[nysbirds-l] Manhattan/N.Y. County, NYC 11/29 - 12/5 - ICELAND GULL, VEERY & more!
An interesting assemblage of birds, many of the more-unexpected for the late date[s] being normally neotropical-wintering species; with also a good showing by very-much expected species, including recent arrivals & lingerers which have been typical for this time of year (end of November, start of December) in New York City, and in these instances, in Manhattan and its waters &/or on the outlying isles that are politically in the same N.Y. county, which is New York County (>the state of New York contains 62 different counties, New York City has five of those counties, also known in city-governance & common parlance as boroughs, & among those, one is New York County; Manhattan island is entirely a part of the latter county… confused? Don’t be, it’s just politics, history and all that.<) Below is an incomplete listing of all sightings that are verified, with some notes on a few species sight-reported. (There are NO mega-rarities mentioned herein.) A *photo-documented* VEERY in New York City & ANYWHERE in the United States in December is very rare!!! - almost all sight-reports from after mid-Nov. are of mis-identified Hermit Thrush. Bryant Park’s ‘rep’ maintains… (n.b., there is a documented Veery record, discovered by Paul Lehman & Jon Dunn, from early-January 1980 [yes, that long ago!] at Greenwich Point, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and there are a handful [only!] of photo-documented Dec. sightings from Quebec, Canada, at feeders, etc. as well as one NYS winter-period photo-record in eBird files. Perhaps the first of ICELAND GULL have been seen, with a sighting of a (Kumlien’s-type) bird at the Battery (park) at Manhattan’s south end, on Dec. 1st, by A. Auerbach; sighted also in successive days. Gulls have been gathering lately in numbers in multiple areas in the city, some are easily scoped in places, including (with care & courtesy) at the Central Park reservoir. The most-observed uncommon-wintering species in Manhattan of the past weeks has been a RED-HEADED Woodpecker, staying by its oak trees at the western side of the North Meadow ballfields in Central Park’s north end, a bit west (usually) of ballfield number two. Listen for it calling at times; it is an immature, first-fall bird with no >obvious< red anywhere yet, but watch also for that to change soon, thru the winter… it is also likely some additional of that species are about, & further seeking may reveal them. More of them are present within New York City lately…! Among unexpected-for-date species have been: Baltimore Oriole, Lincoln’s Sparrow, at least 8 American Warbler species the more unusual for date being Black-throated Blue, and Yellow Warbler[s]; others include Pine Warbler, & less-unusual in Manhattan for December, Common Yellowthroat and Ovenbird, these last two in the multiple, and a minimum of 3 (three) Orange-crowned Warblers, in 3 disparate locations, plus briefly-noted Nashville (which is not that unusual in December in this city) and several others which for now, will go as Parulidae (warbler) sp. and a few more that may or may not have been warblers… plus-!- Wood Thrush (at least 2, photos) & reports of Veery (multiple, all sightings of Veery after October in New York should be photo or video documented for accuracy), plus E. Bluebird (expected but still uncommon/rare in Manhattan in general, can be seen in numbers on good flight days and movement can go into Dec. in some years, or even on calendar-winter days) and the very-expected Hermit Thrush (numbers have been fairly good) which is the only expected Catharus-genus thrush which winters in any numbers every year in the region, esp. in New York City… also an Eastern Phoebe, & a few other reports of possibly-interesting landbirds. Sightings for New York County, Nov. 29 to Dec. 5th, 2019: Snow Goose (many fly-overs) Canada Goose [Atlantic] Brant (many) Wood Duck (Central Park) Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler (250++, Central Park) Northern Pintail (female, Central Park) Green-winged Teal (Central Park, 1 or more lingering) Ring-necked Duck (2, Central Park, 12/2/p.m./reservoir) Bufflehead (many) Common Goldeneye (several, past HellGate on E. River) Hooded Merganser (multiple, Central Park) Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck (many, Central Park) Red-throated Loon (N.Y. harbor) Common Loon (N.Y. harbor) Pied-billed Grebe (Central Park reservoir) Horned Grebe (N.Y. harbor) Great Cormorant (N.Y. harbor) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Black Vulture (seen from Inwood area) Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk (few, late-movers but annual for dates) Red-tailed Hawk American Coot (multiple, Central Park) Killdeer American Woodcock (many lately) Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Iceland Gull (as noted at top, at The Battery) Lesser Black-backed Gull (in N.Y. harbor) Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan/N.Y. County, NYC 11/29 - 12/5 - ICELAND GULL, VEERY & more!
