[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: Sun. Nov. 1, 2020 - Common Loon, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Field sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler
Central Park NYC Sunday November 1, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Loon, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Field sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler. Canada Goose - 11 Northern Shoveler - 51 Gadwall - 7 Reservoir (Kate Wodell) Mallard - 36 Bufflehead - 12 Hooded Merganser - 3 Ruddy Duck - 28 Mourning Dove - 8 Ring-billed & Herring Gulls - around 300 Great Black-backed Gull - 12 Common Loon - first-winter Reservoir SW corner* Cooper's Hawk - 1 migrant flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 6 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Shakespeare Garden Northern Flicker - 9 Blue Jay - 5 American Crow - 3+ flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - 10-15 tufted Titmouse - 45-50 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 Brown Creeper 1 north end of Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli) Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Hermit Thrush - 15-20 American Robin - 35-45 Gray Catbird - 1 Upper Lobe House Finch - 3 Purple Finch - 1 male Evodia Field feeders Pine Siskin - 40-50 American Goldfinch - 3-5 Eastern Towhee - 3 chipping Sparrow - 3 Field Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Fox Sparrow - 1 Upper Lobe Song Sparrow - 8 White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Dark-eyed Junco - around 40 Red-winged Blackbird - male Shakespeare Garden Brown-headed Cowbird - 10 Common Grackle - 300-400 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Shakespeare Garden Northern Cardinal - 5 -- * Thanks Goran Stanovic @pirke011 and Damian Biollo @dbiollo, and later Michelle @mimerama for tweeting about the Common Loon on the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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] Central Park NYC: Sun. Nov. 1, 2020 - Common Loon, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Field sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler
Central Park NYC Sunday November 1, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Loon, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, Field sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler. Canada Goose - 11 Northern Shoveler - 51 Gadwall - 7 Reservoir (Kate Wodell) Mallard - 36 Bufflehead - 12 Hooded Merganser - 3 Ruddy Duck - 28 Mourning Dove - 8 Ring-billed & Herring Gulls - around 300 Great Black-backed Gull - 12 Common Loon - first-winter Reservoir SW corner* Cooper's Hawk - 1 migrant flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 6 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Shakespeare Garden Northern Flicker - 9 Blue Jay - 5 American Crow - 3+ flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - 10-15 tufted Titmouse - 45-50 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 Brown Creeper 1 north end of Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli) Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Hermit Thrush - 15-20 American Robin - 35-45 Gray Catbird - 1 Upper Lobe House Finch - 3 Purple Finch - 1 male Evodia Field feeders Pine Siskin - 40-50 American Goldfinch - 3-5 Eastern Towhee - 3 chipping Sparrow - 3 Field Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Fox Sparrow - 1 Upper Lobe Song Sparrow - 8 White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Dark-eyed Junco - around 40 Red-winged Blackbird - male Shakespeare Garden Brown-headed Cowbird - 10 Common Grackle - 300-400 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 Shakespeare Garden Northern Cardinal - 5 -- * Thanks Goran Stanovic @pirke011 and Damian Biollo @dbiollo, and later Michelle @mimerama for tweeting about the Common Loon on the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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] Western Flycatcher yesterday in Queens
Haven't seen this posted here yet: Michael Gottleib photographed an apparent Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope/Cordilleran) yesterday at Kissena Park in Queens, NYC, precise location reported as 'the wooded area, off the bridle path that runs parallel to 164th St'. The bird is an Empidonax flycatcher with a dingy yellowish coloration overall, low contrast between face and throat, bold eyering with distinct flare at the rear, distinct ragged-looking crest, very short primary projection, apparently relatively long tail (compared to Yellow-bellied), and pale fringes on the wing reaching awfully close to lower of two wing bars. Thanks to Joshua Malbin for the heads up via local alert group, where he reposted these photos by Michael G. (assuming they attach to this email properly). Certainly a bird worth keeping an eye out for in the coming days... Happy mega season, Adrian Burke NYC -- 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] Western Flycatcher yesterday in Queens
