[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 25 September 2020

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 25, 2020
* NYNY2009.25

- Birds Mentioned

LECONTE’S SPARROW+
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
Least Bittern
Sora
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
American Pipit
Purple Finch
PINE SISKIN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Palm Warbler
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

Compiler: Tom Burke
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, September
25, 2020 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, LECONTE’S
SPARROW, EURASIAN WIGEON, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LAPLAND  LONGSPUR,
LARK, CLAY-COLORED and other SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
CONNNECTICUT, GOLDEN-WINGED and other WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK,
DICKCISSEL, PINE SISKIN and more.

The somewhat compromised adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens since September 16th was still
foraging south of the Boathouse today.  Given the so far unexplained
damage to various wing and tail feathers, this bird might be
continuing along the shore of Meadow Lake for a while.  This area can
be easily reached from the southbound Van Wyck Expressway.

It was a totally different situation for the LECONTE’S SPARROW
reported Thursday near Bench 10 along the West Pond Trail at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge, as this bird was never relocated, though a search
there did yield a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER among
other highlights.  Also at Jamaica Bay the eclipse EURASIAN WIGEON
does remain at the south end of the East Pond, where numbers and
variety of waterfowl do continue to rise.  The East Pond high water
level, however, still precludes any large gatherings of shorebirds
there.

Out East a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found last Saturday in
Calverton, this followed by another Thursday east of Youngs Avenue in
Southold.  Other notable shorebirds included single WHIMBREL at Fort
Tilden Tuesday and Captree State Park Wednesday and a few LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS continuing with GREATER YELLOWLEGS along Santapogue Creek
off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon.

Single CASPIAN TERNS this week appeared in Northport Bay Saturday,
Fire Island Sunday, Sagg Pond Tuesday and at Robert Moses State Park
today, when 21 ROYAL TERNS were counted at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach.

A LEAST BITTERN and a SORA were both noted at Arshamomaque Preserve in
Greenport West Thursday, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER flew by Robert
Moses State Park Wednesday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been lingering around the top of the Croton Point
landfill in company with many AMERICAN PIPITS and PALM WARBLERS since Wednesday.

In Central Park a LARK SPARROW stayed in the north end last weekend,
and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen again there Tuesday, when another
LARK SPARROW was found at West Brook Pond out in Great River.  A
VESPER SPARROW was noted at Montauk’s Camp Hero today, and NELSON’S
SPARROWS have begun to appear.

Among the several CONNECTICUT WARBLERS fortuitously found this week
were singles in many of the city parks and other regularly birded
venues, this now the peak period for them, whereas it’s early for
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, with one present at Theodore Roosevelt County
Park in Montauk Wednesday and Thursday.  A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
visited Central Park Tuesday, and other WARBLERS this week included a
few MOURNINGS, about thirty species reported overall.

DICKCISSELS included two at Captree Wednesday and two more at
Montauk’s Roosevelt Park Thursday among others, and single BLUE
GROSBEAKS visited Central Park’s north end Saturday and Camp Hero
today.

PINE SISKINS have been scattered throughout our area in small numbers
recently, and other migrants have included several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS
and PURPLE FINCHES as well as various FLYCATCHERS, including
OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.  Thank you for calling.

- 

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 25 September 2020

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Sept. 25, 2020
* NYNY2009.25

- Birds Mentioned

LECONTE’S SPARROW+
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
Least Bittern
Sora
Greater Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER
Long-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Red-headed Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
American Pipit
Purple Finch
PINE SISKIN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
LARK SPARROW
Nelson’s Sparrow
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
Orange-crowned Warbler
CONNECTICUT WARBLER
Mourning Warbler
Palm Warbler
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

Compiler: Tom Burke
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, September
25, 2020 at 11:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, LECONTE’S
SPARROW, EURASIAN WIGEON, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LAPLAND  LONGSPUR,
LARK, CLAY-COLORED and other SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT,
CONNNECTICUT, GOLDEN-WINGED and other WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK,
DICKCISSEL, PINE SISKIN and more.

The somewhat compromised adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens since September 16th was still
foraging south of the Boathouse today.  Given the so far unexplained
damage to various wing and tail feathers, this bird might be
continuing along the shore of Meadow Lake for a while.  This area can
be easily reached from the southbound Van Wyck Expressway.

