake
Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond
Great Horned Owl - continues
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 top of the Oven
Downy Woodpecker - 1 on the Point
Northern Flicker - 1 male Tupelo Field
Willow Flycatcher - Weather Station (David Barrett)
Warbling Vireo - 2 pairs
Red-eyed Vireo - 8-12
Blue Jay - 4-5
American Crow - 3 Ramble
Cedar Waxwing - flock of 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Turtle Pond Dock
House Wren - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Gray Catbird - 10-20
Veery - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 2 in Ramble
American Robin - 20-30
House Finch - 4-6 in cypress at Turtle Pond Dock
White-throated Sparrow - 3-4
Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Oven
Baltimore Oriole - 3-5
Red-winged Blackbird - 3-5
Common Grackle - 8-12
Ovenbird - 3-5
Northern Waterthrush - 3-5
Black-and-white Warbler - 4-6
Mourning Warbler - 1 male between Castle and Shakespeare Garden
Common Yellowthroat - 9-12
American Redstart - 15-20
Cape May Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Northern Parula - 15-20
Magnolia Warbler - 7-10
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3-4
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female Weather Station
Yellow Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Dock
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Ramble
Blackpoll Warbler - 4-6
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Turtle Pond Dock)
Canada Warbler - 4
Wilson's Warbler - 1 on the Point
Northern Cardinal - 4-6
Indigo Bunting - 1 female Persimmon Slope
 
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Deb Allen
 

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 19, 2022: 19 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Mourning, Cape May & Bay-breasted Warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Thursday May 19, 2022
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
 
Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers including Mourning, Cape May, 
Bay-breasted & Blackburnian Warblers. 
 
Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings Turtle Pond
Wood Duck - 1 male on the Lake
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 12
Chimney Swift - 2 or 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Lake
Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond
Great Horned Owl - continues
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 top of the Oven
Downy Woodpecker - 1 on the Point
Northern Flicker - 1 male Tupelo Field
Willow Flycatcher - Weather Station (David Barrett)
Warbling Vireo - 2 pairs
Red-eyed Vireo - 8-12
Blue Jay - 4-5
American Crow - 3 Ramble
Cedar Waxwing - flock of 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Turtle Pond Dock
House Wren - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Gray Catbird - 10-20
Veery - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 2 in Ramble
American Robin - 20-30
House Finch - 4-6 in cypress at Turtle Pond Dock
White-throated Sparrow - 3-4
Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Oven
Baltimore Oriole - 3-5
Red-winged Blackbird - 3-5
Common Grackle - 8-12
Ovenbird - 3-5
Northern Waterthrush - 3-5
Black-and-white Warbler - 4-6
Mourning Warbler - 1 male between Castle and Shakespeare Garden
Common Yellowthroat - 9-12
American Redstart - 15-20
Cape May Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Northern Parula - 15-20
Magnolia Warbler - 7-10
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3-4
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female Weather Station
Yellow Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Dock
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Ramble
Blackpoll Warbler - 4-6
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Turtle Pond Dock)
Canada Warbler - 4
Wilson's Warbler - 1 on the Point
Northern Cardinal - 4-6
Indigo Bunting - 1 female Persimmon Slope
 
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[nysbirds-l] "The Audubon Mural Project"- North Shore Audubon "hybrid" presentation - Tues. May 24, 2022, 7pm

[Nancy Tognan]

The next North Shore Audubon Society (NSAS) general meeting will be held on 
Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at 7pm.

This will be a hybrid live/Zoom meeting.  All are encouraged to attend in 
person if possible. The location is the Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk 
Ave, Manhasset, NY 11030.
 
If you wish to attend via Zoom, use the following link to pre-register: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-ispjovH9G7gXXPmQa_Rv5yIVQOThni 
 
After registering, you will receive a link to join the meeting.

Our presentation will be “The Audubon Mural Project” by Leigh Hallingby.
Free admission.  All are invited - you do not need to be a NSAS member to 
attend.
  
THE AUDUBON MURAL PROJECT is an impressive effort to create murals of over 
300 North American birds. Most of the murals are in the Harlem neighborhoods of 
Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, where John James Audubon lived the 
last ten years of his life. All of the birds painted are threatened by climate 
change. So the Project is designed not only to display the birds’ beauty, but 
also to make us aware of the challenges that they face. The artworks range from 
lovely panels that fill in a former window to spectacular murals covering the 
entire side of a building. We will see about 40 murals, plus Audubon’s grave 
site, in a 50-minute slide presentation with live commentary. There will be 
time afterwards for Q
Leigh is a licensed New York City tour guide who specializes in Harlem, 
Morningside Heights, and the Upper West Side. She is passionate about exploring 
all five NYC boroughs and beyond on foot, mostly through organized walking 
tours. Leigh is retired from a 36-year career as a non-profit librarian. She 
loves doing research about the neighborhoods in which she gives tours and 
sharing the information about them with attendees. Leigh is a feminist, 
collector, genealogist, and lover of arts, culture, and travel. After residing 
in the suburbs of NYC for many years, she now loves living on the Upper West 
Side of Manhattan.

