[nysbirds-l] A disappointment and a surprise !

[robert adamo]

This afternoon I tried for the Nelson's Sparrows reported by Jody Lenin
from Cedar Beach in Southold recently...without success. I did, however,
have success in picking up some neat shells for grandson #4 to sketch while
attending his art class. I also enjoyed an additional success while enroute
to Cedar Beach, on Main Bayview Rd., just s/o Water Terrace, when a fairly
late Baltimore Oriole decided to fly across the road right in front of me.
A single Turkey Vulture (possibly Lonesome George) was airborne in the same
area.

Cheers,
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[nysbirds-l] A disappointment and a surprise !

[robert adamo]

This afternoon I tried for the Nelson's Sparrows reported by Jody Lenin
from Cedar Beach in Southold recently...without success. I did, however,
have success in picking up some neat shells for grandson #4 to sketch while
attending his art class. I also enjoyed an additional success while enroute
to Cedar Beach, on Main Bayview Rd., just s/o Water Terrace, when a fairly
late Baltimore Oriole decided to fly across the road right in front of me.
A single Turkey Vulture (possibly Lonesome George) was airborne in the same
area.

Cheers,
Bob

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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Fri. 20-Oct-2017

[Ben Cacace]

*NY County Highlights (Fall season): *

Turkey Vulture (18), Common Raven (2), Palm Warbler (2) & Brown-headed
Cowbird (15).

*1st hour*: *15 spp.*; *2nd*: *+7*; *3rd*: *+3*; *4th*: *+4* = *29 spp.*

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[nysbirds-l] Governors Island: Fri. 20-Oct-2017

[Ben Cacace]

*NY County Highlights (Fall season): *

Turkey Vulture (18), Common Raven (2), Palm Warbler (2) & Brown-headed
Cowbird (15).

*1st hour*: *15 spp.*; *2nd*: *+7*; *3rd*: *+3*; *4th*: *+4* = *29 spp.*

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[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 October 2017

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 20, 2017
* NYNY1710.20

- Birds Mentioned

BROWN BOOBY+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Eider
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Oystercatcher
Red Knot
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
Nelson’s Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
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You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 20,
2017 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN
AVOCET, CASPIAN TERN, CLAY-COLORED and VESPER SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK and
DICKCISSEL.

Present since at least September 27th, the adult BROWN BOOBY continues on
Lake Montauk, providing a great opportunity to see this species in our
region.  The BOOBY still perches on the mast of the sailboat Maui but also
recently has been resting on green channel marker #11 located a short
distance east of the Maui.  Both of these perches can be viewed from the
Star Island entrance road, looking south down the first cove after turning
off from West Lake Drive.  If not visible there, try viewing from the end
of South Lake Drive, a short road north of Route 27 that provides a nice
vista of the south end of Lake Montauk.

An unexpected surprise were the six BROWN PELICANS sitting on the bar
adjacent to the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End late last
Sunday afternoon.  Unfortunately boater activity kept flushing the flock –
they returned twice to the bar but the third time continued east out of
sight.  An attempted count of the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS perched on the
bar came up with 565, and also in that area Sunday were 3 COMMON EIDER and
8 ROYAL TERNS.

Earlier Sunday a sea watch at Robert Moses State Park produced 2 PARASITIC
JAEGERS and over 30 NORTHERN GANNETS, and counted on the pilings at the
Point Lookout boat basin were 174 FORSTER’S TERNS, with 8 RED KNOTS nearby.

An AMERICAN AVOCET was still present usually at the north end of the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at least through Monday, although
shorebirds on the pond have now been mostly replaced by waterfowl.

CASPIAN TERNS included 2 on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay to Monday, 1 at
the Marine Park Salt Marsh Natural Center Saturday, and 2 at Mecox Bay
Sunday, while lingering ROYAL TERNS featured 5 at Floyd Bennett Field
Tuesday and 2 at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach Thursday.  Some LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS also remain long the coast.

