[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Sept. 27, 2021 Yellow-billed cuckoo, : Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 13 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager
Central Park NYC Monday, September 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 13 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager. Canada Goose - 6 Gadwall - male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - male Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 5 Mourning Dove - 10-15 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Maintenance field Chimney Swift - 5-10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 Oven* Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover heading north (Bob - 7am) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult in Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-5 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 5-10 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5 Eastern Phoebe - 2 Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - 3 (10 seen by Bob - early a.m.) Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 3-5 flyovers Carolina Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Swainson's Thrush - 10-15 American Robin - 15-20 Gray Catbird - 5-10 Brown Thrasher - 2 Strawberry fields Cedar Waxwing - flock of a dozen Strawberry Fields House finch - 10-15 in two flocks White-throated Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 1 Bow Bridge Baltimore Oriole - 1 hatch-year male Oven Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Gapstow Bridge mudflat (Deb - after lunch) Black-and-white Warbler - 10-15 Common Yellowthroat - 5-10 American Redstart - 5-10 Northern Parula - 125-150 Magnolia Warbler - 4-6 Yellow Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob - early) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob - early) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob - early) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Maintenance field Pine Warbler - 1 male Wagner Cove Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Duck (Bob - early) Scarlet Tanager - 1 Ramble Northern Cardinal - 5-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 -- *It's still worth checking any patches of Jewelweed, especially in sunny spots (increases nectar production), for these little gems. Deb Allen -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Sept. 27, 2021 Yellow-billed cuckoo, : Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 13 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager
Central Park NYC Monday, September 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 13 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Scarlet Tanager. Canada Goose - 6 Gadwall - male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - male Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 5 Mourning Dove - 10-15 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Maintenance field Chimney Swift - 5-10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 Oven* Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover heading north (Bob - 7am) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult in Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-5 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 5-10 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5 Eastern Phoebe - 2 Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - 3 (10 seen by Bob - early a.m.) Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 3-5 flyovers Carolina Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Swainson's Thrush - 10-15 American Robin - 15-20 Gray Catbird - 5-10 Brown Thrasher - 2 Strawberry fields Cedar Waxwing - flock of a dozen Strawberry Fields House finch - 10-15 in two flocks White-throated Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 1 Bow Bridge Baltimore Oriole - 1 hatch-year male Oven Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Gapstow Bridge mudflat (Deb - after lunch) Black-and-white Warbler - 10-15 Common Yellowthroat - 5-10 American Redstart - 5-10 Northern Parula - 125-150 Magnolia Warbler - 4-6 Yellow Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob - early) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob - early) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Dock (Bob - early) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Maintenance field Pine Warbler - 1 male Wagner Cove Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Turtle Pond Duck (Bob - early) Scarlet Tanager - 1 Ramble Northern Cardinal - 5-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 -- *It's still worth checking any patches of Jewelweed, especially in sunny spots (increases nectar production), for these little gems. Deb Allen -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 27, 2021 * NYSY 09. 27. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 20 to September 27, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: September 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #771: Monday September 27 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 20, 2021 Highlights: --- MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON CACKLING GOOSE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER PARASITIC JAEGER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH LINCOLN’S SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/20: A GLOSSY IBIS seen on the 20th. continues to today at Seneca Flats along the Wildlife trail. 9/21: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the wildlife Trail. A LEAST BITTERN was seen from Towpath Road in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11 species of Shorebirds including STILT SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/22: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/23: 2 CACKLNG GEESE were seen at Kipp Island off of Rt. 90 south of Rt. 31. