[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 October 2020
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 2, 2020 * NYNY2010.02 - Birds Mentioned SWAINSON’S HAWK+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) EURASIAN WIGEON AMERICAN AVOCET AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Whimbrel Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Parasitic Jaeger Caspian Tern Red-headed Woodpecker WESTERN KINGBIRD Philadelphia Vireo LAPLAND LONGSPUR CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow LARK SPARROW Grasshopper Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Worm-eating Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Wilson’s 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, October 2, 2020 at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT and other WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. In a quite good week for birds, easily the best was the immature SWAINSON’S HAWK spotted last Saturday on Governor’s Island. A couple of good photos were taken of this fairly dark juvenile before it moved off, not to be seen again despite some searching. However, combing the grounds on Governor’s Island that day did also produce a WESTERN KINGBIRD, which also did not linger. An AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Monday and was still being seen there Thursday, though not today. Conditions at the north end, especially, remain treacherous due to the high water, and the limited number of shorebirds there Tuesday did feature STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Waterfowl numbers on the East Pond are impressive and did include the EURASIAN WIGEON at the south end at least to Monday. The male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at Flushing Meadow Corona Park, staying along Meadow Lake just south of the Boathouse, was last reported last Sunday. Scattered reports of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER from last Saturday included two at Mecox and singles at Jones Beach West End, Floyd Bennett Field and Crab Meadow Beach, with another today at Robert Moses State Park. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER visited Mecox Saturday, and a WHIMBREL was at Shinnecock Monday. | A PARASITIC JAEGER off Shinnecock last Saturday was followed by one in Long Island Sound off Rye Playland for a while on Sunday before moving east into Connecticut. Recent CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Plumb Beach Thursday and at the Salt Marsh Nature Center and out at Mecox today, while single immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted at Croton Point in Westchester yesterday and at Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery today. Still moving through were several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS this week, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Cupsogue County Park last Saturday. With SPARROWS now increasing both in numbers and variety, highlights this week featured a LARK SPARROW still at the compost area in Central Park’s north end today, single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Greenwood Cemetery and at Pelham Bay Park today, two VESPER SPARROWS in Kissena Park in Queens Wednesday, with one seen there Thursday, and another at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan today, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at Robert Moses State Park today. Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were noted in Central Park’s Ramble Thursday and at the Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack Tuesday. A decent number of CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were reported this week from both city parks and several Long Island sites, though certainly not approaching the maximum mentioned in John Bull’s “Birds of New York” of 57 striking the Fire Island Lighthouse on September 23, 1883. Other WARBLERS this week included WORM-EATING, ORANGE-CROWNED, BAY-BREASTED, MOURNING, WILSON’S and HOODED. A BLUE GROSBEAK was still in Central Park’s north end today, and a few DICKCISSELS included singles at Moses Park and Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers today. 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. - End transcript --
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 2 October 2020
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * Oct. 2, 2020 * NYNY2010.02 - Birds Mentioned SWAINSON’S HAWK+ YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD+ (+ Details requested by NYSARC) EURASIAN WIGEON AMERICAN AVOCET AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER Whimbrel Stilt Sandpiper BAIRD’S SANDPIPER Pectoral Sandpiper Long-billed Dowitcher Parasitic Jaeger Caspian Tern Red-headed Woodpecker WESTERN KINGBIRD Philadelphia Vireo LAPLAND LONGSPUR CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow LARK SPARROW Grasshopper Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Worm-eating Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler CONNECTICUT WARBLER Mourning Warbler Hooded Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Wilson’s 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, October 2, 2020 at 11 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are SWAINSON’S HAWK, AMERICAN AVOCET, WESTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, EURASIAN WIGEON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and BAIRD’S SANDPIPER, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, LARK and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CONNECTICUT and other WARBLERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, DICKCISSEL and more. In a quite good week for birds, easily the best was the immature SWAINSON’S