[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 May 2022
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 13, 2022 * NYNY2205.13 - Birds Mentioned CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW Eastern Whip-poor-will GLAUCOUS GULL Caspian Tern Common Tern ARCTIC TERN Cattle Egret RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Pileated Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher BICKNELL'S THRUSH CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Mourning Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Cerulean Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK 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, May 13, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are an ARCTIC TERN invasion, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BICKNELL'S THRUSH, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GOLDEN-WINGED, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. A very interesting, but certainly not yet fully understood or evaluated event occurred today with the appearance on water bodies throughout much of our area, as well as in surrounding states, of a totally unprecedented number of ARCTIC TERNS. Word from Connecticut and Massachusetts of these birds appearing on inland lakes and reservoirs inspired searches throughout our area. An adult ARCTIC along with a COMMON TERN were found on Cross River Reservoir in Westchester, and as the afternoon wore on and word spread, birds were being seen moving mostly south along the Hudson River from Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester Counties, and 29 were counted off Riverside Park in Manhattan. Other late day ARCTICS were spotted in Little Neck Bay in western Long Island Sound and further east in the sound off Iron Pier in Northville. It will be interesting to see if coastal sites on Saturday produce more ARCTICS - it certainly will be worth checking. Hopefully a summary of this event will be forthcoming, but, despite this excitement, the weather has not been very good for local migration recently. A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was a nice find at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Wednesday, with an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL also found in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Sunday. A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at Cedar Beach Town Nature Preserve west of Miller Place on Tuesday, this site also producing three CASPIAN TERNS Thursday, with other CASPIANS including one at Prospect Park Lake Wednesday and two at Croton Point Park today. A CATTLE EGRET visited the Cemetery of the Resurrection on Staten Island Tuesday. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park’s north end Monday and Tuesday, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER has been a surprise late this week near the waterhole in Forest Park, Queens. Single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were at Sands Point Preserve Tuesday and at Sunken Meadow State Park today. A BICKNELL’S THRUSH, a regular migrant but difficult to identify, has nicely been singing for the last 3 days in Central Park's north end, where a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was also present Monday to at least Thursday. Three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured a bird at Brooklyn's Owl's Head Park Tuesday, another out at Lloyd Harbor Wednesday, and one at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center today, while a VESPER SPARROW appeared in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Sunday. WARBLER highlights included a YELLOW-THROATED in Central Park last Sunday and one at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk Tuesday, a KENTUCKY in Central Park Sunday, and a GOLDEN-WINGED in Forest Park yesterday, while also notable were single CERULEANS in Riverside Park Monday and Central Park Thursday, MOURNING in Central Park Sunday and Monday, and the arrival of a few BAY-BREASTED. This week SUMMER TANAGERS were seen at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and Monday, Alley Pond Park Monday and Tuesday, Hempstead Lake State Park Wednesday and Central Park Thursday. And BLUE GROSBEAKS have returned to the former Grumman complex in Calverton, a grassland certainly deserving of preservation - please do not disturb these and other sensitive nesting birds at this site To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)
[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 13 May 2022