It was a totally different situation for the LECONTE’S SPARROW
reported Thursday near Bench 10 along the West Pond Trail at Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge, as this bird was never relocated, though a search
there did yield a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER among
other highlights.  Also at Jamaica Bay the eclipse EURASIAN WIGEON
does remain at the south end of the East Pond, where numbers and
variety of waterfowl do continue to rise.  The East Pond high water
level, however, still precludes any large gatherings of shorebirds
there.

Out East a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was found last Saturday in
Calverton, this followed by another Thursday east of Youngs Avenue in
Southold.  Other notable shorebirds included single WHIMBREL at Fort
Tilden Tuesday and Captree State Park Wednesday and a few LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHERS continuing with GREATER YELLOWLEGS along Santapogue Creek
off Venetian Boulevard in West Babylon.

Single CASPIAN TERNS this week appeared in Northport Bay Saturday,
Fire Island Sunday, Sagg Pond Tuesday and at Robert Moses State Park
today, when 21 ROYAL TERNS were counted at Brooklyn’s Plumb Beach.

A LEAST BITTERN and a SORA were both noted at Arshamomaque Preserve in
Greenport West Thursday, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER flew by Robert
Moses State Park Wednesday.

A LAPLAND LONGSPUR has been lingering around the top of the Croton Point
landfill in company with many AMERICAN PIPITS and PALM WARBLERS since Wednesday.

In Central Park a LARK SPARROW stayed in the north end last weekend,
and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was seen again there Tuesday, when another
LARK SPARROW was found at West Brook Pond out in Great River.  A
VESPER SPARROW was noted at Montauk’s Camp Hero today, and NELSON’S
SPARROWS have begun to appear.

Among the several CONNECTICUT WARBLERS fortuitously found this week
were singles in many of the city parks and other regularly birded
venues, this now the peak period for them, whereas it’s early for
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, with one present at Theodore Roosevelt County
Park in Montauk Wednesday and Thursday.  A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
visited Central Park Tuesday, and other WARBLERS this week included a
few MOURNINGS, about thirty species reported overall.

DICKCISSELS included two at Captree Wednesday and two more at
Montauk’s Roosevelt Park Thursday among others, and single BLUE
GROSBEAKS visited Central Park’s north end Saturday and Camp Hero
today.

PINE SISKINS have been scattered throughout our area in small numbers
recently, and other migrants have included several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS
and PURPLE FINCHES as well as various FLYCATCHERS, including
OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-BELLIED.

To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society.  Thank you for calling.

- 

[nysbirds-l] Queens Co. NYC Yellow-headed Blackbird notes (-& an Amer. Bittern for Manhattan, on 9/25)

[Thomas Fiore]

2 Manhattan (N.Y. City) notes for Friday, 9/25: the American Bittern found & 
photographed by Danny Karlson, and seen by others later, was the likely 
bird-of-the-day for the county, at Inwood Hill Park (at the marsh area, where 
there also was, appropriately enough, a Marsh Wren, this latter one of at least 
5 so far in the county (2 of those previously seen & photo’d. in Central Park’s 
north end, in the same week).


On the Queens County (NYC) Yellow-headed Blackbird and questions of origin / 
status -

Regarding the status of the adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird that’s been seen 
& photographed regularly for more than a week, at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park 
in Queens County, NY,  this bird is on closer inspection, in some state an odd 
disarray of its plumage, which does not seem to me and other much more keen 
observers, to be simply due to or consistent with natural molt or wear.  Thanks 
to Paul Sweet, who as collections manager at the American Museum of Natural 
History is familiar with plumage in general on many species from direct contact 
with so many birds as part of his work at the museum & in field expeditions. 
And thanks also to Dr. S. Mitra, who is also familiar with many species & molt 
in many of them as well. 

Now what has happened with this particular bird; perhaps we will never know - 
yet the particulars here do seem to imply a possible period of captivity - 
strange, as these gentlemen referenced have noted (& some others, in off-list 
comm.) yet, in some decades of observing birds, and also human behavior in New 
York City (& ‘round the world), this sort of thing, that even this species 
might have been an object of some bird-catcher (wherever that took place?) 
might be left open to possibility. Stranger things have happened, even if this 
hypothesis seems to make little sense. 

