[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 03 May 2019
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 3, 2019 * NYNY1905.03 - Birds Mentioned WHITE-FACED IBIS+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) HARLEQUIN DUCK Semipalmated Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Purple Finch Pine Siskin Vesper Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Bobolink Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Cerulean Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK 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, May 3, 2019 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY, GOLDEN-WINGED and other WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants. Finally catching a somewhat disguised break in the weather pattern, our region was treated to an exciting influx of landbirds on Thursday. Prior to that, though, were a few nice birds to keep things moving. A BLACK-NECKED STILT has continued its welcome stay in the Point Lookout area, now remaining in the marsh off the Lido Beach Passive Natural Area through today, this on the north side of Lido Boulevard a little west of the Loop Causeway. Out at Heckscher State Park a WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted on Tuesday was followed by two different individuals found Wednesday, neither in full breeding plumage, but one certainly closer to that than the other. The duller of the two was also seen Thursday and today, feeding with a varying number of GLOSSY IBIS in rain puddles and on the surrounding lawn adjacent to Parking Field 6, the IBIS cycling between this site and the nearby marshes. Also at Heckscher a CASPIAN TERN flew by Wednesday. Most attention now, though, is being focused on landbird migration–the regional WARBLER total for the past week has risen to 33 species, many now in decent numbers thanks to Thursday’s arrivals. Among the rarer species, a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen down in the Battery Park area in southern Manhattan last Saturday, and both Central and Prospect Parks enjoyed a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in mid-week, with another found in Avalon Park in Stony Brook last Saturday, while one also continues in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. Thursday provided single KENTUCKY WARBLERS in Central Park’s north end and at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, while a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Monday, with another in Central Park Tuesday to Thursday. A CERULEAN WARBLER was noted in Prospect Park on Wednesday, followed by others including in Central Park Friday, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER also spotted in Central the same day. Other arriving WARBLERS have included HOODED as of last Saturday, followed in mid-week by TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CAPE MAY, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-SIDED and BAY-BREASTED. Increased numbers of WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and PRAIRIE, among others, have also been in evidence. A male SUMMER TANAGER found Monday at the Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street in Manhattan between 9th and 10th Avenues was still there today, and others were noted in Central Park from Tuesday on and in Cunningham Park in Queens Thursday. Lingering BLUE GROSBEAKS have been in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan and at Hempstead Lake State Park this week, and Thursday singles also showed up in Central and Prospect Parks. Other arriving passerines have included EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and LEAST FLYCATCHER, LINCOLN’S SPARROW and BOBOLINK. A VESPER SPARROW was at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Thursday. Some PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES also continue in the parks. On Staten Island an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off Huguenot Avenue Beach yesterday, and two CATTLE EGRETS were still between Miller Field and Great Kills Park this week. Also arriving this week have been some SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 03 May 2019
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 3, 2019 * NYNY1905.03 - Birds Mentioned WHITE-FACED IBIS+ BLACK-NECKED STILT+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) HARLEQUIN DUCK Semipalmated Plover White-rumped Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Short-billed Dowitcher BLACK-HEADED GULL Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Least Tern Caspian Tern Common Tern Cattle Egret Glossy Ibis Red-headed Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Purple Finch Pine Siskin Vesper Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Bobolink Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER PROTHONOTARY WARBLER Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Cerulean Warbler Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK 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, May 3, 2019 at 9:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are BLACK-NECKED STILT, WHITE-FACED IBIS, BLACK-HEADED GULL, HARLEQUIN DUCK, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, KENTUCKY, GOLDEN-WINGED and other WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and spring migrants. Finally catching a somewhat disguised break in the weather pattern, our region was treated to an exciting influx of landbirds on Thursday. Prior to that, though, were a few nice birds to keep things moving. A BLACK-NECKED STILT has continued its welcome stay in the Point Lookout area, now remaining in the marsh off the Lido Beach Passive Natural Area