Re: [nysbirds-l] Guilderland STFL update for Wednesday - YES

[Brendan Fogarty]

New report says that it continues today, Wednesday.

Best,
Brendan

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM zach schwartz-weinstein 
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> I spent the hour between sunrise and 8 AM at the spot Inn krumkill road.
> There’s heavy fog, and i didn’t see the bird, but there is a good chance it
> is still present.
>
> Zach S-W
> Albany
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[nysbirds-l] Guilderland STFL update for Wednesday - not yet

[zach schwartz-weinstein]

I spent the hour between sunrise and 8 AM at the spot Inn krumkill road.
There’s heavy fog, and i didn’t see the bird, but there is a good chance it
is still present.

Zach S-W
Albany
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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 10/6-7-8-9 incl. V. Rails, Dickcissel, CT Warbler, & more

[Thomas Fiore]

The coming week might be interesting in terms of an approach by the tropical 
cyclone pushing into the Gulf coast named “Michael”, some part or remnant of 
which may come into waters off Long Island (NY) around the end of the week, 
although a cold front passing through the northeast may limit effects on us, 
and on birds locally.  If nothing else, the cold front expected for the start 
of the coming weekend may bring a push of later-moving neotropical-wintering 
species as most clear out of the north country and also a possible arrival of 
some expected later-season migrants &/or winterering species.

In the flow of reports from Albany Co., NY of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 
found by L. Alden, some other vagrants that’ve shown up in the northeast are 
also worth noting.  From just off the coast of Maine on the island of Monhegan, 
on Oct. 4 comes the report of a GRAY Flycatcher (a western species of 
Empidonax, extremely rare in the east), found by Luke Seitz & seen by 2 
additional observers and a fourth later; a 1st state record for Maine, if 
accepted.  2 checklists, from a total of 4 observers, are here:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48966317 

https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S49039697 


Slightly closer to NY, but also extra-limital, a Bell’s Vireo, with excellent 
photos & notes, was found Oct. 8 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, by Tim Spahr; 
checklist is here:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49040077   Bell’s can be a tricky vireo to 
get a definitive ID on; it is a species that is a posssibly-regular, if rare 
vagrant to the northeast.

And on Oct. 8th, a N. Shrike was found in Onondaga Co. NY (at the Dewitt marsh 
& landfill); reported in eBird.

-   -   -   -   -
Manhattan, N.Y. City - 21 species of warblers were well-reported, including one 
Connecticut in Central Park 10/8, and, at Randall’s Island in NY County, a 
photographed Orange-crowned on 10/8; as well as a few somewhat late-running 
species; other highlights included both Cuckoo species, a lingering Dickcissel, 
& other birds. Of warblers, seemed to be a spate of Black-and-white 
Warblers in various parks on Tues., 10/9; although not extremely late, it 
struck me to see this number distributed in as many different small parks 
amidst the city-center, on one Oct. day: in 9 different sites, one of them 
being Central, and all the other much smaller parks or green-spaces.

Sat., Oct. 6   -   At Central Park, the vast majority of birds (species) were 
the same as found on the big arrival of Thursday night / Friday Oct. 5th. A 
Dickcissel, the one documented rarity, was again in virtually the same location 
as found on Fri. - and the same could be said of other uncommon species seen 
Sat.  The dispersal of migrants also was a factor, so that many patches in all 
of the park had some migrants, in for example the Hallett Sanctuary at the 
extreme SE corner, & also at the NW corner of the park at the Great Hill, and 
in-between areas that are very under-birded, even at peak migration times, such 
as that area north of the reservoir, & from there to  the North Meadow. These 
areas all had migrants, in some numbers, on Sat., the most obvious being 
White-throated Sparrow, & also to lesser extent, Palm Warbler, esp. in the more 
northerly sites.  An ongoing big flight of Purple Finch, esp. noted on the 
north side of Long Island Sound’s (shoreline) recently, has not surprisingly 
brought some more of this “irruptive” into N.Y. City including Manhattan. At 
The Pond in Central Park, 4 drake Wood Ducks were found.