-RBA * New York * New York City, Long Island, Westchester County * May 13, 2022 * NYNY2205.13 - Birds Mentioned CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW Eastern Whip-poor-will GLAUCOUS GULL Caspian Tern Common Tern ARCTIC TERN Cattle Egret RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Pileated Woodpecker Olive-sided Flycatcher BICKNELL'S THRUSH CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Vesper Sparrow YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER Mourning Warbler KENTUCKY WARBLER Cerulean Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER SUMMER TANAGER BLUE GROSBEAK 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, May 13, 2022 at 11:00 pm. The highlights of today's tape are an ARCTIC TERN invasion, CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BICKNELL'S THRUSH, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, GOLDEN-WINGED, YELLOW-THROATED and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more. A very interesting, but certainly not yet fully understood or evaluated event occurred today with the appearance on water bodies throughout much of our area, as well as in surrounding states, of a totally unprecedented number of ARCTIC TERNS. Word from Connecticut and Massachusetts of these birds appearing on inland lakes and reservoirs inspired searches throughout our area. An adult ARCTIC along with a COMMON TERN were found on Cross River Reservoir in Westchester, and as the afternoon wore on and word spread, birds were being seen moving mostly south along the Hudson River from Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester Counties, and 29 were counted off Riverside Park in Manhattan. Other late day ARCTICS were spotted in Little Neck Bay in western Long Island Sound and further east in the sound off Iron Pier in Northville. It will be interesting to see if coastal sites on Saturday produce more ARCTICS - it certainly will be worth checking. Hopefully a summary of this event will be forthcoming, but, despite this excitement, the weather has not been very good for local migration recently. A CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW was a nice find at Brooklyn Bridge Park last Wednesday, with an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL also found in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn Sunday. A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted at Cedar Beach Town Nature Preserve west of Miller Place on Tuesday, this site also producing three CASPIAN TERNS Thursday, with other CASPIANS including one at Prospect Park Lake Wednesday and two at Croton Point Park today. A CATTLE EGRET visited the Cemetery of the Resurrection on Staten Island Tuesday. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited Central Park’s north end Monday and Tuesday, and a PILEATED WOODPECKER has been a surprise late this week near the waterhole in Forest Park, Queens. Single OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS were at Sands Point Preserve Tuesday and at Sunken Meadow State Park today. A BICKNELL’S THRUSH, a regular migrant but difficult to identify, has nicely been singing for the last 3 days in Central Park's north end, where a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was also present Monday to at least Thursday. Three CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS featured a bird at Brooklyn's Owl's Head Park Tuesday, another out at Lloyd Harbor Wednesday, and one at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center today, while a VESPER SPARROW appeared in Flushing Meadows Corona Park Sunday. WARBLER highlights included a YELLOW-THROATED in Central Park last Sunday and one at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk Tuesday, a KENTUCKY in Central Park Sunday, and a GOLDEN-WINGED in Forest Park yesterday, while also notable were single CERULEANS in Riverside Park Monday and Central Park Thursday, MOURNING in Central Park Sunday and Monday, and the arrival of a few BAY-BREASTED. This week SUMMER TANAGERS were seen at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye Sunday and Monday, Alley Pond Park Monday and Tuesday, Hempstead Lake State Park Wednesday and Central Park Thursday. And BLUE GROSBEAKS have returned to the former Grumman complex in Calverton, a grassland certainly deserving of preservation - please do not disturb these and other sensitive nesting birds at this site To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1)
Re: [nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection
Thank you for bringing this up Gus and to Ronnie Almonte for his willingness to
help.
I had observed the Osprey nest building at Bush Terminal and tweeted similar
concerns about this on April 8th see here:
https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1512484694054834177?s=21=FWCGf2cw2Msy-AE0dy9hAA
Ronnie then was one of the Brooklyn birders who had responded with offers to
see what he could do.
However, it’s not just people accessing the berm to fish during low tide that
is an issue. It’s the off-leashed dogs that present a bigger problem because
the birds are easily spooked by their presence. And worse yet is when their
owners decide it would be nice to have the dogs access the berm right next to
the Osprey platform.
It is these reasons why Osprey attempts to nest there have failed over the
years. At times, Bush Terminal Park turns into one big dog run and NYC Parks
employees although present, turn a blind eye. Why do we even have park rules if
they are not going to be enforced? And please, spare me the, “it’s not their
job.”
I have called NYC Parks to complain and also to call them out publicly on
Twitter. The off-leashed dogs are also problematic elsewhere as others have
shared on Twitter similar cases in Prospect and Central Park.
I apologize for perhaps going on a bit too much outside the usual bird reports
here but we should protect those that we enjoy. Feel free to reach out offline
if you have sensible solutions.
Now back to your regular programming.