through today, this on the north side of Lido Boulevard a little west of the Loop Causeway. Out at Heckscher State Park a WHITE-FACED IBIS spotted on Tuesday was followed by two different individuals found Wednesday, neither in full breeding plumage, but one certainly closer to that than the other. The duller of the two was also seen Thursday and today, feeding with a varying number of GLOSSY IBIS in rain puddles and on the surrounding lawn adjacent to Parking Field 6, the IBIS cycling between this site and the nearby marshes. Also at Heckscher a CASPIAN TERN flew by Wednesday. Most attention now, though, is being focused on landbird migration–the regional WARBLER total for the past week has risen to 33 species, many now in decent numbers thanks to Thursday’s arrivals. Among the rarer species, a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was seen down in the Battery Park area in southern Manhattan last Saturday, and both Central and Prospect Parks enjoyed a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER in mid-week, with another found in Avalon Park in Stony Brook last Saturday, while one also continues in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River. Thursday provided single KENTUCKY WARBLERS in Central Park’s north end and at Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, while a GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER visited Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island Monday, with another in Central Park Tuesday to Thursday. A CERULEAN WARBLER was noted in Prospect Park on Wednesday, followed by others including in Central Park Friday, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER also spotted in Central the same day. Other arriving WARBLERS have included HOODED as of last Saturday, followed in mid-week by TENNESSEE, MAGNOLIA, BLACKBURNIAN, CAPE MAY, BLACKPOLL, CHESTNUT-SIDED and BAY-BREASTED. Increased numbers of WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, NASHVILLE, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, BLACK-THROATED GREEN and PRAIRIE, among others, have also been in evidence. A male SUMMER TANAGER found Monday at the Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street in Manhattan between 9th and 10th Avenues was still there today, and others were noted in Central Park from Tuesday on and in Cunningham Park in Queens Thursday. Lingering BLUE GROSBEAKS have been in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan and at Hempstead Lake State Park this week, and Thursday singles also showed up in Central and Prospect Parks. Other arriving passerines have included EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE and LEAST FLYCATCHER, LINCOLN’S SPARROW and BOBOLINK. A VESPER SPARROW was at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Thursday. Some PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES also continue in the parks. On Staten Island an immature BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen off Huguenot Avenue Beach yesterday, and two CATTLE EGRETS were still between Miller Field and Great Kills Park this week. Also arriving this week have been some SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, a
[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park Yellowthroat "study"
An hour in Bryant Park at midday (we miss you, Alan D!) was quieter than many other urban parks, but did reveal three Ovenbirds, Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, abundant Catbirds, Song, White-throated, and Chipping Sparrow, and (including the plantings around the library) at least nine Common Yellowthroats...seven of which were male. Adding the two seen later on the closed lawn in Madison Square Park, both male, today's sightings continued the multiyear trend I've observed of a seemingly disproportionate ratio of male to female Yellowthroats in these small Midtown parks. Nothing but speculative reasons why, however. -- 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] Bryant Park Yellowthroat "study"
An hour in Bryant Park at midday (we miss you, Alan D!) was quieter than many other urban parks, but did reveal three Ovenbirds, Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, abundant Catbirds, Song, White-throated, and Chipping Sparrow, and (including the plantings around the library) at least nine Common Yellowthroats...seven of which were male. Adding the two seen later on the closed lawn in Madison Square Park, both male, today's sightings continued the multiyear trend I've observed of a seemingly disproportionate ratio of male to female Yellowthroats in these small Midtown parks. Nothing but speculative reasons why, however. -- 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. May 3, 2019 - Summer Tanager & 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Cerulean
Central Park NYC Friday May 3, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Cerulean Warbler, Orchard Oriole, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-eyed Vireo, Purple Finch & Indigo Bunting. Notes for Thursday, May 2nd are at the end of today's list. Canada Goose - nest at north end of Reservoir (continuing) Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mourning Dove - 2 or 3 Chimney Siwft - around 10 seen from Blockhouse Ruby-throated Hummingbird Solitary Sandpiper - compost Area (David Barrett) Double-crested Cormorant - 10 Red-tailed Hawk - adult bathing in Loch Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair Blockhouse Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Great HIll Downy Woodpecker - 2 North Woods Least Flycatcher - Great Hill White-eyed Vireo - west side of Wildflower Meadow Yellow-throated Vireo - Lily Ponds (Bruno