Haven't seen this posted here yet: Michael Gottleib photographed an apparent Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope/Cordilleran) yesterday at Kissena Park in Queens, NYC, precise location reported as 'the wooded area, off the bridle path that runs parallel to 164th St'. The bird is an Empidonax flycatcher with a dingy yellowish coloration overall, low contrast between face and throat, bold eyering with distinct flare at the rear, distinct ragged-looking crest, very short primary projection, apparently relatively long tail (compared to Yellow-bellied), and pale fringes on the wing reaching awfully close to lower of two wing bars. Thanks to Joshua Malbin for the heads up via local alert group, where he reposted these photos by Michael G. (assuming they attach to this email properly). Certainly a bird worth keeping an eye out for in the coming days... Happy mega season, Adrian Burke NYC -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity
Do any birders think about the carbon footprint of driving 400 miles RT to (try and) see a single bird? How many have made 3-4 trips to Rhode Island by car in last four months or so alone for a single bird — Terek Sandpiper, Little Stint, Red Necked Stint, (perhaps a Ruff or a curlew sandpiper too) and now Common Cuckoo while bemoaning the environmental policies of the current administration? Believe me I’d like to see all six of those birds; none of which I’ve seen. I don’t mean to pontificate but is it not something to be considered? L. Trachtenberg Ossining, NY Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2020, at 12:55 PM, ArieGilbert wrote: > > > Bird being seen!!! > > > https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.8422669,-71.5457688=41.8422669,-71.5457688=18.5 > > 12:55pm > > Arie Gilbert > N. Babylon > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > Original message > From: Robert Lewis > Date: 11/1/20 12:08 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: NYSBIRDS > Subject: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity > > Common Cuckoo in Rhode Island. Check ebird. Seen this morning. Near > Providence. > > Bob Lewis > > > > > -- > > -- > > 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 List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity
Do any birders think about the carbon footprint of driving 400 miles RT to (try and) see a single bird? How many have made 3-4 trips to Rhode Island by car in last four months or so alone for a single bird — Terek Sandpiper, Little Stint, Red Necked Stint, (perhaps a Ruff or a curlew sandpiper too) and now Common Cuckoo while bemoaning the environmental policies of the current administration? Believe me I’d like to see all six of those birds; none of which I’ve seen. I don’t mean to pontificate but is it not something to be considered? L. Trachtenberg Ossining, NY Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 1, 2020, at 12:55 PM, ArieGilbert wrote: > > > Bird being seen!!! > > > https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.8422669,-71.5457688=41.8422669,-71.5457688=18.5 > > 12:55pm > > Arie Gilbert > N. Babylon > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > Original message > From: Robert Lewis > Date: 11/1/20 12:08 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: NYSBIRDS > Subject: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity > > Common Cuckoo in Rhode Island. Check ebird. Seen this morning. Near > Providence. > > Bob Lewis > > > > > -- > > -- > > 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 List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity
Bird being seen!!!https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.8422669,-71.5457688=41.8422669,-71.5457688=18.512:55pmArie Gilbert N. Babylon Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Robert Lewis Date: 11/1/20 12:08 PM (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS Subject: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity Common Cuckoo in Rhode Island. Check ebird. Seen this morning. Near Providence.Bob LewisNYSbirds-L List Info:http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htmARCHIVES:1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01Please submit your observations to eBird:http://ebird.org/content/ebird/-- -- 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/ --
RE: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity
Bird being seen!!!https://www.google.com/maps?ll=41.8422669,-71.5457688=41.8422669,-71.5457688=18.512:55pmArie Gilbert N. Babylon Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Robert Lewis Date: 11/1/20 12:08 PM (GMT-05:00) To: NYSBIRDS Subject: [nysbirds-l] extralimital mega rarity Common Cuckoo in Rhode Island. Check ebird. Seen this morning. Near Providence.Bob LewisNYSbirds-L List Info:http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htmhttp://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htmARCHIVES:1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01Please submit your observations to eBird:http://ebird.org/content/ebird/-- -- 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] extralimital mega rarity
Common Cuckoo in Rhode Island. Check ebird. Seen this morning. Near Providence. Bob Lewis -- -- 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] extralimital mega rarity