Cheers,
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our
mind.” ~ Bob Marley
“Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but
manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
> On May 13, 2022, at 9:30 PM, Ronnie Almonte wrote:
>
>
> Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council member
> Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife habitat in
> Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I can bring
> up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever else is
> interested.
>
>> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in
>> charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park.
>>
>> Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin of
>> this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and I
>> have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or
>> eight years ago.
>>
>> I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and
>> especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle
>> under the platform.
>>
>> But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle rocky
>> pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there taking
>> advantage of the absence of people.
>>
>> Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the hill,
>> more than 500 feet away.
>>
>> But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the
>> chicks fledge.
>>
>> I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier
>> closed until the end of the nesting season.
>>
>> This nest definitely needs protection.
>>
>> Can someone please help?
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
>> Here are my photos of the nest.
>>
>> https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> --
>
> --
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection
Thank you for bringing this up Gus and to Ronnie Almonte for his willingness to
help.
I had observed the Osprey nest building at Bush Terminal and tweeted similar
concerns about this on April 8th see here:
https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1512484694054834177?s=21=FWCGf2cw2Msy-AE0dy9hAA
Ronnie then was one of the Brooklyn birders who had responded with offers to
see what he could do.
However, it’s not just people accessing the berm to fish during low tide that
is an issue. It’s the off-leashed dogs that present a bigger problem because
the birds are easily spooked by their presence. And worse yet is when their
owners decide it would be nice to have the dogs access the berm right next to
the Osprey platform.
It is these reasons why Osprey attempts to nest there have failed over the
years. At times, Bush Terminal Park turns into one big dog run and NYC Parks
employees although present, turn a blind eye. Why do we even have park rules if
they are not going to be enforced? And please, spare me the, “it’s not their
job.”
I have called NYC Parks to complain and also to call them out publicly on
Twitter. The off-leashed dogs are also problematic elsewhere as others have
shared on Twitter similar cases in Prospect and Central Park.
I apologize for perhaps going on a bit too much outside the usual bird reports
here but we should protect those that we enjoy. Feel free to reach out offline
if you have sensible solutions.
Now back to your regular programming.
Cheers,
“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our
mind.” ~ Bob Marley
“Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but
manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran
"I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of
others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick
Douglass
風 Swift as the wind
林 Quiet as the forest
火 Conquer like the fire
山 Steady as the mountain
Sun Tzu The Art of War
> (\__/)
> (= '.'=)
> (") _ (")
> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device!
Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
> On May 13, 2022, at 9:30 PM, Ronnie Almonte wrote:
>
>
> Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council member
> Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife habitat in
> Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I can bring
> up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever else is
> interested.
>
>> On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in
>> charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park.
>>
>> Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin of
>> this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and I
>> have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or
>> eight years ago.
>>
>> I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and
>> especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle
>> under the platform.
>>
>> But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle rocky
>> pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there taking
>> advantage of the absence of people.
>>
>> Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the hill,
>> more than 500 feet away.
>>
>> But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the
>> chicks fledge.
>>
>> I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier
>> closed until the end of the nesting season.
>>
>> This nest definitely needs protection.
>>
>> Can someone please help?
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
>> Here are my photos of the nest.
