[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Sept. 20, 2024: Green-winged Teal, Common NIghthawk, 9 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday September 20, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Green-winged Teal, Hooded Merganser, Common Nighthawk, 9 Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - around 30 Wood Duck - 1 female continues at the Pool Mallard - around 60 Green-winged Teal - 1 female Harlem Meer (Deb - early) Hooded Merganser - 1 female continues at the Pool Mourning Dove - around 20 Common Nighthawk - 2 (1 continuing perched south of Turtle Pond, 1 flyover) Chimney Swift - 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 in Jewelweed at the Oven (Deb - after lunch) Herring Gull - around 20 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 or 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 at Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4 (one perched) Belted Kingfisher - 1 heard only at the Oven (Deb - after lunch) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4 Eastern Phoebe - 6 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Harlem Meer (Scott Brevda) Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Harlem Meer Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - 3, others heard Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Paul Curtis - Nutter's Battery, the Pool) House Wren - 1 Wildflower Meadow Carolina Wren - 1 heard along the Loch Gray Catbird - 6-8 Brown Thrasher - 1 Great Hill (Paul Curtis) Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Conservatory Garden, Green Bench) Swainson's Thrush - 1 south side Turtle Pond (Deb - after lunch) American Robin - around 50 House Finch - 3 Dark-eyed Junco - 2 or 3 (Block House, Great Hill) White-throated Sparrow - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 7 Northern Waterthrush - 1 or 2 at the Pool (Dan Stevenson and Scott Brevda) Black-and-white Warbler - 6 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Harlem Meer American Redstart - 5 Northern Parula - 5 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Nutter's Battery, Compost (Caren Jahre), the Pool) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 Palm Warbler - 12-15 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Nutter's Battery Northern Cardinal - 3 or 4 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. Sept. 19, 2024: Philadelphia Vireo, 12 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Tennessee and Nashville Warblers
Central Park NYC Thursday September 19, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: American Kestrel, Blue-headed and Philadelphia Vireos, 12 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee and Nashville Warblers. Canada Goose - heard Mourning dove - 25-35 Chimney Swift - 10-15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Shakespeare Garden Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Turtle Pond (Bob - early) Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult uphill from Boathouse Cafe Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 6 or 7 American Kestrel - 2 overhead near Boathouse Cafe Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Castle, Tupelo Field) Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Maintenance Field, Top of the Point) Philadelphia Vireo - 1 Top of the Point Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 12-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 King of Poland White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 continues at Tupelo Field Carolina Wren - 2 east of Maintenance Field House Wren - 1 Ramble Gray Catbird - 14-16 Brown Thrasher - 4-6 Veery - 2 Tupelo Field Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 1 Maintenance Field (Bob - early) Swainson's Thrush - 30-35 Wood Thrush - 2 or 3 House Finch - 4 Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Tupelo Field White-throated Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field (Caren Jahre) Common Grackle - flock of 70-80 (Bob - early) Ovenbird - 2 or 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 5-7 Tennessee Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, south side Turtle Pond) Nashville Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field (Scott Brevda) Common Yellowthroat - 6-8 American Redstart - 8-10 Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden Blackpoll Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 or 6 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 south side Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - 7-9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 or 5 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Monday 9/16 - 21+ Warbler species
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday, September 16th - A minimum of 21 species of migratory American warblers were found in the park thru the day Monday, including by those walking independently or in small groups, as well as those who lead or participate with not-for-profit organizations and institutions which have bird conservation and science-based education among top priorities. Observers and photographers, as on every day while migration is in peak periods, have been out and about at all hours and in many sectors of this park. The birds being seen at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan are among the great numbers of migrants all around the city for which guided walks are also offered, and continue thru the season into late autumn, for such not-for-profit organizations as the NYC Bird Alliance, the Linnaean Society of New York, and a number of other not-for-profit orgs with collective memberships into the thousands of individual supporters. Many observers of the birds being seen in N.Y. City now and all year round are members and supporters, as well as volunteers with such organizations, which richly deserve the support they receive in their work. Thanks to all who offer support to conservation, education, and science. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Sept. 16, 2024: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee Warbler
Central Park NYC Monday September 16, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Belted Kingfisher, Hairy Woodpecker, 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee Warbler. Canada Goose - 14 Mourning Dove - 35-40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Bob Katz) Chimney Swift - 25-30 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Tupelo Field, Shakespeare Garden) Herring Gull - 3 or 4 flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 west side of the Lake (Karen Evans) Osprey - 1 flyover seen from Oven on Sunday's walk Belted Kingfisher - 1 perched at Oven (Bob - early) seen later as a flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Ramble Hairy Woodpecker - 1 hatch-year male Weather Station Northern Flicker - 5 or 6 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Strawberry Fields (Caren Jahre) Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - 6-8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Gill Overlook) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 female Tupelo Field Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 House Wren - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Vista Rock) Gray Catbird - 8-10 Brown Thrasher - 1 Maintenance Field (Bob - early) Swainson's Thrush - 3 or 4 American Robin - 20-25 House Finch - 8-10 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Top of the Oven Common Grackle - 4 or 5 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Balcony Bridge Black-and-white Warbler - 15-20 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Vista Rock Mourning Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Karen Evans) Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6 American Redstart - 10-15 Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Vista Rock Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Wagner Cove (Bob - early), female top of the Point) Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Caren Jahre) Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 or 5 -- At Bryant Park, the Yellow-breasted Chat and Lincoln's Sparrow were reported again today. Other birds this afternoon included a male Scarlet Tanager, a male Mourning Warbler, an adult male American Redstart, Magnolia Warbler, several Ovenbirds, one or two Northern Waterthrushes, Song and White-throated Sparrows, and at least ten Common Yellowthroats. Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sunday, 9/15 - 25 Warbler species, many more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, September 15th - In addition to the migratory warblers that are still coming in good diversity in the county and more-generally in the local area, Central Park had at least 95 total species of native wild birds on Sunday. Among that diversity were at least 7 species of waterfowl, with Wood Duck and Hooded Merganser, Gadwall and N. Shovelers, plus Green-winged Teal also still there, and the usual suspects of Mallards, and Canada Geese. As flyovers, at least there were late-day American Black Ducks. Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers each continued in the park, and for vireo-variety, there were still up to five species of those with the least-common for Central being an ongoing White-eyed Vireo, and not the lately-multiple Philadelphia Vireos of this past week. Of thrushes, many observers have still been pulling out Veery for the middle of September, and more of Wood, Swainsons, and Gray-cheeked, as well as some gray-cheeked types of Thrushes, with a -possibility- some are Bicknells. Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Brown Creepers in small numbers give a sense of impending shifts in the seasonal abundance of various migratory species, some of which - the two latter species - will also winter thru in modest numbers here. A lot of other migrants were again still present in the park, and amongst those passing over were a number of raptor species topped by Ospreys in high numbers. Also passing at least very late in the day were more Common Nighthawks - the time of year to seek those is sooner rather than later. The warbler species seen in Central Park on Sunday September 15th included all of the below, all seen by multiple observers and many also photographed, in all parts of the park, and for all of the day by the many people and about for all of the day. It is very possible that more species than the 25 listed here were found. Many species were found in the multiple, and the trend has been for a slow readjustment of which species are more-common, but American Redstart is still rather numerous and as always are rather readily seen, not skulking as some or very high in still-dense deciduous foliage. Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler - multiple observers. Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - many observers. Common Yellowthroat American Redstart - still v. numerous. Cape May Warbler - multiple locations. Northern Parula - numerous. Magnolia Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler - multiple, and a few of apparent western form. Pine Warbler Myrtle -a.k.a Yellow-rumped- Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilsons Warbler The above noted birds and many many more not noted above were all seen by individuals, small informal groups, and by some who lead guided not-for-profit walks in the interest of science and conservation, with accredited non-profit organizations and institutions - such as the NYC Bird Allliance, the American Museum of Natural History and the Linnaean Society of New York, among other non-profits. Thanks to these many keen. courteous, quiet observers and of them, also many photographers for many sightings, and reports including to the non-X alerts and of course to eBird with the Macaulay Library media archives. Many birds of far-more species were seen throughout N.Y. County, in N.Y. City on Sunday, and some sightings for all of the county may be in a near-future report. Good last-week of summer -calendar summer, not that of southbound bird-migration!- birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Sept. 15, 2024: Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, 11 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday September 15, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Bay-breasted Warbler. Canada Goose - 16 Mallard - 5 or 6 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Chimney Swift - 40-50 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Tupelo Field, Oven) Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - a few heard Downy Woodpecker - 1 below Captain's Bench Northern Flicker - 5 or 6 American Kestrel - 1 male (Ruogu) Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Belvedere Castle, Captain's Bench) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Saturday Gill Overlook (Paul Curtis)* Red-eyed Vireo - 10-12 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - 4 or 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Maintenance Field (Paul Curtis) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 continues in the Ramble Carolina Wren - 1 Evodia Field House Wren - 1 east of Maintenance Field Gray Catbird - 10-15 Brown Thrasher - 7-9 Veery - 1 Ramble Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 1 Evodia Field (David Barrett) Swainson's Thrush - 10-15 Wood Thrush - 1 or 2 Ramble American Robin - 25-30 Baltimore Oriole - 1 hatch-year male Belvedere Castle Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 12-16 Common Yellowthroat - 3 or 4 Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 6-8 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (King of Poland, Warbler Rock) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle (Rougu) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4 -- *Inadvertently omitted from yesterday's list. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, & N.Y. County, NYC -Sat., 9/14- 24+ Warbler spp., 6 Vireo spp., Y-br. Chat, many more migrants
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan -with Central Park- and Randalls, Governors, and Roosevelt islands and the adjacent waters and skies-above - Saturday, September 14 - At Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, a Yellow-breasted Chat continued on a lengthening stay, with many observers again. Also seen there on Saturday were Lincolns Sparrow and a selection of other migrants including multiple warbler species - among them male Mourning Warbler. At Randalls Island on Saturday, 2 Philadelphia Vireos were seen and photographed, as well as a broad selection of seasonal migrants, which in sum included over 16 species of warblers, and specialties of the location Yellow-crowned Night Herons as well as Snowy Egrets, and such varied migrants as Gray-cheeked Thrush, Savannah Sparrows, as well as over 200 Laughing Gulls, in a location which is known to bring in nice gull numbers, and special gulls at some times of year. For Philadelphia Vireos, those were seen all around the county, and nowhere by more observers, yet again on Saturday, than in Central Park, after the multiple sightings and photos by not-for-profit guided walk leaders and many participants in prior days, and still again Saturday - in addition, a relatively-almost-rarer species -for this county- White-eyed Vireo added to that full complement of 6 northeastern-breeding Vireo species being seen just in Central Park, with still-early Blue-headed, and very slightly-late-ish Yellow-throated Vireos as well as Warbling, and many Red-eyed Vireos. All of the last 4 noted vireo species were also found in some other parks and greenspaces of N.Y. County on Saturday. The warbler migrations have been pushing through the region at a good clip lately and yet some species starting to get very slightly late for timings are still being seen. At Central Park, a minimum of 23 species of migratory American warblers were found on Saturday, with many observers who were