Another in-flight photo of this Queens County, NY individual was made on 20 
Sept. by A. Regler, and is in the Macaulay library at: 
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/264301861? Is it even posible that some 
encounter / mishap by the bird alone could result in the trimmed-up feathers of 
the primary (flight) feathers and some of the tertial (tail) feathers (?) - I 
can’t say, unqualified and also at a loss with what ‘accidental' situation 
might be a way this would happen… although, again - strange things can occur.

I took down the book “New World Blackbirds - The Icterids” (in the Helm 
identification series), by Alvaro Jaramillo & Peter Burke (1999) and while this 
may not represent the most-recent info. & certainly not all that’s been 
published, there are references; one I noticed, while very old, did refer to 
the species as “being sold in the Havana [Cuba] market [Ramsden, 1912]” - and 
there are also references concerning longer-distance vagrancy by this species, 
which include the note, “In the Western Palearctic, there is a July record in 
Iceland, several in Great Britain, an early fall record in France, an Oct. 
record from Denmark…[etc.]” - &, “Not all European records are regarded as 
being of wild origin”. - [Klimkiewicz, M.K. and A.G. Futcher, 1987].

A majority of this species’ population likely winters in Mexico, but vagrancy 
throughout eastern N. America is regular & rather well-known. Although presumed 
rare so very far north, there are at least a few specimen-records from 
localities as far north as Barrow, Alaska and James Bay, Ontario, as well as 
northern Yukon territory in Canada.

As an aside, my first sighting of this species was the not-too-common discovery 
(for myself, that is!) of a wintering flock of well over 250 individuals, many 
of them brightly plumaged males, in southern Arizona nearly 3 decades ago. A 
stunning bird, even if that common in some parts of N. America - and, 'so nice 
they named it twice’: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus.  Perhaps the status, or 
“what is going on there?” of the recent Queens Co. bird will remain a bit of a 
mystery…

Good weekend birding,

Tom Fiore
manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Queens Co. NYC Yellow-headed Blackbird notes (-& an Amer. Bittern for Manhattan, on 9/25)

[Thomas Fiore]

2 Manhattan (N.Y. City) notes for Friday, 9/25: the American Bittern found & 
photographed by Danny Karlson, and seen by others later, was the likely 
bird-of-the-day for the county, at Inwood Hill Park (at the marsh area, where 
there also was, appropriately enough, a Marsh Wren, this latter one of at least 
5 so far in the county (2 of those previously seen & photo’d. in Central Park’s 
north end, in the same week).


On the Queens County (NYC) Yellow-headed Blackbird and questions of origin / 
status -

Regarding the status of the adult male Yellow-headed Blackbird that’s been seen 
& photographed regularly for more than a week, at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park 
in Queens County, NY,  this bird is on closer inspection, in some state an odd 
disarray of its plumage, which does not seem to me and other much more keen 
observers, to be simply due to or consistent with natural molt or wear.  Thanks 
to Paul Sweet, who as collections manager at the American Museum of Natural 
History is familiar with plumage in general on many species from direct contact 
with so many birds as part of his work at the museum & in field expeditions. 
And thanks also to Dr. S. Mitra, who is also familiar with many species & molt 
in many of them as well. 

Now what has happened with this particular bird; perhaps we will never know - 
yet the particulars here do seem to imply a possible period of captivity - 
strange, as these gentlemen referenced have noted (& some others, in off-list 
comm.) yet, in some decades of observing birds, and also human behavior in New 
York City (& ‘round the world), this sort of thing, that even this species 
might have been an object of some bird-catcher (wherever that took place?) 
might be left open to possibility. Stranger things have happened, even if this 
hypothesis seems to make little sense. 

Another in-flight photo of this Queens County, NY individual was made on 20 
Sept. by A. Regler, and is in the Macaulay library at: 
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/264301861? Is it even posible that some 
encounter / mishap by the bird alone could result in the trimmed-up feathers of 
the primary (flight) feathers and some of the tertial (tail) feathers (?) - I 
can’t say, unqualified and also at a loss with what ‘accidental' situation 
might be a way this would happen… although, again - strange things can occur.

I took down the book “New World Blackbirds - The Icterids” (in the Helm 
identification series), by Alvaro Jaramillo & Peter Burke (1999) and while this 
may not represent the most-recent info. & certainly not all that’s been 
published, there are references; one I noticed, while very old, did refer to 
the species as “being sold in the Havana [Cuba] market [Ramsden, 1912]” - and 
there are also references concerning longer-distance vagrancy by this species, 
which include the note, “In the Western Palearctic, there is a July record in 
Iceland, several in Great Britain, an early fall record in France, an Oct. 
record from Denmark…[etc.]” - &, “Not all European records are regarded as 
being of wild origin”. - [Klimkiewicz, M.K. and A.G. Futcher, 1987].

