[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 27 August 2021
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 27, 2021 * NYNY2108.27 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+ BROWN BOOBY+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPER White-rumped Sandpiper BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Parasitic Jaeger LONG-TAILED JAEGER Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Wilson’s Storm-Petrel BROWN PELICAN SEDGE WREN LARK SPARROW YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD PROTHONOTARY WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER DICKCISSEL If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: 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 Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are LONG-TAILED JAEGER, BROWN BOOBY, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, KING EIDER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, SEDGE WREN, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more. Hopes were high, but Hurricane Henri surprisingly failed to produce any tropical surprises during its passage through our area last Sunday into Monday. What it did do was alter the timing and routes of a few southbound species, most notably on Monday, when the best rarities appeared off Riis Park with the brief visit of a juvenile LONG-TAILED JAEGER photographed as it passed by and headed out to sea and a BROWN BOOBY moving west out on the ocean. The biggest surprise, though, was the occurrence on Monday of several very substantial flocks of HUDSONIAN GODWITS - out at Orient Point birders spotted 6 separate flocks in the morning varying in size from 20 to 110 individuals, totaling 424 birds in all, and late morning at Robert Moses State Park a flock of 151 was videoed as it moved by. Even taking into account some estimates and duplications, this represents by far the highest daily count ever for this species in New York. Other flocks moving down the Connecticut coast would only add to this total, though only 2 birds were seen from Rye, the rest choosing unknown pathways south. Also pushed south by Henri Monday were over 30 CASPIAN TERNS and several BLACK TERNS noted moving down the Hudson River, with a few of each also at coastal sites, while a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 1 or 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS also occurred along the coast. Also notable on Monday were counts of 65 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Breezy Point and a very high 165 at Robert Moses State Park. The hurricane unfortunately pretty well filled up the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still present today at the southwest corner of the pond. Prior to the storm, last Saturday shorebirds on the pond still featured 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPES along with STILT, PECTORAL and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Highlights among the shorebirds this week have been a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach Thursday and only very early today, and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in the Pelham Bay Orchard Beach parking lot Wednesday through today, with another BAIRD’S plus PECTORAL, STILT and WESTERN SANDPIPERS today at the Brooklyn Golf Center off Flatbush Avenue across from Floyd Bennett Field. A MARBLED GODWIT flew by Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited Heckscher State Park today. Two KING EIDERS were still at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island Monday, and a BROWN PELICAN was reported off Moses Park last Saturday. A SEDGE WREN was still at restricted Freshkills Park on Staten Island Saturday, and a female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found at Nickerson Beach Wednesday. Single LARK SPARROWS were reported in Central Park’s north end Saturday and at Moses Park Tuesday, the latter site also recording a DICKCISSEL Tuesday. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted in Central Park Tuesday, and, belatedly, a SUMMER TANAGER was photographed in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery last Friday. To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 27 August 2021
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Aug. 27, 2021 * NYNY2108.27 - Birds Mentioned BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+ BROWN BOOBY+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) KING EIDER HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPER White-rumped Sandpiper BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Wilson’s Phalarope Parasitic Jaeger LONG-TAILED JAEGER Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Black Tern Wilson’s Storm-Petrel BROWN PELICAN SEDGE WREN LARK SPARROW YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD PROTHONOTARY WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER DICKCISSEL If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44nybirdsorg If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to: 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 Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County Transcriber: Gail Benson [~BEGIN RBA TAPE~] Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, August 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are LONG-TAILED JAEGER, BROWN BOOBY, BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, BROWN PELICAN, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, KING EIDER, BUFF-BREASTED and BAIRD’S SANDPIPERS, HUDSONIAN and MARBLED GODWITS, SEDGE WREN, LARK SPARROW, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, DICKCISSEL and more. Hopes were high, but Hurricane Henri surprisingly failed to produce any tropical surprises during its passage through our area last Sunday into Monday. What it did do was alter the timing and routes of a few southbound species, most notably on Monday, when the best rarities appeared off Riis Park with the brief visit of a juvenile LONG-TAILED JAEGER photographed as it passed by and headed out to sea and a BROWN BOOBY moving west out on the ocean. The biggest surprise, though, was the occurrence on Monday of several very substantial flocks of HUDSONIAN GODWITS - out at Orient Point birders spotted 6 separate flocks in the morning varying in size from 20 to 110 individuals, totaling 424 birds in all, and late morning at Robert Moses State Park a flock of 151 was videoed as it moved by. Even taking into account some estimates and duplications, this represents by far the highest daily count ever for this species in New York. Other flocks moving down the Connecticut coast would only