[nysbirds-l] Manhattan (N.Y. City), 7/20 - Little Blue Heron, etc.
A juvenile-plumaged LITTLE Blue Heron was found & photographed at Inwood Hill Park (in N.Y. City) on the mudflats (& also perching up in low branches overlooking the flats), in late morning Tuesday 7/20, by N. O’Reilly, with multiple others arriving later on to view the same bird. It’s a rarely-seen species in N.Y. County, & perhaps esp. so for Manhattan (Inwood is at the northern tip of Manhattan island); there are previous records for the species, including even at Central Park, but all prior county records are rather few & far-between. Thanks to Nate for the quickly-posted eBird report. [n.b.., Great Egrets are also rather regular now.] (This bird’s appearance at that location as noted above may not be much related to the inland sightings of various wading birds, with of course some of the most notable / surprising being the multiple Roseate Spoonbills through a number of states where not expected at all, or not often - a lot of sightings this month well north of usual areas; there have also been inland sightings of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons and a number of other wading species in places and regions where not at all regular, or in some, the first for a location.) Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were starting to move in modest numbers by 7/19, with fresh sightings around the city, including in N.Y. County at several locations, which included Central Park, while a number of observers have been seeing more than one at Fort Tryon Park. Also on the move on 7/19 & 7/20 were icterids, with Red-winged Blackbird making fairly strong southbound moves (not unusual for the month of July, of course far ahead of the major movements of mid to late fall of that species and other icterids), and also some Brown-headed Cowbirds as well as a smattering of Orchard Oriole, which can be an extremely early migrant, although a good many of the latter are still on territories in & around N.Y. City (& county). Also, intriguingly, a very few cuckoos, including Black-billed Cuckoo, were in N.Y. County as of 7/19 - early migrants or simply wanderers, which might indicate some non-breeding (which is not unusual for some). good birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City, & beyond -- 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] Manhattan (N.Y. City), 7/20 - Little Blue Heron, etc.
A juvenile-plumaged LITTLE Blue Heron was found & photographed at Inwood Hill Park (in N.Y. City) on the mudflats (& also perching up in low branches overlooking the flats), in late morning Tuesday 7/20, by N. O’Reilly, with multiple others arriving later on to view the same bird. It’s a rarely-seen species in N.Y. County, & perhaps esp. so for Manhattan (Inwood is at the northern tip of Manhattan island); there are previous records for the species, including even at Central Park, but all prior county records are rather few & far-between. Thanks to Nate for the quickly-posted eBird report. [n.b.., Great Egrets are also rather regular now.] (This bird’s appearance at that location as noted above may not be much related to the inland sightings of various wading birds, with of course some of the most notable / surprising being the multiple Roseate Spoonbills through a number of states where not expected at all, or not often - a lot of sightings this month well north of usual areas; there have also been inland sightings of Yellow-crowned Night-Herons and a number of other wading species in places and regions where not at all regular, or in some, the first for a location.) Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were starting to move in modest numbers by 7/19, with fresh sightings around the city, including in N.Y. County at several locations, which included Central Park, while a number of observers have been seeing more than one at Fort Tryon Park. Also on the move on 7/19 & 7/20 were icterids, with Red-winged Blackbird making fairly strong southbound moves (not unusual for the month of July, of course far ahead of the major movements of mid to late fall of that species and other icterids), and also some Brown-headed Cowbirds as well as a smattering of Orchard Oriole, which can be an extremely early migrant, although a good many of the latter are still on territories in & around N.Y. City (& county). Also, intriguingly, a very few cuckoos, including Black-billed Cuckoo, were in N.Y. County as of 7/19 - early migrants or simply wanderers, which might indicate some non-breeding (which is not unusual for some). good birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City, & beyond -- 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/ --
