[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Sat., May 28th - n.Manhattan Barn-Cliff hybrid Swallow; Philly Vireo Central Park w/21+Warbler spp., more migrants + nesters etc.
New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Governors Island, and Randall’s Island - Sat., May 28th - THE solo Barn-x-Cliff (hybrid) Swallow that’s lingering at the Dyckman pier area (western terminus of Dyckman St. in northern Manhattan) which was first noted there by D. Aronov, and has been attracting some ongoing interest from birders of the area and beyond, is still around in its’ apparent attempt to be a breeding-bird of the island, as well as most-unusual visitant. Seen early in the mornings, as well as into evening-hours there, it’s very definitely hanging-in. At least one Semipalmated Sandpiper was reported from the pier area, although a lot of migrant shorebirds now can & may well be in a rush to move on (if they will be getting to much-more northerly breeding areas this late-spring). While not all that many species are seen from that one specific location per-visit recently, the area is so near to Fort Tryon Park, and Inwood Hill Park (and not really far from Swindler Cove, or Sherman Creek, or parts of Highbridge Park to the east) that there can be lengthier lists of species on some longer, more wide-ranging visits to the area. All of the northern-half of Manhattan is very interesting in almost any part of the year for birds of various kinds, and active migration is well observed from some points in that area. We are lucky in N.Y. County that some of the keenest, active observers make their homes in this large area (for Manhattan) and are out at all times of the year, of course especially so on days when the birds are very active. In terms of just the Dyckman St. pier (at its’ western end) we can go back through the far more than 150 species that are just in eBird records for the past 8 years, and look at one of the rarer species of N.Y. County’s checklist, American Avocet, which was found in mid-July by long-time local-area birder J. Knox (a year-round watcher) who got others up to see that, a very unusual sight for the county, and perhaps the more-so for being on Manhattan island. Just a little, long-legged reminder that almost-anything is possible, for those who observe and may note what’s “not like all the others”. (Granting that a breeding-plumaged Am. Avocet is hardly a whatzit bird to any observer with a bit of curiousity. Anyhow, from Gannet thru Golden Eagle and even much more unexpected, it’s been seen from that one pier**>, and vastly more from the ‘uptown' areas of Manhattan. > **, the ‘pier’ sightings in just the recent, eBirded era, with of course many other earlier sightings as well over the long-haul of the county’s birding records.) That Philadelphia Vireo was again singing there at the Loch in Central Park’s n. end - and thankfully, the actual bird was also *seen* nicely by multi serious observers. In any event, always a pleasing find, & thanks on the early-a.m. find Saturday by L. Brock, as well as other watchers and listeners. The end of day chorusing also can be a time for some listenings & generally, like day-break hour, is quiet in bird-land other than the true sounds of our wild-and-free birds, of many species. The thrushes of the county are also giving (some, at times) vocalizations to bring in the interest of latter-end migrants still passing &/or lingering… and both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos were again found on Saturday, in modest no’s. and not altogether so vocal, other than poss. quiet calls at times - these in multiple locations including Central Park. So the 6 flycatcher species, (at least) 4 still-here Vireos *plus* a ‘rarer' one as noted immed.-above., and multiple Catharus [genus] thrush species, as well as Indigo birds (oops... that is, Buntings:) and 2 oriole species and one (only?) tanager species (Scarlet), and varied other migrants all combined for pretty decent variety with 3 days yet-remaining for May. There were still up to 21 American Warbler species seen in the county for Saturday, 5/28 and among them a few that are just a little ‘late’ in this county, but which also have been seen in past years into June. And while some of the boreal-nesting migrant warblers seem to have moved on, there are still a fair number of Blackpolls passing, and a few-odd Mourning, as well as Tennessee, Bay-breasted, and even Cape May along with Wilson’s and Canada Warblers. In the Central Park Ramble and vicinity alone, up to 14 warbler species were detected on Sat. morning by multiple keen-and-quiet observers. This seemed to be a slight increase of diversity from Friday’s finds (for Central, and correlated with all of the county, too). Oh and, yet again in the warbler-tallies - Am. Redstarts RULE. Yes, also others in fair numbers. I would add, these numbers are all based around *sightings*, so females that are just calling are “weighted” equally to those more-vocal-at-times male warblers… And, as suggested by various facts, it’s usually ideal to visually attempt
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Sat., May 28th - n.Manhattan Barn-Cliff hybrid Swallow; Philly Vireo Central Park w/21+Warbler spp., more migrants + nesters etc.
