Friday, 15 February, 2019 - A Townsend’s Solitaire (!) which was first reported & photographed on Thursday, 2/14/’19 by Kathryn Schneider, Marian Sole, Michael Nicosia - & also seen by others - has again been seen & photographed Friday, 2/15 at Taconic State Park in the township of Copake Falls, Columbia County, N.Y. - An eBird checklist from Thursday is here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S52692761
Friday morning, Matthew Rymkiewicz was able to re-find the Solitaire, and it has also been seen again by others. The bird may be moving as it feeds, & could take some time & patience to observe. Many would likely appreciate any reports on this rarity and that could include both positive & ‘negative’ reports of sightings, movements, etc. — A male Evening Grosbeak has continued, now a full 2-months stay, in Riverside Park, Manhattan (N.Y. City) where it has been most regular in the same general area, along & near an unpaved path thru the (signed, “forever wild" NYC Parks Dept. white signs) path in the Sanctuary area, which runs from about near W. 116th to about W. 120 St., as well as having a more northerly extension beyond W. 120 St., this being a short way inside this park, just w. of Riverside Drive. On both Thurs. & Friday early mornings, the male Eve. Grosbeak was not too far from a small, lately fast-running streamlet, along the noted footpath, about mid-way along thru the Sanctuary. However, this bird is also prone to wander a little, & can be surprisingly inconspicuous at times, as it will feed on the ground, &/or amongst vegetation in the very sloping terrain. It’s also been seen, with careful looking, later in the days when it may be roosting; check older posts to this list &/or eBird checklist reports, particularly Karen Fung’s, for details. Some other birds lingering in the area, although not typically seen with the grosbeak, have been Gray Catbird (an overwintering individual, in deeper thickets up-slope & east of the tennis courts, sometimes seen from the path by Riverside Drive (north of W. 120 St.), as well as Hermit Thrush (overwintering), & up to 15 or more additional species, with Peregrine Falcon rather regular at or near the large landmark Riverside Church at W. 120th St. & Riverside Drive. ------ "Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.” - Henry David Thoreau (American writer, philosopher, naturalist, 1817-62) good birding, & good luck seeking, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/ --