HAWK spotted last Saturday on Governor’s Island. A couple of good photos were taken of this fairly dark juvenile before it moved off, not to be seen again despite some searching. However, combing the grounds on Governor’s Island that day did also produce a WESTERN KINGBIRD, which also did not linger. An AMERICAN AVOCET was discovered at the north end of the East Pond at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge last Monday and was still being seen there Thursday, though not today. Conditions at the north end, especially, remain treacherous due to the high water, and the limited number of shorebirds there Tuesday did feature STILT and PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Waterfowl numbers on the East Pond are impressive and did include the EURASIAN WIGEON at the south end at least to Monday. The male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at Flushing Meadow Corona Park, staying along Meadow Lake just south of the Boathouse, was last reported last Sunday. Scattered reports of AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER from last Saturday included two at Mecox and singles at Jones Beach West End, Floyd Bennett Field and Crab Meadow Beach, with another today at Robert Moses State Park. A BAIRD’S SANDPIPER visited Mecox Saturday, and a WHIMBREL was at Shinnecock Monday. | A PARASITIC JAEGER off Shinnecock last Saturday was followed by one in Long Island Sound off Rye Playland for a while on Sunday before moving east into Connecticut. Recent CASPIAN TERNS were noted at Plumb Beach Thursday and at the Salt Marsh Nature Center and out at Mecox today, while single immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were spotted at Croton Point in Westchester yesterday and at Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery today. Still moving through were several PHILADELPHIA VIREOS this week, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was spotted at Cupsogue County Park last Saturday. With SPARROWS now increasing both in numbers and variety, highlights this week featured a LARK SPARROW still at the compost area in Central Park’s north end today, single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS in Greenwood Cemetery and at Pelham Bay Park today, two VESPER SPARROWS in Kissena Park in Queens Wednesday, with one seen there Thursday, and another at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan today, and a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW at Robert Moses State Park today. Single YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were noted in Central Park’s Ramble Thursday and at the Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack Tuesday. A decent number of CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were reported this week from both city parks and several Long Island sites, though certainly not approaching the maximum mentioned in John Bull’s “Birds of New York” of 57 striking the Fire Island Lighthouse on September 23, 1883. Other WARBLERS this week included WORM-EATING, ORANGE-CROWNED, BAY-BREASTED, MOURNING, WILSON’S and HOODED. A BLUE GROSBEAK was still in Central Park’s north end today, and a few DICKCISSELS included singles at Moses Park and Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers today. 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. - End transcript --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri. Oct. 2, 2020: Lark Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, 19 Species of Wood Warblers, Belted Kingfisher
Central Park NYC Friday October 2, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Lark Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, 19 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, and Wilson's Warblers, Belted Kingfisher. Canada Goose - around 75 Northern Shoveler - 1 Harlem Meer Gadwall - around a dozen, most at the Pool Mallard - around 35 Mourning Dove - 6 Chimney Swift - 4 Herring Gull - 8 Great Black-backed Gull - 10 Double-crested Cormorant - 15 Great Blue Heron - 1 Duck Island Harlem Meer Cooper's Hawk - 2 flyover adult and juvenile Compost Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Loch Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Pool Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Grassy Knoll Downy Woodpecker - 1 Compost Northern Flicker - 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Plant Nursery Eastern Phoebe - 2 Compost Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 10 Blue Jay - 20 American Crow - 8 flyovers Tufted Titmouse - 2 Pool Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Plant Nursery White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 House Wren - 3 Compost Winter Wren - 1 Compost Carolina Wren - 1 singing Plant Nursery Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Swainson's Thrush - 4 Wood Thrush - 1 Loch American Robin - 15 Gray Catbird - 20 Northern Mockingbird - 3 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 11 House Finch - 6 to 8 American Goldfinch - 3 Wildflower Meadow Lark Sparrow - 1 Compost Savannah Sparrow - 2 Compost Song Sparrow - 5 Lincoln's Sparrow - 6 (4 of these at the Compost Area) Swamp Sparrow - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 12 Ovenbird - 1 Loch (Enrico Leonardi) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Pool & Loch) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Tennessee Warbler - 3 Nashville Warbler - 2 (Duck Island Meer, Plant Nursery) Common Yellowthroat - 15 American Redstart - 2 Loch Cape May Warbler - 1 Grassy Knoll Northern Parula - 8 Magnolia Warbler - 6 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Duck Island Harlem Meer Yellow Warbler - 3 Duck Island Harlem Meer Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Loch Blackpoll Warbler - around 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Pool (Enrico Leonardi) Palm Warbler - 4 (both "Western" and "Yellow") Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Duck Island Harlem Meer Wilson's Warbler - Duck Island Harlem Meer Scarlet Tanager - 1 male still showing a bit of red Plant Nursery Northern Cardinal - around 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 Blue Grosbeak - 1 immature Compost Indigo Bunting - around 7 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. 2, 2020: Lark Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, 19 Species of Wood Warblers, Belted Kingfisher
