For Manhattan Island in N.Y. City, a VEERY photographed on Tues., Dec. 12 at Corlears Hook Park by the East River - M. Durand - is a very unusual late date, despite the occurrences of this species in exceedingly low single numbers in the U.S. into this month, in recent years. At least one Purple Sandpiper, also photographed again - A. Evans - lingering on Pier 26 rocks into Wed., Dec. 13th along the fully-tidal Hudson River is an unusual ongoing sight on the island of Manhattan in NYC, despite that the latter species is fully regular in low to modest numbers in proper habitat elsewhere around the citys saltwater edges.
Elsewhere in Manhattan, a Western Tanager continues to 12/13 at Morningside Park up nearer to Morningside Drive, and the very long-staying record BLACK-CHINNED Hummingbird continues at its feeder by the Urban Farm area on Randalls Island in N.Y. County, just east of Manhattan. An Ash-throated Flycatcher might well be lingering in the west village areas of Manhattan where it had been for many many days, and ought to be widely reported if seen again. Good birding to all, thanks to all for sightings and ongoing reports. 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/ --
