Northern Waterthrushes are apparently easy to find with night goggles. Tyler Goldstein, Jericho, NY
On Saturday, September 23, 2017, GQ <gle...@verizon.net> wrote: > It was a much, much warmer morning than I thought it would be in the > preserve this morning. I wore long pants and a long sleeve Henley and by > the time 11AM rolled around, I was a disgusting gobbet of sweat. > Despite these conditions, there were still a lot more migrants than I > thought would be there, including some birds that I don’t normally see in > numbers until October. > > The only real highlight was an early Lincoln’s Sparrow. I’ll have to check > my records to see if I’ve ever had one here before October. > > White-throated Sparrows are in, (about 6) and also Eastern Phoebe (also, > about 6). Lot’s of Northern Flickers (near 35). 2 Swamp Sparrows and an > out-of-place Chipping Sparrow by the pond suggested some kind of early > sparrow movement. > Warblers were as follows: > Black-and-White-2 > Northern Parula-5 > Black-throated Blue-7 > Myrtle-1 > Black-throated Green-3 > Blackburnian-4 (all together) > Chestnut-sided-2 > Palm-3 > Ovenbird-1 > Common Yellowthroat-1 > American Redstart-2 > > Other migrants included Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Great-Crested Flycatcher, > Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Scarlet Tanager > (3), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5). > Only one hawk, a Sharp-shinned, terrorizing the flickers around the pond. > > I have not seen a single Northern Waterthrush since the fall migration > began. Any comments on this? > > PS: If you’re thinking of birding the preserve tomorrow (24th), it’s > Village Day. It might be OK at 8AM but it will soon descend into a > cacophony of screaming children and parents running around everywhere...... > > Cheers, > > Glenn > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <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/ --