out and about in all sectors of that park at all daylight hours. Common Nighthawks were still moving thru in the county on Saturday, as were Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, the latter in many flowered-garden areas. Other neotropical-wintering species still around in Central Park -and elsewhere in the county- included such migrants as Great Crested Flycatcher, thrushes of at-least these species - Wood, Gray-cheeked, Swainsons and Veery, as well as possible Hermit and some that simply may have gone in to checklsting as gray-cheeked-type thrushes, also still appearing have been Scarlet Tanagers. Purple Finch sightings, including in Central Park, have been scant but multiple recently, and that after the ongoing, and now-daily finds of Red-breasted Nuthatches in a number of locations, including multiple places within Central Park. Raptor migrations are ongoing recently, and a nice selection of species have been seen passing thru the county, even with less than ideal winds for a few recent days, which may be continuing on 9-15. In the coming two weeks or less, the likely peak of Broad-winged Hawk movements for the month are likely, and more so if some steady northwesterly winds arrive. Far more birds could be mentioned - for all parts and each island of N.Y. County, for Saturday - with over 130 species in all for the entire county on the day, and even in just one park, Central with its vast numbers of daily observers in the peak times of migrations, more than 95 species of native, wild birds on Saturday. Thanks to all of many keen, courteous and quiet, ever-dedicated observers and photographers, for so many excellent sightings and reports, with good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sat. Sept. 14, 2024: Philadelphia Vireo (4), 13 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC Saturday, September 14, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Traill's Flycatcher, Philadelphia Vireo (4), 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May and Black-throated Green Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Mallard - 6 Mourning Dove - 35-45 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 Tupelo Field Chimney Swift - 15-20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 or 4 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 1 flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Lake Accipiter species - 1 Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult uphill from Boathouse Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Upper Lobe Northern Flicker - 6-8 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 or 3 Traill's Flycatcher - 1 (Willow or Alder Flycatcher) Maintenance Field Philadelphia Vireo - 4 (2 Tupelo Field, 1 Gill Overlook, 1 Warbler Rock) Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 10-15 American Crow - 15-20 including at least 2 hatch-year birds Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Warbler Rock Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of around a dozen (Deb - early) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Tupelo Field Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 10-15 Brown Thrasher - 4 Swainson's Thrush - 60-70 American Robin - 25-30 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 2 in Ramble Northern Waterthrush - 1 Oven Black-and-white Warbler - 10-12 Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 15-20 Cape May Warbler - 3 Northern Parula - 25-30 Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6 or 7 Pine Warbler - 1 Humming Tombstone (Annie Plum) Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field (Deb - early) Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 or 6 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Sept. 13, 2024: Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatchers, 11 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday September 13, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Solitary Sandpiper, Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatchers, Cedar Waxwing, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Prairie Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Canada Goose - 29 Wood Duck - 1 female at the Pool Northern Shoveler - 5 Harlem Meer Mallard - 21 Mourning Dove - around 20 Chimney Swift - 18 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Grassy Knoll, Loch) Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 immature, 2 adults) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 seep at the Loch Northern Flicker - 3 American Kestrel - 1 female Fort Clinton (Scott Brevda) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Plant Nursery, Lily Ponds (Caren Jahre)) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 west end of the Pool (Scott Brevda) Least Flycatcher - 1 High Meadow (Scott Brevda) Red-eyed Vireo - 1 or 2 Loch Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - 3, others heard Cedar Waxwing - 1 hatch-year bird just south of Conservatory Garden Carolina Wren - 2 (Nutter's Battery, Harlem Meer) Gray Catbird - 4-6 Northern Mockingbird - 2 Plant Nursery Veery - 2 or 3 Loch Swainson's Thrush - 1 just south of Conservatory Garden American Robin - around 20 House Finch - 1 below Fort Clinton American Goldfinch - 2 Wildflower Meadow Common Grackle - 2 or 3 Ovenbird - Loch (Peter Haskel, Dan Stevenson) Northern Waterthrush - 2 at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 3 or 4 American Redstart - 10-15 Northern Parula - 2 (High Meadow (Caren Jahre), Pool (Dan Stevenson)) Magnolia Warbler - 7 Yellow Warbler - 2 between Plant Nursery and Conservatory Garden Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 or 3 males Fort Clinton Prairie Warbler - 1 between Plant Nursery and Conservatory Garden (Paul Curtis) Canada Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer below Fort Clinton (Dan Stevenson) Northern Cardinal - 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 or 2 Loch (Peter Haskel, Dan Stevenson) -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - 21 warbler spp, C. Nighthawks, many more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, September 12 - At least 21 species of migratory American warblers were found in Central Park on Thursday morning, 9-12, with all of those seen by multiple observers and many in guided walks led for nonprofit orgs, as well as many independent observers, small groups, and photographers as well. Both the Ramble area and the northern parts of the park yielded many of these, however there were also migrants in other sections of the park as well. Common Nighthawks were enjoyed in flight by many on a mild, even summerlike early eve. at Central Park, again. Yellow-billed Cuckoos have been seen and photographed by many for multiple days, in several parts of the park. An Olive-sided Flycatcher was among the flycatcher species on the day, Thursday. Both of our usual nuthatch species were again found on the day, with multiples of each, Red-breasted and White-breasted seen by many. As has been for a week or longer, nice numbers of hummingbirds were again present, especially where attractive flowers also were, all of these hummers shown to be Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers each continued as did Wood Ducks and N. Shovelers, all rather regular for many days now. Over all of the park on Thursday, nearly 90 species of native and wild birds were found just for Thursday. Thanks to the many keen and courteous observers and photographers, including the multiple leaders and participants on not-for-profit guided walks which help support conservation and evidence-based science, for so many sightings and media offered thru alerts including as-always the eBird plus Macaulay Library archive. ... At Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, an ever-popular Yellow-breasted Chat continued on, as did more than one Mourning and other migratory warbler species, plus a freshly arrived Savannah Sparrow in addition to other ongoing sparrows, with these being seen