Re: [nysbirds-l] Bryant Park (no mourning) and croton point (cattle egret)

2018-05-18 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
No luck for me anyway  w Mourning between 745 and 815. Quite windy so not very 
birdy in the London Planes although there are oodles of common yellowthroats, 
ovenbirds, catbirds and white throats skulking. Caretaker found and buried this 
morning a dead magnolia warbler (had pic).

Same no luck yesterday at lunch hour in Madison Sq. Park w Prothonotary and KY 
(but did have the female hooded and several other warblers).

I just got a very reliable report of a breeding cattle egret ball field Croton 
Point this a.m.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining.



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On May 18, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Jonathan Perez 
> wrote:

Mourning warbler still being seen this morning at the SW corner of Bryant Park 
by a few birders - near the colored chairs and the “southwest porch coffee 
cabin.”

Please excuse my brevity.  Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2018, at 2:25 PM, gabriel willow 
> wrote:

I led a bird walk in The Battery (formerly known as Battery Park), the 
southernmost point in Manhattan, this morning. I think this park has a ton of 
potential, even more so than other pocket parks in NYC: it's fairly large (at 
25 acres, much larger than Bryant, Madison Square, or Washington Square Park) 
and even better, has an excellent mix of mature native trees, mostly the oaks 
that are so beloved by migrating warblers. It also has extensive lawns that are 
often fenced off to the public and to dogs, and it overlooks the harbor, 
providing sea-watching opportunities and possible storm-blown vagrants. For 
anyone who works in lower Manhattan, it could be a really productive patch.

This morning was my personal best day in the park out of maybe a dozen birding 
visits total: 42 species in about three hours, which would be a respectable 
morning in Central Park to say nothing of the Battery! Six of these were new 
for the park according to eBird. The oaks were fairly crawling with warblers of 
a dozen species, and there were 6-8 Scarlet Tanagers fly-catching around the 
park (there was some sort of small brown flying ant hatch-out happening).

Additional highlights included:

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (a very cooperative individual perching low in a 
Willow Oak near the Battery Tunnel air exchange tower vent at the SW corner of 
the park)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler (several)
Bay-breasted Warbler (one male)
Canada Warbler (2 or 3)
Wilson's Warbler (2)

Here's the whole list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax sp. (likely Least)
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

Good late spring migration!

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bryant Park (no mourning) and croton point (cattle egret)

2018-05-18 Thread Larry Trachtenberg 
No luck for me anyway  w Mourning between 745 and 815. Quite windy so not very 
birdy in the London Planes although there are oodles of common yellowthroats, 
ovenbirds, catbirds and white throats skulking. Caretaker found and buried this 
morning a dead magnolia warbler (had pic).

Same no luck yesterday at lunch hour in Madison Sq. Park w Prothonotary and KY 
(but did have the female hooded and several other warblers).

I just got a very reliable report of a breeding cattle egret ball field Croton 
Point this a.m.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining.



Sent from my iPhone

On May 18, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Jonathan Perez 
mailto:jonathan.ape...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Mourning warbler still being seen this morning at the SW corner of Bryant Park 
by a few birders - near the colored chairs and the “southwest porch coffee 
cabin.”

Please excuse my brevity.  Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2018, at 2:25 PM, gabriel willow 
mailto:gabrielwil...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

I led a bird walk in The Battery (formerly known as Battery Park), the 
southernmost point in Manhattan, this morning. I think this park has a ton of 
potential, even more so than other pocket parks in NYC: it's fairly large (at 
25 acres, much larger than Bryant, Madison Square, or Washington Square Park) 
and even better, has an excellent mix of mature native trees, mostly the oaks 
that are so beloved by migrating warblers. It also has extensive lawns that are 
often fenced off to the public and to dogs, and it overlooks the harbor, 
providing sea-watching opportunities and possible storm-blown vagrants. For 
anyone who works in lower Manhattan, it could be a really productive patch.

This morning was my personal best day in the park out of maybe a dozen birding 
visits total: 42 species in about three hours, which would be a respectable 
morning in Central Park to say nothing of the Battery! Six of these were new 
for the park according to eBird. The oaks were fairly crawling with warblers of 
a dozen species, and there were 6-8 Scarlet Tanagers fly-catching around the 
park (there was some sort of small brown flying ant hatch-out happening).

Additional highlights included:

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (a very cooperative individual perching low in a 
Willow Oak near the Battery Tunnel air exchange tower vent at the SW corner of 
the park)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler (several)
Bay-breasted Warbler (one male)
Canada Warbler (2 or 3)
Wilson's Warbler (2)

Here's the whole list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax sp. (likely Least)
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

Good late spring migration!

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon

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