An interesting assemblage of birds, many of the more-unexpected for the late date[s] being normally neotropical-wintering species; with also a good showing by very-much expected species, including recent arrivals & lingerers which have been typical for this time of year (end of November, start of December) in New York City, and in these instances, in Manhattan and its waters &/or on the outlying isles that are politically in the same N.Y. county, which is New York County (>the state of New York contains 62 different counties, New York City has five of those counties, also known in city-governance & common parlance as boroughs, & among those, one is New York County; Manhattan island is entirely a part of the latter county… confused? Don’t be, it’s just politics, history and all that.<) Below is an incomplete listing of all sightings that are verified, with some notes on a few species sight-reported. (There are NO mega-rarities mentioned herein.) A *photo-documented* VEERY in New York City & ANYWHERE in the United States in December is very rare!!! - almost all sight-reports from after mid-Nov. are of mis-identified Hermit Thrush. Bryant Park’s ‘rep’ maintains… (n.b., there is a documented Veery record, discovered by Paul Lehman & Jon Dunn, from early-January 1980 [yes, that long ago!] at Greenwich Point, Fairfield County, Connecticut; and there are a handful [only!] of photo-documented Dec. sightings from Quebec, Canada, at feeders, etc. as well as one NYS winter-period photo-record in eBird files. Perhaps the first of ICELAND GULL have been seen, with a sighting of a (Kumlien’s-type) bird at the Battery (park) at Manhattan’s south end, on Dec. 1st, by A. Auerbach; sighted also in successive days. Gulls have been gathering lately in numbers in multiple areas in the city, some are easily scoped in places, including (with care & courtesy) at the Central Park reservoir. The most-observed uncommon-wintering species in Manhattan of the past weeks has been a RED-HEADED Woodpecker, staying by its oak trees at the western side of the North Meadow ballfields in Central Park’s north end, a bit west (usually) of ballfield number two. Listen for it calling at times; it is an immature, first-fall bird with no >obvious< red anywhere yet, but watch also for that to change soon, thru the winter… it is also likely some additional of that species are about, & further seeking may reveal them. More of them are present within New York City lately…! Among unexpected-for-date species have been: Baltimore Oriole, Lincoln’s Sparrow, at least 8 American Warbler species the more unusual for date being Black-throated Blue, and Yellow Warbler[s]; others include Pine Warbler, & less-unusual in Manhattan for December, Common Yellowthroat and Ovenbird, these last two in the multiple, and a minimum of 3 (three) Orange-crowned Warblers, in 3 disparate locations, plus briefly-noted Nashville (which is not that unusual in December in this city) and several others which for now, will go as Parulidae (warbler) sp. and a few more that may or may not have been warblers… plus-!- Wood Thrush (at least 2, photos) & reports of Veery (multiple, all sightings of Veery after October in New York should be photo or video documented for accuracy), plus E. Bluebird (expected but still uncommon/rare in Manhattan in general, can be seen in numbers on good flight days and movement can go into Dec. in some years, or even on calendar-winter days) and the very-expected Hermit Thrush (numbers have been fairly good) which is the only expected Catharus-genus thrush which winters in any numbers every year in the region, esp. in New York City… also an Eastern Phoebe, & a few other reports of possibly-interesting landbirds. Sightings for New York County, Nov. 29 to Dec. 5th, 2019: Snow Goose (many fly-overs) Canada Goose [Atlantic] Brant (many) Wood Duck (Central Park) Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler (250++, Central Park) Northern Pintail (female, Central Park) Green-winged Teal (Central Park, 1 or more lingering) Ring-necked Duck (2, Central Park, 12/2/p.m./reservoir) Bufflehead (many) Common Goldeneye (several, past HellGate on E. River) Hooded Merganser (multiple, Central Park) Red-breasted Merganser Ruddy Duck (many, Central Park) Red-throated Loon (N.Y. harbor) Common Loon (N.Y. harbor) Pied-billed Grebe (Central Park reservoir) Horned Grebe (N.Y. harbor) Great Cormorant (N.Y. harbor) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Black Vulture (seen from Inwood area) Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk (few, late-movers but annual for dates) Red-tailed Hawk American Coot (multiple, Central Park) Killdeer American Woodcock (many lately) Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Iceland Gull (as noted at top, at The Battery) Lesser Black-backed Gull (in N.Y. harbor) Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock
[nysbirds-l] Greater White-fronted goose pehlam bay park