>>
>> https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> 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/
>>
>> --
>
> --
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> Rules and Information
> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave
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> Surfbirds
> ABA
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection
Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council member Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife habitat in Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I can bring up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever else is interested. On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in > charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park. > > Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin > of this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and > I have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or > eight years ago. > > I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and > especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle > under the platform. > > But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle > rocky pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there > taking advantage of the absence of people. > > Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the > hill, more than 500 feet away. > > But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the > chicks fledge. > > I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier > closed until the end of the nesting season. > > This nest definitely needs protection. > > Can someone please help? > > Thank you in advance > > Here are my photos of the nest. > > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285 > > > -- > > 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 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Osprey Nest needs protection
Hi Gus and everyone, I have a meeting with the office of City Council member Alexa Aviles next week to discuss ways to better protect wildlife habitat in Sunset Park, and her district includes Bush Terminal I believe. I can bring up the Osprey and use your photos, and keep you posted and whoever else is interested. On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 3:34 PM Gus Keri wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am writing this email hoping that someone reading it knows someone in > charge in Bush Terminal Pier Park. > > Today, I saw an Osprey nesting on the Osprey platform at the middle basin > of this park. I believe this is the first ever attempt at nesting here and > I have been visiting this park very frequently since its opening seven or > eight years ago. > > I always thought that Osprey will never nest here because people, and > especially fishermen, keep walking over the rocks at low tides and settle > under the platform. > > But this year, there is some construction taking place and the middle > rocky pier was closed for people and that allowed Osprey to nest there > taking advantage of the absence of people. > > Currently, the closest people can get to the nest is on the top of the > hill, more than 500 feet away. > > But this situation might not last if the construction finishes before the > chicks fledge. > > I think the people in charge of the park should keep the middle rocky pier > closed until the end of the nesting season. > > This nest definitely needs protection. > > Can someone please help? > > Thank you in advance > > Here are my photos of the nest. > > https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S109792285 > > > -- > > 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 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper Yes 5PM
Still present at 748pm from viewing deck. Moving around with the Dunlin. Duane On Fri, May 13, 2022, 5:12 PM Richard Guthrie wrote: > Montezuma Visitor Center ( closer to the first pull out near the Rt 20 > entrance ) > > Wilson’s Phalarope also present > > And many other shorebirds. > > Rich Guthrie > -- > > 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 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Curlew Sandpiper Yes 5PM
Still present at 748pm from viewing deck. Moving around with the Dunlin. Duane On Fri, May 13, 2022, 5:12 PM Richard Guthrie wrote: > Montezuma Visitor Center ( closer to the first pull out near the Rt 20 > entrance ) > > Wilson’s Phalarope also present > > And many other shorebirds. > > Rich Guthrie > -- > > 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 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, Thu. & Fri. May 12-13, 2022: 18 Species of Wood Warblers, Bicknell's Thrush