by those on a guided walk led by G. Willow in support of the not-for-profit NYC Bird Alliance. As some observers are pointing out, there is bird activity out next to Fifth Ave. in the 40th to 42nd Street landmark lions library entrance and greenery there, with the bulk of Bryant Park proper just west of the library building providing many additional species, all generally listed as from Bryant Park, whether in walks going to one portion or both in this square bounded by Fifth Ave. to the east, Sixth Ave. for the west street boundary. There can be more migrants and lingering birds in this patch than one might think, on first arriving there, the more so in this peak migration period. Many more parks and greenspaces in N.Y. County have also continued to produce a lot of migrant birds and surely will continue to, for a lot of observers all around the county. Good warm-week birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. Sept. 12, 2024: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, 11 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Thursday September 12, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May and Canada Warblers. Canada Goose - 12 Mallard - 36 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 (Evodia Field) Chimney Swift - 20-25 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 Turtle Pond (Caren Jahre) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Evodia Field Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 or 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-12 Blue Jay - 4-6 American Crow - 10-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Cedar Waxwing - around 25 in 4 flocks Brown Creeper - 1 Warbler Rock (Caren Jahre) Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 1 Evodia Field feeding on Ewodia berries Swainson's Thrush - 15-20 Wood Thrush - 2 (Tupelo Field, Evodia Field) American Robin - 20-30 House Finch - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 1 in the Ramble Northern Waterthrush - 1 south shore Turtle Pond Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6 Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 30-35 Cape May Warbler - 3 (Dan Stevenson) Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 uphill from Boathouse Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 Canada Warbler - 1 hatch-year Warbler Rock Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Tues., Sept. 10 - Red-headed WP, 22+ warbler spp., many more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tuesday, Sept. 10th - A Red-headed Woodpecker in first-fall plumage -lacking any red in the head at that age- was seen and photographed by many, many observers, in parr with so many out in the morning on guided bird walks by the non-profit org. The Linnaean Society of New York, and also seen by other observers, some affiliated with other non-profit organizations and institutions of this city. This at-least seems likely to be the same individual bird seen the day before at the Ramble area. However it is entirely possible that more than one of this species are taking up a temporary residence - we have had a maximum -once- of up to TEN Red-headed Woodpeckers just within Central Park in one past, somewhat long-ago overwintering season, which is the highest maxima for the county in any one year as well. In many past years, though, there have been several or more of this species spending parts of the colder months of the year, particularly but not-exclusively within Central Park. Up to 22 or more migratory Warbler species were still found in Central Park on Tuesday and a fair number of the species present wre in good to fairly-strong numbers, all around. There were upticks of some species such as N. Parula, and Wilsons Warbler. While no report came thru for any Connecticut Warblers on Tuesday, anywhere in the park or in the same county, that species ought to be watched for in coming days and weeks, this being peak time for fall occurrences in the region. Many other migrants continued to be found as well. A nice tally of Common Nighthawks in the late-day to dusk hour for Central Park, and also some seen elsewhere around Manhattan. The quite numerous Ruby-throated Hummigbirds have been enjoying the many lush flowers still available in local parks, gardens, and other plantings. - - - At Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, the long-lingering Yellow-breasted Chat was again present and so were some other migrants including various warblers, and Lincolns Sparrow among the other, more-common migrant sparrows. Excellent birds were also being seen from many locations all thru New York County. Thanks to all of many many keen observers and photographers out and about on Tuesday for so many sightings. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Mon., 9/9 - Red-headed WP, CT Warbler +25 more warbler spp., more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday, September 9th - A young Red-headed Woodpecker was seen Monday morning thanks to B. Bomkamp and B. Van Doren, near the north arm of the Lake in Central Park, by the n-w sector of the Ramble, perhaps the same bird lingering a while in that area, or just as possibly a new or more-recent arrival. Another report, for Monday 9-9, of Connecticut Warbler, at the Loch in Central Parks northern sector, this also might be a lingering individual, or could be a newer arrival there - but highly unlikely the same individual Connecticut that was seen in a different part of the same park -a good way farther south- on Sunday. The other warbler species present in Central Park on Monday 9-9 included the following - Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler - photod and observed by Turtle Pond early and late in day on Monday, plus others in park. Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart - still seeming the most numerous species of warbler around. Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Palm Warbler Pine Warbler Myrtle -a.k.a Yellow-rumped- Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler - few remained. As an additional note, none of the sightings noted above and anywhere herein had the euphemism -early- attached to the sighting, and all species were observed by more than one person, with most being seen by many different observers at various times and locations. Cape May and Black-throated Green Warbler sightings seen by multiple -non-early- observers - as were all of above. Many birders commented on the high numbers of hummingbirds being found, just in this one park, but also in many more locations around Manhattan as well. All presumed or proven to be Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Many more migrants and some resident birds were seen on Monday 9-9 at Central Park, the below listing includes some of those - Common Loon - flyover. Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron - getting a bit late. Black-crowned Night-Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Osprey Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk - few, passage migrants. Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull feral Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk - dusk. Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher - Red-headed Woodpecker - as noted at top of this report, a young bird, lacking a red hood. Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee Least Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax-genus Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Common Raven American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Veery - modest numbers. Gray-cheeked Thrush -some of possible Bicknells- but many of such best left simply as gray-cheeked types. Swainsons Thrush Hermit Thrush - very scant, and still quite early for this county. Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling House Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch and perhaps some additional species as well for Central Park on Monday 9-9. - - Of interest as early-arrivers were sightings of some Atlantic Brant passing Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, and Brown Creeper photod in Washington Square Park in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, these each noted for Mondays nice influx and passage of more migrants to and thru the county. - - - Species of note -for this county- at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, besides the ongoing Yellow-breasted Chat seen by now by more than 400 observers, and likely more with passersby also included were a continuing Marsh Wren, continuing Lincolns Sparrow, and continuing Mourning Warblers in at least 2 parts of this relatively-compact park with its various shrub-hedgerows and flower plantings as well as fairly-thin plantings of trees. There have been at least one-dozen warbler species reliably seen at Bryant Park so far this month, also showing ther
