[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 9/15

[Thomas Fiore]

Thursday, 15 September, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A fair amount of 'drop-in' from the Wed. night-Thurs. morning's  
nocturnal migration, which was quite good region-wide - Central Park  
probably did not equal Brooklyn's Prospect Park which enjoyed so many  
special birds, including their diversity of warbler sightings, but  
there were still at least 19 species of warblers in Central (park- 
wide) on Thursday, and as reported widely region-wide, a good flight  
of Philadelphia Vireo was noted as well in Central with sightings from  
both the north end & the Ramble, which may have had more than 1  
individual of that species or at least, more than 1 location.

Some additional species showing again Thursday & in a more "expected"  
time-frame include Lincoln's Sparrow and Indigo Bunting, as well as  
some diurnal raptors, including a "few" Broad-winged Hawks, a species  
now coming down through New England in their peak flight period for  
the southbound migration, with thousands being seen at multiple watch- 
sites (in New England but with some very near to New York state).

Once again, Red-breasted Nuthatches maintained a strong presence in  
Central, and these of course are becoming nearly ubiquitous in some  
well-birded (as well as out-of-the-spotlight) sites, region-wide.

thanks to all who offered reports, and to the many who bird quietly  
and with courtesy and respect to the birds and their fellow birders.

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and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends  
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conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand  
County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Potential Violet-green Swallow seen at Jones Beach

[Anders Peltomaa]

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Anders Peltomaa
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Date: Sep 16, 2016 4:57 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Potential Violet-green Swallow seen at Jones Beach
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>
> I took a quick stop at the Field 3 Ponds at Jones Beach (there's an eBird
> hotspot for it) and got pictures of this distant Swallow:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/Mevpyy
>
> It looks a lot like a Violet-green Swallow with a large white patch around
> the eye, greenish sheen to the back, purplish sheen elsewhere and a white
> wedge on the rump. Could anyone confirm it or point out something I'm
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday Sept. 16, 2016 - White-eyed Vireos, Prairie Warblers, Ravens, etc.

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End 
Friday Sept. 16, 2016 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on a bird walk starting from the 
Conservatory Garden at 9am. 

Highlights: 2 White-eyed Vireos, 13 species of Wood Warblers including 4 
Prairie Warblers , 2 Common Ravens, Peregrine Falcon & Ospreys. 

Gadwall - 6 Meer near island (3 engaged in courtship displays), at least 7 
Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Mallard - not many Meer, etc. 
Northern Shoveler - 4 Meer
Ruddy Duck - 2 males SE Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Mourning Dove - various locations
Chimney Swift - not many
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Meer, Conservatory Garden (Tom Ahlf before walk)
Ring-billed Gull - outnumbering Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls Reservoir 
(Deb before walk), also flyovers
Herring Gull - at least 40 Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Great Black-backed Gull - around 40 Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Double-crested Cormorant - at least 25 Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Snowy Egret - 5 flyovers 6:15am (Bob before walk)
Green Heron - west side of the Pool
Black-crowned Night-Heron - hatch-year Meer Island
Osprey - 3 flyovers (over LaskerPool, 2 over west side of Wildflower Meadow - 
Will Papp)
Accipiter species - distant north of the Meer
Red-tailed Hawk - Blockhouse
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker - knoll south of Nutter's Battery
Northern Flicker - Wildflower Meadow, Blockhouse
Peregrine Falcon - flyover north of the park seen from the Meer
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Green Bench (Bob before walk)
White-eyed Vireo - 2 (west side of the Pool - Peter Haskel & west Blowdown)
Red-eyed Vireo - 3 (Nutter's Battery, Lasker Rink/Pool, Blockhouse)
Blue Jay - several locations
American Crow - heard Meer
Common Raven - 2 seen soaring together north of the Meer (same time as 
Peregrine Falcon)
Tufted Titmouse - Blockhouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - Loch (Bob before walk)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - path from Great Hill toward Blockhouse
American Robin
Gray Catbird - several locations
Northern Mockingbird - Meer, Conservatory Garden, etc.
Cedar Waxwing - 10 Green Bench (Bob before walk)
House Finch - Blockhouse, etc. 
Ovenbird - north side of Loch (Bob before walk)
Northern Waterthrush - Pool (Jesse Kolar)
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 (female Wildflower Meadow, 2 Blockhouse (Jesse 
Kolar))
Common Yellowthroat - 8 (Bob before walk)
American Redstart - at least 14 (lost count)
Northern Parula - 5 (1 knoll south of Nutter's Battery, 2 Nutter's Battery, 1 
west Blowdown, 1 Blockhouse)
Magnolia Warbler - north side of Loch (bob before walk)
Yellow Warbler - Nutter's Battery, Wildflower Meadow (Deb before walk)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - nutter's Battery (Bob Ruvolo)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Loch
Palm Warbler - western subspecies Nutter's Battery
Pine Warbler - Nutter's Battery
Prairie Warbler - 4 (Nutter's Battery (Adrian), west side Wildflower Meadow, 
west Blowdown, Blockhouse (Jesse Kolar)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Blockhouse

Jesse Kolar reported a Canada Warbler at the north end. 

