[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 12 October 2018
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 12, 2018 * NYNY1810.12 - Birds Mentioned Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail American Oystercatcher American Golden-Plover MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Long-billed Dowitcher Parasitic Jaeger Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin WESTERN KINGBIRD Worm-eating Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow Warbler Canada Warbler YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Nelson’s Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 12, 2018 at 9 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN KINGBIRD, MARBLED GODWIT, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD provided this week's rarity highlight, though it was a bird seen only for a brief time last Monday afternoon at the Salt Marsh Nature Center section of Marine Park in Brooklyn, searches to relocate it coming up empty. Six MARBLED GODWITS have remained around Jones Inlet at least to Thursday, often seen on the island sandbar just east of the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End. Also on the bar Thursday among a nice selection of shorebirds were an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER plus large gatherings of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and BLACK SKIMMERS, with 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also at West End. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was still around the tip of Breezy Point Thursday, along with 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS harassing Gulls and Terns off the tip as well. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also noted off Robert Moses State Park Thursday, where 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted. Other multiple LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS included 4 at Breezy Point Saturday. Single LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were identified last Sunday on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond as well as at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. A STILT SANDPIPER was also still on the East Pond Tuesday. Several reports of CASPIAN TERNS this week included 4 at Jamaica Bay Tuesday and 2 each at Mecox Saturday, Plumb Beach and Piermont Pier Sunday and Floyd Bennett Field Thursday, while ROYAL TERNS remain at various coastal sites, including up to 4 at Plumb Beach. Strong northwest winds today provided a decent hawk flight locally, with about 20 BALD EAGLES, for instance, recorded over Central Park and a few BROAD-WINGED HAWKS still moving through. At Fort Tilden today the hawk count included 102 MERLINS and 594 AMERICAN KESTRELS, the latter, however, overshadowed by over 5,000 KESTRELS counted at Cape May today. Single BLUE GROSBEAKS last weekend were noted on Saturday at Flushing Meadows Park and at Croton Point and on Sunday at the Queens Botanical Garden. DICKCISSELS during the week included 1 still in Central Park Saturday, another at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday, and on Monday 2 each at the Salt Marsh Nature Center and at Robert Moses State Park. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS reported this week included 1 at Floyd Bennett Field during the week, 1 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Sunday, and 1 in Kissena Park, Queens, Sunday to Tuesday. Among the other SPARROWS now arriving are some NELSON’S in various coastal salt marshes and some LINCOLN’S and WHITE-CROWNED. Among the more unusual WARBLERS this week were a CONNECTICUT reported in Central Park Monday and Tuesday, a MOURNING banded at Tobay Saturday, and an ORANGE-CROWNED in Gardiner Park in West Bayshore Sunday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Southard’s Pond Park in Babylon last Sunday. A small influx of YELLOW WARBLERS this week augmented the list of late lingering WARBLERS locally, including WORM-EATING, CAPE MAY and CANADA. A small unfortunate fallout of VIRGINIA RAILS onto the streets of lower Manhattan Saturday through Monday demonstrates the fragile and uncertain nature of rail migration and the perils the birds sometimes find themselves faced with. On the later side this week have been COMMON NIGHTHAWK and BLACK-BILLED and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS. 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 sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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] NYC Area RBA: 12 October 2018
