A bit extra-limitally, a Northern Lapwing was seen in southern New Hampshire on Monday, 3/7 and was re-found in the same area on 3/8.
. . . . New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, and Governors Island Monday & Tuesday, March 7th & 8th - The Western Tanager at Carl Schurz Park on Manhattan’s east side was ongoing, however there are no (?) sightings very recently of the other tanager that had wintered on the west side, in the Clinton / Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. A fair number of early-migrators that came through already this month may have passed thru, as evidenced also by some appearances of said species well north or northeast of N.Y. City; waterfowl of a variety of species one of the better examples - perhaps having taken the Snow Geese out of Manhattan along with some others that moved on; Killdeer have persisted in the county but had a bit of a peak even before this week began; some American Woodcock are likewise persisting as they so-often will in some sites in the county, while many more have passed onwards to the north, and as had been occuring the previous month, more icterids, esp. Red-winged Blackbird & Common Grackle, have moved through, as did some Song Sparrows. More than 1,000 gulls came in to the reservoir in Central Park for a while in mid-day and later on Monday, however this goodly number did not appear to have any other than the typical 3 species of winter at the site: Ring-billed (most), [American] Herring, and Great Black-backed. Modestly-more E. Phoebes came through, just as some more also were found in the region as firsts-of-year (in addition to the scant no’s. that may have overwintered around the northeast, north of New Jersey and points west-southwest of the latter). Fish Crows were increased a bit, and many that are being noted are more vocal lately. Some of the species noted in the county in recent days have included: Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Pied-billed Grebe, Great Cormorant, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose [Atlantic] Brant, Mute Swan, Wood Duck, Gadwall, American Black Duck, Mallard, Northern Shoveler, Northern Pintail (pair at Sherman Creek, off upper Manhattan on the Harlem River), Green-winged Teal (hen moving about Central Park, most-recent visiting The Meer), Greater Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser (fly-overs only), Red-breasted Merganser, Ruddy Duck, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Coot, (the above-noted) Killdeer, American Woodcock, gulls as noted above, ['feral'] Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Yellow-shafted Flicker, (as noted above) Eastern Phoebe, Common Raven, American Crow, Fish Crow, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch (very few), White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren, Winter Wren (which wintered), Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (all kinglets which had wintered), Hermit Thrush (overwintered in the multiple), American Robin, Gray Catbird (modest no’s. which overwintered), Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher (small no’s. which overwintered), European Starling, House Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing (fairly good no’s. have persisted), Orange-crowned Warbler (overwintered and continued in at least one location in the county), [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warbler (wintered or arrived in winter in several sites), Ovenbird (very few made it through winter), Western Tanager (at least one, as noted above), Eastern Towhee (small no’s. that wintered), Slate-colored Junco, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, [Red] Fox Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, and some additional species. (Some of the preceding such as certain sparrows, etc. have been noted in a few recent reports to this list). Some of the insects appearing included Cabbage White butterfly, some fly species including Syrphid flies in the genus Eupeodes (in several Manhattan parks including Central Park), and multiple other species, mostly expected given the recent surge in warmth (to 70+ [F.] degrees in the area). good birding to all, 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/ --
