[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/28-29
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday, 29 October, 2016 - The day seemed to feature somewhat of a recap of birds seen the day before - with the Empidonax [genus] flycatcher referenced by Ms. Allen & birding group, 2 days in a row in same area, is of interest & nice to see a public solicitation for comment on a tough genus to grapple with at this season; if any video that finds naturaI calls -or any unsolicited vocalizing- from that bird is, or will be made available, it might add much to getting at a possible species-identification. In that same general area of the park, a Yellow-breasted Chat continues, with the last sighting I know of on this Saturday from Alan Drogin, in mid-lare afternoon, the Chat a bit to the west of the Great Lawn area, & has been found (on multiple days, it turns out) around the area called Sparrow Rocks, and just to the north, south, & west - this area being across the park's West Drive, to the east, from Summit Rock. The Chat seems quite shy, and is far from a guaranteed sighting, even with a good deal of patience, some luck is also involved in a good sighting. Chats have occasionally wintered-over, so this bears watching, however it is very early yet to bet on that occurring for this bird. The same may be said of many of the passerines now or of late being seen in the park. Besides the Chat, (at least) an additional 11 species of Warblers were found in Central Park (some of these observed by others, or additionally-observed by others) including a Northern Waterthrush, today photographed at The Pond, in an area where seen Friday, as described in the remarks for that day (10/28) - my photos of this bird are not high-quality, but serve to eliminate the other waterthrush species & confirm a Northern; an Orange-crowned again in the same area (as found on Friday, & again, eluding photo-attempts, with the Hallett Sanctuary also being closed to visits this weekend, & this bird moving deeper into that area from western edges; a Black- throated Green - with special thanks to Joanne Wassmer, who I ran into by chance at The Pond, as she was on her way to work at the Museum of Modern Art, & mentioned the latter species having been in the Ramble at a specific location at about 2 pm on Friday, & as that hour was approaching this Saturday, I went in search & immediately found a first-fall female of the species - now that's pinpoint bird-finding directions! I photographed the B-t Green and gave some other birders directions to it shortly afterwards; other warblers on Saturday included a Black-and-white at the Point (& seen at least by a few others in that location), Palm (multiples, but not many), Common Yellowthroat (several, with at least several observers in a few locations), Pine (ditto), Blackpoll (also again at the Pond area, & photo'd definitively on Friday there by me), Black-throated Blue (multiples, but not many - and seen by a few observers I spoke with), Northern Parula (in several disparate locations, & by multiple observers), Myrtle (not really many, scattered around the park) - there we have it: one dozen warbler species in total (& there easily may have been a few additional species about - indeed I heard of someone seeing an Ovenbird, fully-expected in Manhattan as a later- season lingerer (and rare winterer) and only lacked details of a location, other than the southern half of the park; it was 2nd-hand to my ears). Rusty Blackbirds are turning up, with 2 seen in the Ramble (photos by several observers, including myself) and had been seen there in the last few days, by others - as well as 1 or 2 in the north end, this day. (Good numbers of this species were found in the Bronx today, at the NY Botanical Garden, with many observers who joined Debbie Becker on one of her regular walks there, and this has been a rather good site in that borough, sometimes not too shy there, even though that is the natural habit of the species). Sparrows are still moving, of course, and the nearly-last bird I found on the day (after 5 pm) in the north woods was a 'Red' Fox Sparrow, in amongst a flock of White-throateds and in an area where Fox can be numerous among the other species as autumn continues, as seen in many years of observations - close checking of the many, many White- throated Sparrow flocks in the park, one of the commonest over- wintering passerines, can sometimes turn up other wintering species of interest. Of other sparrows, in addition to these & Lincoln's (a few), were: Chipping, Field, Savannah, Song, Swamp, & White-crowned Sparrow [s], all seen by multiple observers, & Field in particular noted in more locations (in low density, though) than is typical for Central Park. Eastern Towhee are in a variety of areas and it's interesting that some seem set up in locations they've utilized before as wintering areas within the park, even if r
[nysbirds-l] Sands Point Preserve & Prospect Point (nassau)
I birded the Sands Point Preserve and adjacent Prospect Point this morning from 8:15 to 11:30. Not quite as birdy as I would have liked but still some movement and some interesting observations. Long Island Sound was calm and loons have moved in since last week with at least 3 Common and 6 Red-throated. Also the first two Red-breasted Mergansers. The preserve had a decent variety of usual October fare including 5 Eastern Phoebe, 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Brown Creeper, lots of American Robins on the ground and overhead, 7 Hermit Thrush, 15 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 15 Cedar Waxwing, Blue-Headed Vireo, Pine Warbler, 12 Purple Finch. The sparrow movement here has been disappointing this fall with only Song, Swamp, White-throated, Dark-eyed Junco today. Also, the usual several Savannah Sparrows out at Prospect Point. Hawks were in good variety, however, with 2 Cooper’s, 1 accipiter, sp., 1 Northern Harrier, 2 Merlins together terrorizing anything in the marsh, 1 Osprey, and 5 Red-tailed Hawks. One of the Cooper’s was driving a Belted Kingfisher crazy in the marsh. What a racket that was. At the pond in the preserve, there were a few ultra-tame Golden-crowned Kinglets. I kneeled down within a foot of them and one briefly jumped onto my chest for half a second before continuing back to the ground. This is the second time this has happened; many years ago I had one sit on my shoe for several seconds. Also interesting was the sight of 4 Red-tailed Hawks, all local birds I think, form there own little kettle very, very high over the sound. I don’t know where they went. And finally the coolest sight of the day, with Halloween right around the corner, was one of the seemingly now resident Common Ravens, croaking hauntingly as it flew out from behind the huge turret on Castle Gould. Very creepy on an overcast day. I was considering going inside the castle to see if I could find Anna Valerious. (what can I say, I watch too many movies and my mind wanders while I’m birding). Cheers, Glenn Quinn Hauppauge, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Saturday Oct. 29, 2016 - Empidonax Flycatcher (& photos)