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 12, 2018 * NYNY1810.12 - Birds Mentioned Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Virginia Rail American Oystercatcher American Golden-Plover MARBLED GODWIT Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Long-billed Dowitcher Parasitic Jaeger Lesser Black-backed Gull Caspian Tern Royal Tern Black Skimmer Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk American Kestrel Merlin WESTERN KINGBIRD Worm-eating Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Cape May Warbler Yellow Warbler Canada Warbler YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Nelson’s Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow BLUE GROSBEAK DICKCISSEL Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 12, 2018 at 9 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are WESTERN KINGBIRD, MARBLED GODWIT, BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. Another WESTERN KINGBIRD provided this week's rarity highlight, though it was a bird seen only for a brief time last Monday afternoon at the Salt Marsh Nature Center section of Marine Park in Brooklyn, searches to relocate it coming up empty. Six MARBLED GODWITS have remained around Jones Inlet at least to Thursday, often seen on the island sandbar just east of the Coast Guard Station at Jones Beach West End. Also on the bar Thursday among a nice selection of shorebirds were an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER plus large gatherings of AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS and BLACK SKIMMERS, with 11 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS also at West End. A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was still around the tip of Breezy Point Thursday, along with 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS harassing Gulls and Terns off the tip as well. Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were also noted off Robert Moses State Park Thursday, where 9 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were also counted. Other multiple LESSER BLACK-BACKEDS included 4 at Breezy Point Saturday. Single LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were identified last Sunday on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s East Pond as well as at Santapogue Creek in West Babylon. A STILT SANDPIPER was also still on the East Pond Tuesday. Several reports of CASPIAN TERNS this week included 4 at Jamaica Bay Tuesday and 2 each at Mecox Saturday, Plumb Beach and Piermont Pier Sunday and Floyd Bennett Field Thursday, while ROYAL TERNS remain at various coastal sites, including up to 4 at Plumb Beach. Strong northwest winds today provided a decent hawk flight locally, with about 20 BALD EAGLES, for instance, recorded over Central Park and a few BROAD-WINGED HAWKS still moving through. At Fort Tilden today the hawk count included 102 MERLINS and 594 AMERICAN KESTRELS, the latter, however, overshadowed by over 5,000 KESTRELS counted at Cape May today. Single BLUE GROSBEAKS last weekend were noted on Saturday at Flushing Meadows Park and at Croton Point and on Sunday at the Queens Botanical Garden. DICKCISSELS during the week included 1 still in Central Park Saturday, another at Floyd Bennett Field Saturday, and on Monday 2 each at the Salt Marsh Nature Center and at Robert Moses State Park. CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS reported this week included 1 at Floyd Bennett Field during the week, 1 at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Sunday, and 1 in Kissena Park, Queens, Sunday to Tuesday. Among the other SPARROWS now arriving are some NELSON’S in various coastal salt marshes and some LINCOLN’S and WHITE-CROWNED. Among the more unusual WARBLERS this week were a CONNECTICUT reported in Central Park Monday and Tuesday, a MOURNING banded at Tobay Saturday, and an ORANGE-CROWNED in Gardiner Park in West Bayshore Sunday. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was spotted at Southard’s Pond Park in Babylon last Sunday. A small influx of YELLOW WARBLERS this week augmented the list of late lingering WARBLERS locally, including WORM-EATING, CAPE MAY and CANADA. A small unfortunate fallout of VIRGINIA RAILS onto the streets of lower Manhattan Saturday through Monday demonstrates the fragile and uncertain nature of rail migration and the perils the birds sometimes find themselves faced with. On the later side this week have been COMMON NIGHTHAWK and BLACK-BILLED and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS. 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 sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling. - End transcript -- 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] Manhattan, NYC Oct. 11-12
2 Black-throated Gray Warblers are one of the most-recent western vagrants to appear near southeast NY state, one not that far south of NYC, in Mercer County, N.J. on Oct. 12, the earlier on Oct. 10 at Higbee’s Beach, Cape May County, N.J. Both individuals were photographed; the more recently-seen is in this checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49136279 (and the latter also having been re-found & seen by additional observers on-scene) - - - - - - Manhattan, N.Y. City - A recent escapee or release of a Mandarin Duck in Central Park, at The Pond in the park’s SE sector, had some folks all a-twitter, and I saw a few people seeking that bird still on Friday, with no luck. This is not the first nor 2nd time that species had found it’s way to at least very temporary “freedom” from captivity in Central Park. There were even sightings a couple of decades ago, where the escapee Mandarin got up-close with a Wood Duck (the two species