[nysbirds-l] Bashakill wma sparrows

[Andrew Block]

On haven rd. I had 2 white-crowned sparrows and a vesper sparrow among the 
several sparrow species.
Andrew

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[nysbirds-l] Bashakill wma sparrows

[Andrew Block]

On haven rd. I had 2 white-crowned sparrows and a vesper sparrow among the 
several sparrow species.
Andrew

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[nysbirds-l] Say’s Phoebe, Caumsett SP - YES

[Timothy Healy]

The Say’s Phoebe continues around the fields north of the parking lot at 
Caumsett bright and early this morning. 

Cheers!
-Tim H
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[nysbirds-l] Say’s Phoebe, Caumsett SP - YES

[Timothy Healy]

The Say’s Phoebe continues around the fields north of the parking lot at 
Caumsett bright and early this morning. 

Cheers!
-Tim H
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[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Sat., 10/16 - Dickcissel[s], E. Meadowlark,

[Tom Fiore]

A White-faced Storm-Petrel photographed by Tom Johnson *well off the coast of 
Rhode Island*, during a NOAA-ship pelagic voyage on Oct. 16th is notable in 
part for lateness, at least as far as knowledge of that species goes for the 
region’s oceanic waters.  A Fork-tailed Flycatcher seen & photographed, by vast 
no’s. of birders, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on Oct. 16th is a reminder 
that we could potentially see yet more of vagrant flycatchers which are rare 
for the region (and having had several of them appear in NY state’s southeast 
sector in recent weeks!)

. . . .
New York County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan, Randall’s, and Governors 
Island[s]
Saturday, Oct. 16th -

On Governors Island, while the Blue Grosbeak photographed the day before was 
NOT reported again Saturday, a Dickcissel was (10/16) and with multiple 
observers able to see the latter, and was also photographed by at least one 
observer there.  It’s very possible the same bird has been lingering in the 
area of Fort Jay, while also possible with the numbers of Dickcissels in the 
region that this is a more-recent newer arrival; also, there may be more than 
just one individual, as suggested in one later-p.m. report.  A brightly 
plumaged E. Meadowlark was also among the many species seen just in the 
vicinity of Fort Jay on Saturday (also by multiple observers, & also 
photographed), and also seen by many was a single Monk Parakeet, a species that 
has been found on Governors Island before (& that island is not really far at 
all from well-known breeding sites for Monks, in neighboring Brooklyn; also, 
unlike Budgeerigar in the region, Monk Parakeet is a ‘countable’ species for 
those making particular lists, as it’s an established breeding species).  In 
some parts of the contiguous 48 United States, there are parrot species 
established long-enough that may be breeding regularly (and many parrot species 
are long-lived, some potentially very long-lived) so that for example, parts of 
Florida and s. California, just to single out two “hot-spots” can have quite a 
number of non-native but increasingly established local-breeding populations. 
Monk Parakeet is well-known as a very cold-hardy species, as it tolerates 
sub-freezing weather and snow even in the original-native range in southern S. 
America, and Monks are of course known to have bred in Chicago, spending all 
the year there, as well as along New England’s southern-shore regions to at 
least Massachusetts.

A Solitary Sandpiper was photographed (G. Hong) at the Meer in Central Park’s 
n. end, a fairly late date for the species here although a few others have been 
noted around the state this past week. The photo of the Central Park Solitary 
can be viewed in the Macaulay Library archive - 
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/380085841 
  - it’s possible that bird may be 
lingering in that park, somewhere, including possibly still in the park’s north 
end, although the current cold-frontal passages may have sent / will send that, 
& other species southward, as can be expected.

On Randall’s Island, several Yellow-crowned Night-Herons were continuing 
Saturday as was at least one Spotted Sandpiper, and among the warblers, still a 
couple of Blackpoll Warblers, along with various many other species of birds.   
Throughout N.Y. County overall, *at least* 15 warbler species were found on 
Saturday, with all of those species being seen in Central Park and a fair 
number in many other parks and greenspaces; however again the dominant species 
overall are down mainly to three: Palm (of 2 forms), Myrtle/Yellow-rumped, and 
Common Yellowthroat.  Native sparrows have become ascendant in numbers, as is 
expected, although we still (within the county) are seeking some 
expected-species as arrivals and potential wintering birds (Red Fox Sparrow 
being one; that species had arrived in the region a bit early, but represented 
by a very few ‘early-birds', so far). It may be later this week that more new 
arrivals are revelaed, as succesive cold-front passage takes place, on winds 
from a northerly direction. We’ll be keeping eyes out for possible arrivals of 
waterfowl and many other later-autumn arrivals as this week progresses.

…
A Variegated Fritillary was nicely-photographed by the Meer in Central Park on 
Sat. 10/16; that species is irregular at best in Central, but seems to have 
increased at least a bit in recent years in N.Y. County (and can be 
more-regular, very occasionally almost-common at, in particular, Governors 
Island in summer & early fall).  There are some other (now quickly turning into 
late-season) insects going-on at patches of native flowers (in particular) 
where those patches are still in good bloom. Monarchs are still around, albeit 
certainly fewer than at their peak this fall, which by many accounts was a 
rather good migration locally-regionally for the species; the counts which will 
be attempted in the 

[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Sat., 10/16 - Dickcissel[s], E. Meadowlark,

[Tom Fiore]

A White-faced Storm-Petrel photographed by Tom Johnson *well off the coast of 
Rhode Island*, during a NOAA-ship pelagic voyage on Oct. 16th is notable in 
part for lateness, at least as far as knowledge of that species goes for the 
region’s oceanic waters.  A Fork-tailed Flycatcher seen & photographed, by vast 
no’s. of birders, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on Oct. 16th is a reminder 
that we could potentially see yet more of vagrant flycatchers which are rare 
for the region (and having had several of them appear in NY state’s southeast 
sector in recent weeks!)

. . . .
New York County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan, Randall’s, and Governors 
Island[s]
Saturday, Oct. 16th -

On Governors Island, while the Blue Grosbeak photographed the day before was 
NOT reported again Saturday, a Dickcissel was (10/16) and with multiple 
observers able to see the latter, and was also photographed by at least one 
observer there.  It’s very possible the same bird has been lingering in the 
area of Fort Jay, while also possible with the numbers of Dickcissels in the 
region that this is a more-recent newer arrival; also, there may be more than 
just one individual, as suggested in one later-p.m. report.  A brightly 
plumaged E. Meadowlark was also among the many species seen just in the 
vicinity of Fort Jay on Saturday (also by multiple observers, & also 
photographed), and also seen by many was a single Monk Parakeet, a species that 
has been found on Governors Island before (& that island is not really far at 
all from well-known breeding sites for Monks, in neighboring Brooklyn; also, 
unlike Budgeerigar in the region, Monk Parakeet is a ‘countable’ species for 
those making particular lists, as it’s an established breeding species).  In 
some parts of the contiguous 48 United States, there are parrot species 
established long-enough that may be breeding regularly (and many parrot species 
are long-lived, some potentially very long-lived) so that for example, parts of 
Florida and s. California, just to single out two “hot-spots” can have quite a 
number of non-native but increasingly established local-breeding populations. 
Monk Parakeet is well-known as a very cold-hardy species, as it tolerates 
sub-freezing weather and snow even in the original-native range in southern S. 
America, and Monks are of course known to have bred in Chicago, spending all 
the year there, as well as along New England’s southern-shore regions to at 
least Massachusetts.

A Solitary Sandpiper was photographed (G. Hong) at the Meer in Central Park’s 
n. end, a fairly late date for the species here although a few others have been 
noted around the state this past week. The photo of the Central Park Solitary 
can be viewed in the Macaulay Library archive - 
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/380085841 
  - it’s possible that bird may be 
lingering in that park, somewhere, including possibly still in the park’s north 
end, although the current cold-frontal passages may have sent / will send that, 
& other species southward, as can be expected.

On Randall’s Island, several Yellow-crowned Night-Herons were continuing 
Saturday as was at least one Spotted Sandpiper, and among the warblers, still a 
couple of Blackpoll Warblers, along with various many other species of birds.   
Throughout N.Y. County overall, *at least* 15 warbler species were found on 
Saturday, with all of those species being seen in Central Park and a fair 
number in many other parks and greenspaces; however again the dominant species 
overall are down mainly to three: Palm (of 2 forms), Myrtle/Yellow-rumped, and 
Common Yellowthroat.  Native sparrows have become ascendant in numbers, as is 
expected, although we still (within the county) are seeking some 
expected-species as arrivals and potential wintering birds (Red Fox Sparrow 
being one; that species had arrived in the region a bit early, but represented 
by a very few ‘early-birds', so far). It may be later this week that more new 
arrivals are revelaed, as succesive cold-front passage takes place, on winds 
from a northerly direction. We’ll be keeping eyes out for possible arrivals of 
waterfowl and many other later-autumn arrivals as this week progresses.

…
A Variegated Fritillary was nicely-photographed by the Meer in Central Park on 
Sat. 10/16; that species is irregular at best in Central, but seems to have 
increased at least a bit in recent years in N.Y. County (and can be 
more-regular, very occasionally almost-common at, in particular, Governors 
Island in summer & early fall).  There are some other (now quickly turning into 
late-season) insects going-on at patches of native flowers (in particular) 
where those patches are still in good bloom. Monarchs are still around, albeit 
certainly fewer than at their peak this fall, which by many accounts was a 
rather good migration locally-regionally for the species; the counts which will 
be attempted in the