RE: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14 & WATER
Hi Tom/All, It is great to read about the migrants on their way through NYC! Wanda & Mike Moccio and I found Palm Warblers singing on territory in Massawepie Mire on Friday, April 13. (I posted the past four day's observations to Northern NY Birds.) I was at Massawepie on Wednesday, April 11 and did not find any Palm Warblers. The earliest arrival date I've been able to document was April 12, 2010. As usual, it is always the first warbler species I find in the Adirondacks. There have been two reports of Pine Warblers - one in the Champlain Valley on 4/7 and one in the St. Lawrence Valley on 4/9. Tom mentioned the lack of water, which is problem for the birds this spring. Even my non-birding husband has noticed that all the birds are hanging out in the ditches along the roadways trying to find water from remnant snow banks. I noticed the hoards of Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches we still have at our feeders are also focusing their time where the last of the snow banks along our driveway just melted. This morning I cleaned out an old ceramic bird bath and filled it with water - it instantly became Grand Central Station to our feeder birds. There isn't enough room for all the birds, so my husband is going to take one of our old snow-disk sleds and fill it with water to help. I am sure the situation is even worse downstate. In the Adirondacks, we've had some rain, snow, and hail over the past week, which has helped fill some of the nearly empty vernal pools and puddles. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY From: bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Fiore Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 11:00 PM To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14 Saturday 14 April, 2012 - Riverside Park, Inwood Hill Park, Central Park: Manhattan, N.Y. City The day began (at first light) with a very strong flow of 'new' migrants, including some apparent onward morning flight of various passerines as seen from the northern end of Central Park, and still at least somewhat evident a 1/2-hour after sunrise. Many more Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers were moving than in any previous day this spring, and accompanying them were a more modest number of additional warbler species with Palm Warbler an easy second in their overall numbers. A very good sparrow flight also took place with Chipping Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow predominant, also including a strong contingent of Dark-eyed Junco. Continuing in good numbers were Ruby-crowned Kinglets, aided by fresh reinforcements. Now, what a lot of birders also will be interested in are some of the "new" arrivals and the uncommon spp. amongst those: there were at least (to my knowledge) 3 YELLOW-THROATED Warblers in Manhattan today - the first, previously reported here & elsewhere, was noted from the n. end of Riverside Park and was found by Tom Perlman - with whom I birded for a bit in Central Park's north end along with other birders. That bird (the Riverside Pk. Yellow-throated) was seen, after Tom & others spread the word, by no fewer than 40+ birders in the mid-day period and was pretty cooperative for many who showed up then. It did not seem to be vocal but stayed in one pin oak tree, along with multiple nearby Yellow-rumped, Palm, and some Pine Warblers, and other high-up migrants. The location was just very slightly north (a few yards) of the paved park path within Riverside Park to the north of the north entry to the small sanctuary area, and the path that leads from 120 Street / Riverside Drive down into the park and (below) to the tennis courts & small brick building housing the tennis "house" & restrooms. This also happens to be just north & up-slope of the "drip" in Riverside, which is on and is starting to be active now (a few warblers & other migrants visiting it this day). Another Yellow-throated Warbler was in far northern Manhattan in Inwood Park, near the "Clove" path, or the central wooded path which leads from the lagoon area up to the highest ground - this bird was singing and was very high in the oak trees, well-known to any regulars of that park as an extremely high canopy & thus potentially a very tough bird - however there is a path that allows a bit of a view out into canopy from just above the "clove" and with the warbler singing on & off it was possible to re-find it, if only sporadically, in the hours between 3 & 5 p.m. - there were a variety of other warbler spp. and other expected migrants in Inwood Park as well in the afternoon & it seemed likely that the morning hours there may have been quite productive. I did not see any other birders at that hour, however, but there are a small group of devoted Inwood Hill area birders. Also, a number of birders were able to see a Yellow-throated Warbler in Central Park's Ramble area, at the NW portion of that area, known as the "Upper Lobe" of the lake, not far in from