Of the at least 18 warbler species on the day (just in Central) seen on 
Saturday, a Northern Waterthrush is one of the slightly-late ones (yet this 
species has been seen even to Dec. in NYC, & is not that unusual yet, in 
October) - today’s seen by multiple observers; the same of Yellow Warbler, 
although this species is typically quite uncommon in Manhattan by this month; 
Saturday’s also seen by (at least) several observers. (N.B., it is not 
surprising to have slightly more in warbler diversity found a day after a big 
arrival of migrants, as the 1st day is often filled with a wave of some of the 
most-common species for the time of year when seen, and some of the few 
less-common, or stragglers (for fall) still about, are noted in the day or so 
after such a wave passes thru. On Friday, those had been Yellow-rumped & Palm 
Warblers, as is expected. These did stay, but for numbers, a great reduction of 
Yellow-rumped in particular by Sat., one day later - which is very typical of 
such periods of that species’ movements thru Central, & is seen in many other 
locations also. 

At Washington Square Park: ongoing Worm-eating Warbler still present, seen at 
n. side next to “NW” playground at 8:30 a.m.; other warblers also in W.S. Park 
included Black-throated Green, Black-and-white, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Common 
Yellowthroat (6 species 

RE: [nysbirds-l] They're back !

[JOHN TURNER]

Bob:  Not many birders are willing to explore the "vulture circuit"; 
you're a brave man!

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:58 PM, robert adamo wrote:

I happened to look skyward as I was leaving the Riverhead Library at ~ 
1600 and saw 2 Turkey Vultures circling above. My eyes automatically 
moved to the nearby Roanoke Ave Elementary School, where a another bird 
was resting on the chimney. Driving closer toward the school, I noticed 
7 more TV's on the antennae of the Riverhead Fire Dept building, located 
just across the street from the school. By the time I finished driving 
the entire vulture circuit (and not finding any more) I returned to the 
F.D. (at ~ 1630) all the vultures had moved on !

Cheers,
Bob




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Re:[nysbirds-l] [hmbirds] Guilderland STFL update for Wednesday - not yet

[zach schwartz-weinstein]

Update: still there.  Reported by Kathryn Schneider 20 minutes ago

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM zach schwartz-weinstein 
wrote:

> I spent the hour between sunrise and 8 AM at the spot Inn krumkill road.
> There’s heavy fog, and i didn’t see the bird, but there is a good chance it
> is still present.
>
> Zach S-W
> Albany
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[nysbirds-l] Guilderland STFL update for Wednesday - not yet

[zach schwartz-weinstein]

I spent the hour between sunrise and 8 AM at the spot Inn krumkill road.
There’s heavy fog, and i didn’t see the bird, but there is a good chance it
is still present.

Zach S-W
Albany
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Re:[nysbirds-l] [hmbirds] Guilderland STFL update for Wednesday - not yet

[zach schwartz-weinstein]

Update: still there.  Reported by Kathryn Schneider 20 minutes ago

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM zach schwartz-weinstein 
wrote:

> I spent the hour between sunrise and 8 AM at the spot Inn krumkill road.
> There’s heavy fog, and i didn’t see the bird, but there is a good chance it
> is still present.
>
> Zach S-W
> Albany
> --
> Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
> 203 500 7774
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Guilderland STFL update for Wednesday - YES

[Brendan Fogarty]

New report says that it continues today, Wednesday.

Best,
Brendan

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 8:05 AM zach schwartz-weinstein 
wrote:

> I spent the hour between sunrise and 8 AM at the spot Inn krumkill road.
> There’s heavy fog, and i didn’t see the bird, but there is a good chance it
> is still present.
>
> Zach S-W
> Albany
> --
> Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
> 203 500 7774
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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC 10/6-7-8-9 incl. V. Rails, Dickcissel, CT Warbler, & more

[Thomas Fiore]

The coming week might be interesting in terms of an approach by the tropical 
cyclone pushing into the Gulf coast named “Michael”, some part or remnant of 
which may come into waters off Long Island (NY) around the end of the week, 
although a cold front passing through the northeast may limit effects on us, 
and on birds locally.  If nothing else, the cold front expected for the start 
of the coming weekend may bring a push of later-moving neotropical-wintering 
species as most clear out of the north country and also a possible arrival of 
some expected later-season migrants &/or winterering species.