Felipe Pimentel saw the Philadelphia Vireo, reported earlier by Anders 
Peltomaa, at the Maintenance Field at around 1pm. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 September 2016

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 16, 2016
* NYNY1609.16

- Birds mentioned
American Bittern
Virginia Rail
American Golden-Plover
UPLAND SANDPIPER
WHIMBREL
Red Knot
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL

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Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 16th
2016 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are a light show spectacular
including CONNECTICUT WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT plus BUFF-BREASTED
and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, WHIMBRELS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.

It seems this week's highlight, given a reasonable but otherwise
unspectacular amount of migratory activity, was provided by an event,
namely the September 11th Tribute in Light Memorial in lower Manhattan. The
powerful lights aimed skyward from just after 9pm on the 11th to after 5am
the next morning attracted many thousands of birds during an apparently
heavy night for migration. The distracted migrants, often hundreds at a
time, were seen swirling about the beams which were fortunately turned off
for short periods so the birds could reorient and continue south. The
overall volume was estimated at close to 20,000 or more birds the large
majority of which were wood warblers. Highlights among the non-warblers
featured a calling UPLAND SANDPIPER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, a snipe, presumably
WILSON'S, a few cuckoos and a couple of opportunistic PEREGRINE FALCONS. Of
the warblers able to be identified the larger numbers involved OVENBIRD,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW,
CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and the most plentiful AMERICAN
REDSTART. Among the more unusual were a few each of CONNECTICUT, HOODED and
WILSON'S WARBLERS and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Hopefully the birds continued
on their journey not too much the worse for wear.

Thursday brought a nice influx of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS into the area with
about 4 noted in Central Park, at least 2 in Prospect Park and singles at
several other city, Long Island and Westchester parks with over 15 noted.

Among the rarer warblers a male GOLDEN-WINGED was spotted in Prospect
Thursday and single CONNECTICUTS were enjoyed in Central Park last Saturday
and in Prospect and Alley Pond Parks yesterday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was
in Central Saturday with singles seen Monday at Robert Moses State Park and
at Montauk. Other warblers moving through this week have included
WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY and BAY-BREASTED.

This week DICKCISSELS have also appeared along the coast with one at Robert
Moses State Park from Saturday to Tuesday and one at Jones Beach West End
during the week to yesterday. CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from Moses
last Saturday and Drier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn Sunday with 2 BLUE
GROSBEAKS noted in Manhasset yesterday. These all species to keep an eye
out for.

Other interesting birds in the city parks this week featured an AMERICAN
BITTERN in Central last weekend, VIRGINIA RAIL in both Central and
Prospect, both cuckoos and still a few COMMON NIGHTHAWKS plus OLIVE-SIDED,
YELLOW-BELLIED and other flycatchers and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. An adult
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been around the Ramble in Central Park since
Monday.

On the shorebird front about 50 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and up to 11
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were on the sod fields on the east side of Osborn
Road just south of Sound Avenue early 

[nysbirds-l] Philadelphia Vireo Hempstead (Nassau)

[d Futuyma]

Feeding actively, western edge of dog run, Hempstead Lake SP, several observers.
Doug Futuyma

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Philadelphia Vireo

[Anders Peltomaa]

At least one of the four Philly Vireos seen yesterday continues today. Seen
at Western edge of Maintenance field, Ramble area.

Anders Peltomaa
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 9/15

[Thomas Fiore]

Thursday, 15 September, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

A fair amount of 'drop-in' from the Wed. night-Thurs. morning's  
nocturnal migration, which was quite good region-wide - Central Park  
probably did not equal Brooklyn's Prospect Park which enjoyed so many  
special birds, including their diversity of warbler sightings, but  
there were still at least 19 species of warblers in Central (park- 
wide) on Thursday, and as reported widely region-wide, a good flight  
of Philadelphia Vireo was noted as well in Central with sightings from  
both the north end & the Ramble, which may have had more than 1  
individual of that species or at least, more than 1 location.