RE: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14 WATER
Hi Tom/All, It is great to read about the migrants on their way through NYC! Wanda Mike Moccio and I found Palm Warblers singing on territory in Massawepie Mire on Friday, April 13. (I posted the past four day's observations to Northern NY Birds.) I was at Massawepie on Wednesday, April 11 and did not find any Palm Warblers. The earliest arrival date I've been able to document was April 12, 2010. As usual, it is always the first warbler species I find in the Adirondacks. There have been two reports of Pine Warblers - one in the Champlain Valley on 4/7 and one in the St. Lawrence Valley on 4/9. Tom mentioned the lack of water, which is problem for the birds this spring. Even my non-birding husband has noticed that all the birds are hanging out in the ditches along the roadways trying to find water from remnant snow banks. I noticed the hoards of Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches we still have at our feeders are also focusing their time where the last of the snow banks along our driveway just melted. This morning I cleaned out an old ceramic bird bath and filled it with water - it instantly became Grand Central Station to our feeder birds. There isn't enough room for all the birds, so my husband is going to take one of our old snow-disk sleds and fill it with water to help. I am sure the situation is even worse downstate. In the Adirondacks, we've had some rain, snow, and hail over the past week, which has helped fill some of the nearly empty vernal pools and puddles. Joan Collins Long Lake, NY From: bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-47841321-13418...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Fiore Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 11:00 PM To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City 4/14 Saturday 14 April, 2012 - Riverside Park, Inwood Hill Park, Central Park: Manhattan, N.Y. City The day began (at first light) with a very strong flow of 'new' migrants, including some apparent onward morning flight of various passerines as seen from the northern end of Central Park, and still at least somewhat evident a 1/2-hour after sunrise. Many more Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers were moving than in any previous day this spring, and accompanying them were a more modest number of additional warbler species with Palm Warbler an easy second in their overall numbers. A very good sparrow flight also took place with Chipping Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow predominant, also including a strong contingent of Dark-eyed Junco. Continuing in good numbers were Ruby-crowned Kinglets, aided by fresh reinforcements. Now, what a lot of birders also will be interested in are some of the new arrivals and the uncommon spp. amongst those: there were at least (to my knowledge) 3 YELLOW-THROATED Warblers in Manhattan today - the first, previously reported here elsewhere, was noted from the n. end of Riverside Park and was found by Tom Perlman - with whom I birded for a bit in Central Park's north end along with other birders. That bird (the Riverside Pk. Yellow-throated) was seen, after Tom others spread the word, by no fewer than 40+ birders in the mid-day period and was pretty cooperative for many who showed up then. It did not seem to be vocal but stayed in one pin oak tree, along with multiple nearby Yellow-rumped, Palm, and some Pine Warblers, and other high-up migrants. The location was just very slightly north (a few yards) of the paved park path within Riverside Park to the north of the north entry to the small sanctuary area, and the path that leads from 120 Street / Riverside Drive down into the park and (below) to the tennis courts small brick building housing the tennis house restrooms. This also happens to be just north up-slope of the drip in Riverside, which is on and is starting to be active now (a few warblers other migrants visiting it this day). Another Yellow-throated Warbler was in far northern Manhattan in Inwood Park, near the Clove path, or the central wooded path which leads from the lagoon area up to the highest ground - this bird was singing and was very high in the oak trees, well-known to any regulars of that park as an extremely high canopy thus potentially a very tough bird - however there is a path that allows a bit of a view out into canopy from just above the clove and with the warbler singing on off it was possible to re-find it, if only sporadically, in the hours between 3 5 p.m. - there were a variety of other warbler spp. and other expected migrants in Inwood Park as well in the afternoon it seemed likely that the morning hours there may have been quite productive. I did not see any other birders at that hour, however, but there are a small group of devoted Inwood Hill area birders. Also, a number of birders were able to see a Yellow-throated Warbler in Central Park's Ramble area, at the NW portion of that area, known as the Upper Lobe of the lake, not far in from the W. 77 Street park