Boni) Blue-headed Vireo - 7 to 10 Warbling Vireo - 7 to 10 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (west side Wildflower Meadow, Fort Clinton) Blue Jay - a few House Wren - 3 or 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Hermit Thrush - 1 North woods Wood thrush - 2 (east side of Pool, between Wildflower Meadow & Loch) American Robin - nesting Gray Catbird - 5 to 10 Purple Finch - female East Blowdown American Goldfinch - 15 elms along Dead Road Eastern Towhee - 8 to 12 Chipping Sparrow - around 30 Great Hill Field Sparrow - North Meadow Ball Fields Lincoln's Sparrow - Fort Clinton Swamp Sparrow - along the Loch White-throated Sparrow - 30 to 40 Orchard Oriole - pair North Meadow Ball Fields Baltimore Oriole - 25+ Red-winged blackbird - 6 to 8 Harlem Meer Common Grackle - 5 to 10 Ovenbird - 12 Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (N.E. Wildflower Meadow, est side of the Pool) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Harlem Meer & the Loch) Blue-winged Warbler - 5 including one female Black-and-white Warbler - 12 to 15 Orange-crowned Warbler - east Great Hill Nashville Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 7 (2 female, 5 male) American Redstart - 5 (males & females) Cerulean Warbler - 2 males East Blowdown (David Barrett) Northern Parula - 20-25 Magnolia Warbler - 3 adult males Yellow Warbler - 20-25 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 males Black-throated Blue Warbler - 7 (one female) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Prairie Warbler - 6 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Fort Clinton, Great Hill) Summer Tanager - female east Great Hill Scarlet Tanager - male North Woods Northern Cardinal - 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 Indigo Bunting - male Dead Road On Thursday, the Bob m.ob. found 21 species of Wood Warblers including Golden-winged (Warbler Rock), Yellow-throated (Humming Tombstone (Bob & David Barrett - early a.m.), Worm-eating (Bow Bridge), and Hooded Warbler (Persimmon slope north of Boathouse), multiple Scarlet Tanagers, and a Least Flycatcher (Turtle Pond). Thanks to Ryan Serio for spotting many of Thursday morning's birds. We received multiple reports Thursday of Bay-breasted Warbler at the Upper Lobe, and one report of a Canada Warbler there. Thursday and Friday can easily be said to have been the two best days of birding thus far this season. 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. May 3, 2019 - Summer Tanager & 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Cerulean
Central Park NYC Friday May 3, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Cerulean Warbler, Orchard Oriole, Lincoln's Sparrow, White-eyed Vireo, Purple Finch & Indigo Bunting. Notes for Thursday, May 2nd are at the end of today's list. Canada Goose - nest at north end of Reservoir (continuing) Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mourning Dove - 2 or 3 Chimney Siwft - around 10 seen from Blockhouse Ruby-throated Hummingbird Solitary Sandpiper - compost Area (David Barrett) Double-crested Cormorant - 10 Red-tailed Hawk - adult bathing in Loch Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair Blockhouse Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Great HIll Downy Woodpecker - 2 North Woods Least Flycatcher - Great Hill White-eyed Vireo - west side of Wildflower Meadow Yellow-throated Vireo - Lily Ponds (Bruno Boni) Blue-headed Vireo - 7 to 10 Warbling Vireo - 7 to 10 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (west side Wildflower Meadow, Fort Clinton) Blue Jay - a few House Wren - 3 or 4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Hermit Thrush - 1 North woods Wood thrush - 2 (east side of Pool, between Wildflower Meadow & Loch) American Robin - nesting Gray Catbird - 5 to 10 Purple Finch - female East Blowdown American Goldfinch - 15 elms along Dead Road Eastern Towhee - 8 to 12 Chipping Sparrow - around 30 Great Hill Field Sparrow - North Meadow Ball Fields Lincoln's Sparrow - Fort Clinton Swamp Sparrow - along the Loch White-throated Sparrow - 30 to 40 Orchard Oriole - pair North Meadow Ball Fields Baltimore Oriole - 25+ Red-winged blackbird - 6 to 8 Harlem Meer Common Grackle - 5 to 10 Ovenbird - 12 Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (N.E. Wildflower Meadow, est side of the Pool) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Harlem Meer & the Loch) Blue-winged Warbler - 5 including one female Black-and-white Warbler - 12 to 15 Orange-crowned Warbler - east Great Hill Nashville Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 7 (2 female, 5 male) American Redstart - 5 (males & females) Cerulean Warbler - 2 males East Blowdown (David Barrett) Northern Parula - 20-25 Magnolia Warbler - 3 adult males Yellow Warbler - 20-25 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 males Black-throated Blue Warbler - 7 (one female) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Prairie Warbler - 6 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Fort Clinton, Great Hill) Summer Tanager - female east Great Hill Scarlet Tanager - male North Woods Northern Cardinal - 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 Indigo Bunting - male Dead Road On Thursday, the Bob m.ob. found 21 species of Wood Warblers including Golden-winged (Warbler Rock), Yellow-throated (Humming Tombstone (Bob & David Barrett - early a.m.), Worm-eating (Bow Bridge), and Hooded Warbler (Persimmon slope north of Boathouse), multiple Scarlet Tanagers, and a Least Flycatcher (Turtle Pond). Thanks to Ryan Serio for spotting many of Thursday morning's birds. We received multiple reports Thursday of Bay-breasted Warbler at the Upper Lobe, and one report of a Canada Warbler there. Thursday and Friday can easily be said to have been the two best days of birding thus far this season. 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] Drake Harlequin Duck
