[nysbirds-l] Little Gull at Lemon Creek Park, Staten Island
Apologies for the late post, but this morning shortly after 9AM Enrico Leonardi and I had an immature Little Gull at Lemon Creek Park, Staten Island. Photos and notes are included in this checklist on eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S111258172 -- inthefieldrecording.org instagram: @amazingbarbershop twitter: @walkingtogitmo -- 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] Little Gull at Lemon Creek Park, Staten Island
Apologies for the late post, but this morning shortly after 9AM Enrico Leonardi and I had an immature Little Gull at Lemon Creek Park, Staten Island. Photos and notes are included in this checklist on eBird: https://ebird.org/checklist/S111258172 -- inthefieldrecording.org instagram: @amazingbarbershop twitter: @walkingtogitmo -- 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] Iceland Gull, Nickerson Beach, nassau county
Hi All, Credit to the birder who ebirded the Iceland gull a few days back...the bird is back and loafing mid beach closer to the 'west colony'Its sleeping at the moment...kind regards-Kev -- 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] Iceland Gull, Nickerson Beach, nassau county
Hi All, Credit to the birder who ebirded the Iceland gull a few days back...the bird is back and loafing mid beach closer to the 'west colony'Its sleeping at the moment...kind regards-Kev -- 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] Western Tanager at Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Apologies for the delay in reporting here, but I found an adult male Western Tanager in Prospect Park this morning. (I hesitated to report it here until I or someone was able to get better documentation. Thankfully, Josh Malbin and Eleanor Ray have since relocated it and got photos, and Eleanor's photo leaves no doubt.) The bird has apparently been staying fairly consistently in the tulip trees above the path just north of the Maryland Monument, here: https://maps.google.com?q=40.6587565,-73.9691569 -- 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] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
In my post regarding the pelagic, I neglected to share the link to the eBird trip report, which will contain all the eBird lists from the trip, and contain any media that the participants embed: https://ebird.org/tripreport/59114 All the best -Doug On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 8:09 AM Doug Gochfeld wrote: > The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding > pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. > Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other > guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. > > Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit > range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise > in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest > point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, > around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute > miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature > increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where > we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a > morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed > north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the > canyon before heading for home. > > Highlight bird & mammal species: > *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the > Hudson Canyon) > *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early > morning gloaming) > *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick > *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally > cooperative birds in the slick) > *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight > formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen > on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. > Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - > Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the > Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the > tip of the Hudson Canyon > > Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common > shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 > Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually > numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many > as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). > > We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada > Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one > Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from > closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. > > One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious > large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of > our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything > close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, > heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and > we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. > > Good Pelagic Birding! > -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- 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] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
In my post regarding the pelagic, I neglected to share the link to the eBird trip report, which will contain all the eBird lists from the trip, and contain any media that the participants embed: https://ebird.org/tripreport/59114 All the best -Doug On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 8:09 AM Doug Gochfeld wrote: > The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding > pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. > Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other > guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. > > Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit > range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise > in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest > point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, > around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute > miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature > increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where > we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a > morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed > north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the > canyon before heading for home. > > Highlight bird & mammal species: > *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the > Hudson Canyon) > *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) > *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early > morning gloaming) > *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick > *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) > *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally > cooperative birds in the slick) > *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight > formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen > on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. > Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - > Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the > Hudson Canyon > Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the > tip of the Hudson Canyon > > Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common > shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 > Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually > numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many > as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). > > We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada > Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one > Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from > closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. > > One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious > large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of > our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything > close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, > heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and > we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. > > Good Pelagic Birding! > -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. > -- 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] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the canyon before heading for home. Highlight bird & mammal species: *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the Hudson Canyon) *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early morning gloaming) *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally cooperative birds in the slick) *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. Good Pelagic Birding! -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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] 5/23 Pelagic Trip - Black-capped Petrels, Dovekie, Puffins etc.