Among the land birds, WARBLER numbers and species have been decreasing as
expected, but some hangers-on have this week included BLUE-WINGED,
TENNESSEE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, CAPE MAY, BLACK-THROATED BLUE,
AMERICAN REDSTART and WILSON’S, while the later ORANGE-CROWNEDS included
sightings in Central and Prospect Parks as well as at Southard’s Pond in
Babylon Monday and at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday.

On the other hand, SPARROW numbers and variety are on the increase.  A
VESPER SPARROW was found at the north end in Central Park Tuesday, and a
decent number of CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured singles in Prospect Park
Tuesday and Central Park at the north end today, one on Governor’s Island
today, one in Hempstead last Saturday, and one around the Coast Guard
Station hedgerow at Jones Beach West End from Saturday to at least
Wednesday.  NELSON’S SPARROWS are now present in respectable numbers in
various coastal salt marshes, including both coastal and inland races.

A female-type BLUE GROSBEAK was reported from Prospect Park Tuesday, and a
few DICKCISSELS, not surprising given their occurrences in the northeast
this year, featured one at Robert Moses State Park Sunday, singles Tuesday
at Dyker Beach Park in Brooklyn and near the Ponquogue Bridge west of
Shinnecock Inlet, and one Wednesday at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn.

Now is also a good time to watch for AMERICAN PIPIT, especially along
coasts in the morning.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message.

This service is 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 20 October 2017

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 20, 2017
* NYNY1710.20

- Birds Mentioned

BROWN BOOBY+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Common Eider
Northern Gannet
BROWN PELICAN
AMERICAN AVOCET
American Oystercatcher
Red Knot
Parasitic Jaeger
Lesser Black-backed Gull
CASPIAN TERN
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
American Pipit
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
VESPER SPARROW
Nelson’s Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 20,
2017 at 7:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN
AVOCET, CASPIAN TERN, CLAY-COLORED and VESPER SPARROWS, BLUE GROSBEAK and
DICKCISSEL.

Present since at least September 27th, the adult BROWN BOOBY continues on
Lake Montauk, providing a great opportunity to see this species in our
region.  The BOOBY still perches on the mast of the sailboat Maui but also
recently has been resting on green channel marker #11 located a short
distance east of the Maui.  Both of these perches can be viewed from the
Star Island entrance road, looking south down the first cove after turning
off from West Lake Drive.  If not visible there, try viewing from the end
of South Lake Drive, a short road north of Route 27 that provides a nice
vista of the south end of Lake Montauk.

An unexpected surprise were the six BROWN PELICANS sitting on the bar
adjacent to the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End late last
Sunday afternoon.  Unfortunately boater activity kept flushing the flock –
they returned twice to the bar but the third time continued east out of
sight.  An attempted count of the AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS perched on the
bar came up with 565, and also in that area Sunday were 3 COMMON EIDER and
8 ROYAL TERNS.

Earlier Sunday a sea watch at Robert Moses State Park produced 2 PARASITIC
JAEGERS and over 30 NORTHERN GANNETS, and counted on the pilings at the
Point Lookout boat basin were 174 FORSTER’S TERNS, with 8 RED KNOTS nearby.

An AMERICAN AVOCET was still present usually at the north end of the East
Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge at least through Monday, although
shorebirds on the pond have now been mostly replaced by waterfowl.

CASPIAN TERNS included 2 on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay to Monday, 1 at
the Marine Park Salt Marsh Natural Center Saturday, and 2 at Mecox Bay
Sunday, while lingering ROYAL TERNS featured 5 at Floyd Bennett Field
Tuesday and 2 at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach Thursday.  Some LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULLS also remain long the coast.

Among the land birds, WARBLER numbers and species have been decreasing as
expected, but some hangers-on have this week included BLUE-WINGED,
TENNESSEE, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, CAPE MAY, BLACK-THROATED BLUE,
AMERICAN REDSTART and WILSON’S, while the later ORANGE-CROWNEDS included
sightings in Central and Prospect Parks as well as at Southard’s Pond in
Babylon Monday and at Robert Moses State Park Tuesday.