A majority of this species’ population likely winters in Mexico, but vagrancy 
throughout eastern N. America is regular & rather well-known. Although presumed 
rare so very far north, there are at least a few specimen-records from 
localities as far north as Barrow, Alaska and James Bay, Ontario, as well as 
northern Yukon territory in Canada.

As an aside, my first sighting of this species was the not-too-common discovery 
(for myself, that is!) of a wintering flock of well over 250 individuals, many 
of them brightly plumaged males, in southern Arizona nearly 3 decades ago. A 
stunning bird, even if that common in some parts of N. America - and, 'so nice 
they named it twice’: Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus.  Perhaps the status, or 
“what is going on there?” of the recent Queens Co. bird will remain a bit of a 
mystery…

Good weekend birding,

Tom Fiore
manhattan
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri. Sept. 25, 2020: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Friday September 25, 2020
OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights from the North End: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Lincoln's, 
Swamp, and Savannah Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers. 

Canada Goose - 150-200
Wood Duck - pair Reservoir (RDC - early)
Gadwall - 6
Mallard - around 200
American Black Duck - 1 at the Pool
Mourning Dove - 10
Chimney Swift - 30-40
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 at the Loch
Ring-billed Gull - 75
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 40
Double-crested Cormorant - 18
Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover
Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover 
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (Meer & Green Bench)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Grassy Knoll
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Green Bench
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Green Bench
Least Flycatcher - 1 Compost Area (David Barrett)
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 west side of Wildflower Meadow
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
Blue Jay - 10
American Crow - 5 (also heard)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Green Bench
House Wren - 1 or 2 Compost Area
Winter Wren - 2 Compost Area & Pool (David Barrett)
Marsh Wren - 1 at the Pool (found earlier by Vee Nabong*)
Carolina Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Hermit Thrush - 1 North Woods
American Robin - around 20
Gray Catbird - 5-10
Brown Thrasher - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Plant Nursery
Cedar Waxwing - 8 Compost Area
American Goldfinch - 1 Nursery Area
Savannah Sparrow - 1 Compost Area (Deb)
Song Sparrow - 5
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 Compost Area (David Barrett)
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery (David Barrett)
White-throated Sparrow - 4 or 5
Common Grackle - 20-30
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Pool & Loch)
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
Nashville Warbler - 1 Wildflower Meadow (Deb)
Common Yellowthroat - 5
American Redstart - 4
Cape May Warbler - 1 Loch Overlook
Northern Parula - 6 or 7
Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Compost Area
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Loch
Palm Warbler - 2 (one "Western" and one "Yellow") Grassy Knoll
Pine Warbler - 2 Green Bench
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer (RDC - early)
Northern Cardinal - 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5
Indigo Bunting - 2 Compost Area

--
*Reported on twitter via Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark from  @VenusNabs
-
Roger Pasquier reported a Common Loon flyover and Northern Harrier flyover on 
Thursday 9/24/2020. 
--

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri. Sept. 25, 2020: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Friday September 25, 2020
OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights from the North End: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Lincoln's, 
Swamp, and Savannah Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers. 

Canada Goose - 150-200
Wood Duck - pair Reservoir (RDC - early)
Gadwall - 6
Mallard - around 200
American Black Duck - 1 at the Pool
Mourning Dove - 10
Chimney Swift - 30-40
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 at the Loch
Ring-billed Gull - 75
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 40
Double-crested Cormorant - 18
Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover
Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover 
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (Meer & Green Bench)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Grassy Knoll
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Green Bench
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Green Bench
Least Flycatcher - 1 Compost Area (David Barrett)
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 west side of Wildflower Meadow
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
Blue Jay - 10
American Crow - 5 (also heard)
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Green Bench
House Wren - 1 or 2 Compost Area
Winter Wren - 2 Compost Area & Pool (David Barrett)
Marsh Wren - 1 at the Pool (found earlier by Vee Nabong*)
Carolina Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Hermit Thrush - 1 North Woods
American Robin - around 20
Gray Catbird - 5-10
Brown Thrasher - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Plant Nursery
Cedar Waxwing - 8 Compost Area
American Goldfinch - 1 Nursery Area
Savannah Sparrow - 1 Compost Area (Deb)
Song Sparrow - 5
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 Compost Area (David Barrett)
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery (David Barrett)
White-throated Sparrow - 4 or 5
Common Grackle - 20-30
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Pool & Loch)
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
Nashville Warbler - 1 Wildflower Meadow (Deb)
Common Yellowthroat - 5
American Redstart - 4
Cape May Warbler - 1 Loch Overlook
Northern Parula - 6 or 7
Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Compost Area
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Loch
Palm Warbler - 2 (one "Western" and one "Yellow") Grassy Knoll
Pine Warbler - 2 Green Bench
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer (RDC - early)
Northern Cardinal - 7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5
Indigo Bunting - 2 Compost Area