The American Princess launched its first overnight dedicated birding pelagic trip on Monday night, departing from Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay. Captain Frank did a great job managing the disorganized seas, and the other guides/bird spotters in addition to myself were Paul Guris and Sean Sime. Water temperatures over the shelf were steady in the 53 degree Fahrenheit range, and this uniformity continued into deep waters. We didn't see a rise in temperature until the water depth was around 7,000 feet. The furthest point we reached was in deep water south of the mouth of the Hudson Canyon, around 115 statute miles off of Barnegat, New Jersey, and over 120 statute miles from Fire Island, and we experienced a 6.5 degree F temperature increase within a span of around 5 miles. This was the outer range of where we could get to with the boat in the current conditions, and so we set up a morning chum slick here. After three hours in this vicinity, we headed north towards the Hudson Canyon and worked along the western wall of the canyon before heading for home. Highlight bird & mammal species: *BLACK-CAPPED PETREL* - 5 (including one in shallower waters near the Hudson Canyon) *DOVEKIE* - 1 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Atlantic Puffin* - 2 (just south of the Hudson Canyon's west wall) *Leach's Storm-Petrel* - 2 (one in the slick, and one in the early morning gloaming) *Band-rumped Storm-Petrel *- 1 briefly passed through the slick *Red Phalarope* - 5 (deep water and near-canyon) *Red-necked Phalarope* - 6 (deep water and near-canyon) *Manx Shearwater *- 4 (all in deep water, including two exceptionally cooperative birds in the slick) *STRIPED DOLPHIN* - One big pod moving by us very fast in tight formation. These are highly pelagic dolphins, and are essentially only seen on trips that get into truly deep water, beyond the undersea canyons. Risso's Dolphin - One small pod near the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - Fin Whale - a couple around a cetacean agregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Humpback Whale - at least one around a cetacean aggregation west of the tip of the Hudson Canyon Numbers were a bit surprisingly low of the three generally more common shearwaters, with only 27 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, and 3 Cory's Shearwaters. We also had several encounters with what eventually numbered several hundred Common Dolphins, and came across perhaps as many as 10 Mola (Ocean Sunfish). We did not see any passerines at sea, and a group of 7 northbound Canada Geese 75 miles east of Barnegat and 70+ miles south of Westhampton, and one Double-crested Cormorant flying by at our farthest point (~115 miles from closest point of land) were the most seemingly out of place birds. One of the most interesting events of the day for me was an obvious large-scale movement of Common Terns that went on for around 40 miles of our trip. We had several hundred sterna, mostly or all Common (everything close enough to be identified, even just by photo, was a Common) Terns, heading NE between the tip of the Hudson Canyon and about halfway back, and we were out of the flow once we were about 40 miles away from shore. Good Pelagic Birding! -Douglas Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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] Manhattan, NYC - Tues., 5/24 - hybrid swallow; spring migration ongoing
While it also could be noted that the (quite-rare in NY state) Black-necked Stilt had continued its’ multi-days stay (thru May 24) at the Scallop Pond Preserve in Suffolk County (Long Island), NY (many observers on various recent days), and certainly many other exciting & encouraging shorebird sightings from around the state (esp. including central-western NY state), there was also a very successful pelagic-boat trip made in waters off New York including some fairly-deep waters of the Atlantic, with (in part) corresponding birds of those waters, and I for one would of course be delighted to read any further write-ups (which are in-part now included multi. eBird checklists, incl. lots of photos) that might yet be done- this in reference to the May 23rd Atlantic Ocean pelagic which originated out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn/Kings Co. NY and had many participants, with expert leaders and a number of additional highly experienced sea-watchers There also is a great (photographed) sighting of a Frigatebird, presumed a Magnificent, from May 24 (from land), off Orient Point, Suffolk Co. (the eastern edge of Long Island’s North Fork, facing in part the entrance area to Long Island Sound as opposed to its’ south fork where the island stretches yet farther-east), with J. Rand, and also K.J. Klein given credit for finding, & staying with (respectively) the Frigate for others also to be able to observe (& photo). Thanks to all for reports to date of all the above, and more! - - - Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tues., May 24th - An interesting hybrid swallow, putatively a Barn-Cliff hybrid, was found (D. Aronov) & photographed, seen by eventually multiple observers at Inwood Hill Park, in n. Manhattan. Rather-rare documentation of this hybrid for (anywhere, and) N.Y. state, and the county with the same moniker. A couple of Black Vultures have been seen (separately) from Inwood Hill Park recently, along with a good general selection of more-expected migrants. At Central Park, multiple group bird-walks (all led by / for non-profit org’s. such as the N.Y.C.A.S. = NY City Audubon org., and the Linnaean Society of New York org., and etc.) have found, collectively in various walks up to about 14 spp. of warblers, with multiple walks seeing a lingertng Mourning Warbler at the Ramble area in Central (incl. to late in the day on Tuesay eve’s. Linnaean Socity walk there) as well as sightings by independent walkers. A fair variety of many other migrants have also continued, albeit with somewhat less overall diversity by now than was found in the rush of peak migratory movement, esp. with so many warblers, and for other groups of birds. There are ongoing sightings (and some heard-birds) of thrush species that include the Gray-cheeked (& possible Bicknell’s) types, of which some may again be Bicknell’s, and certainly some are (esp. clearly singing) Gray-cheeked Thrushes. By now (late-May onward) the ‘rarest’ of sightings