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in the forested area of Armitage Road. 9/26: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Cayuga County 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 9/24: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from West Barrier Park i Fair Haven. 9/25: 7 Shorebird species including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDY TURNSTONE were seen at Fait Haven State Park. Onondaga County The LAUGHING GULL seen now mostly at the docks at the Ampitheater on Onondaga Lake was seen today. 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Jamesville Beach Park. 9/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was see at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 9/24: AA WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and a SANDERLING were all seen at Oneida Shores Par on the beach in Brewerton. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 9/25: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was spotted at the Three Falls Nature Area east of Manlius. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was see on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 9/26: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Radisson River Park (Private) on the Seneca River. 9/27: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen along the Erie Canal Park in Fayetteville. Oswego County 9/26: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at a private residence in Hastings. 9/27: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at a private residence in Hastings. --- end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Syracuse area RBA
RBA * New York * Syracuse * September 27, 2021 * NYSY 09. 27. 21 Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert Dates(s): September 20 to September 27, 2021 to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just outside Cayuga County), Onondaga, Oswego, Lewis, Jefferson, Oneida, Herkimer, Madison & Cortland compiled: September 27 AT 5:00 p.m. (DST) compiler: Joseph Brin Onondaga Audubon Homepage: www.onondagaaudubon.org #771: Monday September 27 Greetings. This is the Syracuse Area Rare Bird Alert for the week of September 20, 2021 Highlights: --- MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD GLOSSY IBIS EURASIAN WIGEON CACKLING GOOSE BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER RUDDY TURNSTONE STILT SANDPIPER HUDSONIAN GODWIT WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER PARASITIC JAEGER LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LAUGHING GULL YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER PHILADELPHIA VIREO GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH LINCOLN’S SPARROW Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) 9/20: A GLOSSY IBIS seen on the 20th. continues to today at Seneca Flats along the Wildlife trail. 9/21: An EURASIAN WIGEON was seen along the wildlife Trail. A LEAST BITTERN was seen from Towpath Road in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 11 species of Shorebirds including STILT SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/22: A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was seen in Knox-Marsellus Marsh. 9/23: 2 CACKLNG GEESE were seen at Kipp Island off of Rt. 90 south of Rt. 31. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in the forested area of Armitage Road. 9/26: A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Cayuga County 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Fair Haven State Park. 9/24: A PARASITIC JAEGER was seen from West Barrier Park i Fair Haven. 9/25: 7 Shorebird species including BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER and RUDY TURNSTONE were seen at Fait Haven State Park. Onondaga County The LAUGHING GULL seen now mostly at the docks at the Ampitheater on Onondaga Lake was seen today. 9/21: A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen at Jamesville Beach Park. 9/22: A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was see at the Marshy Spits south of the Honeywell Center on the west shore of Onondaga Lake. 9/24: AA WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and a SANDERLING were all seen at Oneida Shores Par on the beach in Brewerton. A BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER was seen at the Marshy Spits on Onondaga Lake. 9/25: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was spotted at the Three Falls Nature Area east of Manlius. A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was see on the West Shore Trail of Onondaga Lake. 9/26: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen at Radisson River Park (Private) on the Seneca River. 9/27: A GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH was seen along the Erie Canal Park in Fayetteville. Oswego County 9/26: A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at a private residence in Hastings. 9/27: A LINCOLN’S SPARROW was seen at a private residence in Hastings. --- end report Joseph Brin Baldwinsville, New York 13027 -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] date-correction: Richmond Co. NY Trop.-KB on Sunday 9/26!
Sorry for the 1 improper-date on that last post, of course Sunday’s date was Sept. 26th (and not 25th), (first reports for) the confirmed Tropical Kingbird were in the morning and through that day only at the previously-noted location at Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Staten Island, N.Y. City (in Richmond County). Updates are appreciated - and again, thanks! good luck - & good birds, 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] date-correction: Richmond Co. NY Trop.-KB on Sunday 9/26!
