Riverside Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Friday thru Monday, 15 - 18 March, 2018
Happy to report (& contra my own report here from 3/15), a male Evening Grosbeak has continued, seen each day thru Monday, 3/18, in the area of Riverside Park's sanctuary, with some sightings including my latest Monday being just slightly to the north of many prior recent sightings, in the vicinity of W. 118-119 Streets & also seen moving out of the wooded area to the north of there, which includes the slope up (east of) from the tennis courts. (That latter specific area, which also has a ‘forever wild’ sign, & rough, narrow trail thru brambles & thicker woods, is where the grosbeak was first discovered, on the Dec. 16th 2018 Manhattan -officially, 'Lower Hudson'- Christmas Bird Count. There is additional habitat that many birds use as much as 1/4 mile farther north however that patch of woods & edge is far less-frequented by birders or regular park-users, and commonsense caution is advised if working thru some of that section of the park, which lacks deisgnated trails.) This is an unparalleled stay in one site in New York County for this species, at least in the modern era. It will be interesting to watch how long it does continue on there; clearly it has fed well in that area (which has also supported a good many other wintering &/or resident birds over the winter, & in general). Also interesting to note that a small feeder array which attracts a variety of other species seems not to have interested the Evening Grosbeak at all, from many reports & my own months of observing it as well. There can be muddy patches on the foot trails in this area. good end-of-winter birding, 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/[email protected]/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/ --