Some additional species showing again Thursday & in a more "expected"  
time-frame include Lincoln's Sparrow and Indigo Bunting, as well as  
some diurnal raptors, including a "few" Broad-winged Hawks, a species  
now coming down through New England in their peak flight period for  
the southbound migration, with thousands being seen at multiple watch- 
sites (in New England but with some very near to New York state).

Once again, Red-breasted Nuthatches maintained a strong presence in  
Central, and these of course are becoming nearly ubiquitous in some  
well-birded (as well as out-of-the-spotlight) sites, region-wide.

thanks to all who offered reports, and to the many who bird quietly  
and with courtesy and respect to the birds and their fellow birders.

-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
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and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends  
otherwise." - Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist,  
conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand  
County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies.

good birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Philadelphia Vireo Hempstead (Nassau)

[d Futuyma]

Feeding actively, western edge of dog run, Hempstead Lake SP, several observers.
Doug Futuyma

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC: Philadelphia Vireo

[Anders Peltomaa]

At least one of the four Philly Vireos seen yesterday continues today. Seen
at Western edge of Maintenance field, Ramble area.

Anders Peltomaa
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[nysbirds-l] Fwd: [ebirdsnyc] Potential Violet-green Swallow seen at Jones Beach

[Anders Peltomaa]

I thought this email to ebirdnyc ought to reach the NY state email list.
See below:

Anders Peltomaa
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Date: Sep 16, 2016 4:57 PM
Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Potential Violet-green Swallow seen at Jones Beach
To: 
Cc:


>
> I took a quick stop at the Field 3 Ponds at Jones Beach (there's an eBird
> hotspot for it) and got pictures of this distant Swallow:
>
> https://flic.kr/p/Mevpyy
>
> It looks a lot like a Violet-green Swallow with a large white patch around
> the eye, greenish sheen to the back, purplish sheen elsewhere and a white
> wedge on the rump. Could anyone confirm it or point out something I'm
> missing?
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Friday Sept. 16, 2016 - White-eyed Vireos, Prairie Warblers, Ravens, etc.

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End 
Friday Sept. 16, 2016 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on a bird walk starting from the 
Conservatory Garden at 9am. 

Highlights: 2 White-eyed Vireos, 13 species of Wood Warblers including 4 
Prairie Warblers , 2 Common Ravens, Peregrine Falcon & Ospreys. 

Gadwall - 6 Meer near island (3 engaged in courtship displays), at least 7 
Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Mallard - not many Meer, etc. 
Northern Shoveler - 4 Meer
Ruddy Duck - 2 males SE Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Mourning Dove - various locations
Chimney Swift - not many
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Meer, Conservatory Garden (Tom Ahlf before walk)
Ring-billed Gull - outnumbering Herring & Great Black-backed Gulls Reservoir 
(Deb before walk), also flyovers
Herring Gull - at least 40 Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Great Black-backed Gull - around 40 Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Double-crested Cormorant - at least 25 Reservoir (Deb before walk)
Snowy Egret - 5 flyovers 6:15am (Bob before walk)
Green Heron - west side of the Pool
Black-crowned Night-Heron - hatch-year Meer Island
Osprey - 3 flyovers (over LaskerPool, 2 over west side of Wildflower Meadow - 
Will Papp)
Accipiter species - distant north of the Meer
Red-tailed Hawk - Blockhouse
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker - knoll south of Nutter's Battery
Northern Flicker - Wildflower Meadow, Blockhouse
Peregrine Falcon - flyover north of the park seen from the Meer
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Green Bench (Bob before walk)
White-eyed Vireo - 2 (west side of the Pool - Peter Haskel & west Blowdown)
Red-eyed Vireo - 3 (Nutter's Battery, Lasker Rink/Pool, Blockhouse)
Blue Jay - several locations
American Crow - heard Meer
Common Raven - 2 seen soaring together north of the Meer (same time as 
Peregrine Falcon)
Tufted Titmouse - Blockhouse
White-breasted Nuthatch - Loch (Bob before walk)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - path from Great Hill toward Blockhouse
American Robin
Gray Catbird - several locations
Northern Mockingbird - Meer, Conservatory Garden, etc.
Cedar Waxwing - 10 Green Bench (Bob before walk)
House Finch - Blockhouse, etc. 
Ovenbird - north side of Loch (Bob before walk)
Northern Waterthrush - Pool (Jesse Kolar)
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 (female Wildflower Meadow, 2 Blockhouse (Jesse 
Kolar))
Common Yellowthroat - 8 (Bob before walk)
American Redstart - at least 14 (lost count)
Northern Parula - 5 (1 knoll south of Nutter's Battery, 2 Nutter's Battery, 1 
west Blowdown, 1 Blockhouse)
Magnolia Warbler - north side of Loch (bob before walk)
Yellow Warbler - Nutter's Battery, Wildflower Meadow (Deb before walk)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - nutter's Battery (Bob Ruvolo)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - Loch
Palm Warbler - western subspecies Nutter's Battery
Pine Warbler - Nutter's Battery
Prairie Warbler - 4 (Nutter's Battery (Adrian), west side Wildflower Meadow, 
west Blowdown, Blockhouse (Jesse Kolar)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Blockhouse