Central Park NYC Thursday & Friday May 12-13, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: 18 Species of Wood Warblers including a Cerulean Warbler at Summit Rock on Thursday. Otherwise migration has been a bit slow with noticeably fewer Yellow Warblers and American Redstarts than what would be expected for this time in May. A very cooperative Bicknell's Thrush continued at the north end today and was still singing next to the West Drive this morning, a lifer for many Central Park birders. Here's a video from Edmund Berry on twitter: https://twitter.com/EspressoBird/status/1525171236074143751 Canada Goose - 11 Thursday - some active nests around and goslings at the Harlem Meer Wood Duck - male with female Mallard continues at the Reservoir Gadwall - 4 (3 males, 1 female) at the Reservoir Thursday, 2 Friday Mallard - 10 Mourning Dove - 15-20 Ring-billed Gull - 3 at the Meer Friday, 15-20 at the Reservoir Herring Gull - 20 flyovers Thursday, 50+ at the Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - small numbers (5 Thursday, 4 Friday) Double-crested Cormorant - a dozen Great Egret - 2 on both days Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 Balcony Bridge Thursday, 4 Harlem Meer Friday Osprey - flyover Thursday Red-tailed Hawk - 2 nests with young (Pinetum & Cardinal Cooke (5th & 104th)) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 top of the Point Thursday Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 1 Warbler Rock Thursday Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Humming Tombstone Thursday Eastern Kingbird - 1 north end of Maintenance Field Thursday Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Thursday, 1 Friday Warbling Vireo - 2-4 Thursday, 1 Friday Red-eyed Vireo - 5-10 Thursday Blue Jay - 4-6 Thursday American Crow - 3-5 Thursday Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2-4 Friday Harlem Meer Barn Swallow - at least 6 Friday with a nest under construction at the Reservoir Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5-10 Thursday Cedar Waxwing - flock of 7-10 Summit Rock/Tanner's Spring Thursday Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3-4 Thursday House Wren - 5-8 Thu., 4-6 Fri. pair at possible nest at Wildflower Meadow Gray Catbird - 15-20 Thursday-Friday Veery - 2 Thursday (1 Ramble, 1 North Woods) Bicknell's Thrush - 1 continuing since May11th West Drive between 107th & 108th Thu.-Fri. (see Tim Healy's post on the NYSBIRDS-L May 12th) Swainson's Thrush - 3-4 Thursday Hermit Thrush - 5-10 Thursday Wood Thrush - 1 Ramble Thursday House Finch - 3 at the feeders Thursday White-throated Sparrow - 10-20 Song Sparrow - 2 Friday (North end & Reservoir) Swamp Sparrow - 1 Thursday Upper Lobe Eastern Towhee - female in Ramble Thursday Baltimore Oriole - 3-5 Thursday, 3 Friday Red-winged Blackbird - 7-12 Thursday, 9-10 Friday Common Grackle - 5-10 Thursday, 6 Friday Ovenbird - 3-5 Thursday Northern Waterthrush - 2-3 Thursday, 2 Friday Common Yellowthroat - 2-3 Thursday, 3 Friday American Redstart - 1 Summit Rock Thursday Cape May Warbler - 1 Seneca Village Thursday Cerulean Warbler - 1 male Summit Rock Thursday Northern Parula - 10-15 Thursday Magnolia Warbler - 5-8 Thursday Yellow Warbler - 3 Thursday Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3-4 Thursday Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 Summit Rock Thursday, 1 Loch Friday Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3 Thursday Prairie Warbler - 1 male Oven/Willow Rock Thursday Black-throated Green Warbler - 3-4 Thursday Canada Warbler - 1 male on the Point Thursday Northern Cardinal - 4-5 Thursday, several on Friday -- Deb Allen -- 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, Thu. & Fri. May 12-13, 2022: 18 Species of Wood Warblers, Bicknell's Thrush
Central Park NYC Thursday & Friday May 12-13, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: 18 Species of Wood Warblers including a Cerulean Warbler at Summit Rock on Thursday. Otherwise migration has been a bit slow with noticeably fewer Yellow Warblers and American Redstarts than what would be expected for this time in May. A very cooperative Bicknell's Thrush continued at the north end today and was still singing next to the West Drive this morning, a lifer for many Central Park birders. Here's a video from Edmund Berry on twitter: https://twitter.com/EspressoBird/status/1525171236074143751 Canada Goose - 11 Thursday - some active nests around and goslings at the Harlem Meer Wood Duck - male with female Mallard continues at the Reservoir Gadwall - 4 (3 males, 1 female) at the Reservoir Thursday, 2 Friday Mallard - 10 Mourning Dove - 15-20 Ring-billed Gull - 3 at the Meer Friday, 15-20 at the Reservoir Herring Gull - 20 flyovers Thursday, 50+ at the Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - small numbers (5 Thursday, 4 Friday) Double-crested Cormorant - a dozen Great Egret - 2 on both days Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 Balcony Bridge Thursday, 4 Harlem Meer Friday Osprey - flyover Thursday Red-tailed Hawk - 2 nests with young (Pinetum & Cardinal Cooke (5th & 104th)) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 top of the Point Thursday Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 1 Warbler Rock Thursday Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Humming Tombstone Thursday Eastern Kingbird - 1 north end of Maintenance Field Thursday Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Thursday, 1 Friday Warbling Vireo - 2-4 Thursday, 1 Friday Red-eyed Vireo - 5-10 Thursday Blue Jay - 4-6 Thursday American Crow - 3-5 Thursday Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2-4 Friday Harlem Meer Barn Swallow - at least 6 Friday with a nest under construction at the Reservoir Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5-10 Thursday Cedar Waxwing - flock of 7-10 Summit Rock/Tanner's Spring Thursday Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3-4 Thursday House Wren - 5-8 Thu., 4-6 Fri. pair at possible nest at Wildflower Meadow Gray Catbird - 15-20 Thursday-Friday Veery - 2 Thursday (1 Ramble, 1 North Woods) Bicknell's Thrush - 1 continuing since May11th West Drive between 107th & 108th Thu.-Fri. (see Tim Healy's post on the NYSBIRDS-L May 12th) Swainson's Thrush - 3-4 Thursday Hermit Thrush - 5-10 Thursday Wood Thrush - 1 Ramble Thursday House Finch - 3 at the feeders Thursday White-throated Sparrow - 10-20 Song Sparrow - 2 Friday (North end & Reservoir) Swamp Sparrow - 1 Thursday Upper Lobe Eastern Towhee - female in Ramble Thursday Baltimore Oriole - 3-5 Thursday, 3 Friday Red-winged Blackbird - 7-12 Thursday, 9-10 Friday Common Grackle - 5-10 Thursday, 6 Friday Ovenbird - 3-5 Thursday Northern Waterthrush - 2-3 Thursday, 2 Friday Common Yellowthroat - 2-3 Thursday, 3 Friday American Redstart - 1 Summit Rock Thursday Cape May Warbler - 1 Seneca Village Thursday Cerulean Warbler - 1 male Summit Rock Thursday Northern Parula - 10-15 Thursday Magnolia Warbler - 5-8 Thursday Yellow Warbler - 3 Thursday Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3-4 Thursday Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 Summit Rock Thursday, 1 Loch Friday Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3 Thursday Prairie Warbler - 1 male Oven/Willow Rock Thursday Black-throated Green Warbler - 3-4 Thursday Canada Warbler - 1 male on the Point Thursday Northern Cardinal - 4-5 Thursday, several on Friday -- Deb Allen -- 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] Curlew Sandpiper Yes 5PM
Montezuma Visitor Center ( closer to the first pull out near the Rt 20 entrance ) Wilson’s Phalarope also present And many other shorebirds. Rich Guthrie -- 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] Curlew Sandpiper Yes 5PM
Montezuma Visitor Center ( closer to the first pull out near the Rt 20 entrance ) Wilson’s Phalarope also present And many other shorebirds. Rich Guthrie -- 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] Arctic Terns! at Cross River Reservoir, Westchester Co.
Sean Camillieri reports two Arctic Terns at Cross River Reservoir in Katonah, Westchester County, at 2:45pm. Arctic Terns have been making an epic push through New England this morning with reports of as many as 26 birds coming from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Anyone in the Hudson Valley should have their eyes peeled on large bodies of water for more. I spent about an hour on the Hudson River at Hyde Park (Dutchess Co.) around noon but came up dry. Good birding! David Chernack -- 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] Arctic Terns! at Cross River Reservoir, Westchester Co.
Sean Camillieri reports two Arctic Terns at Cross River Reservoir in Katonah, Westchester County, at 2:45pm. Arctic Terns have been making an epic push through New England this morning with reports of as many as 26 birds coming from Connecticut and Massachusetts. Anyone in the Hudson Valley should have their eyes peeled on large bodies of water for more. I spent about an hour on the Hudson River at Hyde Park (Dutchess Co.) around noon but came up dry. Good birding! David Chernack -- 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, NYC - May 11-12 - Bicknell's Thrush to May 13th; Summer Tanager V. Rail, many warblers - and various many other highlights