Central Park NYC Friday October 2, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Lark Sparrow, Blue Grosbeak, 19 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, and Wilson's Warblers, Belted Kingfisher. Canada Goose - around 75 Northern Shoveler - 1 Harlem Meer Gadwall - around a dozen, most at the Pool Mallard - around 35 Mourning Dove - 6 Chimney Swift - 4 Herring Gull - 8 Great Black-backed Gull - 10 Double-crested Cormorant - 15 Great Blue Heron - 1 Duck Island Harlem Meer Cooper's Hawk - 2 flyover adult and juvenile Compost Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Loch Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Pool Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Grassy Knoll Downy Woodpecker - 1 Compost Northern Flicker - 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Plant Nursery Eastern Phoebe - 2 Compost Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 10 Blue Jay - 20 American Crow - 8 flyovers Tufted Titmouse - 2 Pool Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Plant Nursery White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 House Wren - 3 Compost Winter Wren - 1 Compost Carolina Wren - 1 singing Plant Nursery Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Swainson's Thrush - 4 Wood Thrush - 1 Loch American Robin - 15 Gray Catbird - 20 Northern Mockingbird - 3 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 11 House Finch - 6 to 8 American Goldfinch - 3 Wildflower Meadow Lark Sparrow - 1 Compost Savannah Sparrow - 2 Compost Song Sparrow - 5 Lincoln's Sparrow - 6 (4 of these at the Compost Area) Swamp Sparrow - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 12 Ovenbird - 1 Loch (Enrico Leonardi) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Pool & Loch) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Tennessee Warbler - 3 Nashville Warbler - 2 (Duck Island Meer, Plant Nursery) Common Yellowthroat - 15 American Redstart - 2 Loch Cape May Warbler - 1 Grassy Knoll Northern Parula - 8 Magnolia Warbler - 6 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Duck Island Harlem Meer Yellow Warbler - 3 Duck Island Harlem Meer Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Loch Blackpoll Warbler - around 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Pool (Enrico Leonardi) Palm Warbler - 4 (both "Western" and "Yellow") Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Duck Island Harlem Meer Wilson's Warbler - Duck Island Harlem Meer Scarlet Tanager - 1 male still showing a bit of red Plant Nursery Northern Cardinal - around 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 Blue Grosbeak - 1 immature Compost Indigo Bunting - around 7 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] Setauket. LINY
Frank Melville park. Northern pintail (3), rudy duck, pied billed grebe, male n female shovelers, gadwalls.. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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] Setauket. LINY
Frank Melville park. Northern pintail (3), rudy duck, pied billed grebe, male n female shovelers, gadwalls.. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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] Northern pintail setauket LINY
Northern pintail right now at Frank melville park in setauket, LINY Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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] Northern pintail setauket LINY
Northern pintail right now at Frank melville park in setauket, LINY Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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] Yellow rumps galore!
Our yard and nearby fields are full of yellow rumored warblers who all seem to have arrived last night (counted at least 30 individuals, but know there are many more) Red breasted nuthatch also abundant, as well as a new flow of red winged blackbirds. Migration fall out Jane F. Ross, Cove Hollow Farm, East Hampton NY mobile: 917-992-6708 -- 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] Yellow rumps galore!
Our yard and nearby fields are full of yellow rumored warblers who all seem to have arrived last night (counted at least 30 individuals, but know there are many more) Red breasted nuthatch also abundant, as well as a new flow of red winged blackbirds. Migration fall out Jane F. Ross, Cove Hollow Farm, East Hampton NY mobile: 917-992-6708 -- 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] CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
I Had the second clay-colored sparrow of migration this morning in pehlam bay park bronx county.also a few white-crowned and one field sparrow all by the golf center in turtle cove.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
I Had the second clay-colored sparrow of migration this morning in pehlam bay park bronx county.also a few white-crowned and one field sparrow all by the golf center in turtle cove.Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] N.Y. County (in N.Y. City) Thurs., 10/1 - Lark Sparrow, Y.-br. Chat, Blue Grosbeak, E. Meadowlark, Monk Parakeet, etc.