For more information on NSAS programs and weekly walks, see 
www.northshoreaudubon.org/calendar   
  

Nancy Tognan
Publicity volunteer, North Shore Audubon Society, PO Box 763, Port Washington, 
NY 11050
www.northshoreaudubon.org  
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[nysbirds-l] "The Audubon Mural Project"- North Shore Audubon "hybrid" presentation - Tues. May 24, 2022, 7pm

[Nancy Tognan]

The next North Shore Audubon Society (NSAS) general meeting will be held on 
Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at 7pm.

This will be a hybrid live/Zoom meeting.  All are encouraged to attend in 
person if possible. The location is the Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk 
Ave, Manhasset, NY 11030.
 
If you wish to attend via Zoom, use the following link to pre-register: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrf-ispjovH9G7gXXPmQa_Rv5yIVQOThni 
 
After registering, you will receive a link to join the meeting.

Our presentation will be “The Audubon Mural Project” by Leigh Hallingby.
Free admission.  All are invited - you do not need to be a NSAS member to 
attend.
  
THE AUDUBON MURAL PROJECT is an impressive effort to create murals of over 
300 North American birds. Most of the murals are in the Harlem neighborhoods of 
Hamilton Heights and Washington Heights, where John James Audubon lived the 
last ten years of his life. All of the birds painted are threatened by climate 
change. So the Project is designed not only to display the birds’ beauty, but 
also to make us aware of the challenges that they face. The artworks range from 
lovely panels that fill in a former window to spectacular murals covering the 
entire side of a building. We will see about 40 murals, plus Audubon’s grave 
site, in a 50-minute slide presentation with live commentary. There will be 
time afterwards for Q
Leigh is a licensed New York City tour guide who specializes in Harlem, 
Morningside Heights, and the Upper West Side. She is passionate about exploring 
all five NYC boroughs and beyond on foot, mostly through organized walking 
tours. Leigh is retired from a 36-year career as a non-profit librarian. She 
loves doing research about the neighborhoods in which she gives tours and 
sharing the information about them with attendees. Leigh is a feminist, 
collector, genealogist, and lover of arts, culture, and travel. After residing 
in the suburbs of NYC for many years, she now loves living on the Upper West 
Side of Manhattan.

For more information on NSAS programs and weekly walks, see 
www.northshoreaudubon.org/calendar   
  

Nancy Tognan
Publicity volunteer, North Shore Audubon Society, PO Box 763, Port Washington, 
NY 11050
www.northshoreaudubon.org  
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Re:[nysbirds-l] KING RAIL

[John Gluth]

I forgot that King Rail is deemed a Sensitive Species on eBird, so it won’t 
appear in my checklist that I provided a link to in my previous post. To see 
four of the best photos I took, check here:

https://flic.kr/p/2nmtK9S

John Gluth, sent from my iPhone
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Re:[nysbirds-l] KING RAIL

[John Gluth]

I forgot that King Rail is deemed a Sensitive Species on eBird, so it won’t 
appear in my checklist that I provided a link to in my previous post. To see 
four of the best photos I took, check here:

https://flic.kr/p/2nmtK9S

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[nysbirds-l] KING RAIL at Timber Point golf course (Suffolk County)

[John Gluth]

This morning, just after 8:00am, I found a KING RAIL foraging on the course, on 
either side of the road down to the east marina (40.7193010, -73.1428022). The 
encounter only lasted a few minutes, and despite a few reasonably prompt texts, 
nobody who arrived shortly thereafter had success refinding the bird. But I 
just received word that the bird recently showed again, so anyone inclined to 
try for it should get down to Timber Point ASAP. Good luck if you go.

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John Gluth, sent from my iPhone
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[nysbirds-l] KING RAIL at Timber Point golf course (Suffolk County)

[John Gluth]

This morning, just after 8:00am, I found a KING RAIL foraging on the course, on 
either side of the road down to the east marina (40.7193010, -73.1428022). The 
encounter only lasted a few minutes, and despite a few reasonably prompt texts, 
nobody who arrived shortly thereafter had success refinding the bird. But I 
just received word that the bird recently showed again, so anyone inclined to 
try for it should get down to Timber Point ASAP. Good luck if you go.