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*Reported on twitter via Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark from  @VenusNabs
-
Roger Pasquier reported a Common Loon flyover and Northern Harrier flyover on 
Thursday 9/24/2020. 
--

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Paul and all,

Given that growth (or fault) bars and their interpretation are probably 
unfamiliar to many readers, this bird offers a learning opportunity. If a bird 
experiences nutritional or other stress while its flight feathers are actively 
growing, faint bars (thin bands of weaker feather structure perpendicular to 
the shafts) appear on the growing feathers at positions associated with each 
feather's stage of growth when the stress occurred. These are often visible on 
the fully grown wings and tail of a bird, and their alignment or lack of 
alignment is often indicative of age: adult passerines obviously can't shed and 
replace all their wing feathers at once (though it's not unusual for adults to 
lose their tail feathers simultaneously), so they replace their wing feathers 
in sequence, often just prior to southbound migration. Thus, the growth bars of 
adults of these species are not aligned, falling instead in different positions 
based on how well grown each feather was when the stress(es) occurred. 
Conversely, juvenile birds grow their first set of flight feathers 
simultaneously, resulting in alignment of growth bars, if present.

The Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird is an adult, based on its almost entirely 
white primary coverts. Thus, it would not show aligned growth bars (which were 
posited as possible points of weakness for the damaged feathers on this 
individual).

The question of how this bird's plumage came to such a state intrigues me. It's 
difficult for me to imagine people keeping this species, which sounds basically 
like a chainsaw, as a cage bird, but I've been told never to underestimate 
people's capacity for treating animals unreasonably. On the other hand, these 
dates are exactly when this species is expected in the East as one of our most 
regular long-distance passerine vagrants.

I wonder whether rather than "captivity" per se, this bird somehow got into 
something like a greenhouse, chicken coop, or other confinement that resulted 
in the feather damage.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

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Subject: [nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

Thanks as always for the excellent post Tom. One thing that I have not seen 
mentioned on this forum is that the Flushing Meadows Yellow-headed Blackbird 
has clearly spent time in captivity. The clean cuts to the flight feathers and 
the cage wear on the tail are classic indicators of a caged bird. I’ve heard 
some mention on other forums of fault bars, this is not what we are seeing. 
Gabriel Willow has some flight shots on his ebird list that show this well 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S73707073

Good birding, Paul

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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RE:[nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

[Shaibal Mitra]

Hi Paul and all,

Given that growth (or fault) bars and their interpretation are probably 
unfamiliar to many readers, this bird offers a learning opportunity. If a bird 
experiences nutritional or other stress while its flight feathers are actively 
growing, faint bars (thin bands of weaker feather structure perpendicular to 
the shafts) appear on the growing feathers at positions associated with each 
feather's stage of growth when the stress occurred. These are often visible on 
the fully grown wings and tail of a bird, and their alignment or lack of 
alignment is often indicative of age: adult passerines obviously can't shed and 
replace all their wing feathers at once (though it's not unusual for adults to 
lose their tail feathers simultaneously), so they replace their wing feathers 
in sequence, often just prior to southbound migration. Thus, the growth bars of 
adults of these species are not aligned, falling instead in different positions 
based on how well grown each feather was when the stress(es) occurred. 
Conversely, juvenile birds grow their first set of flight feathers 
simultaneously, resulting in alignment of growth bars, if present.

The Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird is an adult, based on its almost entirely 
white primary coverts. Thus, it would not show aligned growth bars (which were 
posited as possible points of weakness for the damaged feathers on this 
individual).