Sorry for the 1 improper-date on that last post, of course Sunday’s date was Sept. 26th (and not 25th), (first reports for) the confirmed Tropical Kingbird were in the morning and through that day only at the previously-noted location at Mt. Loretto Unique Area, Staten Island, N.Y. City (in Richmond County). Updates are appreciated - and again, thanks! good luck - & good birds, 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] "TK"-notes, & N.Y. County, NYC - 9/26 & prior days - Dickcissel[s], Blue Grosbeak, 23 Warbler spp. to at least 9/25
That TROPICAL Kingbird, now fully-confirmed (by vocalizations recorded as well as thru observations) at Mt. Loretto Unique Area (NYS D.E.C.) on Staten Island (Richmond County, part of N.Y. City) as found by Dr. R. Veit on Sunday morning (9/25) - was viewed by at least dozens of observers, to dusk at that location, when seen going to (presumed, hoped-for) roost in the area by some of those still present. (This is a 2nd NY state record if accepted for the state archives.) Accompanying that bird were a fair number of Eastern Kingbirds - & that *latter* species was notably on the move today, in a modestly-later ‘push’ for that species. ((We had a few sightings of E. Kingbirds in Manhattan for Sunday, but none of the genus with any ‘yellow’ in the bellies!)) While making mention of the Tropical Kingbird, it can be added that a Summer Tanager was also found by Dr. Veit on the same location & was also seen by others on-scene for Sunday, and going back to just a few days *previous* - a Swainson’s Hawk has been confirmed at least in eBird, with some scope-photos also taken by its’ observer, A.V. Ciancimino of Staten Island, who named Dr. Veit as having assisted with the later identification of the raptor, from the flight-photos taken on Sept. 24th at Staten Island’s Wolfe’s Pond Park. (That raptor has not been reported again from the area since the day - Thursday - of its observation.). Shout-outs to all of the Richmond County birders, & of course to the eagle-eyed Dr. Veit, as well as J.R. R-G. for the report to this list-serve on the fantastic Sunday find. Lots of other nice bird sightings out there in “TK-land" on Sunday, as well. An interesting aside, re: Swainson’s Hawk occurences in N.Y. City, the one seen at Governors Island, N.Y. County (NYC) was a Sept. 26th discovery, back in 2020 - just one year ago. That past sighting was a collaborative-effort in a somewhat similar vein as well, observation and documentation from B. Cacace, with an assist by G. Willow at the time, on a photo-confirmation. Some quite-strong migration over Sunday night into Monday, and any reports - positive or not - on the *latest* with that T.-Kingbird will be much appreciated. (Birders that get into the species main / typical range often affectionately call Tropical Kingbirds “TK’s” as in some areas, they are a rather regular sighting. In the northeast U.S., not all so much... obviously!). Thank you in advance to any who can report on the Staten Island status of the rare ‘TK’ visitor on Monday. . . . The always-enjoyed Winter Finch Forecast is now available: https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-2021-2022-by-tyler-hoar . . . . . . . . New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s, and Governors Island[s] - Mainly reports for Sunday, Sept. 26: A (well-described) Dickcissel has been reported from Battery Park on Sunday, 9/26. With the (likely-still-continuing) Dickcissel at (very nearby) Governors Island, the former sighting is at least strongly-suggestive of a 2nd individual for the county, on Sunday. A 'female-plumaged' Blue Grosbeak was continuing at Governors Island to Sunday, 9/26, with multiple observers, and seen into the late afternoon around Fort Jay there. There is also still the chance that more than 1 Blue Grosbeak had continued on at Governors, as was so earlier this month. On 9/25, an omission (on my part) from the warbler species seen (and also photo-documented; C. Weiner) was the lingering breeding-male-type-plumaged** Hooded Warbler on Governors Island, making for at least a 23rd warbler species on the day, Saturday in N.Y. County - all of those species documented as well. Also nicely photo-documented (by C. Weiner) were both Yellow-crowned & Black-crowned Night-Herons by the ferry docks at South Ferry / Governors Island ferry, in lower Manhattan. The latter area is an irregularly-noted location for both species. A nice observation of Semipalmated Sandpiper from Pier 26 on the west side of Manhattan (A. Evans) at the Hudson river, not a site where a lot of shorebird migrants are regularly-recorded. One Lesser Yellowlegs was lingering yet again to Sunday at Governors Island, in the ‘maintenance puddle-pond’, which is at the southern portion of that island and requires close scrutiny in observation; there is fencing there, but also a good many view-angles. ** A reason to indicate a “breeding-male-type” of plumage, by appearance in the field, on an adult Hooded Warbler (if not singing) is that some adult females can have that ‘ ype' of plumage as well, and thus gender in that species cannot always be determined exclusively on-sight, although close views, and good photos, might be of help. (There’s an interesting, if older, note on the plumages in female Hooded Warblers in the Wilson Bulletin, from 1989, authored by E.S. Morton.) There is a lot more on plumage and gender in passerine birds (and limiting even just to American
