A couple of NY state-rarities worth mentioning on this list, firstly the female RUFF found at the Montezuma N.W. Refuge at Carncross, Wayne County, NY on Wed., 4/10 with multiple observers;
also the long-lingering Golden-crowned Sparrow which was present at its ‘usual' area of Downsville in Delaware Co., NY (again reported by the original finder, seen at least to Sat., April 6th, after some time with no definite sightings) - this rarity was often associated with White-throated Sparrows at this location, as well as some other sparrow spp. during its’ long stay, & it could be that when its’ congener species, White-throateds all move on, so will the NY-rare Golden-crowned move (and then- to where, from there…?) and further, a Swainson’s Hawk going past the Hamburg hawk-watch (Erie County, NY, which may be a first county record of the species) on Mon., 4/8, with a set of eBird checklists and some photos of the latter here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54715956 . . . The above notwithstanding, a week of less-than-stellar migration thru Manhattan, but certainly some movement, & mostly thinly-distributed fresh northbound migrants stopping in or moving by on some days (and surely a bit more that moved thru on multiple nights, no matter the wind direction, at this time of year). — Manhattan and New York County (N.Y. City), Friday, 5 April - Thursday, 11 April, 2019 - There is an eBird report of Wild Turkey[s] from northern Manhattan on Thursday 4/11, & this species is able to make occasional forays into the most-urban county and island of New York; they could be watched-for at any time, & potentially in almost any greenspace but perhaps especially those in proximity to river corridors, & also by highway & rail corridors. A modest additional migration/movement from sightings of the week prior, thru the weekend of 4/6-7. A few more Louisiana Waterthrushes were among the highlights of that movement for Central Park observers. By at least Monday, 4/8, there were again a very scant number -but at least 3 species- of swallows found at Central Park’s Meer & Reservoir: [American: taxon erythrogaster] Barn, N. Rough-winged, & Tree Swallows, of which so far none have been seen with much regularity; more are likely in coming days for Manhattan & N.Y. City. A further arrival Monday night meant a nice increase of expected migrants on Tuesday (4/9) with such species as Yellow-shafted Flicker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush, Sparrows including Savannah, Field, Chipping, Swamp, & White-throated, as well as Slate-colored Junco, American Goldfinch, and more of both Pine & Palm Warblers, plus Louisiana Waterthrush all having modestly increased in number; additionally there were ongoing migrants such as Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, E. Phoebe, Winter Wren, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, and [Red] Fox Sparrow amongst the species seen, along with Tuesday’s freshly-arrived birds. There were a very few Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warblers, perhaps more locally-wintering than the hordes of the latter due to arrive a bit later on. By Thursday (4/11), modest additional increases in Hermit Thrush numbers were evident in some of the parks. Brown Creepers were being noted by many, a species that can sometimes seem to have a fairly narrow ‘window' for peak migration numbers at least in Manhattan even though it is capable of overwintering there. There were notable northbound movements of Double-crested Cormorant this week, and this coincided with some other waterbird movement. Quite likely a good many more migrants will be appearing here, from today on through the weekend and early next week. A lot of the earlier-blooming garden flowers, shrubs, and ornamental trees were in full blossom by this week on Manhattan island, particularly at some of the more-sheltered parks, such as Central Park, but also in many others as well as in smaller greenspaces. There also are some native wildflowers in bloom in select places (many of these planted) in Manhattan's parks. Many trees and shrubs are also showing increasingly green leaf-buds. 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/ --