The question of how this bird's plumage came to such a state intrigues me. It's 
difficult for me to imagine people keeping this species, which sounds basically 
like a chainsaw, as a cage bird, but I've been told never to underestimate 
people's capacity for treating animals unreasonably. On the other hand, these 
dates are exactly when this species is expected in the East as one of our most 
regular long-distance passerine vagrants.

I wonder whether rather than "captivity" per se, this bird somehow got into 
something like a greenhouse, chicken coop, or other confinement that resulted 
in the feather damage.

Shai Mitra
Bay Shore

From: bounce-124977092-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[bounce-124977092-3714...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Paul R Sweet 
[sw...@amnh.org]
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2020 8:50 AM
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

Thanks as always for the excellent post Tom. One thing that I have not seen 
mentioned on this forum is that the Flushing Meadows Yellow-headed Blackbird 
has clearly spent time in captivity. The clean cuts to the flight feathers and 
the cage wear on the tail are classic indicators of a caged bird. I’ve heard 
some mention on other forums of fault bars, this is not what we are seeing. 
Gabriel Willow has some flight shots on his ebird list that show this well 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S73707073

Good birding, Paul

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024

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[nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

[Paul R Sweet]

Thanks as always for the excellent post Tom. One thing that I have not seen 
mentioned on this forum is that the Flushing Meadows Yellow-headed Blackbird 
has clearly spent time in captivity. The clean cuts to the flight feathers and 
the cage wear on the tail are classic indicators of a caged bird. I’ve heard 
some mention on other forums of fault bars, this is not what we are seeing. 
Gabriel Willow has some flight shots on his ebird list that show this well 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S73707073

Good birding, Paul

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024


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[nysbirds-l] Queens Yellow-headed Blackbird

[Paul R Sweet]

Thanks as always for the excellent post Tom. One thing that I have not seen 
mentioned on this forum is that the Flushing Meadows Yellow-headed Blackbird 
has clearly spent time in captivity. The clean cuts to the flight feathers and 
the cage wear on the tail are classic indicators of a caged bird. I’ve heard 
some mention on other forums of fault bars, this is not what we are seeing. 
Gabriel Willow has some flight shots on his ebird list that show this well 
https://ebird.org/checklist/S73707073

Good birding, Paul

Paul Sweet
Collection Manager
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024


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[nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

A lapland longspur has been seen and heard this am. (the third straight day) 
from the center road of landfill. STAY ON two main roads only — center and east 
side of landfill. There has been a major effort by a lot of folks on the 
restoration of this important and unique southern NY tier grassland for 
breeding and migrating birds. Try not to mess it up for that slightly better 
view or photo. The pipit flock seems to be growing 40 birds perhaps more; 
landfill also inundated w Palm Warblers this am. A few bobolinks still around. 
Savannah's too and hopefully Yom Kippur as it usually does brings some more 
sparrow species to the landfill.  Good raptors too 10+ kestrel, coopers, N.  
Harrier, Bald Eagle, many osprey.  

Best

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining. 

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[nysbirds-l] Croton point Park

[Larry Trachtenberg]

A lapland longspur has been seen and heard this am. (the third straight day) 
from the center road of landfill. STAY ON two main roads only — center and east 
side of landfill. There has been a major effort by a lot of folks on the 
restoration of this important and unique southern NY tier grassland for 
breeding and migrating birds. Try not to mess it up for that slightly better 
view or photo. The pipit flock seems to be growing 40 birds perhaps more; 
landfill also inundated w Palm Warblers this am. A few bobolinks still around. 
Savannah's too and hopefully Yom Kippur as it usually does brings some more 
sparrow species to the landfill.  Good raptors too 10+ kestrel, coopers, N.  
Harrier, Bald Eagle, many osprey.  

Best

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining. 

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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, 9/21-24 - Pine Siskins, Red-headed WP, 25+ warbler spp., etc.

[Thomas Fiore]

A brightly-plumaged male Yellow-headed Blackbird was continuing into 
Thursday/24th, in Queens County, N.Y. at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park site 
where previously seen regularly, sightings a bit south of the boathouse at 
Meadow Lake; thanks to all the many observers-reporters over this bird’s stay, 
including D. Schulman & others for updates on this (& other) forums.  (N.B., 
some patience had been required to set eyes on this bird at times although it 
had been very obliging; a lingering bird that's by now been viewed by hundreds 
of observers over 1 week.)