With a focus on Manhattan & in particular, the many observations in Central Park (in N.Y. City) as well as other sectors of the county: N.Y. County. Wed.-Thursday May 11th & 12th - and a few updates to May 13th, as well as notes on all of this week. A likely-female (or younger male in similar plumage) SUMMER Tanager was found in Central Park on Thurs., May 12th (E. Leonardi, poss. others as well), also confirmed in eBird (where the sighting was listed under the heading - “Central Park, The Ramble”). A sometimes singing or calling BICKNELL’S THRUSH was ongoing to Friday, May 13th, as seen & audio / video recorded by any number of quiet observers for the same location / area in the northwestern ‘corner’ of Central Park. (This an uncommonly lengthy stay of that species in one location on a 'stop-over’.) We are all thankful to Christian Cooper for the initial reporting and all the follow-up by other dedicated listeners & lovers of birdsong for the multiple efforts on documenting this, and to the bird itself which has been ongoing for at least 4 days in a row now. The ongoing Yellow-breasted CHAT was seen to at least Thursday, May 12th in the north end of Central Park on the SW-sector of the Great Hill (as in prior days) with multi.-observers. A rather rarely-recorded sighting for N.Y. County, even if a likely annual passage migrant (and probably not at all rare as such there), a Virginia RAIL was observed in the late-day hours of May 11th at Central Park by a team of highly-experienced observers. One (of same group) had reported 2 (fem./male) very-late (for the county) and very uncommon-there Long-tailed Ducks on the Hudson river off Manhattan’s lower Riverside Park on the same afternoon (as fly-bys headed south). A Marsh Wren was again present in Central Park’s north end on May 11th, seen singing by multiple observers that day (T. Winston, m.obs.) A Greater Yellowlegs was photographed, and 2 Least Sandpipers also seen at Inwood Hill Park in n. Manhattan, on same date (by D. Schenker). Greater Yellowlegs also had been seen with multiple obs. at Sherman Creek (part of the Swindler Cove Park protected area on the Harlem river near and n. of the eastern end of Dyckman St., northern Manhattan) on the same date. A Bank Swallow was among the far-more-regular swallow species noted from Randall’s Island on May 11th (A. Farnsworth, C. Wood); this latter species is likely a bit underdetected in N.Y. County and has in recent decades occasionally been found to be “not rare” in spring passage, but often requires scrutiny of lots of swallows on the move, or when seen in feeding groups, which can sometimes be rather temporary in any given location in the county. (much the same comment might apply also to Cliff Swallow in the county as well) Some excellent counts of Chimney Swifts have been made for the county in the past few days, some of many-hundreds swarming ahead of entering roost-sites. Yellow-billed Cuckoo has been seen with some reports suggesting increases by the middle of this week, and sightings are coming from multiple sites in the county. Some individual observers or groups of observers were finding as many as 20+ spp. of American Warblers in the county, per walk or outing, somtimes with a strong effort and much meandering in any given location[s], to Thursday & Friday, May 12 & 13. Such now-late (here) migrant warblers as Louisiana Waterthrush and Palm Warbler were still being reported to at least May 12th, by multiple observers. 18-20+ Warbler spp. were found at Inwood Hill and Ft. Tryon Park (combined) in recent days, a nice indication of the diversity in Parulidae moving through, not just being found in ultra-densely-birded Central Park. Rather similar results have been achieved at Riverside Park, and have been at least possible in a few other single-park localities of the county, and this number was again achieved or exceeded on May 13th. A fair number of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers were lingering on to this week, in N.Y. County. Also lingering were a very few Winter Wrens, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Brown Creeper, as well as some sightings of Red-throated Loons, in several locations to May 12th & some (or even all) into May 13th. At least a few Purple Finch have been seen thru this week in a number of locations, including in Central Park - knowing the songs and calls is useful as for some many species. At least 2 Wood Ducks were continuing on at Central Park thru Friday, May 13th. - - Not too-much noted here (in N.Y. County) so far, Common Nighthawks completed the trio of caprimulgids which have passed thru by now, and some of the latter having made it to 100+++ miles beyond N.Y. City in their migrations-north, this past week. More of the latter species should be on the way. It appears that there are no reports *after* May 11th for an adult-plumaged (gender not determined) Red-headed Woodpecker which many hundreds of observers
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - May 11-12 - Bicknell's Thrush to May 13th; Summer Tanager V. Rail, many warblers - and various many other highlights