are most closely-related to each other, in the same genus), the latter regular in Central Park, & in one of the long-ago escapee’s time out of captivity, it also visited a few of the other waterbodies of Central Park, beyond the one nearest to the C.P. Zoo. (For those wishing to see a Mandarin Duck truly in the wild, get ready for a trip to northern Asia. The species has been known to breed from parts of California after escapes there, but is not seen as a migrant in this region at all. It is also a species kept by waterfowl fanciers, and the recent one in Central Park had a leg band. There have been feral Mandarin Ducks also in the U.K. and likely the occasional escapes also in other non-Asian regions where waterfowl-fanciers, and zoos, also exist.) - - - Thurs., Oct. 11 - A Worm-eating Warbler, lingering at Union Square Park was noted by A. Deutsch. A Great Egret was noted at the lagoon off the n. side of Inwood Hill Park on a low tide. A number of other smaller parks & green-spaces in Manhattan also held a modest variety of migrants, including some other warbler species. At Central Park, fewer migrants detected than on days just prior, but still Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Wood (1), Gray-cheeked, & Swainson’s Thrushes, & at least one dozen warbler species; among the busier of areas with migrants was from W. 81-86 St. section of the park, including the Pinetum area, where at least 7 warbler species were present. It was also noticed that on this day at least some of the warblers were moving to & from trees lining the bridle path on the n. side of the 86th St. Transverse. Rain was intermittent, but mainly held off to late in the day & that evening. Friday, Oct. 12 - The storm that was Hurricane ‘Michael’ passed east off the s. shore of Long Island, NY Thursday night thru early Friday, as a cold front accompanied by strong NW wind moved in from the WNW also over Thurs. night into early Friday, and the rain was clearing away from N.Y. City shortly before day-break. I went into Central Park’s north end, finding just a modest variety of expected species, and possible evidence of a bit of new arrival, which if so would’ve landed in just the 2 hrs. or so from end of harder rain to before first light & daybreak. It was a very good flight day in much of the eastern U.S. for raptors, falcons, vultures & other diurnally-migrating birds & above all, American Kestrels in Cape May, N.J., where more than 5,400 of those were counted migrating, on just 1 day, & (I believe) this a new record-high 1-day count of the species for that site. Among the very early a.m. sightings at the Great Hill were 3 thrush species: Hermit, Swainson’s, & Gray-cheeked; just a few more Hermit Thrush were subsequently seen in 20 minutes in the n. woods; a few warbler species that included an American Redstart, & a fair number of Blue Jays in a vocal flock. I then moved on to Riverbank St. Park (137th St. edge, with a wide view of sky in all directions) & for 40 minutes, 8 - 8:40 a.m., saw: 6 Bald Eagles (all non-adults, & at one point, 4 in view at once), 10 Ospreys (with up to 6 in view at one point), 3 Sharp-shinned & 1 Cooper’s Hawk, as well as 2 Peregrines (adults, possibly local residents of the area), & a couple of Red-tailed Hawks moving mostly low near buildings, & likely “locals”. By 9 a.m. having returned to Central Park, I took a position near the s. side of the N. Meadow, & observed more raptor & vulture movement, for an additional 2.5 hours, thru 11:30. Further sightings then included at least 14 additional Bald Eagles (mostly non-adults), 8 additional Osprey, 6 additional Sharp-shinned & 4 additional Cooper’s Hawks, 2 Merlins, additional Peregrine sightings as well as several of American Kestrel (although hard to say how many, if any of the latter 2 spp. were of migrants here, or just residents moving around the park as is usual.) Later in the day, the wind diminished & started to be from the west. And,
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC Oct. 11-12
2 Black-throated Gray Warblers are one of the most-recent western vagrants to appear near southeast NY state, one not that far south of NYC, in Mercer County, N.J. on Oct. 12, the earlier on Oct. 10 at Higbee’s Beach, Cape May County, N.J. Both individuals were photographed; the more recently-seen is in this checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49136279 (and the latter also having been re-found & seen by additional observers on-scene) - - - - - - Manhattan, N.Y. City - A recent escapee or release of a Mandarin Duck in Central Park, at The Pond in the park’s SE sector, had some folks all a-twitter, and I saw a few people seeking that bird still on Friday, with no luck. This is not the first nor 2nd time that species had found it’s way to at least very temporary “freedom” from captivity in Central Park. There were even sightings a couple of decades ago, where the escapee Mandarin got up-close with a Wood Duck (the two species are most closely-related to each other, in the same genus), the latter regular in Central Park, & in one of the long-ago escapee’s time out of captivity, it also visited