Jesse Kolar reported a Canada Warbler at the north end. 

Felipe Pimentel saw the Philadelphia Vireo, reported earlier by Anders 
Peltomaa, at the Maintenance Field at around 1pm. 

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 16 September 2016

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sep. 16, 2016
* NYNY1609.16

- Birds mentioned
American Bittern
Virginia Rail
American Golden-Plover
UPLAND SANDPIPER
WHIMBREL
Red Knot
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Pectoral Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Lincoln's Sparrow
Blue Grosbeak
DICKCISSEL

- Transcript

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Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

To report sightings call:
Tom Burke (212) 372-1483 (weekdays, during the day)
Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 (Long Island)

Compiler: Tom Burke, Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, September 16th
2016 at 7pm. The highlights of today's tape are a light show spectacular
including CONNECTICUT WARBLER and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT plus BUFF-BREASTED
and UPLAND SANDPIPERS, WHIMBRELS, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER, DICKCISSEL and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW.

It seems this week's highlight, given a reasonable but otherwise
unspectacular amount of migratory activity, was provided by an event,
namely the September 11th Tribute in Light Memorial in lower Manhattan. The
powerful lights aimed skyward from just after 9pm on the 11th to after 5am
the next morning attracted many thousands of birds during an apparently
heavy night for migration. The distracted migrants, often hundreds at a
time, were seen swirling about the beams which were fortunately turned off
for short periods so the birds could reorient and continue south. The
overall volume was estimated at close to 20,000 or more birds the large
majority of which were wood warblers. Highlights among the non-warblers
featured a calling UPLAND SANDPIPER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, a snipe, presumably
WILSON'S, a few cuckoos and a couple of opportunistic PEREGRINE FALCONS. Of
the warblers able to be identified the larger numbers involved OVENBIRD,
BLACK-AND-WHITE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA, YELLOW,
CHESTNUT-SIDED, BLACK-THROATED BLUE and the most plentiful AMERICAN
REDSTART. Among the more unusual were a few each of CONNECTICUT, HOODED and
WILSON'S WARBLERS and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Hopefully the birds continued
on their journey not too much the worse for wear.

Thursday brought a nice influx of PHILADELPHIA VIREOS into the area with
about 4 noted in Central Park, at least 2 in Prospect Park and singles at
several other city, Long Island and Westchester parks with over 15 noted.

Among the rarer warblers a male GOLDEN-WINGED was spotted in Prospect
Thursday and single CONNECTICUTS were enjoyed in Central Park last Saturday
and in Prospect and Alley Pond Parks yesterday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was
in Central Saturday with singles seen Monday at Robert Moses State Park and
at Montauk. Other warblers moving through this week have included
WORM-EATING, TENNESSEE, MOURNING, HOODED, CAPE MAY and BAY-BREASTED.

This week DICKCISSELS have also appeared along the coast with one at Robert
Moses State Park from Saturday to Tuesday and one at Jones Beach West End
during the week to yesterday. CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was reported from Moses
last Saturday and Drier-Offerman Park in Brooklyn Sunday with 2 BLUE
GROSBEAKS noted in Manhasset yesterday. These all species to keep an eye
out for.

Other interesting birds in the city parks this week featured an AMERICAN
BITTERN in Central last weekend, VIRGINIA RAIL in both Central and
Prospect, both cuckoos and still a few COMMON NIGHTHAWKS plus OLIVE-SIDED,
YELLOW-BELLIED and other flycatchers and LINCOLN'S SPARROW. An adult
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER has been around the Ramble in Central Park since
Monday.

On the shorebird front about 50 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and up to 11
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS were on the sod fields on the east side of Osborn
Road just south of Sound Avenue early