Interesting that the Say’s Phoebe [on private property!] being seen in a 
central-NYS county was discovered nearly concurrently with one of the same 
species in southern Maine; there have been some others of that species also on 
the move east of their usual breeding areas in the past week+.  All flycatchers 
that are not easily determined to species or seen initially with difficulty / 
at distance, etc. should, if possible be scrutinized for potential unexpected / 
vagrant species. It’s also a good time to watch out for the remote chance of an 
austral-migrant species showing all the way from south of the western 
hemisphere’s equator, such as the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher of recent in Los 
Angeles County, California - a species which could potentially show up anywhere 
in North America, along with other slightly less-rare vagrant species. 

There are some at least good signs that Pine Siskin is a species to watch for 
locally in coming weeks & months; they have been seen in a number of locations 
across the continent outside of known breeding areas, increased a bit in the 
past week or so, & this includes locations in New England, and with recent 
flights having an uptick right nearby. A few more-northern & well-inland 
locations have made 1-day counts into 4-digit no’s. of this species moving 
south.  *Also, keep an eye on Chickadee [species], should [m]any appear in 
areas not regularly-seen.*

Around the region, numbers of Connecticut Warblers being found are as 
impressive as I can recall in many years of regional birding; not clear if (a 
large) part of that is simply persistent effort.

 - - -
New York County, including Manhattan, & Randall’s & Governors Islands (in N.Y. 
City) -

A Saltmarsh Sparrow was reported from Randall’s Island (n. side) on 9/19, where 
the species is rare but regular on migration. However, it might be added that 
other Ammospiza [genus] sparrows should not be entirely ruled-out from 
possibility (from any locations!) at this season.

A 1st-fall RED-HEADED Woodpecker flew through at Riverside Park next to the s. 
edge of Riverbank S.P., headed south, but not re-found - possibly continuing on 
its way along the Hudson river, on 9/23.  Other highlights include 
GOLDEN-WINGED Warbler, & Connecticut Warbler, part of the 25+ warbler spp. for 
this 4-day period, in New York County (and 22+ spp. just in Central Park, 
Manhattan.)  That Golden-winged in Central Park & seen only on Tues., 9/22.

...
Monday, 9/21 - Continued winds from the northeast, with very cool overnight low 
temp’s all around the region. Strong migration out of eastern Canada & through 
northern New England; in the local area much was slowing by the pre-dawn hour.  
A great deal of exodus took place, with just moderate (relative to prior recent 
nights & days) migration influx, in Manhattan.

One of the sites with high potential in the county, Governors Island had a good 
diversity of species again; visits by several birders (incl. C. Weiner; also L. 
Goggin) found 4 spp. of lingering shorebird: Killdeer, Least, Spotted, & 
Solitary Sandpiper; no’s. of Y.-s. Flickers, E. Phoebes, & smaller multiples of 
E. Wood-Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Gray Catbird, with a Golden-crowned & 2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, & at least 15 spp. of warblers which were led in no’s. 
by Magnolia, followed by Am. Redstart & N. Parula, and also included Canada, 
Blue-winged, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, & Prairie Warbler[s]; sparrows included a 
Lincoln’s as well as Swamp & Savannah Sparrows, & Dark-eyed Junco.

A walk totaling 14 participants led by G.Willow for the [non-profit org.] NYC 
Audubon, at Bryant Park (midtown Manhattan) revealed among other birds a male 
Mourning Warbler, N. Waterthrush, male-plumaged B.-t. Blue Warbler & a high no. 
of Ovenbirds (which seem to typically become somewhat numerous at that site), 
plus E. Wood-Pewee, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson’s Thrush, 
a heard R.-br. Grosbeak, & some Blue Jays (on a day with a strong B.Jay 
movement region-wide), and some other migrant & resident species.

Central Park highlights were noted previously, & included a Connecticut Warbler 
in Central Park (lingering at least from the prev. day), & 20 or more other 
warbler spp. across the county. The first White-crowned Sparrow sighting of the 
season (in N.Y. County) showed in Central Park (n. end), also in a later report 
[see: 9/24], from Fort Tryon Park; 

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, 9/21-24 - Pine Siskins, Red-headed WP, 25+ warbler spp., etc.

[Thomas Fiore]

A brightly-plumaged male Yellow-headed Blackbird was continuing into 
Thursday/24th, in Queens County, N.Y. at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park site 
where previously seen regularly, sightings a bit south of the boathouse at 
Meadow Lake; thanks to all the many observers-reporters over this bird’s stay, 
including D. Schulman & others for updates on this (& other) forums.  (N.B., 
some patience had been required to set eyes on this bird at times although it 
had been very obliging; a lingering bird that's by now been viewed by hundreds 
of observers over 1 week.)