a few of the other waterbodies of Central Park, beyond the one nearest to the C.P. Zoo. (For those wishing to see a Mandarin Duck truly in the wild, get ready for a trip to northern Asia. The species has been known to breed from parts of California after escapes there, but is not seen as a migrant in this region at all. It is also a species kept by waterfowl fanciers, and the recent one in Central Park had a leg band. There have been feral Mandarin Ducks also in the U.K. and likely the occasional escapes also in other non-Asian regions where waterfowl-fanciers, and zoos, also exist.) - - - Thurs., Oct. 11 - A Worm-eating Warbler, lingering at Union Square Park was noted by A. Deutsch. A Great Egret was noted at the lagoon off the n. side of Inwood Hill Park on a low tide. A number of other smaller parks & green-spaces in Manhattan also held a modest variety of migrants, including some other warbler species. At Central Park, fewer migrants detected than on days just prior, but still Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Wood (1), Gray-cheeked, & Swainson’s Thrushes, & at least one dozen warbler species; among the busier of areas with migrants was from W. 81-86 St. section of the park, including the Pinetum area, where at least 7 warbler species were present. It was also noticed that on this day at least some of the warblers were moving to & from trees lining the bridle path on the n. side of the 86th St. Transverse. Rain was intermittent, but mainly held off to late in the day & that evening. Friday, Oct. 12 - The storm that was Hurricane ‘Michael’ passed east off the s. shore of Long Island, NY Thursday night thru early Friday, as a cold front accompanied by strong NW wind moved in from the WNW also over Thurs. night into early Friday, and the rain was clearing away from N.Y. City shortly before day-break. I went into Central Park’s north end, finding just a modest variety of expected species, and possible evidence of a bit of new arrival, which if so would’ve landed in just the 2 hrs. or so from end of harder rain to before first light & daybreak. It was a very good flight day in much of the eastern U.S. for raptors, falcons, vultures & other diurnally-migrating birds & above all, American Kestrels in Cape May, N.J., where more than 5,400 of those were counted migrating, on just 1 day, & (I believe) this a new record-high 1-day count of the species for that site. Among the very early a.m. sightings at the Great Hill were 3 thrush species: Hermit, Swainson’s, & Gray-cheeked; just a few more Hermit Thrush were subsequently seen in 20 minutes in the n. woods; a few warbler species that included an American Redstart, & a fair number of Blue Jays in a vocal flock. I then moved on to Riverbank St. Park (137th St. edge, with a wide view of sky in all directions) & for 40 minutes, 8 - 8:40 a.m., saw: 6 Bald Eagles (all non-adults, & at one point, 4 in view at once), 10 Ospreys (with up to 6 in view at one point), 3 Sharp-shinned & 1 Cooper’s Hawk, as well as 2 Peregrines (adults, possibly local residents of the area), & a couple of Red-tailed Hawks moving mostly low near buildings, & likely “locals”. By 9 a.m. having returned to Central Park, I took a position near the s. side of the N. Meadow, & observed more raptor & vulture movement, for an additional 2.5 hours, thru 11:30. Further sightings then included at least 14 additional Bald Eagles (mostly non-adults), 8 additional Osprey, 6 additional Sharp-shinned & 4 additional Cooper’s Hawks, 2 Merlins, additional Peregrine sightings as well as several of American Kestrel (although hard to say how many, if any of the latter 2 spp. were of migrants here, or just residents moving around the park as is usual.) Later in the day, the wind diminished & started to be from the west. And,
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., Oct. 12, 2018 - Common Ravens & 13 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park - North End, NYC Friday, October 12, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Common Ravens (2) & 13 Species of Wood Warblers Canada Goose - flyover flock of 45 migrants, a dozen on the Harlem Meer Northern Shoveler - 7 Meer Gadwall - 2 Meer Mallard - 15 Meer Mourning Dove - 4 Chimney Swift - flock of 10 overhead at 7am Double-crested Cormorant - 3 flyovers Osprey - 1 migrant Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 migrants Red-tailed Hawk - 3 local birds Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (North Woods & Wildflower Meadow) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - male Conservatory Garden Northern Flicker - 15 American Kestrel - male migrant Eastern Phoebe - 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Wildflower Meadow 7am Blue Jay - flyover flock of 60, 20 others in the North Woods American Crow - flyover flock of 40 Common Raven - 2 flyovers seen from Conservatory Garden Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & Loch) Tufted Titmouse - 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Great Hill White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 North Woods Brown Creeper - Meer House Wren - 2 Great