Manhattan, N.Y. City - The Ash-throated Flycatcher noted by A. Drogin in the west village area, specifically near the Westbeth building, on Saturday, Dec. 2nd was also seen by at least several others after the alerts were put out, thanks also to R. Zucker. The flycatcher was also seen near West 12th and Greenwich St. and could potentially still be in the general area, an interesting coincidence since this was a section of that neighborhood with a bit of history for rare vagrant flycatcher sightings of the past. The 12/2 bird is a presumed Ash-throated with any other Myiarchus possibilities in this month in this region being much less likely if not wholly unlikely.
Any further such rare flycatcher sightings ought to be posted to this list, along with the local alerts and of course in eBird. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