Interesting that the Say’s Phoebe [on private property!] being seen in a 
central-NYS county was discovered nearly concurrently with one of the same 
species in southern Maine; there have been some others of that species also on 
the move east of their usual breeding areas in the past week+.  All flycatchers 
that are not easily determined to species or seen initially with difficulty / 
at distance, etc. should, if possible be scrutinized for potential unexpected / 
vagrant species. It’s also a good time to watch out for the remote chance of an 
austral-migrant species showing all the way from south of the western 
hemisphere’s equator, such as the Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher of recent in Los 
Angeles County, California - a species which could potentially show up anywhere 
in North America, along with other slightly less-rare vagrant species. 

There are some at least good signs that Pine Siskin is a species to watch for 
locally in coming weeks & months; they have been seen in a number of locations 
across the continent outside of known breeding areas, increased a bit in the 
past week or so, & this includes locations in New England, and with recent 
flights having an uptick right nearby. A few more-northern & well-inland 
locations have made 1-day counts into 4-digit no’s. of this species moving 
south.  *Also, keep an eye on Chickadee [species], should [m]any appear in 
areas not regularly-seen.*

Around the region, numbers of Connecticut Warblers being found are as 
impressive as I can recall in many years of regional birding; not clear if (a 
large) part of that is simply persistent effort.

 - - -
New York County, including Manhattan, & Randall’s & Governors Islands (in N.Y. 
City) -

A Saltmarsh Sparrow was reported from Randall’s Island (n. side) on 9/19, where 
the species is rare but regular on migration. However, it might be added that 
other Ammospiza [genus] sparrows should not be entirely ruled-out from 
possibility (from any locations!) at this season.

A 1st-fall RED-HEADED Woodpecker flew through at Riverside Park next to the s. 
edge of Riverbank S.P., headed south, but not re-found - possibly continuing on 
its way along the Hudson river, on 9/23.  Other highlights include 
GOLDEN-WINGED Warbler, & Connecticut Warbler, part of the 25+ warbler spp. for 
this 4-day period, in New York County (and 22+ spp. just in Central Park, 
Manhattan.)  That Golden-winged in Central Park & seen only on Tues., 9/22.

...
Monday, 9/21 - Continued winds from the northeast, with very cool overnight low 
temp’s all around the region. Strong migration out of eastern Canada & through 
northern New England; in the local area much was slowing by the pre-dawn hour.  
A great deal of exodus took place, with just moderate (relative to prior recent 
nights & days) migration influx, in Manhattan.

One of the sites with high potential in the county, Governors Island had a good 
diversity of species again; visits by several birders (incl. C. Weiner; also L. 
Goggin) found 4 spp. of lingering shorebird: Killdeer, Least, Spotted, & 
Solitary Sandpiper; no’s. of Y.-s. Flickers, E. Phoebes, & smaller multiples of 
E. Wood-Pewee, Red-eyed Vireo, Gray Catbird, with a Golden-crowned & 2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, & at least 15 spp. of warblers which were led in no’s. 
by Magnolia, followed by Am. Redstart & N. Parula, and also included Canada, 
Blue-winged, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, & Prairie Warbler[s]; sparrows included a 
Lincoln’s as well as Swamp & Savannah Sparrows, & Dark-eyed Junco.

A walk totaling 14 participants led by G.Willow for the [non-profit org.] NYC 
Audubon, at Bryant Park (midtown Manhattan) revealed among other birds a male 
Mourning Warbler, N. Waterthrush, male-plumaged B.-t. Blue Warbler & a high no. 
of Ovenbirds (which seem to typically become somewhat numerous at that site), 
plus E. Wood-Pewee, Lincoln’s Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Swainson’s Thrush, 
a heard R.-br. Grosbeak, & some Blue Jays (on a day with a strong B.Jay 
movement region-wide), and some other migrant & resident species.

Central Park highlights were noted previously, & included a Connecticut Warbler 
in Central Park (lingering at least from the prev. day), & 20 or more other 
warbler spp. across the county. The first White-crowned Sparrow sighting of the 
season (in N.Y. County) showed in Central Park (n. end), also in a later report 
[see: 9/24], from Fort Tryon Park;