Common Cuckoo in Rhode Island. Check ebird. Seen this morning. Near Providence. Bob Lewis -- -- 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] Rufous Hummingbird Yes Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Rufous Hummingbird continues, visiting feeder here: (40.7411403, -73.1599371) Adrian Burke NYC -- 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] Rufous Hummingbird Yes Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Rufous Hummingbird continues, visiting feeder here: (40.7411403, -73.1599371) Adrian Burke NYC -- 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] eared grebe - yes
refound doug f’s bird on Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge east pond, visible from big john’s path opening Sent from my iPhone -- 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] eared grebe - yes
refound doug f’s bird on Jamaica Bay wildlife refuge east pond, visible from big john’s path opening Sent from my iPhone -- 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] N.Y. County, NYC, Sat.-Halloween-day, incl. Central Park - w/Blue Grosbeak at Randall's Island, & much more migration
New York County, including Manhattan, Randall’s, & Governors Islands, plus all the skies & waters above & within the county (all in N.Y. City) Saturday, Halloween and full-moon -&- Blue-Moon-day-&-night, Oct. 31st: Highlights included - BLUE GROSBEAK (at Randall’s Island - photos by J. Keane, see below also), EVENING Grosbeaks (in the multiple & in multiple locations); and, ongoing Purple Finches and Pine Siskins in this irruptive-year bonanza; at least 14 spp. of waterfowl with at least one-dozen of those seen in or from Central Park alone; Common Loons (fly-over, waters surrounding Manhattan / N.Y. County, also including the lingering individual still in high plumage at Central Park’s reservoir as seen by many dozens of observers and photographed); Red-throated Loon (in N.Y. County waters. as is normal for the winter-season, varying in no’s. here each year); Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (ongoing at Randall’s Island); American Woodcock; Laughing Gull (not that unusual for November, but getting somewhat more scant for sightings & for numbers); Blue-headed Vireo (modestly-late here); Common Raven; Blue-headed Vireo; Marsh Wrens (multiple locations); lingering or somewhat ‘late' American Warblers (up to 14 species reported on the day, with at least 1-dozen of those found in Central Park, thanks to many, many active observers, some were photographed; none are particularly ‘rare' yet for the date, & none are even slightly unprecedented for the dates - esp. in this fall of many late-lingering neotropical-wintering birds around all of the wider region); and - plenty more, in terms of late-lingerers, and/or species not that common, just -or particulary- for N.Y. County. Thanks to the many, many observers who found, and reported sightings; spread throughout the county, & on at least 3 of the islands of the county on the day! Moderately-annotated list of some of the many species seen on Oct. 31st (only!) in N.Y. County: Canada Goose (common) [Atlantic] Brant (numerous) Wood Duck (Central Park) Gadwall (multiple) American Wigeon (Central Park reservoir, where uncommon) American Black Duck Mallard (common) Northern Shoveler (numerous in Central Park) Ring-necked Duck (E. River n. of 96th St.) Lesser Scaup (Central Park reservoir, where uncommon) Bufflehead (multiple, on waters of N.Y. County, also some in Central Park) Hooded Merganser (Central Park) Red-breasted Merganser (E. River - & thru winter, possible on other waters of N.Y. County) Ruddy Duck (several locations, not only in Central Park) Red-throated Loon Common Loon (including one in high plumage on the Central Park reservoir with many, many observers & photos) Pied-billed Grebe (Central Park reservoir, lingering) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (lingering on Randall’s Island, still the best location in the county for this species at any time) Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer American Woodcock Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon [owls, in various locations] Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Eastern Phoebe (still in the multiple but not that many) Blue-headed Vireo (slightly ‘late’) Blue Jay Common Raven (several locations including calling fly-bys) American Crow Black-capped Chickadee (near-common, to near-abundant in some locations) Tufted Titmouse (near-common) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren (somewhat ‘late') Winter Wren (numerous) Marsh Wren (multiple, including in Central Park with many observers & photos; also on Randall’s Island, & elsewhere) Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird (multiple locations, including at least several in Central Park again w/many observers, photographed) Swainson's Thrush (late) Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush (rather late, 1 location) American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling House Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow (multiple areas, including at least several in Central Park, multiple observers, some also photographed) Savannah Sparrow [Red] Fox Sparrow (increased) Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow (still in the multiple, but far fewer now) Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (still in the multiple; a very good season for this species in the area) Slate-colored Junco Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak (1, female or young male, Randall’s Island, photographed [J. Keane]; this is also in the eBird archives now) Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird (multiple, including at least several in Central Park - with multiple observers) Common Grackle Brown-headed
