[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/14 (& kite ruminations)
Monday, 14 April 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Perhaps another relatively quiet day in the park, despite excellent overnight migration thru the region. One question from today was, were there 2 Red-necked Grebes at the reservoir, at either the same or different points in the day(?) In any case there was certainly at least one, in rather bright near-breeding plumage, in the morning. And it would not - this year - be at all odd to have had two at a time... A couple of birds found recently in the park have included House Wren (a few days ago & continuing); Prairie Warbler Sunday, which eluded a number of folks trying to catch up with it. Also being seen are some Barn & Tree & N. Rough-winged Swallows, with a few reports of at least the first 2 spp. from days earlier. Chimney Swift has also been noted, in thus far very low no's., as have Osprey. really super sighting from Brooklyn's Prospect Park of that [J.K.- photographed] Swallow-tailed Kite today. It wasn't clear (to me) if this was possibly the bird reported slightly earlier by R.A.P. from the Southern State Pkwy., or - [?] a 2nd individual... if the reports available are accurate as to timings, it seems the So. State Parkway Kite sighting was about 5+ minutes ahead of the Prospect Park sighting. And the slightly earlier bird reportedly was "headed east", which leads not to Kings County, NY (Brooklyn). thus, 2 STKI. ...If you think maybe not: disprove it. (or prove the 2... :-) The wild weather pattern we are in may continue to be "interesting" for a while yet. Good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 4/14 ( kite ruminations)
Monday, 14 April 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Perhaps another relatively quiet day in the park, despite excellent overnight migration thru the region. One question from today was, were there 2 Red-necked Grebes at the reservoir, at either the same or different points in the day(?) In any case there was certainly at least one, in rather bright near-breeding plumage, in the morning. And it would not - this year - be at all odd to have had two at a time... A couple of birds found recently in the park have included House Wren (a few days ago continuing); Prairie Warbler Sunday, which eluded a number of folks trying to catch up with it. Also being seen are some Barn Tree N. Rough-winged Swallows, with a few reports of at least the first 2 spp. from days earlier. Chimney Swift has also been noted, in thus far very low no's., as have Osprey. really super sighting from Brooklyn's Prospect Park of that [J.K.- photographed] Swallow-tailed Kite today. It wasn't clear (to me) if this was possibly the bird reported slightly earlier by R.A.P. from the Southern State Pkwy., or - [?] a 2nd individual... if the reports available are accurate as to timings, it seems the So. State Parkway Kite sighting was about 5+ minutes ahead of the Prospect Park sighting. And the slightly earlier bird reportedly was headed east, which leads not to Kings County, NY (Brooklyn). thus, 2 STKI. ...If you think maybe not: disprove it. (or prove the 2... :-) The wild weather pattern we are in may continue to be interesting for a while yet. Good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
