Dale told me the answers: It's still there. 35 bus from Lexington Ave & 125th St. Get off at the stadium stop. Walk across and around near the fence at the golf place and there will be an opening in the fence you can get into.
Happy bird-day, Ken On 5/22/2025 11:19 AM, Ken Gale wrote: > Has it been seen today? > Where on Randall's Island? What City bus do we take and how do we walk > there from where the bus leaves us off? > Thanks. > Happy bird-day, > Ken > www.ecoradio.org > > When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not, > become one. 'Nuff Said! > > On 5/21/2025 6:09 PM, Tom Fiore wrote: >> Surely a bird-of-the-month for New York County, a Fork-tailed Flycatcher was >> revealed - by finder Karen Becker of Manhattan - on Wednesday, May 21st, at >> an old, now-unused golf driving-range at Randalls Island, which is just east >> of Manhattan, N.Y. City. The Fork-tailed was in company with some E. >> Kingbirds offering nice comparisons with that relative in the same genus. >> Fork-tailed Flycatchers in N.America are generally seen as reverse or >> wrong-way migrants which for various reasons include some individuals of >> their species that rather than go a shorter distance within their typical >> range - which for Fork-tailed is quite a large range - but some get into >> very elongated flights that bring some far far out of expected range - and >> in instances like the Randalls Island discovery, also bring some birders >> from fair distances... Many came to view this flycatcher from nearby and >> from multiple other counties thru the day on Wed. - This species was >> not-quite on most birders radar as a species to be expected here - but here >> it came. Thanks to K. Becker as well as to many others who helped keep eyes >> on the rarity, and some who lent scopes or even cameras for viewing by >> arriving additional seekers. >> >> 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/ >> >> -- >> > > -- > > (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/ > > -- -- (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/ --
