The male Evening Grosbeak that’s now been in & around Riverside Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) in the area of the sanctuary & just to the north of (from roughly W. 117th St. to as far as near W. 122 St. has continued for a 101st (known) day in that area, seen Tues., March 26th from several points, including very nearby Sakura Park at Riverside Drive, east of Grant’s Tomb & just north of W. 122 St., then moving to near W. 120 St. & west of Riverside Drive, then in the sanctuary of Riverside Park near W. 119 Street (the latter nearer the north end of a foot trail thru the sanctuary, both ends being marked by large white Parks Dept. “forever wild” signs. Also, and significant to me at least, the male Grosbeak uttered a call, just once, when first seen in Sakura Park, & just as it flew to the west. This was my first time hearing this bird really make a [typical] ‘kleer’ call. I was in the area from about visible sunrise there to about 8:45 and lost track of it in the thickets by that hour. A good number of other much more common species were also in the area.
Thanks to Karen Fung & others who have been observing & reporting on this rather unusual visitor to Manhattan! good 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/ --