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[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Wed., 5/18 - p.m.: big Brant-flyouts, C.Nighthawks, Night-Heronorama, freshflux of 'waders', etc.-etc.

[Tom Fiore]

New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, and 
Governors Island -

*At least* 140 species of wild, free, and unrestrained birds were seen in the 
county for Wed., a reduction of some 10-15% from fairly recent days, but still 
showing excellent ongoing diversity.

The late-day in particular (and on thru dusk) brought the heavest 
movements-north of Brant (presumed all or almost-all to be expected Atlantic 
Brant) of this season so far, with at least 7,000+ moving past the county (some 
seen actually over adjacent county’s air-spaces, but observed from N.Y. County 
and by various obs. in a number of locations). Numbers were already on the wing 
by later in afternoon but the pace quickened in the after 6 pm hours thru after 
8 pm as seen from at least several sites. Virtually all of the Brant 
headed-northerly.

Common Nighthawks were again moving (mainly north-ish) in the late-day & 
early-eve. & this past dusk, I also found a few from the Hudson River path & 
the lookout at Riverbank S.P. (above W. 137th St. entered off Riverside Drive, 
where a lot of the Brant flight also was very visible). There were more 
Nighthawks as well seen by others out on Randall’s Island and in a few other 
locations in late-day or around dusk in the county. A modest flight of those 
(maybe) but not too bad - and there are likely a good many more still to pass.

A wholelotta Black-crowned Night-Heron activity - not too unexpected by now, 
but in addition to usual-sorts of no’s. in the usual areas at and after-dusk, 
were some moving along the Hudson River (north of W. 125th St.) and a very good 
no. of them at and passing Randall’s Island all going someplace[s] to feed, 
presumably - as well as many-multiples in places like Central Park quite late 
in the day Wed.; there are as is usual some Great Blue Herons about; some may 
show up having come to feed in locations from fairly far-off roost sites & this 
can be so of many other ardeids in this county, such as the Snowy & Great 
Egrets that pass over (& some stopping) Central, Riverside, and multiple other 
parks, neighborhoods, etc. thru the summer.  Good no’s. of D.-cr. Cormorants 
have been noted as flyover-flocks as well as the many that hang out & may be 
seen feeding locally. 

Waders a.k.a. shorebirds, included some newly-arrived and/or passing Spotted, 
Solitary, and Least Sandipers as well as some unid. ‘peep’ species from various 
sites, including Governors Island late in the day Wed. as well as some thru 
Central & other Manhattan parks - and at least no’s. of Spotted also from / on 
Randall’s Island too.  The most-usual of all are Killdeer, for the ‘other’ 
islands and these do attempt to nest, some with success. In general, the 
wader-flow seemed a lot less & of more-usual species for Wed., compared to such 
excellent rarer species and higher no’s. of some regulars over other recent 
days.  

We also have an ongoing-hopeful Common Tern colony of some no’s. at Governors 
Island, with occ. sightings of that species elsewhere, mainly from NY Harbor & 
the lower rivers. ANY other tern species in (for) N.Y. County is “rare”-there, 
and ought if possible to be photo / video documented.   Laughing Gull is lately 
very regular and near-common as seen from some parts of N.Y. County, & there 
can be fly-bys seen at times from almost any point in the county, even if 
most-frequent from NY Harbor and adjacent lower Hudson & East River locations 
as well as up to and near Randall’s Island - also some sightings all around the 
county, as fly-overs. At times, the Laughers will also show on the Central Park 
reservoir, albeit not always lingering long there (many gulls come and go as 
they will ‘rinse off’ in the fresh water of the reservoir and may not stay all 
that long, per individual gull). Indeed, on Wed. a small no. of Laughing Gulls 
were at C.P. reservoir for a while and joining them, the 3 other most-typical 
gull species, although Ring-billed are by now tougher to come up with at times 
there (other 2 now-regular being [American] Herring, and Great Black-backed 
Gulls.  And also ongoing at Central Park (and Wed. on the reservoir at times) 
are at least 3 Wood Ducks, as well as a smatter of other duckage & gooslings 
etc. (Gadwall are persisting as they also are in other county locations, not at 
all uncommonly for the season).

An apparent Louisiana Waterthrush was a late-now sighting on 5/18, at Central 
Park in the area by “the Pond” in the s.e. corner of that park (thanks to C. 
Weiner & others for that latest sighting). It’s possible that this may be a 
long-lingering individual, so could bear further watching if still present for 
more of this month.  The “default” migrant waterthrushes now for this county 
are Northern, but the presence of late-Louisiana have been seen into late May 
in other years.  What is sort-of amazing is that in some years, the first 
returnees among Louisianas might show in later June! (and almost certainly in 

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Wed., 5/18 - p.m.: big Brant-flyouts, C.Nighthawks, Night-Heronorama, freshflux of 'waders', etc.-etc.

