Thursday, 13 March, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Thanks yet again to Peter Post for reporting to this publicly- accessible list the "new" Red-necked Grebe at the reservoir of Central Park today. (No one need subscribe nor register, merely have standard internet access, in order to read all of the reports appearing on nysbirds, unlike some other reporting mechanisms which need not be named...)
The grebe was still present as of 5:25 p.m. Thurs., and it had flown (I saw it fly) from near the s. shore to near the w. or almost n.w. side of the reservoir (that flight at about 4:50 p.m.) In watching it fly, I initially believed it could have flown out & away from the park as I momentarily lost it in sun-glare, looking west-sw, but it had come down in the newly-opened swath of water along the western side of the reservoir. (there are also continuing Red-breasted Mergansers, both male & presumed female, but these ought pose no ID issues, in any reasonable views.) Other changes today noted by Peter & some others, gulls were few today, while Wood Duck numbers at the res. had reached at least 7. Also missing for the most part were N. Shovelers, although 1 or 2 were still at the reservoir this late afternoon. 2 pairs of Hooded Mergansers were in opposite corners, at the nw & se edges of the open water. The reservoir still has well over 50%, perhaps still 75% ice cover, although more signs of ice break-up are evident by today. good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