There is a greater white-fronted goose in the Thomas Pell marsh now hunking down for the night in a flock of Canada geese,Richard aracil spotted it and I recieved a message shortly after from him.I patted the dogs on the head and headed over to the pehlam bay draw bridge and was able to locate it in almost total darkness,so my digiscop pics and video are horrible but good enough to add too the i.d. of the goose. Patrick horanSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] Greater White-fronted goose pehlam bay park
There is a greater white-fronted goose in the Thomas Pell marsh now hunking down for the night in a flock of Canada geese,Richard aracil spotted it and I recieved a message shortly after from him.I patted the dogs on the head and headed over to the pehlam bay draw bridge and was able to locate it in almost total darkness,so my digiscop pics and video are horrible but good enough to add too the i.d. of the goose. Patrick horanSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- 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] Bellmore Sandhill Crane, Northern Goshawk (Nassau)
Aiming to see a continuing Yellow-breasted Chat, Patrice Domeischel and I met Bob Proniewych at Mill Pond Park, Bellmore, shortly after 8:00 today. As we entered the park's west side, I saw a large accipiter, carrying prey, flash past a gap between a building and a dense tree, I didn't see the head, and thought it was an unusually large Cooper's Hawk. A minute later, entering the park, we met Bob, who said he had just seen an immature Northern Goshawk, which was near the ground when he came on it. He said he had had a clear view of a strong white supercilium. We set out in fruitless search for the bird, noting as we did so an odd sound, coming from the pond, that we couldn't identify: a single, slightly upslurred "eek," repeated at rather short intervals. About an hour later, walking back to this area from further north, Patrice observed that one of two large birds standing in shallow water was a Sandhill Crane, very near a Great Blue Heron. It was an immature bird, and proved to be the source of the unidentified call. After 10-15 minutes, it flew up and out, following a Great Blue Heron that had flown over. Bob noted that he had seen it cock its head to view the heron, before taking flight. Observers might watch for both of these birds: the Goshawk in the park and the Crane in ponds, marshes, or fields to the west. The Yellow-breasted Chat was active and fairly conspicuous, seen both on our northward walk and return, shortly north of a narrow footpath between the park and the parking lot of Stella's Restaurant at the southwest corner of the park. Doug Futuyma -- 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] Bellmore Sandhill Crane, Northern Goshawk (Nassau)
Aiming to see a continuing Yellow-breasted Chat, Patrice Domeischel and I met Bob Proniewych at Mill Pond Park, Bellmore, shortly after 8:00 today. As we entered the park's west side, I saw a large accipiter, carrying prey, flash past a gap between a building and a dense tree, I didn't see the head, and thought it was an unusually large Cooper's Hawk. A minute later, entering the park, we met Bob, who said he had just seen an immature Northern Goshawk, which was near the ground when he came on it. He said he had had a clear view of a strong white supercilium. We set out in fruitless search for the bird, noting as we did so an odd sound, coming from the pond, that we couldn't identify: a single, slightly upslurred "eek," repeated at rather short intervals. About an hour later, walking back to this area from further north, Patrice observed that one of two large birds standing in shallow water was a Sandhill Crane, very near a Great Blue Heron. It was an immature bird, and proved to be the source of the unidentified call. After 10-15 minutes, it flew up and out, following a Great Blue Heron that had flown over. Bob noted that he had seen it cock its head to view the heron, before taking flight. Observers might watch for both of these birds: the Goshawk in the park and the Crane in ponds, marshes, or fields to the west. The Yellow-breasted Chat was active and fairly conspicuous, seen both on our northward walk and return, shortly north of a narrow footpath between the park and the parking lot of Stella's Restaurant at the southwest corner of the park. Doug Futuyma -- 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] Osborne ave riverhead, ny
At 745 am the cackling good was present among about 40 geese. It was clearly smaller. I took far away photos. A juvi bald eagle flew in and they scattered. A common raven also made an appearance. All the geese are gone as of now 8am. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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] Osborne ave riverhead, ny
At 745 am the cackling good was present among about 40 geese. It was clearly smaller. I took far away photos. A juvi bald eagle flew in and they scattered. A common raven also made an appearance. All the geese are gone as of now 8am. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- 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/ --
