As more reports filter into eBird, there of course may be some additions to birds seen in N.Y. County, and, in this instance for the CBC conducted there and in an adjacent sector of northern New Jersey, comprising in full the Lower Hudson CBC.
Yellow Warbler has been found on other bird counts in December in the area over recent decades and more have been detected much later than typically expected in the wider region in recent times, so the individual at the far-north end of Central Park, while quite unusual, is not a -shocker- for the city or the region. This of course adds yet another of the Parulidae to the list of species seen on Sunday, 12/17. Additionally, it seems that at least one Prairie Warbler was found in New Jersey on Sunday for the Lower Hudson count circle, that then making moot for the CBC itself that none of the latter species were noted for N.Y. County on the day; however, its very possible that the species might be lingering still at Governors Island, which is within N.Y. County. A rainy look for a Western Tanager was **so far, not** fruitful in the less-than-ideal conditions of Monday, 12/18 morning hours; there is plenty of habitat in that linear park - Morningside Park in Manhattan, and many of the other recent lingerers remain in place there, including at least 2 of the warbler species as well as R.-c. Kinglet and Y.-b. Sapsucker, and watchful American Robins, but also Hermit Thrush in the well-watched crabapple tree near West 113th-114th Streets in the upper area of the park, nearer to Morningside Drive. thanks again to those who were out Sunday volunteering with the CBC effort and reporting some of the interesting finds for that. 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/ --
