Thanks Tom; although not seen by me; the Westchester Ash Throated Fly was found in Rockwood Hall State Park (just west of Rockefeller Park, its much more well-known cousin) -- both being Rockefeller owned properties at one time. Parking for Rockwood Hall is just north of Phelps Hospital; it has a small parking area just west of Rte. 9 (Broadway) or can park in Phelps Northern most lot.
L. Trachtenberg Ossining -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Fiore Sent: Monday, December 20, 2021 8:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] a few CBC birds from N.Y. County (NYC) on Sun., 12/19 - -CAUTION: EXTERNAL EMAIL With NO further sightings or reports for N. Lapwing (anywhere in N. America, it seems) for Sunday, 12/19, it will be interesting to hear whether any additional reports come in, and from where. It is entirely *possible* that that Lapwing is still somewhere on Long Island, NY and could yet be re-discovered, possibly even in the general vicinity where seen for one day (on 12/18 only, so far). (Of some ‘reports' of a certain "Sea-Eagle" from anywhere in the United States lower-48, it would be good to see any possible documentation, and reporting that includes some further notes, or other material. Perhaps some additional info. may be forthcoming, from Massachusetts, and-or elsewhere, if there is any additional info., that will be or can be shared regarding such - and any such notes or links to documentation would be reasonable to note to this list-serve, sea-eagle being an extraordinary bird to have noted.) - - - A Franklin’s Gull has been reported and confirmed at the Newburgh Sewage Treatment Plant by the Hudson River in Orange County, NY, a nice find for that county and for the region - sightings were made by multiple observers on Sunday, 12/19 there. And also interesting, for the late-date, is a report of Yellow Warbler from that same area also on Dec. 19th. The Ash-throated Flycatcher was among many great birds to be seen for the Brooklyn (Kings County, NY - in N.Y. City) C.B.C., on Saturday, Dec. 18th - at Owls Head Park , which is not far from the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano Narrows. (And if one was not-enough, there’s also a sighting of that species from the Rockefeller Preserve in western Westchester County, NY on the same date, Dec. 18th. Both sightings, in the 2 counties, are photo-documented - and a tip of the hat to S.C. as well, for helping to confirm the photos from Westchester Co.’s sighting of this vagrant species from the west, a rare-but semi-regular ‘stray' in the northeast in our modern era. ) ___ ___ New York County (in N.Y. City) - Sunday, Dec. 19th: With many many observers participating in the annual Christmas Bird Count that takes in New York County (which includes Manhattan, Randall’s Island, Governors Island and also Roosevelt Island as well as a few much smaller isles and many of waters surrounding; and all within N.Y. City), I put in some efforts as well, and was able to locate a Black-and-white Warbler, which had been found & well-documented the previous day (on 12/18, first - by Dmitriy Aronov), in the area of the ‘freshwater marsh’ on Randall’s Island, at around 10:20 am Sunday; this is undoubtedly the same individual that D. Aronov had found; it was calling a bit and was seen (by me) with some difficulty Sunday, in & around dense phragmites within the interior part of the n. portion of that section, approx. opposite (roughly east of) the southeast corner of the large & prominent Icahn Stadium at Randall’s… the Black-and-white Warbler (Sunday) was in-company with other birds seen such as Golden-crowned Kinglet, Downy Woodpecker, a N. Cardinal pair, several Blue Jays, & multiple Sparrows, mostly White-throated but also including [Red] Fox, Swamp, and Song Sparrow, and very possibly some other birds, in that "thicket-y" area. I obtained some unobstructed views eventually and a few poor, but entirely-diagnostic-for-ID photos of the warbler. [N.B., there’s a report of another Black-and-white Warbler within N.Y. City as well for Dec. 19th, that in the Flushing Meadows / Corona Park area of Queens County, as reported by at least 3 observers covering that area in that county, which is a part of NYC.] With others having seen and photo-documunted them as well, I was able to see the Western Tanager at Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street (east of Tenth Ave.) later in the day, & obtained photos (as had at least Linda LaBella, earlier on Sunday) of that tanager in trees directly in front of (over) the garden-gate - which was in use by some local neighborhood key-holders. I then observed the W. Tanager there fly in to the garden, near the rear away from the gate, and did not try to observe for much longer. The other Western Tanager at Carl Schurz Park on Manhattan’s far-east side (east of East End Ave.) was observed multiple times, and photo’d. there on Sunday, with the first appearances very early when light-levels were still quite low, and then seen there multiple times at intervals, by a number of watchers, with most appearances by the tanager there in the vicinity of or at the feeder array, which is just inside of that park from East End Ave. & south of the main gate - or, just to the west of the northwest corner (& a gate) to the Catbird playground of Carl Schurz Park. Patience can of course be helpful in seeing eiher of these 2 Western Tanagers in two neighborhoods of Manhattan lately. In either location, please remember that these are residential areas, and give some respect to local residents and park or garden users. The Clinton Community Garden is open to key-holders only but one can observe a fair amount from the sidewalk, & the W. Tanager there does utilize the street trees a lot, as well as sometimes visiting Hell’s Kitchen Park & adajacent areas, just along W. 48th St., at Tenth Ave. itself. The area can be busy of course, esp. on week-days. Carl Schurz Park is very popular and one may expect a lot of dog-walkers, other walkers, family and children at the playground, etc., and park workers and staff. There is also a permanent and substantial NYPD (police) presence at the northwest edge of the public park, as Gracie Mansion, the NYC mayor’s family residence, is at that corner, along East End Ave. - there is no entry at all to the mayoral residence or its gated and fenced grounds. (The feeder array which the 'Carl Schurz tanager’ visits is at least 3 city-blocks to the south of the mayoral residence.) Many many more excellent sightings were made for the C.B.C. on Sunday, and teams in all parts of the county took part in that event, of course all being in support of the non-profit bird count. Among many many sightings in Central Park, in Manhattan, an Orange-crowned Warbler was again re-found still using the west edges of the C.P. reservoir & vicinity, where seen on Sunday. Another Orange-crowned Warbler was also found by CBC-ers on Governors Island (near Ligget Terrace) for Sunday’s count. Greater Scaup were among the ducks seen at Governors Island as well during the C.B.C., along with the Gr. Scaup which many counters were aware of at Central Park. A long-lingering Dickcissel was found again at Inwood Hill Park, and there were many other birds seen in that area of Manhattan for the C.B.C. A long-long-lingering adult Yellow-crowned Night-Heron was another of the sightings by the team who covered Randall’s Island. Other highlights from the Randall’s Island team were a Ruddy Turnstone, an Iceland Gull (of the expected ‘kumleini’ form), 2 Common Goldeneye (somewhat distantly off the n.e. shore section, as they can be seen semi-regularly when looked-for in winter there), 8 Great Cormorants, and of course many other birds. Full results from all around the N.Y. County sections of the count will not be tallied until at least after the end of a week-long count-period, which for that count goes through Wednesday, 12/22. Also, this count is one in which there are 2 states involved, as the equally-important (!) other half is located in part of New Jersey, including some excellent habitat sectors there just across the Hudson River from Manhattan and from the edges of Governors Island. The full count is titled 'Lower Hudson' & is usually listed for the archives within N.J., by long tradition and custom. On Roosevelt Island on Sunday, I did not find great variety of birds (just as had been so for some scouting in prior days there) but an American Tree Sparrow, [Red] Fox Sparrow, a couple of Swamp Sparrows all with a slightly larger group of (& also scattered individuals) Song and White-throated Sparrows were nice to see, those (mostly) in the “Four Freedoms Park” near the southern end of that island, which lies in the East River, south of Randall’s Island. Incidentally, I used the bridge onto Roosevelt, not the tram. Much of my wandering, as is my usual were with a bicycle to reach various areas, as well as time spent walking. thanks to the many who were participants in the counts, and to all who help make the counts possible. 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