On the other hand, SPARROW numbers and variety are on the increase.  A
VESPER SPARROW was found at the north end in Central Park Tuesday, and a
decent number of CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured singles in Prospect Park
Tuesday and Central Park at the north end today, one on Governor’s Island
today, one in Hempstead last Saturday, and one around the Coast Guard
Station hedgerow at Jones Beach West End from Saturday to at least
Wednesday.  NELSON’S SPARROWS are now present in respectable numbers in
various coastal salt marshes, including both coastal and inland races.

A female-type BLUE GROSBEAK was reported from Prospect Park Tuesday, and a
few DICKCISSELS, not surprising given their occurrences in the northeast
this year, featured one at Robert Moses State Park Sunday, singles Tuesday
at Dyker Beach Park in Brooklyn and near the Ponquogue Bridge west of
Shinnecock Inlet, and one Wednesday at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn.

Now is also a good time to watch for AMERICAN PIPIT, especially along
coasts in the morning.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message.

This service is 

[nysbirds-l] Brown Booby Update

[susan joseph]

The Brown Booby is still present now st 4PM at Lake Montauk. It can be seen
from Star Island Road, sitting on a green Channel Marker, #11.

On Star Island Rd, proceed to the Snug Harbor Marina building and find a
parking spot in the lot just past it. Cross to the other side of the road
and look out over the lake. If you walk too far past the “Mickey’s” white
dumpster in the lot, the channel marker won’t be visible behind the point
of land on the left and you won’t be able to see the bird. The bird is
distant and hard to see in this location even with binoculars.

Susan Joseph

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[nysbirds-l] Brown Booby Update

[susan joseph]

The Brown Booby is still present now st 4PM at Lake Montauk. It can be seen
from Star Island Road, sitting on a green Channel Marker, #11.

On Star Island Rd, proceed to the Snug Harbor Marina building and find a
parking spot in the lot just past it. Cross to the other side of the road
and look out over the lake. If you walk too far past the “Mickey’s” white
dumpster in the lot, the channel marker won’t be visible behind the point
of land on the left and you won’t be able to see the bird. The bird is
distant and hard to see in this location even with binoculars.

Susan Joseph

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[nysbirds-l] FW: [geneseebirds-googlegroup] Anna’s Hummingbird!!!

[Willie D'Anna]

Hi folks,

An apparent Anna's Hummingbird was photographed at a feeding station in Orleans 
County this morning (read post below). Thanks to Celeste Morien’s photos and 
the input of Jim Pawlicki, who has lots of recent experience with the species 
in Southern California, and Andy Guthrie, we believe it is likely to be this 
species, probably a young female. However, we welcome comments from others who 
have good experience with Anna's and other western hummers, such as Costa's.

Photos are in Celeste Morien's eBird checklist: 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40026549

Good birding!
Willie


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From: Celeste Morien [mailto:celeste.mor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 2:13 PM
To: geneseebirds-googlegr...@geneseo.edu; geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
Subject: [geneseebirds-googlegroup] Anna’s Hummingbird!!!

Hello Birding Friends,

This morning about 8:00, a hummingbird appeared at our backyard feeder. 
Thinking it wasn’t a Rufous I didn’t consider any other possibilities than 
Ruby-throated. I got decent photos of the bird about 8:40. 

Well, about two hours later, Jim Pawlicki saw my photos and said it was an 
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD! Jim, Andy and Willie have been here and carefully checked 
the photos on the computer and waited for the bird but it has not shown. 
They’ve left now. I am going to keep a vigil here especially towards evening 
and early tomorrow morning.  If the bird shows I will immediately get the word 
out. It’s so disappointing that it has not shown!

I am happy to have visitors but I’d hate to have people driving long distances 
only to be disappointed. 


Celeste Morien
Medina, New York
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[nysbirds-l] FW: [geneseebirds-googlegroup] Anna’s Hummingbird!!!