add to this total, though only 2 birds were seen from Rye, the rest choosing unknown pathways south. Also pushed south by Henri Monday were over 30 CASPIAN TERNS and several BLACK TERNS noted moving down the Hudson River, with a few of each also at coastal sites, while a few WILSON’S STORM-PETRELS and 1 or 2 PARASITIC JAEGERS also occurred along the coast. Also notable on Monday were counts of 65 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Breezy Point and a very high 165 at Robert Moses State Park. The hurricane unfortunately pretty well filled up the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, but the BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was still present today at the southwest corner of the pond. Prior to the storm, last Saturday shorebirds on the pond still featured 2 WILSON’S PHALAROPES along with STILT, PECTORAL and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS. Highlights among the shorebirds this week have been a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach Thursday and only very early today, and a BAIRD’S SANDPIPER in the Pelham Bay Orchard Beach parking lot Wednesday through today, with another BAIRD’S plus PECTORAL, STILT and WESTERN SANDPIPERS today at the Brooklyn Golf Center off Flatbush Avenue across from Floyd Bennett Field. A MARBLED GODWIT flew by Robert Moses State Park Tuesday, and a WILSON’S PHALAROPE visited Heckscher State Park today. Two KING EIDERS were still at Wolfe’s Pond Park on Staten Island Monday, and a BROWN PELICAN was reported off Moses Park last Saturday. A SEDGE WREN was still at restricted Freshkills Park on Staten Island Saturday, and a female-type YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found at Nickerson Beach Wednesday. Single LARK SPARROWS were reported in Central Park’s north end Saturday and at Moses Park Tuesday, the latter site also recording a DICKCISSEL Tuesday. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was last noted in Central Park Tuesday, and, belatedly, a SUMMER TANAGER was photographed in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery last Friday. To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm
[nysbirds-l] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
The 2021 season of Four Harbors Audubon Society's Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch started off nicely tonight with 14 participants seeing 128 Common Nighthawks in 135 minutes, Toward dusk several nighthawks came down to feed over the pond along with a dozen or so chimney swifts and one brown bat. John Turner Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Directions: Long Island Expressway to Nicolls Road (Exit 62). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A. Make a right heading east on 25A. Make left at first light onto Main Street. Take this north to end where it forms a t-intersection. Look to left and you'll see the stone bridge crossing over water. Make a right and immediately find a parking space on the road across from or near the old Setauket Post Office. -- 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] Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch
The 2021 season of Four Harbors Audubon Society's Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch started off nicely tonight with 14 participants seeing 128 Common Nighthawks in 135 minutes, Toward dusk several nighthawks came down to feed over the pond along with a dozen or so chimney swifts and one brown bat. John Turner Stone Bridge Nighthawk Watch Directions: Long Island Expressway to Nicolls Road (Exit 62). Take Nicolls Road north to the end where it joins State Route 25A. Make a right heading east on 25A. Make left at first light onto Main Street. Take this north to end where it forms a t-intersection. Look to left and you'll see the stone bridge crossing over water. Make a right and immediately find a parking space on the road across from or near the old Setauket Post Office. -- 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/ --
Correction Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel & Osprey
Correction on the Bryant Park Saltmarsh Sparrow mentioned at the end of today's report. Although a photo was posted today on twitter, the bird was last seen on Thursday (Aug. 26). Deb -Original Message- From: Deborah Allen Sent: Aug 27, 2021 1:47 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel Osprey Central Park - North End, NYC Friday Aug. 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. Other notable birds included Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel Osprey. There was an uptick in the number of Red-eyed Vireos and American Redstarts. Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Ring-billed Gull - 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Green Heron - 2 Harlem Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Harlem Meer Island (Duck Island) Osprey - hatch-year female perched in Willow at southeast Harlem Meer (continuing bird) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 hatch-year perched Harlem Meer Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 American Kestrel - 2 Nutter's Battery Empidonax Flycatcher - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 14 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Nutter's Battery Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Loch, Pool) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Lily Ponds American Redstart - 18 including 2 adult males Northern Parula - 1 female Loch Yellow Warbler - 1 Great Hill Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Blockhouse Northern Cardinal - 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 heard in the North Woods -- In other Manhattan bird news, the Saltmarsh Sparrow continued at Bryant Park today joined by a Tennessee Warbler reported by @uptownbirdsnyc and @rserio78 via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. In Brooklyn, the Buff-breasted Sandpaper found yesterday at Plum Beach by Jeremy Nadel @jeremynadel continued there this morning. See the Brooklyn Bird Alert @BirdBrklyn on twitter for timely info on Brooklyn birds. The Manhattan Bird Alert and Brooklyn Bird Alert are maintained by David Barrett. -- 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 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/ --
Correction Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel & Osprey
