[nysbirds-l] New York Co. Big Day, 5/16
Hi All, Yesterday (5/16), Nadir Souirgi, Gabriel Willow, and I embarked on a New York Co. big day, trying to find as many species as possible from Manhattan and Randall's Island. We were able to wrack up 113 species, a respectable total given the rather limited habitat the county has to offer, highlighted by species unusual/underreported locally such as CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and 21 Warbler Species. See eBird checklist linked below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/email?subID=S14140170 We began at midnight on top of the Empire State Building, watching and listening to passerines migrate by, illuminated by the lights of the building. The lights attract the birds as well as make them viewable they fly by, or in the case of many disorientated birds, circle around observatory, calling. The magnitude of birds two nights ago was pretty incredible, at there were plenty of times when we had over 50 different passerines circling the building at once. The building's lights were white-- the best color for assessing color on the birds, and with so many flying close to the observatory, and with the help of flight calls, we were able to ID over 20 species! For those that haven't been to the ESB during a migration night, I would highly recommend it. After more nocturnal listening from the Inwood neighborhood, we headed to Inwood Hill Park to search for the bulk of our migrants and were not disappointed, building the majority of our day list at this site. We then swung through Swindler's Cove, Riverbank SP, and Riverside Church to pick up a few key species, continued to Central Park to fill in migrant gaps, river-watched from Randall's Island, and ended at dusk Harbor-watching from Battery Park. Overall it was a phenomenal day in great company with a lot of great birds, and I look forward to doing more big days in this region in years to come. Good Birding, Jacob Drucker Amherst, MA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] New York Co. Big Day, 5/16
Hi All, Yesterday (5/16), Nadir Souirgi, Gabriel Willow, and I embarked on a New York Co. big day, trying to find as many species as possible from Manhattan and Randall's Island. We were able to wrack up 113 species, a respectable total given the rather limited habitat the county has to offer, highlighted by species unusual/underreported locally such as CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON and 21 Warbler Species. See eBird checklist linked below. http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/email?subID=S14140170 We began at midnight on top of the Empire State Building, watching and listening to passerines migrate by, illuminated by the lights of the building. The lights attract the birds as well as make them viewable they fly by, or in the case of many disorientated birds, circle around observatory, calling. The magnitude of birds two nights ago was pretty incredible, at there were plenty of times when we had over 50 different passerines circling the building at once. The building's lights were white-- the best color for assessing color on the birds, and with so many flying close to the observatory, and with the help of flight calls, we were able to ID over 20 species! For those that haven't been to the ESB during a migration night, I would highly recommend it. After more nocturnal listening from the Inwood neighborhood, we headed to Inwood Hill Park to search for the bulk of our migrants and were not disappointed, building the majority of our day list at this site. We then swung through Swindler's Cove, Riverbank SP, and Riverside Church to pick up a few key species, continued to Central Park to fill in migrant gaps, river-watched from Randall's Island, and ended at dusk Harbor-watching from Battery Park. Overall it was a phenomenal day in great company with a lot of great birds, and I look forward to doing more big days in this region in years to come. Good Birding, Jacob Drucker Amherst, MA -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