Still here since December 10, photographed 5/2 in the same spot in Shell Beach Shelter Island. I had a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in my feeder 10 minutes ago. Orhan Birol Shelter Island -- 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] Drake Harlequin Duck
Still here since December 10, photographed 5/2 in the same spot in Shell Beach Shelter Island. I had a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak in my feeder 10 minutes ago. Orhan Birol Shelter Island -- 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 5/2 & 5/3 (Thurs., & Friday w/multiple Cerulean Warblers)
Worth noting that the Nassau County, NY Black-necked Stilt was continuing at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area on Friday, 3 May, along with other, more-expected species there. -- Manhattan (& other New York County sites), N.Y. City Friday, 3 May, 2019 - Multiple male CERULEAN Warblers have been found in Central Park, and at least one male Cerulean was also at Riverside Park’s “forever wild” sanctuary. For the Central Park northwest woods area sightings, thanks go in part[icular] to Professor Sara Kross PhD, & Patrick McKenzie, Vijay Ramesh, & Shailee Shah & others of The Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, & Environmental Biology (E3B) at Columbia University, and to Ursula Mitra, Malcolm Morris & John Wittenberg, and others on-scene for the discoveries & getting word out on the north woods (Central Park) Cerulean[s], as seen later by others. Also, at least one male Cerulean was near the Azalea Pond of Central Park’s Ramble. There is a possibility that still more have been spotted in some other Manhattan locations; I also found a singing Cerulean contemporaneously in the north edge of the Riverside Park sanctuary, this near West 119th St. just west of Riverside Drive; this bird had been singing but seemed to take a break in its song repetitions by about 11 a.m., & I thank Kyu Lee for getting me to bird this area in Riverside a bit more thoroughly. There are at least 25 Warbler species for Manhattan so far on Friday, and more might still be discovered & reported. It’s worth noting that Cerulean Warblers also were being seen in at least 3 other boroughs (counties) in N.Y. City, and hopefully, the Bronx (county) will be able to make it a perfect "5 for 5". Multiple PINE SISKINS are being seen in Manhattan; reports include some in several areas in Central Park; I found one feeding in the Riverside Park sanctuary area (high, but offering better views than the singing Cerulean Warbler there had). Purple Finches also continue to Friday. Thursday, 2 May - The below is a very small sample of many areas in Manhattan where a wide variety migrants were found. The lingering adult male Summer Tanager at Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues - same tanager still present to Friday, 5/3) also had Lincoln’s and White-crowned Sparrows along with multiple White-throated Sparrows; thanks to NYC Audubon guide Gabriel Willow for the report & sparrow photos from Thursday p.m. and to others for prior & further reports from that garden space. Chelsea Piers Park (north of West 24th St. along the Hudson river) was busy with migrants on Thursday, among finds there were 6 warbler species including Prairie & Palm Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, Wood Thrush, Swamp, Field, Chipping & White-throated Sparrows and more; thanks to Linda LaBella (who visits that site often) for the report (which included 33 species in all for a rather linear and well-planted riverfront park). On Friday 5/3, L. LaBella reports Red-breasted Nuthatch and Cape May Warbler there, among 27 species in all for an under-one-hour visit. Tompkins Square Park in the East Village area of lower Manhattan was good for a wide variety of migrants on Thursday, including Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, at least 3 species of Catharus [genus] thrushes, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, multiple Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, & at least 8 species of Warblers including Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, & multiples of the other warbler spp.; thanks to NYC Audubon guide Jeffrey Ward for the report (which included 32 species in all for this neighborhood park) & to others for prior reports from there. Inwood Hill Park (in northern Manhattan) had at least 19 reported warbler species on Thursday (including Worm-eating, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Nashville, Pine, Palm, Prairie, & other Warblers), & many other migrants in addition to Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Thanks to Danny Karlson, Nathan O’Reilly, and Hilary Russ for individual reports from that large & diverse park, which contains among the oldest and tallest trees on Manhattan island. good May birding, 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] Manhattan, NYC 5/2 & 5/3 (Thurs., & Friday w/multiple Cerulean Warblers)