[Willie D'Anna]

Hi folks,

An apparent Anna's Hummingbird was photographed at a feeding station in Orleans 
County this morning (read post below). Thanks to Celeste Morien’s photos and 
the input of Jim Pawlicki, who has lots of recent experience with the species 
in Southern California, and Andy Guthrie, we believe it is likely to be this 
species, probably a young female. However, we welcome comments from others who 
have good experience with Anna's and other western hummers, such as Costa's.

Photos are in Celeste Morien's eBird checklist: 
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40026549

Good birding!
Willie


-Original Message-
From: Celeste Morien [mailto:celeste.mor...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 2:13 PM
To: geneseebirds-googlegr...@geneseo.edu; geneseebird...@geneseo.edu
Subject: [geneseebirds-googlegroup] Anna’s Hummingbird!!!

Hello Birding Friends,

This morning about 8:00, a hummingbird appeared at our backyard feeder. 
Thinking it wasn’t a Rufous I didn’t consider any other possibilities than 
Ruby-throated. I got decent photos of the bird about 8:40. 

Well, about two hours later, Jim Pawlicki saw my photos and said it was an 
ANNA’S HUMMINGBIRD! Jim, Andy and Willie have been here and carefully checked 
the photos on the computer and waited for the bird but it has not shown. 
They’ve left now. I am going to keep a vigil here especially towards evening 
and early tomorrow morning.  If the bird shows I will immediately get the word 
out. It’s so disappointing that it has not shown!

I am happy to have visitors but I’d hate to have people driving long distances 
only to be disappointed. 


Celeste Morien
Medina, New York
celeste.mor...@gmail.com

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Fri., Oct. 20, 2017 - Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5 Species of Wood Warblers, Field & White-crowned Sparrows

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC - North End
Friday, October 20, 2017 
Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.

Highlights: Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5 Species of Wood Warblers including 
Northern Waterthrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler. Field Sparrows (7) & a 
hatch-year White-crowned Sparrow. No visible or audible dawn flight from 6:45am 
on this morning.

Canada Goose - at least 200 in small groups heading north from the Reservoir 
7:30 to 9:00am. 10 flying over at 6:45am.
Gadwall - 7 at the Pool
Mallard - 50-75 (Pool & Meer)
Mourning Dove - 4
Herring Gull - flyovers
Great Black-backed Gull - flyover immature
Double-crested Cormorant - flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 adults seen together overhead
Red-bellied Woodpecker - male west side of the Pool
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8
Northern Flicker - 2 (Nutter's Battery and Wildflower Meadow)
American Kestrel - male Conservatory Garden
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse - 2 (west side of Loch (2nd waterfall east of the Pool) & in 
willow at west side of the Pool)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - male Green Bench*
Winter Wren - Fort Clinton (Bob - early)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 (Grassy Knoll & west side of the Pool)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 50
Hermit Thrush - 3
Gray Catbird - 3 (2 Conservatory Garden, 1 Wildflower Meadow)
Brown Thrasher - Conservatory Garden
Cedar Waxwing - flock of 10 west side of the Pool
House Finch - 10 (Conservatory Garden & Wildflower Meadow
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 20
Field Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 30
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 25
White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year at Nutter's Battery
Dark-eyed Junco - 10
Common Grackle - flock of 20 Loch
Northern Waterthrush - continues on the west side of the Pool
Common Yellowthroat - female Wildflower Meadow
Black-throated Blue Warbler - female foot of Fort Clinton (stairs up from the 
Meer)
Palm Warbler - 5 (3 "Western", 2 "Yellow") Grassy Knoll
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Northern Cardinal - residents

*Chee Wok Yong reported a Red-breasted Nuthatch seen yesterday (10/19) on the 
New York Birders Facebook Group.

Stefan Passlick found and photographed a Clay-colored Sparrow this morning at 
the Wildflower Meadow (North End) at 9:07AM reported via twitter 
@StefanPasslick, #birdcp, @BirdCentralPark.

Alice Deutsch found a Marsh Wren at the Turtle Pond Dock (10:07AM) and a 
Black-throated Green Warbler near the Azalea Pond (11:26AM) reported via 
twitter @AliceDeutsch, #birdcp, @BirdCentralPark. 