[nysbirds-l] "TK"-notes, & N.Y. County, NYC - 9/26 & prior days - Dickcissel[s], Blue Grosbeak, 23 Warbler spp. to at least 9/25
That TROPICAL Kingbird, now fully-confirmed (by vocalizations recorded as well as thru observations) at Mt. Loretto Unique Area (NYS D.E.C.) on Staten Island (Richmond County, part of N.Y. City) as found by Dr. R. Veit on Sunday morning (9/25) - was viewed by at least dozens of observers, to dusk at that location, when seen going to (presumed, hoped-for) roost in the area by some of those still present. (This is a 2nd NY state record if accepted for the state archives.) Accompanying that bird were a fair number of Eastern Kingbirds - & that *latter* species was notably on the move today, in a modestly-later ‘push’ for that species. ((We had a few sightings of E. Kingbirds in Manhattan for Sunday, but none of the genus with any ‘yellow’ in the bellies!)) While making mention of the Tropical Kingbird, it can be added that a Summer Tanager was also found by Dr. Veit on the same location & was also seen by others on-scene for Sunday, and going back to just a few days *previous* - a Swainson’s Hawk has been confirmed at least in eBird, with some scope-photos also taken by its’ observer, A.V. Ciancimino of Staten Island, who named Dr. Veit as having assisted with the later identification of the raptor, from the flight-photos taken on Sept. 24th at Staten Island’s Wolfe’s Pond Park. (That raptor has not been reported again from the area since the day - Thursday - of its observation.). Shout-outs to all of the Richmond County birders, & of course to the eagle-eyed Dr. Veit, as well as J.R. R-G. for the report to this list-serve on the fantastic Sunday find. Lots of other nice bird sightings out there in “TK-land" on Sunday, as well. An interesting aside, re: Swainson’s Hawk occurences in N.Y. City, the one seen at Governors Island, N.Y. County (NYC) was a Sept. 26th discovery, back in 2020 - just one year ago. That past sighting was a collaborative-effort in a somewhat similar vein as well, observation and documentation from B. Cacace, with an assist by G. Willow at the time, on a photo-confirmation. Some quite-strong migration over Sunday night into Monday, and any reports - positive or not - on the *latest* with that T.-Kingbird will be much appreciated. (Birders that get into the species main / typical range often affectionately call Tropical Kingbirds “TK’s” as in some areas, they are a rather regular sighting. In the northeast U.S., not all so much... obviously!). Thank you in advance to any who can report on the Staten Island status of the rare ‘TK’ visitor on Monday. . . . The always-enjoyed Winter Finch Forecast is now available: https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-2021-2022-by-tyler-hoar . . . . . . . . New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s, and Governors Island[s] - Mainly reports for Sunday, Sept. 26: A (well-described) Dickcissel has been reported from Battery Park on Sunday, 9/26. With the (likely-still-continuing) Dickcissel at (very nearby) Governors Island, the former sighting is at least strongly-suggestive of a 2nd individual for the county, on Sunday. A 'female-plumaged' Blue Grosbeak was continuing at Governors Island to Sunday, 9/26, with multiple observers, and seen into the late afternoon around Fort Jay there. There is also still the chance that more than 1 Blue Grosbeak had continued on at Governors, as was so earlier this month. On 9/25, an omission (on my part) from the warbler species seen (and also photo-documented; C. Weiner) was the lingering breeding-male-type-plumaged** Hooded Warbler on Governors Island, making for at least a 23rd warbler species on the day, Saturday in N.Y. County - all of those species documented as well. Also nicely photo-documented (by C. Weiner) were both Yellow-crowned & Black-crowned Night-Herons by the ferry docks at South Ferry / Governors Island ferry, in lower Manhattan. The latter area is an irregularly-noted location for both species. A nice observation of Semipalmated Sandpiper from Pier 26 on the west side of Manhattan (A. Evans) at the Hudson river, not a site where a lot of shorebird migrants are regularly-recorded. One Lesser Yellowlegs was lingering yet again to Sunday at Governors Island, in the ‘maintenance puddle-pond’, which is at the southern portion of that island and requires close scrutiny in observation; there is fencing there, but also a good many view-angles. ** A reason to indicate a “breeding-male-type” of plumage, by appearance in the field, on an adult Hooded Warbler (if not singing) is that some adult females can have that ‘ ype' of plumage as well, and thus gender in that species cannot always be determined exclusively on-sight, although close views, and good photos, might be of help. (There’s an interesting, if older, note on the plumages in female Hooded Warblers in the Wilson Bulletin, from 1989, authored by E.S. Morton.) There is a lot more on plumage and gender in passerine birds (and limiting even just to American