Central Park NYC Saturday Oct. 29, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob, on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9am. Highlights: We saw yesterday's unidentified Empidonax Flycatcher continuing on the west side of the Great Lawn (links to photos below). Wood Warblers today: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Palm Warbler. Wood Duck - 2 males at Turtle Pond (after walk) Gadwall - 3 Reservoir (Eli Schaperow) Mallard - several locations Northern Shoveler - 5 Turtle Pond (after walk) Bufflehead - male Reservoir (Alison Schondorf) Hooded Merganser - (2 males & 2 females) Reservoir Ruddy Duck - around 80 Reservoir Mourning Dove The three usual gulls (Herring, Ring-billed, Great Black-backed) Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Reservoir (before walk) Red-tailed Hawk - at least 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 3 (Pinetum, Great Lawn, etc.) (Eli Schaperow) Downy Woodpecker - residents Empidonax Flycatcher - west side Great Lawn Eastern Phoebe - Pinetum Blue Jay American Crow - flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - many locations Tutted Titmouse - many Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 Pinetum near Great Lawn White-breasted Nuthatch - several locations Winter Wren - south side Reservoir (Alison Schondorf & Mark Siegeltuch) Carolina Wren - heard Maintenance Field Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 (1 Great Lawn, 3 Pinetum (Andrea Hessel, MD)) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - at least 15 Hermit Thrush - several at all locations American Robin - many Northern Mockingbird - Great Lawn (Randall Rothenberg) Common Yellowthroat - female Turtle Pond (after walk) Northern Parula - Reservoir (before walk) Palm Warbler - Pinetum (after walk - thanks to Wolfgang Demisch) Yellow-rumped Warber - several locations, most at the Pinetum Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow - everywhere Lincoln's Sparrow - Maintenance Field (Randall Rothenberg) Swamp Sparrow - west side of Great Lawn (before walk) Dark-eyed Junco - many Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - Junko Suzuki reported a male Purple Finch in Shakespeare Garden today. The Empid present on the west side of the Great Lawn yesterday (10/28) and today (10/29), presumably an adult, is in heavy molt with some missing tail feathers (rectrices) and greater coverts and tertials.But the wings and tail appear long.The back is warm olive, the head brown. New feathers coming in on the sides of the breast look buffy, the worn feathers look white. The eye ring is molting so hard to say if it's round or almond-shaped. The lower mandible has a dusky wash. I'll also post on Facebook (New York Birders Group) later. Links to photos on photo.net: Empidonax Flycatcher – Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC – Oct. 28, 2016: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18304482 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18304480 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18304481 Empidonax Flycatcher – Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC – Oct. 29, 2016: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18304483 Clicking on the photos will enlarge them. Any comments welcome. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Swan river preserve
Quick trip to swan river preserve in east patchogue produced a greater yellow legs and wilsons snipe. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Jones Beach
My wife and I birdied for two hours at West End commencing at 3 PM. Nice sized groups of foraging yellow rumps. One Blue Headed Vireo. One Royal Tern fly over. Two easily spooked White Crowned Sparrows along roadside heading towards police station. Only one Red Breasted Nuthatch. Some picture perfect White Throats mixed with on territory Song Sparrows. One flock of flickers and a steady slow stream of migrating Tree Swallows. Male Harrier and one quick darting accipiter. A few Robins and 3 Red Winged Blackbirds in high flight. We always appreciate seeing Brandt. There were about 18 Black Bellied plovers and two Oystercatchers. One Phoebe earlier at Fishing Pier earlier in the day. Also Ruddy Turnstones foraging on the pilings under the Pier. We saw a perched Merlin atop dead pine near the Pier when heading home. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Eurasian Widgeon & Common Teal, Frank Melville Park, Setauket
The male Eurasian Widgeon has returned to the north pond at Frank Melville Park, Setauket. The male Common Teal has also returned to the south pond at Frank Melville Park, Setauket. A Ovenbird was also observed at East Farm Preserve, Stony Brook. Mathews & Keith Cashman Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Cattle egret Caumsett stpk
.in field. Found by Rich Kelly M. Obs . Viewed from this location: 40.91906462,-73.4666219 at 12.08 on 10-29-2016 Arie Gilbert No. Babylon NY www.powerbirder.blogspot www.qcbirdclub.org -- Sent from "Loretta IV" in the field. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] FWD: Gray Kingbird present, Bergen NY 10/29
as noted to the Genesee Birds list for Saturday 10 / 29 / 16 - - Tom Fiore in Manhattan, NYC - - - - - - Date: 10/29/16 5:23 am From: Bird observations from western New York Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Gray kingbird this morning Dear List, I relocated the Gray Kingbird in the same spot this morning Route 262 and Jericho Road in Bergen,NY where the bird was yesterday. Please be considerate as the bird is feeding by a busy road and be aware if traffic has to move around you that the bird is feeding on the ground by the road. Good luck! Melissa Mance-Coniglio -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Barnacle Geese - Yes
Two Barnacle Geese are present at the pond on Cedarville Road in Herkimer County, between Litchfield and Cedarville. So far no Greater White-fronted or Cackling seen. John Kent Selkirk NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