Reports are still coming in. Check out @BirdCentralPark maintained by David 
Barrett on twitter.com for real-time Central Park & Manhattan birds.

Follow us on twitter @DAllenNYC and @BirdingBobNYC

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Fri., Oct. 20, 2017 - Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5 Species of Wood Warblers, Field & White-crowned Sparrows

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park, NYC - North End
Friday, October 20, 2017 
Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.

Highlights: Red-breasted Nuthatch, 5 Species of Wood Warblers including 
Northern Waterthrush and Black-throated Blue Warbler. Field Sparrows (7) & a 
hatch-year White-crowned Sparrow. No visible or audible dawn flight from 6:45am 
on this morning.

Canada Goose - at least 200 in small groups heading north from the Reservoir 
7:30 to 9:00am. 10 flying over at 6:45am.
Gadwall - 7 at the Pool
Mallard - 50-75 (Pool & Meer)
Mourning Dove - 4
Herring Gull - flyovers
Great Black-backed Gull - flyover immature
Double-crested Cormorant - flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 adults seen together overhead
Red-bellied Woodpecker - male west side of the Pool
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8
Northern Flicker - 2 (Nutter's Battery and Wildflower Meadow)
American Kestrel - male Conservatory Garden
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse - 2 (west side of Loch (2nd waterfall east of the Pool) & in 
willow at west side of the Pool)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - male Green Bench*
Winter Wren - Fort Clinton (Bob - early)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 (Grassy Knoll & west side of the Pool)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 50
Hermit Thrush - 3
Gray Catbird - 3 (2 Conservatory Garden, 1 Wildflower Meadow)
Brown Thrasher - Conservatory Garden
Cedar Waxwing - flock of 10 west side of the Pool
House Finch - 10 (Conservatory Garden & Wildflower Meadow
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 20
Field Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 30
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 25
White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year at Nutter's Battery
Dark-eyed Junco - 10
Common Grackle - flock of 20 Loch
Northern Waterthrush - continues on the west side of the Pool
Common Yellowthroat - female Wildflower Meadow
Black-throated Blue Warbler - female foot of Fort Clinton (stairs up from the 
Meer)
Palm Warbler - 5 (3 "Western", 2 "Yellow") Grassy Knoll
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Northern Cardinal - residents

*Chee Wok Yong reported a Red-breasted Nuthatch seen yesterday (10/19) on the 
New York Birders Facebook Group.

Stefan Passlick found and photographed a Clay-colored Sparrow this morning at 
the Wildflower Meadow (North End) at 9:07AM reported via twitter 
@StefanPasslick, #birdcp, @BirdCentralPark.

Alice Deutsch found a Marsh Wren at the Turtle Pond Dock (10:07AM) and a 
Black-throated Green Warbler near the Azalea Pond (11:26AM) reported via 
twitter @AliceDeutsch, #birdcp, @BirdCentralPark. 

Reports are still coming in. Check out @BirdCentralPark maintained by David 
Barrett on twitter.com for real-time Central Park & Manhattan birds.

Follow us on twitter @DAllenNYC and @BirdingBobNYC

Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/16-17-18-19 - including Vesper Sparrow Tues., 20 Warbler species for the period

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Monday, Tues., Wed., & Thursday, 16-17-18-19 October, 2017

There have been a good many lingering birds, especially for warbler diversity, 
and in some other groups, at the same time as some fresh arivals & departures 
of large numbers of various migrants were taking place.  

A minimum of 20 Warbler species were still being found, park-wide, through this 
4-day period ending Thursday.  And a minimum of 16 of those Warbler species 
were still around on Thursday Oct. 19th, and were being noted by multiple 
observers.