Correction on the Bryant Park Saltmarsh Sparrow mentioned at the end of today's report. Although a photo was posted today on twitter, the bird was last seen on Thursday (Aug. 26). Deb -Original Message- From: Deborah Allen Sent: Aug 27, 2021 1:47 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel Osprey Central Park - North End, NYC Friday Aug. 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. Other notable birds included Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel Osprey. There was an uptick in the number of Red-eyed Vireos and American Redstarts. Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Ring-billed Gull - 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Green Heron - 2 Harlem Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Harlem Meer Island (Duck Island) Osprey - hatch-year female perched in Willow at southeast Harlem Meer (continuing bird) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 hatch-year perched Harlem Meer Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 American Kestrel - 2 Nutter's Battery Empidonax Flycatcher - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 14 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Nutter's Battery Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Loch, Pool) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Lily Ponds American Redstart - 18 including 2 adult males Northern Parula - 1 female Loch Yellow Warbler - 1 Great Hill Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Blockhouse Northern Cardinal - 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 heard in the North Woods -- In other Manhattan bird news, the Saltmarsh Sparrow continued at Bryant Park today joined by a Tennessee Warbler reported by @uptownbirdsnyc and @rserio78 via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. In Brooklyn, the Buff-breasted Sandpaper found yesterday at Plum Beach by Jeremy Nadel @jeremynadel continued there this morning. See the Brooklyn Bird Alert @BirdBrklyn on twitter for timely info on Brooklyn birds. The Manhattan Bird Alert and Brooklyn Bird Alert are maintained by David Barrett. -- 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 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, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel & Osprey
Central Park - North End, NYC Friday Aug. 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. Other notable birds included Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel Osprey. There was an uptick in the number of Red-eyed Vireos and American Redstarts. Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Ring-billed Gull - 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Green Heron - 2 Harlem Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Harlem Meer Island (Duck Island) Osprey - hatch-year female perched in Willow at southeast Harlem Meer (continuing bird) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 hatch-year perched Harlem Meer Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 American Kestrel - 2 Nutter's Battery Empidonax Flycatcher - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 14 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Nutter's Battery Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Loch, Pool) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Lily Ponds American Redstart - 18 including 2 adult males Northern Parula - 1 female Loch Yellow Warbler - 1 Great Hill Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Blockhouse Northern Cardinal - 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 heard in the North Woods -- In other Manhattan bird news, the Saltmarsh Sparrow continued at Bryant Park today joined by a Tennessee Warbler reported by @uptownbirdsnyc and @rserio78 via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. In Brooklyn, the Buff-breasted Sandpaper found yesterday at Plum Beach by Jeremy Nadel @jeremynadel continued there this morning. See the Brooklyn Bird Alert @BirdBrklyn on twitter for timely info on Brooklyn birds. The Manhattan Bird Alert and Brooklyn Bird Alert are maintained by David Barrett. -- 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, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel & Osprey
Central Park - North End, NYC Friday Aug. 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. Other notable birds included Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel Osprey. There was an uptick in the number of Red-eyed Vireos and American Redstarts. Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Ring-billed Gull - 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Green Heron - 2 Harlem Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Harlem Meer Island (Duck Island) Osprey - hatch-year female perched in Willow at southeast Harlem Meer (continuing bird) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 hatch-year perched Harlem Meer Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 American Kestrel - 2 Nutter's Battery Empidonax Flycatcher - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 14 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Nutter's Battery Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Loch, Pool) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Lily Ponds American Redstart - 18 including 2 adult males Northern Parula - 1 female Loch Yellow Warbler - 1 Great Hill Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Blockhouse Northern Cardinal - 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 heard in the North Woods -- In other Manhattan bird news, the Saltmarsh Sparrow continued at Bryant Park today joined by a Tennessee Warbler reported by @uptownbirdsnyc and @rserio78 via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. In Brooklyn, the Buff-breasted Sandpaper found yesterday at Plum Beach by Jeremy Nadel @jeremynadel continued there this morning. See the Brooklyn Bird Alert @BirdBrklyn on twitter for timely info on Brooklyn birds. The Manhattan Bird Alert and Brooklyn Bird Alert are maintained by David Barrett. -- 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] BAIRD'S SANDPIPER bronx county
The bairds sandpiper is still on the southwest corner of the orchard beach parking lot in bronx county.parking 8 dollars.if you park outside along the lot you will be moved or ticketed by pep officers or nypd.very cooperative juvenile otherwise.Sent from my Galaxy -- 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] BAIRD'S SANDPIPER bronx county
The bairds sandpiper is still on the southwest corner of the orchard beach parking lot in bronx county.parking 8 dollars.if you park outside along the lot you will be moved or ticketed by pep officers or nypd.very cooperative juvenile otherwise.Sent from my Galaxy -- 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] N.Y. County, NYC - 8/25-26 - Saltmarsh Sparrow, C. Nighthawks, 22 warbler spp., etc.