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Sept. 9, 2024: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 16 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Monday, September 9, 2024 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 16 Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged, Cape May and Black-throated Green Warblers. The Yellow-breasted Chat, Marsh Wren, and Mourning Warblers, etc. continue at Bryant Park where many friendly and hyper-vigilant birders will help you find them. Canada Goose - 12-18 Mallard - around 30 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Tupelo Field Chimney Swift - 10-15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Herring Gull - 4 or 5 flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Wagner Cove Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 King of Poland Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 or 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (south side of Turtle Pond, Vista Rock (David Barrett)) Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 east side of Belvedere Castle (Bob - early) Warbling Vireo - 1 Ladies' Pavilion Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8 Blue Jay - 5-7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Carolina Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 10-12 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Gapstow Bridge Veery - 7-9 Wood Thrush - 1 or 2 in the Ramble American Robin - 20-25 House Finch - 3 males Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 1 south side Turtle Pond Northern Waterthrush - 1 Gapstow Mudflat (Paul Curtis) Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field (Dan Stevenson and Paul Curtis) Black-and-white Warbler - 8-10 Common Yellowthroat - 5 American Redstart - 25-30 Cape May Warbler - 1 east of Castle (Bob - early) Northern Parula - 8-10 Magnolia Warbler - 1 Maintenance field Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Ladies' Pavilion, Upper Lobe Lawn) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 east of Castle Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 Pine Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields (Caren Jahre) Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Wagner Cove (Bob - early) Canada Warbler - 1 south side of Turtle Pond (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 4-6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (Mary Kate Horbac) -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Sept. 8, 2024: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Hairy Woodpecker, 13 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday September 8, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Hairy Woodpecker, 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged, Cape May, and Prairie Warblers. Canada Goose - 31 Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 45-55 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 or 2 (Captain's Bench (Paul Curtis), Tupelo Field (Deb)) Chimney Swift - 15-20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 west of Persimmon Slope Herring Gull - 4 flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - early) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 male King of Poland Northern Flicker - 5 or 6 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 or 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-12 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - flock of 15-20 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 or 3 Carolina Wren - heard House Wren - 1 Belvedere Castle Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 3 or 4 Wood Thrush - 2 Evodia Field American Robin - 20-25 Common Grackle - 10-15 Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field Black-and-white Warbler - 6 or 7 Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Tanner's Spring, Sparrow Rock (Deb - early)) American Redstart - 18-20 Cape May Warbler - 2 north end of Maintenance Field Northern Parula - 6 or 7 Magnolia Warbler - 1 west of Persimmon Slope (Paul Curtis) Yellow Warbler - 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden Pine Warbler - 1 female Shakespeare Garden Prairie Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle (Annie Plum) Canada Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field (E. J. Bartolazo) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Sept. 7, 2024: 11 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Hooded Warbler
Central Park NYC Saturday September 7, 2024 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Eastern Phoebe, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Hooded and Cape May Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Canada Goose - 16 Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Chimney Swift - 8-10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 Herring Gull - 5-7 flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 at the Oven Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult Maintenance Field (Dan Stevenson) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 6-8 Great Crested Flycatcher - 5-7 Eastern Phoebe - 2 south side of Turtle Pond Red-eyed Vireo - 35-40 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - flyover flock of 20-25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Shakespeare Garden Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 4 or 5 Wood Thrush - 2 Evodia Field American Robin - 30-40 Song Sparrow - 1 Belvedere Castle Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Azalea Pond Black-and-white Warbler - 6-8 Common Yellowthroat - 3 Hooded Warbler - 1 female west of Persimmon Slope American Redstart - 30-35 Cape May Warbler - 1 north Maintenance Field Northern Parula - 5 or 6 Yellow Warbler - 1 Ramble (Dan Stevenson) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Bow Bridge Island (Dan Stevenson) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Ramble Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 uphill from Boathouse (Annie Plum) Scarlet Tanager - 1 male Belvedere Castle Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female Belvedere Castle (Liza Meneades) -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Sept. 6, 2024: Wood Duck, Belted Kingfisher, 9 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday September 6, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Wood Duck, Solitary Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, 9 Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. In addition, Chris Ang photographed a Tennessee Warbler in the Conservatory Garden. Canada Goose - 46 Wood Duck - 1 female at the Pool Mallard - 28-30 Mourning Dove - 10-12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 north side of the Loch Solitary Sandpiper - 2 at the Pool Herring Gull - 1 flyover Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Harlem Meer Great Blue Heron - 1 or 2 (Harlem Meer and flyover) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Belted Kingfisher - 1 calling at the Loch Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 or 2 Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Harlem Meer, Pool) Northern Flicker - 4 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 at the Pool Warbling Vireo - 1 at the Pool Red-eyed Vireo - 1 at the Pool Blue Jay - 2 or 3 American Crow - 2 Conservatory Garden Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Compost Gray Catbird - 4-6 Northern Mockingbird - 3 American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 4-6 Common Grackle - 2 or 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 or 2 at the pool Blue-winged Warbler - 2 Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 19 or 20 Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 1 at the Pool Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 north side of the Loch Canada Warbler - 1 Loch (Tyler) Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - recent migrants, including Connecticut Warbler