Blue-winged Warbler (1 thru at least Wed. Oct. 18, at The Pond, quite late; 
N.B. others of this species have turned up in the region this week.)
Tennessee Warbler (thru at least Wed. Oct. 18, north end)
Orange-crowned Warbler (multiple individuals, from at least 3 locations, to at 
least Wed./18th)
Nashville Warbler (at least several, thru Thursday, Oct. 19th)
Northern Parula (at least several to Thursday, Oct. 19th)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1, possibly 2 individuals in Ramble, to Wed., Oct. 18th)
Magnolia Warbler (at least several thru Thursday, Oct. 19th)
Cape May Warbler (multiple, in several locations thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple, in several locations thru Thurs., Oct. 
19th)
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (multiple, thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Black-throated Green Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Pine Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Palm Warbler (multiple individuals, multiple locations, every day)
Blackpoll Warbler (at least 1 thru Thursday, Oct. 19th, north end)
Black-and-white Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
American Redstart (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Ovenbird (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Northern Waterthrush (minimum of 2 individuals thru Thursday, Oct. 19th, at The 
Pond, & The Pool, many observers, esp. of an individual at the Pool, which is 
near W. 100-103rd Sts.; the Pond is a couple of miles away near the SE corner 
of the park.)
Common Yellowthroat (multiple individuals, multiple locations, every day)
Wilson's Warbler (at least 1 thru Wed., Oct. 18th, Pond area)

With a good overnight arrival flight on Monday night into Tuesday morning, 
expectations ran high; this didn’t especially seem to pan out for too many 
uncommon species being seen, but one, at least, made furtive appearance on 
Tuesday (17th) at the rise north of the NE edges of the N. Meadow ballfields 
that contain a few fenced butterfly & pollinator plantings, known to birders as 
the “Grassy Knoll” - a VESPER Sparrow.  This was still being seen as late as 
after 6 p.m. Tuesday, but seems not to have been re-found since?  

Otherwise on Tuesday, there was a very obvious increase in both species of 
Kinglets, and of a variety of other rather-expected migrants or 
winter-visitors:  E. Phoebe, Winter Wren, Blue-headed Vireo, Catharus [genus] 
thrushes almost all of which now are Hermit (but a few Swainson’s, late-ish 
Gray-cheeked type, & Wood Thrush were still moving at least to even Wed./18th), 
Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, and sparrows-a-plenty, including (barely) the 
season’s apparent first [Red] Fox Sparrows (north woods, by Thurs./19th), & 
many of: Chipping, Song, & White-throated; lesser no’s. of Swamp, Field, 
Savannah, White-crowned (few of the latter), as well as Dark-eyed 
[Slate-colored] Junco and Eastern Towhee, plus a smattering of icterids 
including a couple of Baltimore Orioles in passage.  A Yellow-billed Cuckoo on 
Wed./18th in the north end was a bit late, but not unprecedented for the region.

Additionally, there was a fairly good show of Chimney Swifts moving on Tues., 
with some raptor & vulture activity. There were still at least small no’s. of 
Ch. Swifts passing on Thurs./19th, and also some Turkey Vultures (over a dozen) 
moving past on Thursday.  Raptors passing thru so far this week have included 
Bald Eagle, Osprey (getting a bit late), N. Harrier, Sharp-shinned & Cooper’s 
Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawk (few), & American Kestrel & Merlin, as well as the 
local city resident Red-tailed Hawks & Peregrines being noted.

Some additional migrants (a few running a bit late-ish), as well as some 
wintering-visiting-lingering species so far this week also included:

Common Loon (fly-overs)
Pied-billed Grebe (reservoir)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose (modest numbers passed thru in several skeins on Tues./17th)
Canada Goose
Brant (Tues. & also a smaller no. on Thurs., fly-overs seen moving SE)
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot (reservoir)
Laughing Gull (reservoir)
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Wed./18th, 

[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/16-17-18-19 - including Vesper Sparrow Tues., 20 Warbler species for the period

[Thomas Fiore]

Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Monday, Tues., Wed., & Thursday, 16-17-18-19 October, 2017

There have been a good many lingering birds, especially for warbler diversity, 
and in some other groups, at the same time as some fresh arivals & departures 
of large numbers of various migrants were taking place.  