Wed. & Thursday, Aug. 25th-26th N.Y. County, including Manhattan, Randall’s & Governors Island[s] Migration especially nocturnally was strong Mon. night into Tues., & far stronger still on Tuesday night into Wednesday. Of course, August heat-wave migration is not exactly same as October-November 'clearing-cold-front' movement. Fairly good overnight migration also on Wed. night to Thursday, particularly out of far-eastern Canada and southwardly (or really, ‘southwestwardly’, for our local interest. Some birds such as many warblers & others were surely headed out to sea, directly off parts of the New England coastline - next stops, perhaps Caribbean isles, and even S. America. (Some warbler spp. that nest in N. America have already been recorded returning to the Caribbean & to Central America where many species stay thru more than half of their year.) A Saltmarsh Sparrow turned up at Bryant Park (E. Schumann, finder) in midtown Manhattan, first noted in the morning of 8/25, & later seen by more observers. Semi-regular on passage, but near-rare for the county. That sparrow was present again on Thursday, 8/26. Patience is helpful for good sightings of such a skulker, but luck also can help out. This bird was seen off-and-on mainly in the south lawn area, & s.-w. ‘corner’ of the park, occasionally coming out to be seen well (& photographed), and the sparrow was being watched / sought thru near-dusk on both days, possibly becoming bolder by Thursday. About the only other migrant noted there has been a N. Waterthrush, along with long-staying White-throated Sparrows, Gray Catbirds, and some other usuals of Bryant. Showing off its shorebird potential again, Inwood Hill Park’s lagoon & nearby mud-flats offered up among other birds a Semipalmated Plover & up to 25 Least Sandpipers, plus Semipalmated Sandpiper, on Thursday, 8/26. Also seen at Inwood was a Marsh Wren, on both days, 8/25-26 - the latter species also found on the move in other parts of the region. At Randall’s Island, up to 4 Yellow-crowned (& greater no’s. of Black-crowned) Night-Herons have been present. Common Nighthawk movement was visibly increased by Wednesday, as both early morning and evening to after dusk provided some, esp. over the west edges of Manhattan, but also in (over) Central Park and at least a few of the smaller parks of n. Manhattan. Up to 28 nighthawks in total (a.m. thru p.m.) for 8/25, and more than 40 for the ‘fall’ so far in the county. A single Monk Parakeet was continuing in n. Manhattan. Pied-billed Grebe was added (at the Central Park reservoir last several days) to the waterbirds recently showing up in the county (N. Shovelers, then Blue-winged & Green-winged Teal having been added to the summering & lately moving-on Wood Ducks, a few of those still lingering on at Central Park). There was a nice movement of Bobolink for Wed. early-hours, esp. along the Hudson river side of Manhattan, with some R.-w. Blackbirds also moving, and a small number of Baltimore Orioles as well as at least 1 Orchard Oriole in early diurnal flight. The number of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Scarlet Tanagers, & Veery increased very modestly by Wed., 8/25. E. Kingbirds & several species of Empidonax (with Alder/Willow *mostly* not distinguished), as well as Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have been moving, and showing in multiple locations, too. Ruby-throated Hummingbird movement has been ongoing (with good no’s. of stop-overs feeding in flowered areas, as well as speedy southward diurnal migrators). Chimney Swift movement seemed to slow a bit by Thursday however it will be picking up again. At least 22 species of warblers were part of the migration, with at least 20 of those species present by Tues. 8/24, and a further 2 species added for the following day, within N.Y. County - and, all of those species having been seen within Central Park in Manhattan & numerous of those also found in a variety of other parks and greenspaces in the county. Indeed, Manhattan *south of* 42nd Street had at least 12 species of warblers by 8/25 - although to my knowledge (and visits) no *one* park or greenspace of those areas had all those many species. Some diversity on the Hudson and East River sides of the island, and there have been a fair variety of new migrant species showing on Governors Island, since 8/24. By far, the bulk of warblers on migration have been American Redstarts so far this week. (It *seems* that the 2-weeks-staying Prothonotary Warbler moved on at last, having made a good run of a portion of Central Park’s watery abodes.) There were also modest increases of a number of species, such as N. Parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Common Yellowthroat, while some species diminished such as Canada Warbler & others. Some less-birded areas have been quite productive in early-a.m. hours. Also having some migrants have been parks on the East River. Around the wider region, some Y.-br.