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - thru Friday, Sept. 6th - First up, the Connecticut Warbler seen and photographed at The Loch on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd is an archived sighting in eBird with dim -but seemingly fully-confirming photos- in the Macaulay Library to accompany. This is the apparent first of that species to have been photo-documented with a public report this year in the county, and thus for Central Park, and as an additional note, that species has been showing regionally in small numbers overall so far, while more can be expected, in appropriate habitat and sometimes -esp. in urban areas- in some odd and unexpected sites. Thru Friday, as well as on Thursday, 9-5 and 9-6, even without major passages of migrants on preceding nights there have been up to 17 or more warbler species present in Central Park each day, and also many more migrant species. - - - The well-watched Yellow-breasted Chat at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan was seen there by many, thru Thursday 9-5. Adding to the records of Y-br. Chats was one that had been released from a rehab in Manhattan, into nearby Central Park, on Wed., Sept. 4th, that being well-after a sighting of a chat in the same area but at the end of August, as seen by numerous observers then. For part of Friday, 9-6, it was not possible to fully access all of Bryant Park due to a planned event. Even so, a Mourning Warbler and some other warbler species have been noted from that location and more is likely to be seen once the park is open to all for bird observations. A Sora was also -reported- with a likely injury, from that location, as of Friday. . . . . >From Sept. 3rd, there are a number of sightings of Philadelphia Vireos in >Manhattan, and that includes one at the southern end of Manhattan - on the >same day as Central Park had at least one more for the season. More to report in the weekend with a likely fresh passage of many more migrants for all of the region, including thru New York County in N.Y. City. Good birding to all, and thanks to many keen and reliable observers and photographers. Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Thu. Sept. 5, 2024: Hairy Woodpecker, Nine Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC Thursday September 5, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob Highlights: Hairy Woodpecker, Nine Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 18 Mallard - 9 Mourning Dove - 40-50 Chimney Swift - 10-15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Tupelo Field Herring Gull - 4 or 5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Turtle Pond Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult female Summer House Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Tupelo Field Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Captain's Bench Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 or 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Evodia Field Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 Ramble Warbling Vireo - 2 Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 4 or 5 American Crow - 4 or 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (uphill from Boathouse, Shakespeare Garden) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 4-6 Veery - 2 or 3 American Robin - 15-20 Common Grackle - 6-8 Ovenbird - 1 south side of Turtle Pond Blue-winged Warbler - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 14-16 Northern Parula - 5 or 6 Magnolia Warbler - 2 south side of Turtle Pond Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (uphill from Boathouse, Tupelo Field) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males Ramble Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- Deb Allen -- RIP birding legend Sandy Komito, who has no doubt already ticked a Great Auk and a Moa in the great beyond. -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Sept. 2, 2024: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 14 Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Monday September 2, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, 14 Warbler Species including Blue-winged, Cape May, and Black-throated Green Warblers. Canada Goose - 42 Wood Duck - 1 at the Pool (Edmund Berry) Gadwall - 1 Pool (Edmund Berry) Mallard - 10 Mourning Dove - 45-55 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 Maintenance Field Herring Gull - 8 Great Blue Heron - 1 Lake Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (Oven, Upper Lobe) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Captain's Bench Northern Flicker - 5 or 6 Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Summer House) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Persimmon Slope (Edmund Berry) Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 or 2 Warbling Vireo - 2 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 8-10 Carolina Wren - 5 or 6 Gray Catbird - 10-12 Northern Mockingbird - 1 hatch-year Sparrow Rock (Deb - early) Veery - 5-7 Wood Thrush - 2 (Evodia Field, Summer House) American Robin - 35-40 Baltimore Oriole - 2 (Oven, Tupelo Field) Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 5 or 6 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Bow Bridge Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Captain's Bench, Azalea Pond) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6 American Redstart - 20-25 Cape May Warbler - 1 Cedar Hill (Bob - early) Northern Parula - 3 or 4 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 2 Bow Bridge Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Cedar Hill, The Oven (Paul Curtis)) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Cedar Hill (Bob - early) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female east of Azalea Pond Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Strawberry fields, east of Azalea Pond) Scarlet Tanager - 1 male Maintenance Field Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Sept. 1, 2024: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Kestrel, 10 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC - Ramble and Turtle Pond Sunday September 1, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: An overcast day with high humidity yielded the expected early September uptick in Ruby-throated Hummingbird numbers, an American Kestrel, some Empidonax flycatchers, and ten Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. Canada Goose - 20 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift - 4-6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5 Herring Gull - 3-5 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 Lake Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 2 (Evodia Field, Belvedere Castle) American Kestrel - 1 flyover Captain's Bench (Mark Siegeltuch, Paul Curtis) Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 or 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 west side of the Point Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 or 3 Warbling Vireo - 1 singing Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 6-8 Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 heard House Wren - 1 Bow Bridge Gray Catbird - Gray