[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret, Central Park (many migrants), NYC 4/29 (Saturday)
Saturday, 29 April, 2017 - A Western Cattle Egret remains at the small greenspace along the north side of West 28th Street, between Eighth & Ninth Avenues, in Manhattan, N.Y. City as of about 8:15 a.m. today. — — — Central Park (in Manhattan) is again enjoying many expected migrants; there are a minimum of 3 singing male Hooded Warblers in the park, one at the far south end (Hallett Sanctuary area), with another in the far north end (woods) as privately & publicly reported elsewhere, and the one already noted within the Strawberry Fields section, by West 72 St. in Central. There may well be a 4th male Hooded, as there are sightings in the east-Ramble, somewhat far from Strawberry Fields, but it is also typical for many Hooded Warblers first arriving in Central to wander a bit, & sometimes quite a bit, as they seek a ‘patch' they may (or may not) settle into for a longer visit. A singing Yellow-throated Warbler is among many migrants near Summit Rock, a rise (& in fact the highest natural point of land within the park) near West 83-84 Streets, just inside the park’s western edge; thanks to Brenda Inskeep for updates on that; many other migrant species are being found at this moment throughout all of the park; as usual the highest observer effort is in the Ramble & vicinity as well as the northern end of the park. A long-lingering, now-brightly-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker remains in the area of the park just west of East 68th Street, a short while ago it was ranging a bit more, from nearer both E. 69 St. & to nearer E. 67 St. - patience, & observing high branches from a good vantage point, may help in spotting this bird. It is not that vocal, in recent months. There are certain to be many more species of some interest to report later on. good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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] Cattle Egret, Central Park (many migrants), NYC 4/29 (Saturday)
Saturday, 29 April, 2017 - A Western Cattle Egret remains at the small greenspace along the north side of West 28th Street, between Eighth & Ninth Avenues, in Manhattan, N.Y. City as of about 8:15 a.m. today. — — — Central Park (in Manhattan) is again enjoying many expected migrants; there are a minimum of 3 singing male Hooded Warblers in the park, one at the far south end (Hallett Sanctuary area), with another in the far north end (woods) as privately & publicly reported elsewhere, and the one already noted within the Strawberry Fields section, by West 72 St. in Central. There may well be a 4th male Hooded, as there are sightings in the east-Ramble, somewhat far from Strawberry Fields, but it is also typical for many Hooded Warblers first arriving in Central to wander a bit, & sometimes quite a bit, as they seek a ‘patch' they may (or may not) settle into for a longer visit. A singing Yellow-throated Warbler is among many migrants near Summit Rock, a rise (& in fact the highest natural point of land within the park) near West 83-84 Streets, just inside the park’s western edge; thanks to Brenda Inskeep for updates on that; many other migrant species are being found at this moment throughout all of the park; as usual the highest observer effort is in the Ramble & vicinity as well as the northern end of the park. A long-lingering, now-brightly-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker remains in the area of the park just west of East 68th Street, a short while ago it was ranging a bit more, from nearer both E. 69 St. & to nearer E. 67 St. - patience, & observing high branches from a good vantage point, may help in spotting this bird. It is not that vocal, in recent months. There are certain to be many more species of some interest to report later on. good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- 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/ --