Hill Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 8 Swainson's Thrush - Wildflower Meadow eating Pokeweed berries 7am American Robin - not many, mostly in Conservatory Garden eating crab apples Gray Catbird - 10-15 Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Fort Clinton & Conservatory Garden) Cedar Waxwing - around 20 eye-level at Fort Clinton House Finch - 4 Purple Finch - female Wildflower Meadow American Goldfinch - 5 Eastern Towhee - 5 (males & females) Chipping Sparrow - 25 (Green Bench & Grassy Knoll) Song Sparrow - 8 (Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow - early) Swamp Sparrow - 2 Wildflower Meadow White-throated Sparrow - 7 Common Grackle - flyover flock of 30 migrants east side Great Hill Northern Waterthrush - Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 2 (SE Great Hill, adult male North Woods) Cape May Warbler - adult female Meer Island Northern Parula - 7 Yellow Warbler - Grassy Knoll 7am Blackpoll Warbler - 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - male east Great Hill Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" North Meadow Ball Fields 7am Pine Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - flock of 4 North Woods Black-throated Green Warbler - male Grassy KNoll 7am Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 - Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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 - Fri., Oct. 12, 2018 - Common Ravens & 13 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park - North End, NYC Friday, October 12, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Common Ravens (2) & 13 Species of Wood Warblers Canada Goose - flyover flock of 45 migrants, a dozen on the Harlem Meer Northern Shoveler - 7 Meer Gadwall - 2 Meer Mallard - 15 Meer Mourning Dove - 4 Chimney Swift - flock of 10 overhead at 7am Double-crested Cormorant - 3 flyovers Osprey - 1 migrant Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 migrants Red-tailed Hawk - 3 local birds Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (North Woods & Wildflower Meadow) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - male Conservatory Garden Northern Flicker - 15 American Kestrel - male migrant Eastern Phoebe - 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Wildflower Meadow 7am Blue Jay - flyover flock of 60, 20 others in the North Woods American Crow - flyover flock of 40 Common Raven - 2 flyovers seen from Conservatory Garden Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & Loch) Tufted Titmouse - 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Great Hill White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 North Woods Brown Creeper - Meer House Wren - 2 Great Hill Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 8 Swainson's Thrush - Wildflower Meadow eating Pokeweed berries 7am American Robin - not many, mostly in Conservatory Garden eating crab apples Gray Catbird - 10-15 Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Fort Clinton & Conservatory Garden) Cedar Waxwing - around 20 eye-level at Fort Clinton House Finch - 4 Purple Finch - female Wildflower Meadow American Goldfinch - 5 Eastern Towhee - 5 (males & females) Chipping Sparrow - 25 (Green Bench & Grassy Knoll) Song Sparrow - 8 (Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow - early) Swamp Sparrow - 2 Wildflower Meadow White-throated Sparrow - 7 Common Grackle - flyover flock of 30 migrants east side Great Hill Northern Waterthrush - Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 2 (SE Great Hill, adult male North Woods) Cape May Warbler - adult female Meer Island Northern Parula - 7 Yellow Warbler - Grassy Knoll 7am Blackpoll Warbler - 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - male east Great Hill Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" North Meadow Ball Fields 7am Pine Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - flock of 4 North Woods Black-throated Green Warbler - male Grassy KNoll 7am Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 - Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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] Scissor tail flycatcher
Was present as of 1:40. Initially was perched on wires opposite 564, then flew to treetops a little west of 564. -- Pat Aitken | 516.857.7567 -- 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] Scissor tail flycatcher
Was present as of 1:40. Initially was perched on wires opposite 564, then flew to treetops a little west of 564. -- Pat Aitken | 516.857.7567 -- 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] STFL update
The scissor-tailed Flycatcher on krumkill road was reported to the HMbirds listserv at 10 AM Friday morning, for those considering a weekend chase. -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774 -- 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] STFL update
The scissor-tailed Flycatcher on krumkill road was reported to the HMbirds listserv at 10 AM Friday morning, for those considering a weekend chase. -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774 -- 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/ --