Extralimital, & occurring at that 'other-galaxy’ (not so far away) for birds known as Cape May, N.J., an amazing 3rd local/county/state record (and the 3rd year in a row, at Cape May Point) was discovered (& banded by licensed banders) and observed on Thursday, Oct. 1st, after the banding, by dozens of arriving birders - a YELLOW-GREEN Vireo, a species which is a rare breeder in the southernmost part of Texas and has occurred in a number of states which border Mexico & in Florida, but is exceedingly rare, esp. with this level of documentation, in the more northern parts of N. America. Many photos & videos are available in eBird. Cape May, N.J. also experiened a flight of many thousands of American warblers led by N. Parula, and had all sorts of other migrant (& some lingering) species reported on a good ‘flight' day. - - - - - N.Y. County, which includes Manhattan island, Governors Island, Randall’s Island, & other areas, all within N.Y. City - Highlights for the start of October include MONK PARAKEET, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, E. Meadowlark (uncommon for the county), & still a very good diversity (if not overall total numbers) of migrant American warbler species. - Thursday, October 1st - At the ever-lovin’ compost area (&, a fenced nursery area to its immediate south) in the northeast quadrant of Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), a LARK Sparrow has again been seen & photographed, as well as the also-long-lingering young / female BLUE Grosbeak, each seen later in the day. (Use reasonable care & caution in this area, which is a work-area for the park.) Another later-in-day sighting was the Yellow-breasted CHAT found (by J. Wooten) in the Central Park Ramble’s eastern sector, specifically at edge of the ‘maintenance meadow’ area. A Monk Parakeet (which in all of N.Y. City is a ‘countable’ species for those that like to do so, as the species maintains, or has maintained, breeding populations in perhaps all 5 of N.Y. City’s 5 counties -or boroughs as we citi-fied folks tend to call them- and the species is doing well, population-wise, in at least 2, probably 3 of those counties) - was found today at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, with a number of observers & thanks to D. Karlson for the report w/ even a photo included. On Governors Island, while I was there primarily seeking out insects, in particular lepidoptera (of which I found at least 21 species, 15 of those being butterflies or skippers, including multiple Common Checkered-Skippers and multiple Variegated Fritillaries, with 2 of the latter mated & remaining so in-flight; all of the lepidoptera were photographed) - I also stumbled - almost literally - on an Eastern MEADOWLARK, & while I don’t have photos of that, 2 birders who came in (C. Weiner, G. Willow) later did, an independent find of what may have likely been the same individual, in same area around (taller grasses of) Fort Jay on Governors Island, possibly the 1st-of-season for the county. Yet another observer (also independently) on Governors Island reports a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a species that had been lingering there, but asuuming a correct ID to species, it could anyhow be a more-recent arrival - there have been both cuckoo species yet being seen (& photographed) far, far north of N.Y. City even to the start of October. For all of N.Y. County, there were still at least 21 species of American warblers seen, with as many as 19 or more of those in heavily-birded Central Park, alone. Incidentally & as expected by now, a major movement of Blackpoll Warbler is - & has been - underway in the northeast of N. America. Given enough ‘oomph’ in the winds, this species may fly off the near-shore or shore areas of New England and s.e. N.Y. & attempt to make landfall in northern S. America, the continent where almost all spend the better half of a year, more than merely ‘winter’ by a calendar-definition. A truly 'all-Americas' warbler, as so many of ‘our’ warblers are - in that they breed & winter & migrate through all the Americas, North / Central / South, with the Caribbean islands also a very important wintering and migratory region for a great many, esp. of the eastern-N. American breeding warbler spp.We appear to be having, in N.Y. County, a bit of renewal on passage of later-moving Yellow Warblers, with that species now turning up in a multitude of ‘odd’ locations & just generally a bit increased. As noted at top, the warblers are headed south in droves; the no’s. posted just from a part of Cape May, N.J. are a nearly-infinitesimal percentage of even a flight of one night, or for that matter of one hour, on a good flight & in many locations. Here’s a list of just some of the species seen on Thursday, Oct. 1st in New York County (within N.Y. City) - Canada Goose Mute Swan (2, lingering at Randall’s Island) Wood Duck (a few ongoing in Central Park) Gadwall American
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (in N.Y. City) Thurs., 10/1 - Lark Sparrow, Y.-br. Chat, Blue Grosbeak, E. Meadowlark, Monk Parakeet, etc.