Catbird - 5-7 Veery - 5 Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin - 10-15 Common Grackle - 4 or 5 Ovenbird - 1 Shakespeare Garden Northern Waterthrush - 1 Gill Source Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Common Yellowthroat - 2 or 3 American Redstart - 15-20 Northern Parula - 3 or 4 Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 or 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Evodia Field Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., 8/31 - 22+ Warbler spp, many more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, August 31st - The at-least 22 species of migratory American warblers seen in all of Central Park, over the day on Saturday included what appears to be a male Golden-winged Warbler seen by multiple observers in the area of The Loch at the Parks north end. It may be that this has tinges of plumage showing indications of a hybrid, but those hints may be only products of viewing in tough lighting conditions under almost all-overcast skies. The 22 species was achieved without that warbler in the tally for the day. Worm-eating Warbler was another among somewhat less-common warblers seen on the day, and in the Ramble area of the park alone, at least 18 warblers were noted by observers all thru the day and including groups on not-for-profit guided walks. Also appearing, again, were various flycatchers including some Empidonax, and amongst those at least Yellow-bellied and Least being well-identified, also present again were Yellow-billed Cuckoos, and at dusk at least one, likely more, Common Nighthawk was seen. Rose-breasted Grosbeaks and Scarlet Tanagers were yet again a part of the mix of species. Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatches are being seen daily as of all of later August in this one park, as are at least 30 more regular species of this late-summer season and without having strong migrations on all nights and days. A few observers noted a slightly-early -for Central Park- Field Sparrow. The long-lingering Hooded Merganser was photographed at the CP reservoir, and also still present are Wood Duck, Gadwall, and at the Meer, at least 2 non-brilliant N. Shovelers, as well as the typical motley waterfowl. Thanks to many keen, quiet, courteous observers and photographers for so many sightings. Much more to report on, and for all of N.Y. County, after the holiday weekend has completed. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Aug. 31, 2024: 12 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Blue-winged and Pine Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday, August 31, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: 12 Species of Wood Warblers Including Blue-winged and Pine Warblers. Canada Goose - 20 Mallard - 1 Turtle Pond Mourning dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift - 7-10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Herring Gull - 6-8 Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Turtle Pond Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Upper Lobe (David Barrett and Kris Mirasola) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult east of Maintenance Field Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 2 in the Ramble Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 Empidonax Flycatcher - 3 or 4 Warbling Vireo - 2 (Belvedere Castle, Ramble) Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 6-8 Fish Crow - 1 heard Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 heard Gray Catbird - 6 or 7 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Sparrow Rock Veery - 4 or 5 Summer House Wood Thrush - 2 Evodia Field American Robin - 25-30 American Goldfinch - 3 Sparrow Rock Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 3 or 4 Ovenbird - 1 Tupelo Field Blue-winged Warbler - 1 or 2 (Captain's Bench (Kris Mirasola), Oven) Black-and-white Warbler - 6-8 Common Yellowthroat - 2 or 3 American Redstart - 30-35 Northern Parula - 5 or 6 Magnolia Warbler - 7 or 8 Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 or 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male uphill from Boathouse Cafe Pine Warbler - 1 female Cedar Hill Canada Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thurs.-Friday, Aug. 29-30th - Y-br. Chat, Red-headed WP, 19 Warbler spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday and Friday, August 29th and 30th - A Yellow-breasted Chat came out - in bits and pieces of views - for multiple observers later in the day on Friday, 8-30 at Central Parks small so-called Sparrow Rock area - well east of the West Drive park roadway - west of the Great Lawn, an area that has regularly had skulking and uncommon to rare species of migrants and visitant birds over the decades. As to Chats, we might keep in mind that a bit of region-wide movement of Chats, all of the Yellow-breasted species of course, have been moving thru and showing in multiple states, and in other parts of the N.Y. City region more-locally lately. There is a chance that more than one of these could be in N.Y. County just now, and even that more than the one is in Central Park. That one Chat was still around to very early Saturday, the last day of August. Patience is key, in most chat-searching A young Red-headed Woodpecker that was found by M. Rakowski on Thursday in the Central Park Ramble also had the same sharp observer, who often leads not-for-profit guided bird walks in that park and has done so for many years, finding an even-dozen species of warblers on Thursday. Her reports are also confirmed in eBird. Some of the early-moving Red-headed Woodpeckers in southbound migration will stay around but some may also move on quickly. All of autumn - and beginning now, of course - is a good time to watch out for that species, and to remember that they can and will migrate diurnally, in active daylight-flights. Central Park has had well over 100 species noted in just the 2 days time of this report - 8-29 and 8-30. For all of August to early on the final day of the month, more than 155 species have shown in N.Y. County, but that number is modest by comparison with other counties adjacent, some 4 of which are also boroughs of N.Y. City, and which have open-sea and bay shorelines, or lengthy parts of shores along the western L.I. Sound. Many many migrants have been passing in the final week of August, and on some nights, the numbers simply going over through the night have been vastly more than any numbers seen in daylight as stop-ins, drop-ins, or even with any sky-watching for diurnal movements, mostly in mornings and with some observers also out in evenings to twilight. A good start to the season for Common Nighthawks, and certainly more of them expected. The passage of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds headed south - in daylight hours - also was ongoing, with some days providing modest numbers dropping in to well-flowered areas for feeding. Among so many warbler species, there have been a nice number of Blackburnian Warblers in various plumages, but certainly more of many other species still being commonly found, such as American Redstarts. The coming few days are likely to provide some fresh movement, and an update to all of the county's migrants will be offered as well. Thanks to many keen, quiet, courteous observers and photographers out and about in warmer and cooler days, showers and in hot sun, and all that the weather has delivered, for finding and reporting so many birds, via the Discord alerts in particular as well as regular sightings via eBird listings and alerts and with the Macaulay Library archives for media. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu., Aug. 29, 2024: 10 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Thursday August 29, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Cedar Waxwing, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Veery, Wood Thrush, Ten Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged and Cape May Warblers. An immature Red-headed Woodpecker was reported at Evodia Field in the Ramble by Miriam Rakowski. Canada Goose - 12 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Chimney Swift - 15-20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Shakespeare Garden Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Cooper's Hawk - flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 male Summer House Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 6-8 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 5-10 Cedar Waxwing - 3 hatch-years Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Carolina Wren - 2 in the Ramble Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 Wood Thrush - 2 Evodia Field American Robin - 15-20 Baltimore Oriole - 6-8 Common Grackle - 4-6 Ovenbird - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 5 American Redstart - 12-15 Cape May Warbler - 3 Northern Parula - 1 Tupelo Field Magnolia Warbler - 2 Shakespeare Garden Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Warbler Rock Canada Warbler - 2 Ramble Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Wed., 8/28 - ongoing migration
