Thank you Shai, For the Kingbird links. The previous early fall arrival date for Red-breasted Nuthatch for Central Park was July 8, 2007 right in line with the other early arrivals listed in Ken Feustel's paper.
Winter finch forecast anyone? Deb Allen -----Original Message----- >From: Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> >Sent: Jun 26, 2016 4:33 PM >To: NYSBIRDS-L <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> >Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday June 26, 2016 - R-b >Nuthatch Arrival, late date Black-and-white Warbler > >Hi Deborah and all, > >The nearly simultaneous appearance of this species at three sites in coastal >New York strongly suggests an early irruption. A precedent that comes to mind >is June 2007, when this species surprised many of us with its early >appearances. We can only hope that fall 2016 shapes up like that one, in terms >of irruptive species reaching the coast! > >http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2007v57n4/y2007v57n4p295-297feustel.pdf# >http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2007v57n4/y2007v57n4rgn10.pdf# >http://www.nybirds.org/KBsearch/y2008v58n1/y2008v58n1rgn10.pdf# > >Shai Mitra >Bay Shore >________________________________________ >From: bounce-120587102-11143...@list.cornell.edu >[bounce-120587102-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Deborah Allen >[dalle...@earthlink.net] >Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2016 4:04 PM >To: NYSBIRDS-L >Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sunday June 26, 2016 - R-b Nuthatch >Arrival, late date Black-and-white Warbler > >Central Park NYC - Ramble >Sunday June 26, 2016 >OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from >Turtle Pond at 9am > >Highlights: Jeff Ward spotted a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the Maintenance >Field. Red-breasted Nuthatch does not summer in Central Park, and today's >Red-breasted Nuthatch represents the park's earliest fall arrival date. >We found two Red-breasted Nuthatches yesterday, June 25th, at the NYBG >(Bronx), so these birds may also have been very early fall arrivals. A >Red-breasted Nuthatch was also reported today from Brooklyn by Tom >Preston via twitter. > >The group found two Black-and-white Warblers, one in Mugger's Woods, the other >at the Tupelo Field. This is the latest spring date we know of for >Black-and-white Warbler in Central Park. The previous record was June 25, 2006 >(spotted by Sandra Critelli on another of our bird walks). One of the birds >(female - Mugger's Woods) is likely the bird we saw last week, the other was >an adult male still in alternate plumage at the Tupelo Field. It becomes >difficult to tell at this time of year whether this new Black-and-white >Warbler represents a lingering spring migrant, an early fall migrant or >"post-breeding dispersal." > >________________________________ >Take a picture. Write a caption. Win a prize. Where’s Danny the Dolphin >today?<http://www.csi.cuny.edu/wheresdanny/> > >-- > >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/ > >-- -- 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/ --
