[nysbirds-l] Bryant Park, NYC, 12/25
Sunday - Christmas Day, 25 December, 2011 - Manhattan, N.Y. City The lingering-birds scene remained similar to recent weeks at Bryant Park - I was able to photograph the 2 Yellow-breasted Chats, and see &/ or photograph the 2 Common Yellowthroats, at least 2 Ovenbirds, 3 Gray Catbirds, plus (views only of a) Lincoln's Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and about 75+ White-throated Sparrows, in the park entire... the more boldly-marked of the 2 Chats was near Sixth Ave. as well as in the skating rink enclosure with a lot of House Sparrows, and the less- boldly marked Chat along the Fifth Ave. line of shrubs as well as the east (main) face of the N.Y. Public Library main building, on the 42nd Street side. Male & female Common Yellowthroats were in different areas; 2 Ovenbirds were as far removed as is possible in that park, from each other; 2 Catbirds were together and one far from those, while Lincoln's Sparrow sightings were all closer to the 42 St. & Sixth Ave. 'corner' than to other corners of the park... and a male towhee joined all the ruckus with easily 1,000 people in the park at 10-11 a.m. - my actual time spent seeking & finding all the noted birds was just 45+ minutes. In Central Park, a young Red-headed Woodpecker remained near the NW part of Hallet Sanctuary, a bit north of the Sixth Ave. entrance at Central Park South. Also still in Central are a Baltimore Oriole, an Eastern Phoebe, and a nice variety of other birds. There were Hermit Thrush in Central Park & Bryant Park. Any other thrush species (besides American Robin) in winter is rare or very rare in our area and ought be well-studied and also well-documented. Swamp Sparrow in Central Park, at the Pond. (Not really rare in winter but a bit uncommon, and can be either obliging or very skulking, in general.) 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] Bryant Park, NYC, 12/25
Sunday - Christmas Day, 25 December, 2011 - Manhattan, N.Y. City The lingering-birds scene remained similar to recent weeks at Bryant Park - I was able to photograph the 2 Yellow-breasted Chats, and see / or photograph the 2 Common Yellowthroats, at least 2 Ovenbirds, 3 Gray Catbirds, plus (views only of a) Lincoln's Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and about 75+ White-throated Sparrows, in the park entire... the more boldly-marked of the 2 Chats was near Sixth Ave. as well as in the skating rink enclosure with a lot of House Sparrows, and the less- boldly marked Chat along the Fifth Ave. line of shrubs as well as the east (main) face of the N.Y. Public Library main building, on the 42nd Street side. Male female Common Yellowthroats were in different areas; 2 Ovenbirds were as far removed as is possible in that park, from each other; 2 Catbirds were together and one far from those, while Lincoln's Sparrow sightings were all closer to the 42 St. Sixth Ave. 'corner' than to other corners of the park... and a male towhee joined all the ruckus with easily 1,000 people in the park at 10-11 a.m. - my actual time spent seeking finding all the noted birds was just 45+ minutes. In Central Park, a young Red-headed Woodpecker remained near the NW part of Hallet Sanctuary, a bit north of the Sixth Ave. entrance at Central Park South. Also still in Central are a Baltimore Oriole, an Eastern Phoebe, and a nice variety of other birds. There were Hermit Thrush in Central Park Bryant Park. Any other thrush species (besides American Robin) in winter is rare or very rare in our area and ought be well-studied and also well-documented. Swamp Sparrow in Central Park, at the Pond. (Not really rare in winter but a bit uncommon, and can be either obliging or very skulking, in general.) 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/ --
