New York County, including Central Park & all Manhattan, as well as Randall’s &
Governors Islands
Tuesday, May 4th:
A flock of 8 alternate [breeding]-plumaged Bonaparte’s Gulls were on the
Central Park reservoir for a rather rare (but not at all unprecedented) showing
in that park; also seen wa
EXTINCTION IN TWO ACTS: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF THE CAROLINA PARAKEET
By Kevin R. Burgio, PhD
Thursday, May 6, 6:30-7:30pm
Get to know Dr. Kevin Burgio, NYC Audubon's new director of conservation
and science, with this virtual talk highlighting his research. The Carolina
Parakeet, America's only en
Reminder of the Lower Hudson Bird Chat happening tonight, 7:00 pm, Tuesday,
May 4 with conversation guest Ryan MacLean, Bird Education Specialist,
Greenwich Audubon Center.
(Bird Chat is 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in May and then returns to 2nd & 4th
Tuesdays, June and following.)
Informal Zoom gatheri
Highlights of a bird walk around the 59th street Pond:
Black and white warbler
Black throated green warbler
Yellow rumped warbler
Common Yellowthroat-2
Ovenbird-4
Northern Waterthrush-3
Blue headed vireo
Eastern Towhee
WHITE CROWNED SPARROW
Swamp sparrow- breeding colors
Song sparrow
House wren
Win
Could there be / have been some fall-out of migrants on the rains that fell
(hard, in some places) around NYC-to-Long Island overnight, as migrants were
pushing in fast from the south & SW? I’m looking at you, shores of Richmond,
Kings, Queens, Nassau, maybe also Suffolk Counties, in s.e. NY. Le