New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Governors Island, and Randall’s Island - Sat., May 28th - THE solo Barn-x-Cliff (hybrid) Swallow that’s lingering at the Dyckman pier area (western terminus of Dyckman St. in northern Manhattan) which was first noted there by D. Aronov, and has been attracting some ongoing interest from birders of the area and beyond, is still around in its’ apparent attempt to be a breeding-bird of the island, as well as most-unusual visitant. Seen early in the mornings, as well as into evening-hours there, it’s very definitely hanging-in. At least one Semipalmated Sandpiper was reported from the pier area, although a lot of migrant shorebirds now can & may well be in a rush to move on (if they will be getting to much-more northerly breeding areas this late-spring). While not all that many species are seen from that one specific location per-visit recently, the area is so near to Fort Tryon Park, and Inwood Hill Park (and not really far from Swindler Cove, or Sherman Creek, or parts of Highbridge Park to the east) that there can be lengthier lists of species on some longer, more wide-ranging visits to the area. All of the northern-half of Manhattan is very interesting in almost any part of the year for birds of various kinds, and active migration is well observed from some points in that area. We are lucky in N.Y. County that some of the keenest, active observers make their homes in this large area (for Manhattan) and are out at all times of the year, of course especially so on days when the birds are very active. In terms of just the Dyckman St. pier (at its’ western end) we can go back through the far more than 150 species that are just in eBird records for the past 8 years, and look at one of the rarer species of N.Y. County’s checklist, American Avocet, which was found in mid-July by long-time local-area birder J. Knox (a year-round watcher) who got others up to see that, a very unusual sight for the county, and perhaps the more-so for being on Manhattan island. Just a little, long-legged reminder that almost-anything is possible, for those who observe and may note what’s “not like all the others”. (Granting that a breeding-plumaged Am. Avocet is hardly a whatzit bird to any observer with a bit of curiousity. Anyhow, from Gannet thru Golden Eagle and even much more unexpected, it’s been seen from that one pier**>, and vastly more from the ‘uptown' areas of Manhattan. > **, the ‘pier’ sightings in just the recent, eBirded era, with of course many other earlier sightings as well over the long-haul of the county’s birding records.) That Philadelphia Vireo was again singing there at the Loch in Central Park’s n. end - and thankfully, the actual bird was also *seen* nicely by multi serious observers. In any event, always a pleasing find, & thanks on the early-a.m. find Saturday by L. Brock, as well as other watchers and listeners. The end of day chorusing also can be a time for some listenings & generally, like day-break hour, is quiet in bird-land other than the true sounds of our wild-and-free birds, of many species. The thrushes of the county are also giving (some, at times) vocalizations to bring in the interest of latter-end migrants still passing &/or lingering… and both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos were again found on Saturday, in modest no’s. and not altogether so vocal, other than poss. quiet calls at times - these in multiple locations including Central Park. So the 6 flycatcher species, (at least) 4 still-here Vireos *plus* a ‘rarer' one as noted immed.-above., and multiple Catharus [genus] thrush species, as well as Indigo birds (oops... that is, Buntings:) and 2 oriole species and one (only?) tanager species (Scarlet), and varied other migrants all combined for pretty decent variety with 3 days yet-remaining for May. There were still up to 21 American Warbler species seen in the county for Saturday, 5/28 and among them a few that are just a little ‘late’ in this county, but which also have been seen in past years into June. And while some of the boreal-nesting migrant warblers seem to have moved on, there are still a fair number of Blackpolls passing, and a few-odd Mourning, as well as Tennessee, Bay-breasted, and even Cape May along with Wilson’s and Canada Warblers. In the Central Park Ramble and vicinity alone, up to 14 warbler species were detected on Sat. morning by multiple keen-and-quiet observers. This seemed to be a slight increase of diversity from Friday’s finds (for Central, and correlated with all of the county, too). Oh and, yet again in the warbler-tallies - Am. Redstarts RULE. Yes, also others in fair numbers. I would add, these numbers are all based around *sightings*, so females that are just calling are “weighted” equally to those more-vocal-at-times male warblers… And, as suggested by various facts, it’s usually ideal to visually attempt