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - 8/25-26 - Saltmarsh Sparrow, C. Nighthawks, 22 warbler spp., etc.
Wed. & Thursday, Aug. 25th-26th N.Y. County, including Manhattan, Randall’s & Governors Island[s] Migration especially nocturnally was strong Mon. night into Tues., & far stronger still on Tuesday night into Wednesday. Of course, August heat-wave migration is not exactly same as October-November 'clearing-cold-front' movement. Fairly good overnight migration also on Wed. night to Thursday, particularly out of far-eastern Canada and southwardly (or really, ‘southwestwardly’, for our local interest. Some birds such as many warblers & others were surely headed out to sea, directly off parts of the New England coastline - next stops, perhaps Caribbean isles, and even S. America. (Some warbler spp. that nest in N. America have already been recorded returning to the Caribbean & to Central America where many species stay thru more than half of their year.) A Saltmarsh Sparrow turned up at Bryant Park (E. Schumann, finder) in midtown Manhattan, first noted in the morning of 8/25, & later seen by more observers. Semi-regular on passage, but near-rare for the county. That sparrow was present again on Thursday, 8/26. Patience is helpful for good sightings of such a skulker, but luck also can help out. This bird was seen off-and-on mainly in the south lawn area, & s.-w. ‘corner’ of the park, occasionally coming out to be seen well (& photographed), and the sparrow was being watched / sought thru near-dusk on both days, possibly becoming bolder by Thursday. About the only other migrant noted there has been a N. Waterthrush, along with long-staying White-throated Sparrows, Gray Catbirds, and some other usuals of Bryant. Showing off its shorebird potential again, Inwood Hill Park’s lagoon & nearby mud-flats offered up among other birds a Semipalmated Plover & up to 25 Least Sandpipers, plus Semipalmated Sandpiper, on Thursday, 8/26. Also seen at Inwood was a Marsh Wren, on both days, 8/25-26 - the latter species also found on the move in other parts of the region. At Randall’s Island, up to 4 Yellow-crowned (& greater no’s. of Black-crowned) Night-Herons have been present. Common Nighthawk movement was visibly increased by Wednesday, as both early morning and evening to after dusk provided some, esp. over the west edges of Manhattan, but also in (over) Central Park and at least a few of the smaller parks of n. Manhattan. Up to 28 nighthawks in total (a.m. thru p.m.) for 8/25, and more than 40 for the ‘fall’ so far in the county. A single Monk Parakeet was continuing in n. Manhattan. Pied-billed Grebe was added (at the Central Park reservoir last several days) to the waterbirds recently showing up in the county (N. Shovelers, then Blue-winged & Green-winged Teal having been added to the summering & lately moving-on Wood Ducks, a few of those still lingering on at Central Park). There was a nice movement of Bobolink for Wed. early-hours, esp. along the Hudson river side of Manhattan, with some R.-w. Blackbirds also moving, and a small number of Baltimore Orioles as well as at least 1 Orchard Oriole in early diurnal flight. The number of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Scarlet Tanagers, & Veery increased very modestly by Wed., 8/25. E. Kingbirds & several species of Empidonax (with Alder/Willow *mostly* not distinguished), as well as Blue-gray Gnatcatchers have been moving, and showing in multiple locations, too. Ruby-throated Hummingbird movement has been ongoing (with good no’s. of stop-overs feeding in flowered areas, as well as speedy southward diurnal migrators). Chimney Swift movement seemed to slow a bit by Thursday however it will be picking up again. At least 22 species of warblers were part of the migration, with at least 20 of those species present by Tues. 8/24, and a further 2 species added for the following day, within N.Y. County - and, all of those species having been seen within Central Park in Manhattan & numerous of those also found in a variety of other parks and greenspaces in the county. Indeed, Manhattan *south of* 42nd Street had at least 12 species of warblers by 8/25 - although to my knowledge (and visits) no *one* park or greenspace of those areas had all those many species. Some diversity on the Hudson and East River sides of the island, and there have been a fair variety of new migrant species showing on Governors Island, since 8/24. By far, the bulk of warblers on migration have been American Redstarts so far this week. (It *seems* that the 2-weeks-staying Prothonotary Warbler moved on at last, having made a good run of a portion of Central Park’s watery abodes.) There were also modest increases of a number of species, such as N. Parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Common Yellowthroat, while some species diminished such as Canada Warbler & others. Some less-birded areas have been quite productive in early-a.m. hours. Also having some migrants have been parks on the East River. Around the wider region, some Y.-br.