With a focus on Manhattan & in particular, the many observations in Central Park (in N.Y. City) as well as other sectors of the county: N.Y. County. Wed.-Thursday May 11th & 12th - and a few updates to May 13th, as well as notes on all of this week. A likely-female (or younger male in similar plumage) SUMMER Tanager was found in Central Park on Thurs., May 12th (E. Leonardi, poss. others as well), also confirmed in eBird (where the sighting was listed under the heading - “Central Park, The Ramble”). A sometimes singing or calling BICKNELL’S THRUSH was ongoing to Friday, May 13th, as seen & audio / video recorded by any number of quiet observers for the same location / area in the northwestern ‘corner’ of Central Park. (This an uncommonly lengthy stay of that species in one location on a 'stop-over’.) We are all thankful to Christian Cooper for the initial reporting and all the follow-up by other dedicated listeners & lovers of birdsong for the multiple efforts on documenting this, and to the bird itself which has been ongoing for at least 4 days in a row now. The ongoing Yellow-breasted CHAT was seen to at least Thursday, May 12th in the north end of Central Park on the SW-sector of the Great Hill (as in prior days) with multi.-observers. A rather rarely-recorded sighting for N.Y. County, even if a likely annual passage migrant (and probably not at all rare as such there), a Virginia RAIL was observed in the late-day hours of May 11th at Central Park by a team of highly-experienced observers. One (of same group) had reported 2 (fem./male) very-late (for the county) and very uncommon-there Long-tailed Ducks on the Hudson river off Manhattan’s lower Riverside Park on the same afternoon (as fly-bys headed south). A Marsh Wren was again present in Central Park’s north end on May 11th, seen singing by multiple observers that day (T. Winston, m.obs.) A Greater Yellowlegs was photographed, and 2 Least Sandpipers also seen at Inwood Hill Park in n. Manhattan, on same date (by D. Schenker). Greater Yellowlegs also had been seen with multiple obs. at Sherman Creek (part of the Swindler Cove Park protected area on the Harlem river near and n. of the eastern end of Dyckman St., northern Manhattan) on the same date. A Bank Swallow was among the far-more-regular swallow species noted from Randall’s Island on May 11th (A. Farnsworth, C. Wood); this latter species is likely a bit underdetected in N.Y. County and has in recent decades occasionally been found to be “not rare” in spring passage, but often requires scrutiny of lots of swallows on the move, or when seen in feeding groups, which can sometimes be rather temporary in any given location in the county. (much the same comment might apply also to Cliff Swallow in the county as well) Some excellent counts of Chimney Swifts have been made for the county in the past few days, some of many-hundreds swarming ahead of entering roost-sites. Yellow-billed Cuckoo has been seen with some reports suggesting increases by the middle of this week, and sightings are coming from multiple sites in the county. Some individual observers or groups of observers were finding as many as 20+ spp. of American Warblers in the county, per walk or outing, somtimes with a strong effort and much meandering in any given location[s], to Thursday & Friday, May 12 & 13. Such now-late (here) migrant warblers as Louisiana Waterthrush and Palm Warbler were still being reported to at least May 12th, by multiple observers. 18-20+ Warbler spp. were found at Inwood Hill and Ft. Tryon Park (combined) in recent days, a nice indication of the diversity in Parulidae moving through, not just being found in ultra-densely-birded Central Park. Rather similar results have been achieved at Riverside Park, and have been at least possible in a few other single-park localities of the county, and this number was again achieved or exceeded on May 13th. A fair number of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers were lingering on to this week, in N.Y. County. Also lingering were a very few Winter Wrens, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Brown Creeper, as well as some sightings of Red-throated Loons, in several locations to May 12th & some (or even all) into May 13th. At least a few Purple Finch have been seen thru this week in a number of locations, including in Central Park - knowing the songs and calls is useful as for some many species. At least 2 Wood Ducks were continuing on at Central Park thru Friday, May 13th. - - Not too-much noted here (in N.Y. County) so far, Common Nighthawks completed the trio of caprimulgids which have passed thru by now, and some of the latter having made it to 100+++ miles beyond N.Y. City in their migrations-north, this past week. More of the latter species should be on the way. It appears that there are no reports *after* May 11th for an adult-plumaged (gender not determined) Red-headed Woodpecker which many hundreds of observers