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: 12 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 28, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Twelve Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings Lake Wood Duck - 1 male Oven Mallard - pair Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 10-15 Chimney Swift - 5 Herring Gull - 7 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Lake Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Lake Great Horned Owl - 1 continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 pairs (Top of Point, Gill Overlook) Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Maintenance Field Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 pairs (Ramble & uphill from Boathouse) Eastern Kingbird - 2 pairs (Turtle Pond, The Point) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Ramble Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 Humming Tombstone Warbling Vireo - pair on the Point Blue Jay - 4 American Crow - 3 at Great Horned Owl (Bob - 5:44am) Cedar Waxwing - 8-10 in Shadbush at Weather Station Gray Catbird - 8-10 pairs Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 singing Humming Tombstone American Robin - 15-25 Baltimore Oriole - pair uphill from Boathouse Bed-winged Blackbird - 6 Common Grackle - 5-10 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 female Humming Tombstone (Paul Curtis) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Oak Bridge American Redstart - 10-15 Northern Parula - 1 Humming Tombstone Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Oven, Shakespeare Garden) Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 female uphill from Boathouse Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle Yellow Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe, Oven) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Oak Bridge Blackpoll Warbler - 5-10 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Humming Tombstone (Paul Curtis) Canada Warbler - 1 male Oven Northern Cardinal - 4-6 -- Deb Allen -- 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] Central Park NYC: 12 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 28, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Twelve Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings Lake Wood Duck - 1 male Oven Mallard - pair Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 10-15 Chimney Swift - 5 Herring Gull - 7 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Lake Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Lake Great Horned Owl - 1 continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 pairs (Top of Point, Gill Overlook) Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Maintenance Field Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 pairs (Ramble & uphill from Boathouse) Eastern Kingbird - 2 pairs (Turtle Pond, The Point) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Ramble Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 Humming Tombstone Warbling Vireo - pair on the Point Blue Jay - 4 American Crow - 3 at Great Horned Owl (Bob - 5:44am) Cedar Waxwing - 8-10 in Shadbush at Weather Station Gray Catbird - 8-10 pairs Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 singing Humming Tombstone American Robin - 15-25 Baltimore Oriole - pair uphill from Boathouse Bed-winged Blackbird - 6 Common Grackle - 5-10 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 female Humming Tombstone (Paul Curtis) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Oak Bridge American Redstart - 10-15 Northern Parula - 1 Humming Tombstone Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Oven, Shakespeare Garden) Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 female uphill from Boathouse Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle Yellow Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe, Oven) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Oak Bridge Blackpoll Warbler - 5-10 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Humming Tombstone (Paul Curtis) Canada Warbler - 1 male Oven Northern Cardinal - 4-6 -- Deb Allen -- 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] Black-necked Stilt; Lido Beach Nature Area- Nassau County.
Previously reported Black-necked Stilt in larger pool in front of Osprey platform. Sean Camillieri, Tom Burke, Gail Benson -- 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] Black-necked Stilt; Lido Beach Nature Area- Nassau County.
Previously reported Black-necked Stilt in larger pool in front of Osprey platform. Sean Camillieri, Tom Burke, Gail Benson -- 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/ --