A minimum of 20 Warbler species were still being found, park-wide, through this 
4-day period ending Thursday.  And a minimum of 16 of those Warbler species 
were still around on Thursday Oct. 19th, and were being noted by multiple 
observers.

Blue-winged Warbler (1 thru at least Wed. Oct. 18, at The Pond, quite late; 
N.B. others of this species have turned up in the region this week.)
Tennessee Warbler (thru at least Wed. Oct. 18, north end)
Orange-crowned Warbler (multiple individuals, from at least 3 locations, to at 
least Wed./18th)
Nashville Warbler (at least several, thru Thursday, Oct. 19th)
Northern Parula (at least several to Thursday, Oct. 19th)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1, possibly 2 individuals in Ramble, to Wed., Oct. 18th)
Magnolia Warbler (at least several thru Thursday, Oct. 19th)
Cape May Warbler (multiple, in several locations thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple, in several locations thru Thurs., Oct. 
19th)
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (multiple, thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Black-throated Green Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Pine Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Palm Warbler (multiple individuals, multiple locations, every day)
Blackpoll Warbler (at least 1 thru Thursday, Oct. 19th, north end)
Black-and-white Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
American Redstart (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Ovenbird (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th)
Northern Waterthrush (minimum of 2 individuals thru Thursday, Oct. 19th, at The 
Pond, & The Pool, many observers, esp. of an individual at the Pool, which is 
near W. 100-103rd Sts.; the Pond is a couple of miles away near the SE corner 
of the park.)
Common Yellowthroat (multiple individuals, multiple locations, every day)
Wilson's Warbler (at least 1 thru Wed., Oct. 18th, Pond area)

With a good overnight arrival flight on Monday night into Tuesday morning, 
expectations ran high; this didn’t especially seem to pan out for too many 
uncommon species being seen, but one, at least, made furtive appearance on 
Tuesday (17th) at the rise north of the NE edges of the N. Meadow ballfields 
that contain a few fenced butterfly & pollinator plantings, known to birders as 
the “Grassy Knoll” - a VESPER Sparrow.  This was still being seen as late as 
after 6 p.m. Tuesday, but seems not to have been re-found since?  

Otherwise on Tuesday, there was a very obvious increase in both species of 
Kinglets, and of a variety of other rather-expected migrants or 
winter-visitors:  E. Phoebe, Winter Wren, Blue-headed Vireo, Catharus [genus] 
thrushes almost all of which now are Hermit (but a few Swainson’s, late-ish 
Gray-cheeked type, & Wood Thrush were still moving at least to even Wed./18th), 
Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, and sparrows-a-plenty, including (barely) the 
season’s apparent first [Red] Fox Sparrows (north woods, by Thurs./19th), & 
many of: Chipping, Song, & White-throated; lesser no’s. of Swamp, Field, 
Savannah, White-crowned (few of the latter), as well as Dark-eyed 
[Slate-colored] Junco and Eastern Towhee, plus a smattering of icterids 
including a couple of Baltimore Orioles in passage.  A Yellow-billed Cuckoo on 
Wed./18th in the north end was a bit late, but not unprecedented for the region.

Additionally, there was a fairly good show of Chimney Swifts moving on Tues., 
with some raptor & vulture activity. There were still at least small no’s. of 
Ch. Swifts passing on Thurs./19th, and also some Turkey Vultures (over a dozen) 
moving past on Thursday.  Raptors passing thru so far this week have included 
Bald Eagle, Osprey (getting a bit late), N. Harrier, Sharp-shinned & Cooper’s 
Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawk (few), & American Kestrel & Merlin, as well as the 
local city resident Red-tailed Hawks & Peregrines being noted.

Some additional migrants (a few running a bit late-ish), as well as some 
wintering-visiting-lingering species so far this week also included:

Common Loon (fly-overs)
Pied-billed Grebe (reservoir)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Snow Goose (modest numbers passed thru in several skeins on Tues./17th)
Canada Goose
Brant (Tues. & also a smaller no. on Thurs., fly-overs seen moving SE)
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot (reservoir)
Laughing Gull (reservoir)
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Wed./18th,