Wednesday Nov. 1st brought a strong further arrival and passage of migrants, and some more arrivals into New York County, in N.Y. City...
Here, I am featuring first, the warbler seen by multiple observers for some days on end at The Battery which is generally being reported as a -Mourning- Warbler. But is it? This bird has by now been closely photographed, and reported a number of times, to Wed, 11/1 - in eBird. Otherwhere, in the county, a Short-eared Owl was photographed as it passed by Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan on Wed., for at least 3 lucky and keen observers of the mornings flight there. A very impressive group of Bonapartes Gulls- in total, more than 50 were noted -A. Farnsworth- on the Hudson, watching off the western side terminus / pier of Dyckman Street and/or adjacent sector of that river stretch, some gulls perhaps well to the north. There is a chance some may have lingered; that species has been seen just up the river over various recent days, adacent to counties north of NYC, and perhaps at times from Bergen Co, N.J. Among many other species noted from the Dyckman Street pier and/or close vicinity on Wed, including up to 26 American Pipits, many many hundreds of American Robins, and a number of flybys of finches. A Nelsons Sparrow was again seen on Randalls Island on Wed, 11/1, along with many more migrants and arriving species, which included American Woodcock and Wilsons Snipe. A quite-late VEERY was photographed at Highbridge Park -E. Schumann- on 11/1, with the report and photo in eBird, and thus also archived in the Macaulay Library. A Black-and-white Warbler was among many other migrants seen in Highbridge Park, which is in northern Manhattan. At Central Park, and surely occurring elsewhere also on Wed, 11/1, many many dozens of Pine Siskin, and also many Purple Finch, as well as modest numbers of American Goldfinch passed thru, with some of each lingering in select areas within Central Park. While many saw at least one E. Bbluebird within Central, perhaps a lingering single, there were far more passing thru on Wed, with more than 20 going thru Central on the day, and some flocks of at least up to 8 at a time noted, from a number of locations in that park. An apparent Scarlet Tanager was seen and photographed in Central Park on Wed, of course getting very late, although the species has occurred into the CBC season in the past in Manhattan. The tanager seen Wed is not a Western, with no field marks indicating that rare but near-regular vagarant. A lingering American Redstart was photographed at Central Park on 11/1, and multi0le other warbler species were still being found there and elsewhere around Manhattan and the rest of the county. A very good vulture and raptor flight took place all day on 11/1, across the county, and over Manhattan including several hundred Turkey Vultures and many dozens of Red-shouldered Hawks, a number of them passing thru and over Central Park thru the day. Also seen passing, in general, were multiple Bald Eagles, and both Common and Red-throated Loons. Ovenbirds made their presence known in several or more locations in Manhattan including in Central Park. Far more migrants were noted around the county on Wednesday, some perhaps to be detailed in a coming report. 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/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/ --