In the flow of reports from Albany Co., NY of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 
found by L. Alden, some other vagrants that’ve shown up in the northeast are 
also worth noting.  From just off the coast of Maine on the island of Monhegan, 
on Oct. 4 comes the report of a GRAY Flycatcher (a western species of 
Empidonax, extremely rare in the east), found by Luke Seitz & seen by 2 
additional observers and a fourth later; a 1st state record for Maine, if 
accepted.  2 checklists, from a total of 4 observers, are here:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48966317 

https://ebird.org/me/view/checklist/S49039697 


Slightly closer to NY, but also extra-limital, a Bell’s Vireo, with excellent 
photos & notes, was found Oct. 8 on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, by Tim Spahr; 
checklist is here:
https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49040077   Bell’s can be a tricky vireo to 
get a definitive ID on; it is a species that is a posssibly-regular, if rare 
vagrant to the northeast.

And on Oct. 8th, a N. Shrike was found in Onondaga Co. NY (at the Dewitt marsh 
& landfill); reported in eBird.

-   -   -   -   -
Manhattan, N.Y. City - 21 species of warblers were well-reported, including one 
Connecticut in Central Park 10/8, and, at Randall’s Island in NY County, a 
photographed Orange-crowned on 10/8; as well as a few somewhat late-running 
species; other highlights included both Cuckoo species, a lingering Dickcissel, 
& other birds. Of warblers, seemed to be a spate of Black-and-white 
Warblers in various parks on Tues., 10/9; although not extremely late, it 
struck me to see this number distributed in as many different small parks 
amidst the city-center, on one Oct. day: in 9 different sites, one of them 
being Central, and all the other much smaller parks or green-spaces.

Sat., Oct. 6   -   At Central Park, the vast majority of birds (species) were 
the same as found on the big arrival of Thursday night / Friday Oct. 5th. A 
Dickcissel, the one documented rarity, was again in virtually the same location 
as found on Fri. - and the same could be said of other uncommon species seen 
Sat.  The dispersal of migrants also was a factor, so that many patches in all 
of the park had some migrants, in for example the Hallett Sanctuary at the 
extreme SE corner, & also at the NW corner of the park at the Great Hill, and 
in-between areas that are very under-birded, even at peak migration times, such 
as that area north of the reservoir, & from there to  the North Meadow. These 
areas all had migrants, in some numbers, on Sat., the most obvious being 
White-throated Sparrow, & also to lesser extent, Palm Warbler, esp. in the more 
northerly sites.  An ongoing big flight of Purple Finch, esp. noted on the 
north side of Long Island Sound’s (shoreline) recently, has not surprisingly 
brought some more of this “irruptive” into N.Y. City including Manhattan. At 
The Pond in Central Park, 4 drake Wood Ducks were found.

Of the at least 18 warbler species on the day (just in Central) seen on 
Saturday, a Northern Waterthrush is one of the slightly-late ones (yet this 
species has been seen even to Dec. in NYC, & is not that unusual yet, in 
October) - today’s seen by multiple observers; the same of Yellow Warbler, 
although this species is typically quite uncommon in Manhattan by this month; 
Saturday’s also seen by (at least) several observers. (N.B., it is not 
surprising to have slightly more in warbler diversity found a day after a big 
arrival of migrants, as the 1st day is often filled with a wave of some of the 
most-common species for the time of year when seen, and some of the few 
less-common, or stragglers (for fall) still about, are noted in the day or so 
after such a wave passes thru. On Friday, those had been Yellow-rumped & Palm 
Warblers, as is expected. These did stay, but for numbers, a great reduction of 
Yellow-rumped in particular by Sat., one day later - which is very typical of 
such periods of that species’ movements thru Central, & is seen in many other 
locations also. 

At Washington Square Park: ongoing Worm-eating Warbler still present, seen at 
n. side next to “NW” playground at 8:30 a.m.; other warblers also in W.S. Park 
included Black-throated Green, Black-and-white, Palm, Yellow-rumped, Common 
Yellowthroat (6 species 

RE: [nysbirds-l] They're back !

[JOHN TURNER]

Bob:  Not many birders are willing to explore the "vulture circuit"; 
you're a brave man!

On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:58 PM, robert adamo wrote:

I happened to look skyward as I was leaving the Riverhead Library at ~ 
1600 and saw 2 Turkey Vultures circling above. My eyes automatically 
moved to the nearby Roanoke Ave Elementary School, where a another bird 
was resting on the chimney. Driving closer toward the school, I noticed 
7 more TV's on the antennae of the Riverhead Fire Dept building, located 
just across the street from the school. By the time I finished driving 
the entire vulture circuit (and not finding any more) I returned to the 
F.D. (at ~ 1630) all the vultures had moved on !

Cheers,
Bob




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