Worth noting that the Nassau County, NY Black-necked Stilt was continuing at the Lido Beach Passive Nature Area on Friday, 3 May, along with other, more-expected species there. -- Manhattan (& other New York County sites), N.Y. City Friday, 3 May, 2019 - Multiple male CERULEAN Warblers have been found in Central Park, and at least one male Cerulean was also at Riverside Park’s “forever wild” sanctuary. For the Central Park northwest woods area sightings, thanks go in part[icular] to Professor Sara Kross PhD, & Patrick McKenzie, Vijay Ramesh, & Shailee Shah & others of The Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, & Environmental Biology (E3B) at Columbia University, and to Ursula Mitra, Malcolm Morris & John Wittenberg, and others on-scene for the discoveries & getting word out on the north woods (Central Park) Cerulean[s], as seen later by others. Also, at least one male Cerulean was near the Azalea Pond of Central Park’s Ramble. There is a possibility that still more have been spotted in some other Manhattan locations; I also found a singing Cerulean contemporaneously in the north edge of the Riverside Park sanctuary, this near West 119th St. just west of Riverside Drive; this bird had been singing but seemed to take a break in its song repetitions by about 11 a.m., & I thank Kyu Lee for getting me to bird this area in Riverside a bit more thoroughly. There are at least 25 Warbler species for Manhattan so far on Friday, and more might still be discovered & reported. It’s worth noting that Cerulean Warblers also were being seen in at least 3 other boroughs (counties) in N.Y. City, and hopefully, the Bronx (county) will be able to make it a perfect "5 for 5". Multiple PINE SISKINS are being seen in Manhattan; reports include some in several areas in Central Park; I found one feeding in the Riverside Park sanctuary area (high, but offering better views than the singing Cerulean Warbler there had). Purple Finches also continue to Friday. Thursday, 2 May - The below is a very small sample of many areas in Manhattan where a wide variety migrants were found. The lingering adult male Summer Tanager at Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues - same tanager still present to Friday, 5/3) also had Lincoln’s and White-crowned Sparrows along with multiple White-throated Sparrows; thanks to NYC Audubon guide Gabriel Willow for the report & sparrow photos from Thursday p.m. and to others for prior & further reports from that garden space. Chelsea Piers Park (north of West 24th St. along the Hudson river) was busy with migrants on Thursday, among finds there were 6 warbler species including Prairie & Palm Warblers, Scarlet Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, Wood Thrush, Swamp, Field, Chipping & White-throated Sparrows and more; thanks to Linda LaBella (who visits that site often) for the report (which included 33 species in all for a rather linear and well-planted riverfront park). On Friday 5/3, L. LaBella reports Red-breasted Nuthatch and Cape May Warbler there, among 27 species in all for an under-one-hour visit. Tompkins Square Park in the East Village area of lower Manhattan was good for a wide variety of migrants on Thursday, including Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, at least 3 species of Catharus [genus] thrushes, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, multiple Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, & at least 8 species of Warblers including Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, & multiples of the other warbler spp.; thanks to NYC Audubon guide Jeffrey Ward for the report (which included 32 species in all for this neighborhood park) & to others for prior reports from there. Inwood Hill Park (in northern Manhattan) had at least 19 reported warbler species on Thursday (including Worm-eating, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Blackburnian, Nashville, Pine, Palm, Prairie, & other Warblers), & many other migrants in addition to Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Thanks to Danny Karlson, Nathan O’Reilly, and Hilary Russ for individual reports from that large & diverse park, which contains among the oldest and tallest trees on Manhattan island. good May birding, 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] 30th warbler sp., Central Park NYC 5/2
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - May 2, 2019 Thursday (May 2nd) brought at least 30 warbler species to just this one city park, with Bay-breasted Warbler also added to the list of those seen (& photographed) there. This warbler tally is without adding Cerulean Warbler, although with sightings of the latter species in 3 of the 5 counties of N.Y. City (Queens, Kings, & Richmond Counties) on the day, it is plausible that one of them also dropped in on Thursday, somewhere in Manhattan &/or New York County. Also, a second adult male Summer Tanager continued at Central Park’s north end, along with the one at Clinton Community Gardens, in Manhattan. This migration fall-out was perhaps most concentrated in south-coastal Connecticut, but clearly was observed in much of N.Y. City (& in other areas). good May birding, 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] 30th warbler sp., Central Park NYC 5/2
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - May 2, 2019 Thursday (May 2nd) brought at least 30 warbler species to just this one city park, with Bay-breasted Warbler also added to the list of those seen (& photographed) there. This warbler tally is without adding Cerulean Warbler, although with sightings of the latter species in 3 of the 5 counties of N.Y. City (Queens, Kings, & Richmond Counties) on the day, it is plausible that one of them also dropped in on Thursday, somewhere in Manhattan &/or New York County. Also, a second adult male Summer Tanager continued at Central Park’s north end, along with the one at Clinton Community Gardens, in Manhattan. This migration fall-out was perhaps most concentrated in south-coastal Connecticut, but clearly was observed in much of N.Y. City (& in other areas). good May birding, 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/ --