[Tom Fiore]

New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, and 
Governors Island -

*At least* 140 species of wild, free, and unrestrained birds were seen in the 
county for Wed., a reduction of some 10-15% from fairly recent days, but still 
showing excellent ongoing diversity.

The late-day in particular (and on thru dusk) brought the heavest 
movements-north of Brant (presumed all or almost-all to be expected Atlantic 
Brant) of this season so far, with at least 7,000+ moving past the county (some 
seen actually over adjacent county’s air-spaces, but observed from N.Y. County 
and by various obs. in a number of locations). Numbers were already on the wing 
by later in afternoon but the pace quickened in the after 6 pm hours thru after 
8 pm as seen from at least several sites. Virtually all of the Brant 
headed-northerly.

Common Nighthawks were again moving (mainly north-ish) in the late-day & 
early-eve. & this past dusk, I also found a few from the Hudson River path & 
the lookout at Riverbank S.P. (above W. 137th St. entered off Riverside Drive, 
where a lot of the Brant flight also was very visible). There were more 
Nighthawks as well seen by others out on Randall’s Island and in a few other 
locations in late-day or around dusk in the county. A modest flight of those 
(maybe) but not too bad - and there are likely a good many more still to pass.

A wholelotta Black-crowned Night-Heron activity - not too unexpected by now, 
but in addition to usual-sorts of no’s. in the usual areas at and after-dusk, 
were some moving along the Hudson River (north of W. 125th St.) and a very good 
no. of them at and passing Randall’s Island all going someplace[s] to feed, 
presumably - as well as many-multiples in places like Central Park quite late 
in the day Wed.; there are as is usual some Great Blue Herons about; some may 
show up having come to feed in locations from fairly far-off roost sites & this 
can be so of many other ardeids in this county, such as the Snowy & Great 
Egrets that pass over (& some stopping) Central, Riverside, and multiple other 
parks, neighborhoods, etc. thru the summer.  Good no’s. of D.-cr. Cormorants 
have been noted as flyover-flocks as well as the many that hang out & may be 
seen feeding locally. 

Waders a.k.a. shorebirds, included some newly-arrived and/or passing Spotted, 
Solitary, and Least Sandipers as well as some unid. ‘peep’ species from various 
sites, including Governors Island late in the day Wed. as well as some thru 
Central & other Manhattan parks - and at least no’s. of Spotted also from / on 
Randall’s Island too.  The most-usual of all are Killdeer, for the ‘other’ 
islands and these do attempt to nest, some with success. In general, the 
wader-flow seemed a lot less & of more-usual species for Wed., compared to such 
excellent rarer species and higher no’s. of some regulars over other recent 
days.  

We also have an ongoing-hopeful Common Tern colony of some no’s. at Governors 
Island, with occ. sightings of that species elsewhere, mainly from NY Harbor & 
the lower rivers. ANY other tern species in (for) N.Y. County is “rare”-there, 
and ought if possible to be photo / video documented.   Laughing Gull is lately 
very regular and near-common as seen from some parts of N.Y. County, & there 
can be fly-bys seen at times from almost any point in the county, even if 
most-frequent from NY Harbor and adjacent lower Hudson & East River locations 
as well as up to and near Randall’s Island - also some sightings all around the 
county, as fly-overs. At times, the Laughers will also show on the Central Park 
reservoir, albeit not always lingering long there (many gulls come and go as 
they will ‘rinse off’ in the fresh water of the reservoir and may not stay all 
that long, per individual gull). Indeed, on Wed. a small no. of Laughing Gulls 
were at C.P. reservoir for a while and joining them, the 3 other most-typical 
gull species, although Ring-billed are by now tougher to come up with at times 
there (other 2 now-regular being [American] Herring, and Great Black-backed 
Gulls.  And also ongoing at Central Park (and Wed. on the reservoir at times) 
are at least 3 Wood Ducks, as well as a smatter of other duckage & gooslings 
etc. (Gadwall are persisting as they also are in other county locations, not at 
all uncommonly for the season).

An apparent Louisiana Waterthrush was a late-now sighting on 5/18, at Central 
Park in the area by “the Pond” in the s.e. corner of that park (thanks to C. 
Weiner & others for that latest sighting). It’s possible that this may be a 
long-lingering individual, so could bear further watching if still present for 
more of this month.  The “default” migrant waterthrushes now for this county 
are Northern, but the presence of late-Louisiana have been seen into late May 
in other years.  What is sort-of amazing is that in some years, the first 
returnees among Louisianas might show in later June! (and almost certainly in