Extralimital, & occurring at that 'other-galaxy’ (not so far away) for birds known as Cape May, N.J., an amazing 3rd local/county/state record (and the 3rd year in a row, at Cape May Point) was discovered (& banded by licensed banders) and observed on Thursday, Oct. 1st, after the banding, by dozens of arriving birders - a YELLOW-GREEN Vireo, a species which is a rare breeder in the southernmost part of Texas and has occurred in a number of states which border Mexico & in Florida, but is exceedingly rare, esp. with this level of documentation, in the more northern parts of N. America. Many photos & videos are available in eBird. Cape May, N.J. also experiened a flight of many thousands of American warblers led by N. Parula, and had all sorts of other migrant (& some lingering) species reported on a good ‘flight' day. - - - - - N.Y. County, which includes Manhattan island, Governors Island, Randall’s Island, & other areas, all within N.Y. City - Highlights for the start of October include MONK PARAKEET, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, BLUE GROSBEAK, E. Meadowlark (uncommon for the county), & still a very good diversity (if not overall total numbers) of migrant American warbler species. - Thursday, October 1st - At the ever-lovin’ compost area (&, a fenced nursery area to its immediate south) in the northeast quadrant of Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), a LARK Sparrow has again been seen & photographed, as well as the also-long-lingering young / female BLUE Grosbeak, each seen later in the day. (Use reasonable care & caution in this area, which is a work-area for the park.) Another later-in-day sighting was the Yellow-breasted CHAT found (by J. Wooten) in the Central Park Ramble’s eastern sector, specifically at edge of the ‘maintenance meadow’ area. A Monk Parakeet (which in all of N.Y. City is a ‘countable’ species for those that like to do so, as the species maintains, or has maintained, breeding populations in perhaps all 5 of N.Y. City’s 5 counties -or boroughs as we citi-fied folks tend to call them- and the species is doing well, population-wise, in at least 2, probably 3 of those counties) - was found today at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, with a number of observers & thanks to D. Karlson for the report w/ even a photo included. On Governors Island, while I was there primarily seeking out insects, in particular lepidoptera (of which I found at least 21 species, 15 of those being butterflies or skippers, including multiple Common Checkered-Skippers and multiple Variegated Fritillaries, with 2 of the latter mated & remaining so in-flight; all of the lepidoptera were photographed) - I also stumbled - almost literally - on an Eastern MEADOWLARK, & while I don’t have photos of that, 2 birders who came in (C. Weiner, G. Willow) later did, an independent find of what may have likely been the same individual, in same area around (taller grasses of) Fort Jay on Governors Island, possibly the 1st-of-season for the county. Yet another observer (also independently) on Governors Island reports a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a species that had been lingering there, but asuuming a correct ID to species, it could anyhow be a more-recent arrival - there have been both cuckoo species yet being seen (& photographed) far, far north of N.Y. City even to the start of October. For all of N.Y. County, there were still at least 21 species of American warblers seen, with as many as 19 or more of those in heavily-birded Central Park, alone. Incidentally & as expected by now, a major movement of Blackpoll Warbler is - & has been - underway in the northeast of N. America. Given enough ‘oomph’ in the winds, this species may fly off the near-shore or shore areas of New England and s.e. N.Y. & attempt to make landfall in northern S. America, the continent where almost all spend the better half of a year, more than merely ‘winter’ by a calendar-definition. A truly 'all-Americas' warbler, as so many of ‘our’ warblers are - in that they breed & winter & migrate through all the Americas, North / Central / South, with the Caribbean islands also a very important wintering and migratory region for a great many, esp. of the eastern-N. American breeding warbler spp.We appear to be having, in N.Y. County, a bit of renewal on passage of later-moving Yellow Warblers, with that species now turning up in a multitude of ‘odd’ locations & just generally a bit increased. As noted at top, the warblers are headed south in droves; the no’s. posted just from a part of Cape May, N.J. are a nearly-infinitesimal percentage of even a flight of one night, or for that matter of one hour, on a good flight & in many locations. Here’s a list of just some of the species seen on Thursday, Oct. 1st in New York County (within N.Y. City) - Canada Goose Mute Swan (2, lingering at Randall’s Island) Wood Duck (a few ongoing in Central Park) Gadwall American
