New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls Island and
Governors Island
thru Friday, March 22nd -
Idiosyncratic notes here, on 2 lately-arriving migrant species.
Laughing Gull by March 17, and at Central Park by March 19. Chipping Sparrows
were in the modest-multiple, Central Park all this past week.
Some, probably not all, of the species seen within the past 1 week in the
county are listed below.
[Atlantic] Brant
Cackling Goose - fly-over only, headed north and photo'd in-flight by just one
keen observer.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck - multiples as flybys and flyovers, several or more lingering a bit,
including several in Central Park at times; one of those very long-lingering.
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon - a single seen at scope-distance off Governors Island;
uncommon to near-rare in many seasons in this county.
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck -hybrids- rather regular in the county, not
always noticed as-such.
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal - multiple, esp. the long-lingerers at Central Park.
Ring-necked Duck - seen but by fewer than had been assumed.
Greater Scaup - mainly in New York harbor area.
Lesser Scaup - hen type in Central Park was present for some days, at reservoir.
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser - ongoing esp. in Central Park, where annual and
long-lingering.
Common Merganser - some flybys, and etc.
Red-breasted Merganser - diminished in overall numbers.
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe - several, the most-watched at Central Park, where wintering
and expected.
Horned Grebe - off Governors Island / New York harbor, photo'd on some days.
Rock Pigeon - the usual feral multitudes all around the county.
Mourning Dove - in good numbers this past week.
Virginia Rail - night passage migrators, uncommon but annual as-such.
American Coot - small numbers, including a few not-found in Central Park, where
very regular.
Killdeer - varying modest numbers, most from just a few of the sites the
species is regular in.
Purple Sandpiper - few were still at Pier 26 thru the past week, Hudson river
off lower Manhattan.
American Woodcock - some lingering, and some not - including in multiple parks
as well as parts of Manhattan where they fare less-well - several or more in
Central Park again in past week.
Wilson's Snipe - scant reports, not a rare passage migrant.
Laughing Gull - at least a few thus far, including landed in Central Park, if
just briefly. And in other locations, as with the general first-arrivals to the
wider region.
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Iceland Gull - several sightings in past week, esp. from the East River.
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon - at multiple locations including the lingerer at Central
Park.
Common Loon - multiples, including more than one at Central Park over the past
week.\
Great Cormorant - some still around, as expected in off-Manhattan sites.
Double-crested Cormorant - multiples, some light movements this week.
Great Blue Heron - modest multiples, some light movements this week
Great Egret - few that were lingering much yet, one or two for northern
Manhattan did so.
Black-crowned Night-Heron - regulars, but still quite scant.
Black Vulture - usual areas to see in northern Manhattan, and some seen
elsewhere.
Osprey - seen on passage and locally by now, including multiple sightings for
Central Park and many other locations also.
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp. - that is, those sightings pertaining to one or other of the 2
precediung accipiter species, when a specific ID was not established.
Bald Eagle - plenty of sightings from all around the county.
Red-shouldered Hawk - ongoing as migrators, this past week.
Red-tailed Hawk
Owls - multiple in some known and mostly undisclosed areas.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker - nice arrivals in the past week, still not-that-common
yet.
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Monk Parakeet - nests and ongoing in at least a few select areas.
Eastern Phoebe - increased over the past week as more passed thru.
Northern Raven - nest making and attending nests, also multiples in any number
of locations.
American Crow
Fish Crow - modest numbers, some just arriving.
American or Fish Crow - some not well described could be either, American is
far more common.
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow - regular by now at Governors Island, few passing thru elsewhere
in the county.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet - great influx and passage in the past week.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper - increased a bit in past week.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - likely the first-of-season and rather early, at the
Central Park Ramble by March 21st.
Winter Wren - multiples with some passage being seen here.
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern
