Manhattan, N.Y. City - thru Saturday, November 2nd A Golden Eagle was photographed, added to eBird, seen passing by from Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, with at least 4 observers present for the rare in N.Y. County sighting, on November 2nd. Various other raptors were seen on the move, including Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered Hawks, and some additional migrating raptors along with Black and Turkey Vultures.
Waterfowl seen so far in November include Atlantic Brant, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Gadwall, N. Shoveler which have increased, multiple Green-winged Teal, up to half-dozen or more Wood Duck, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser which increased very slightly, and Ruddy Duck, as well as the American Coots as associated birds in Central Park in particular, and with further sightings of Pied-billed Grebe. In Central Park and elsewhere Laughing Gull was still found for November, although numbers of those are much reduced lately. American Woodcocks continue to appear in Manhattan. A modestly-late brightly plumaged male Rose-breasted Grosbeak was seen at Carl Schurz Park on Manhattans upper east side on November 2nd. Blue-headed Vireos were still being seen including in Central Park. Baltimore Oriole was still around or pushing thru to Saturday and that latter species is fairly regular - if also rare - here in Manhattan into winter, occasionally attempting to overwinter in some locations here. Multiple Eastern Bluebirds have occurred from October on into the start of November, with sightings at several locations including in more than one sector of Central Park into Saturday, 11-2. Any numbers at Central have been eclipsed by the bluebirds at and moving past northern Manhattan, particularly so for Saturday, 11-2. A major flight of expected migrants took place on Saturday which included far more than 10,000 individual birds from just one location for observing some of that flight - the birds in great numbers were Common Grackles, Red-winged Blackbirds, American Robins, and Cedar Waxwings with other species of passerine migrants also noticed. In a few locations, including in Central Park, some Rusty Blackbirds were ongoing. The movements of Black-capped Chickadee as well as Tufted Titmouse are notable as they continue to arrive with the start of this month here. Purple Finches have been on the move for weeks and weeks but numbers not increasing dramatically so far, for November. Five Monk Parakeets made showings for a small contingent of birders at northern Manhattan on Saturday. Some migratory American warblers seen in Manhattan as November began have included these listed below - and for those species seen in Central Park, the suffix CP has been added to some in the list below, all from these last two days only - Ovenbird - CP and elsewhere in Manhattan. Black-and-white Warbler - CP, to Saturday, Nov. 2 -photographed- also elsewhere in Manhattan. Orange-crowned Warbler - CP and elsewhere in Manhattan. Nashville Warbler - CP and elsewhere in Manhattan. Common Yellowthroat - CP and many other locations in Manhattan. Cape May Warbler - CP, to Saturday November 2nd in a typical area for late appearances of the species, with Yellow-bellied Sapsucker drilling in the same areas. Northern Parula - getting late for anywhere in the region. Magnolia Warbler - ongoing and fairly late at Central Park. Blackpoll Warbler - ongoing thru Nov. 2 at Central Park. Black-throated Blue Warbler - ongoing including at Central Park thru Nov. 2. Palm Warbler - ongoing including at Central Park thru Nov. 2. Pine Warbler - ongoing at Central Park thru Nov. 2. Myrtle -a.k.a. Yellow-rumped- Warbler - ongoing including at Central Park. ... there may be some additional species of warblers still lingering or yet to push thru as stragglers in November, and at least a few could be present this week in Manhattan or elsewhere in the same county. Of species noted above, at least one dozen of those have December records for Manhattan, some seen into that month in multiple or even many past years, with many also seen during past CBC’s held in the 3rd week of December in Manhattan. ...... The most recent Clay-colored Sparrow reported and then confirmed, as of now, via eBird was from Central Park on Tuesday, October 29th, that from a not-for-profit guided bird walk done for the American Museum of Natural History. The Myiarchus Flycatcher at Central Park on has been reported in eBird as well, with a confirmation not applied -as of now- to the one report for Thursday, Oct. 31. It could yet receive confirmation from reviewers in coming days. Thanks to the many keen, quiet, and courteous observers and photographers for sightings and reports, all via non-x alerts and as always, many also via eBird with the Macaulay Library archives. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