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC, Sat.-Halloween-day, incl. Central Park - w/Blue Grosbeak at Randall's Island, & much more migration
New York County, including Manhattan, Randall’s, & Governors Islands, plus all the skies & waters above & within the county (all in N.Y. City) Saturday, Halloween and full-moon -&- Blue-Moon-day-&-night, Oct. 31st: Highlights included - BLUE GROSBEAK (at Randall’s Island - photos by J. Keane, see below also), EVENING Grosbeaks (in the multiple & in multiple locations); and, ongoing Purple Finches and Pine Siskins in this irruptive-year bonanza; at least 14 spp. of waterfowl with at least one-dozen of those seen in or from Central Park alone; Common Loons (fly-over, waters surrounding Manhattan / N.Y. County, also including the lingering individual still in high plumage at Central Park’s reservoir as seen by many dozens of observers and photographed); Red-throated Loon (in N.Y. County waters. as is normal for the winter-season, varying in no’s. here each year); Yellow-crowned Night-Herons (ongoing at Randall’s Island); American Woodcock; Laughing Gull (not that unusual for November, but getting somewhat more scant for sightings & for numbers); Blue-headed Vireo (modestly-late here); Common Raven; Blue-headed Vireo; Marsh Wrens (multiple locations); lingering or somewhat ‘late' American Warblers (up to 14 species reported on the day, with at least 1-dozen of those found in Central Park, thanks to many, many active observers, some were photographed; none are particularly ‘rare' yet for the date, & none are even slightly unprecedented for the dates - esp. in this fall of many late-lingering neotropical-wintering birds around all of the wider region); and - plenty more, in terms of late-lingerers, and/or species not that common, just -or particulary- for N.Y. County. Thanks to the many, many observers who found, and reported sightings; spread throughout the county, & on at least 3 of the islands of the county on the day! Moderately-annotated list of some of the many species seen on Oct. 31st (only!) in N.Y. County: Canada Goose (common) [Atlantic] Brant (numerous) Wood Duck (Central Park) Gadwall (multiple) American Wigeon (Central Park reservoir, where uncommon) American Black Duck Mallard (common) Northern Shoveler (numerous in Central Park) Ring-necked Duck (E. River n. of 96th St.) Lesser Scaup (Central Park reservoir, where uncommon) Bufflehead (multiple, on waters of N.Y. County, also some in Central Park) Hooded Merganser (Central Park) Red-breasted Merganser (E. River - & thru winter, possible on other waters of N.Y. County) Ruddy Duck (several locations, not only in Central Park) Red-throated Loon Common Loon (including one in high plumage on the Central Park reservoir with many, many observers & photos) Pied-billed Grebe (Central Park reservoir, lingering) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (lingering on Randall’s Island, still the best location in the county for this species at any time) Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer American Woodcock Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon [owls, in various locations] Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Eastern Phoebe (still in the multiple but not that many) Blue-headed Vireo (slightly ‘late’) Blue Jay Common Raven (several locations including calling fly-bys) American Crow Black-capped Chickadee (near-common, to near-abundant in some locations) Tufted Titmouse (near-common) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren (somewhat ‘late') Winter Wren (numerous) Marsh Wren (multiple, including in Central Park with many observers & photos; also on Randall’s Island, & elsewhere) Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird (multiple locations, including at least several in Central Park again w/many observers, photographed) Swainson's Thrush (late) Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush (rather late, 1 location) American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling House Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow (multiple areas, including at least several in Central Park, multiple observers, some also photographed) Savannah Sparrow [Red] Fox Sparrow (increased) Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow (still in the multiple, but far fewer now) Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (still in the multiple; a very good season for this species in the area) Slate-colored Junco Northern Cardinal Blue Grosbeak (1, female or young male, Randall’s Island, photographed [J. Keane]; this is also in the eBird archives now) Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird (multiple, including at least several in Central Park - with multiple observers) Common Grackle Brown-headed