amongst the standard migrant Catharus [genus] thrushes, a few reports continued for Hermit Thrush, and this latter species has been recorded, albeit infrequently-to-rarely, this late in New York County, including in Central Park (exceptionally even into June in more than 1 year). There have continued to be a variety of flycatcher species noted from N.Y. County (& including at Central Park and others of the larger parks), and I’d add one note on a possibly-lingering Acadian Flycatcher in the Stuyvesant-town (“Stuy-town”) green-space of lower-east Manhattan, with vocalizations noted, by several keen observers thru May 24th; this Empidonax species in particular ought to be watched, generally, for signs of possible pairings, and if seen, then the chance of breeding, as it is eminently another (along with Willow Fly.) possibility as a breeder in N.Y. County, and could (*conceivably*) even nest in at least some unexpected local areas. At the same time, we are still fully within migration-times, and some (likely many) of the birds being seen this week may well move-on in coming days, towards other destinations for the rest of the late-spring/summer, until we begin to see signs of return (south-bound) movement as early as late June & early July for some of our ‘standard' (annual) migrants. - - - Increasing numbers of observers have been noting various insects and among these have been a number of recent sightings of Monarch butterflies, a hopeful signal for what we can hope will be a successful season ahead for that migratory species, as well as for many native insects and for so many other creatures. 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)
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Tues., 5/24 - hybrid swallow; spring migration ongoing
While it also could be noted that the (quite-rare in NY state) Black-necked Stilt had continued its’ multi-days stay (thru May 24) at the Scallop Pond Preserve in Suffolk County (Long Island), NY (many observers on various recent days), and certainly many other exciting & encouraging shorebird sightings from around the state (esp. including central-western NY state), there was also a very successful pelagic-boat trip made in waters off New York including some fairly-deep waters of the Atlantic, with (in part) corresponding birds of those waters, and I for one would of course be delighted to read any further write-ups (which are in-part now included multi. eBird checklists, incl. lots of photos) that might yet be done- this in reference to the May 23rd Atlantic Ocean pelagic which originated out of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn/Kings Co. NY and had many participants, with expert leaders and a number of additional highly experienced sea-watchers There also is a great (photographed) sighting of a Frigatebird, presumed a Magnificent, from May 24 (from land), off Orient Point, Suffolk Co. (the eastern edge of Long Island’s North Fork, facing in part the entrance area to Long Island Sound as opposed to its’ south fork where the island stretches yet farther-east), with J. Rand, and also K.J. Klein given credit for finding, & staying with (respectively) the Frigate for others also to be able to observe (& photo). Thanks to all for reports to date of all the above, and more! - - - Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tues., May 24th - An interesting hybrid swallow, putatively a Barn-Cliff hybrid, was found (D. Aronov) & photographed, seen by eventually multiple observers at Inwood Hill Park, in n. Manhattan. Rather-rare documentation of this hybrid for (anywhere, and) N.Y. state, and the county with the same moniker. A couple of Black Vultures have been seen (separately) from Inwood Hill Park recently, along with a good general selection of more-expected migrants. At Central Park, multiple group bird-walks (all led by / for non-profit org’s. such as the N.Y.C.A.S. = NY City Audubon org., and the Linnaean Society of New York org., and etc.) have found, collectively in various walks up to about 14 spp. of warblers, with multiple walks seeing a lingertng Mourning Warbler at the Ramble area in Central (incl. to late in the day on Tuesay eve’s. Linnaean Socity walk there) as well as sightings by independent walkers. A fair variety of many other migrants have also continued, albeit with somewhat less overall diversity by now than was found in the rush of peak migratory movement, esp. with so many warblers, and for other groups of birds. There are ongoing sightings (and some heard-birds) of thrush species that include the Gray-cheeked (& possible Bicknell’s) types, of which some may again be Bicknell’s, and certainly some are (esp. clearly singing) Gray-cheeked Thrushes. By now (late-May onward) the ‘rarest’ of sightings amongst the standard migrant Catharus [genus] thrushes, a few reports continued for Hermit Thrush, and this latter species has been recorded, albeit infrequently-to-rarely, this late in New York County, including in Central Park (exceptionally even into June in more than 1 year). There have continued to be a variety of flycatcher species noted from N.Y. County (& including at Central Park and others of the larger parks), and I’d add one note on a possibly-lingering Acadian Flycatcher in the Stuyvesant-town (“Stuy-town”) green-space of lower-east Manhattan, with vocalizations noted, by several keen observers thru May 24th; this Empidonax species in particular ought to be watched, generally, for signs of possible pairings, and if seen, then the chance of breeding, as it is eminently another (along with Willow Fly.) possibility as a breeder in N.Y. County, and could (*conceivably*) even nest in at least some unexpected local areas. At the same time, we are still fully within migration-times, and some (likely many) of the birds being seen this week may well move-on in coming days, towards other destinations for the rest of the late-spring/summer, until we begin to see signs of return (south-bound) movement as early as late June & early July for some of our ‘standard' (annual) migrants. - - - Increasing numbers of observers have been noting various insects and among these have been a number of recent sightings of Monarch butterflies, a hopeful signal for what we can hope will be a successful season ahead for that migratory species, as well as for many native insects and for so many other creatures. 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)