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Wed., August 28th - For all of the park and all day, from before daybreak thru dusk, when some Common Nighthawks were moving overhead, there were just over 100 species of native and wild birds found in, and moving over the park. Many as on recent days were species of migratory warblers. Likely the most numerous of those were again American Redstart, with some other species also in numbers and some species in lowered numbers from the prior day. There were still some Cape May and Bay-breasted Warblers in the park in more than a few locations, and the watery bathing-spots were as-expected somewhat active as the day progressed. In the park entire, there are at least a dozen of these, in separated areas, that does include inside the Central Park zoo grounds. At the Pool in Central Park's northwest, a Solitary Sandpiper was still to be seen on Wednesday. A few apparently first of the season Northern Shovelers came to the water-body known as the Meer, and to ,the reservoir in Central Park. The long-lingering, early Hooded Merganser was still present there as are Wood Ducks, Gadwalls, and sundry usual Canada-turfgrass geese, and Mallards. - - - Far more can be elaborated on migrations for there and other locations in N.Y. County as migration is again strong around the region into Thursday morning. A bright male Mourning Warbler was among the birds still lingering at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, seen and well-photographed again, on 8-28. That and some other birds are not representative of the most-recent migrations, however. Thanks to many additional observers and photographers all around the park, for many reports, which come in via Discord alerts and as eBird alerts, regular reports, and those which are rather hidden to fast-search efforts, and for word-of-mouth sightings noted, and others given privately as is still also common. Good birds, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Aug. 26, 2024: Green Heron, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-throated Blue Warbler
Central Park NYC Monday August 26, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: A bit slow today - Green Heron, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-throated Blue and other Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 29 Mallard - 9 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift Herring Gull - a few flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 at the Pond Green Heron - 1 at the Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Azalea Pond Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4-6 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Hernshead Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Maintenance Field Warbling Vireo - 1 Hernshead (Karen Evans) Red-eyed Vireo - 6 or 7 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Swampy Pin Oak Carolina Wren - 1 Riviera Gray Catbird - 6-9 Veery - 4 or 5 American Robin - around 20 House Finch - 2 Strawberry Fields Baltimore Oriole - 1 young male Laupot Bridge Common Grackle - 5 or 6 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Gapstow mudlfat Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Gapstow mudflat American Redstart - 12 Magnolia Warbler - 2 Azalea Pond Yellow Warbler - 1 Summer House Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (2 males and 1 female (Caren Jahre) Laupot and Gill Overlook) Canada Warbler - 1 Summer House Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Laupot -- On the subject of Red-breasted Nuthatches: It's so nice to have our efforts to keep track of these birds in NYC noticed, but why did Mr. Fiore headline his post "Red-breasted Nuthatch occurrence in N.Y. City, summer 2024". Then later in the body of the post, in a classic bit of bait and switch, refer to these reports as coming from "around N.Y. City". How many counties would that encompass? Here is what Bob and I can find on eBird for the 5 boroughs of NYC: --- There are no reports of RBNUs in NYC for June 2024. There are two reports of RBNUs from Brooklyn in July 2024 (both from Greenwood Cemetery) - and zero reports from anywhere else in NYC. In August 2024, reports regarding RBNUs have come in from four boroughs (Staten Island has no reports), and the majority (>80%) have come in since 23 August (less than five days ago). There are about 20-25 total reports. As we look over the ebird reports from Central Park, we note that several of the reports from Sunday (25 August), came from people on our bird walk! These birds are often in deciduous trees at this time of year, and are much more difficult to find now than they will be later in the season. However, they are very social birds and will respond to calls. In any case, it's likely that we will see an irruption, with nice numbers of these birds downstate this fall and winter, although we do not expect it to be a major irruption. --- Looking forward to the next cold front, Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Aug. 25, 2024: Red-breasted Nuthatch, 11 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Cape May and Blackburnian Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday August 25, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Broad-winged Hawk, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Red-breasted Nuthatch*, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May and Blackburnian Warblers. It was heartening to see one of the Great Crested Flycatchers dining on a Spotted Lanternfly. We’ve also seen Yellow-billed Cuckoos and Baltimore Orioles eating these invasive insects. Canada Goose - 25-30 Mallard - 5 Mourning dove - 30-40 Chimney Swift - 3 or 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Tupelo Field Herring Gull - 3-5 flyovers Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond (David Barrett) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 or 4 Broad-winged Hawk - 1 perched in the Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 (at Evodia Field one caught and ate a Spotted Lanternfly) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Evodia Field Warbling Vireo - 1 Locust Grove (Andrea Hessel) Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 5-10 Barn Swallow - 5-10 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 in 3 locations* Carolina Wren - heard Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 American Robin - 15-20 American Goldfinch - 2 Pinetum Baltimore Oriole - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 near Boathouse (Sabina Schumacher) Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 1 Tupelo Field Northern Waterthrush - 1 Laupot Bridge (Carl Howard) Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Bow Bridge, Shakespeare Garden) American Redstart - 7-10 Cape May Warbler - 1 east of Evodia Field Magnolia Warbler - 1 Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench (Alexandra Wang) Blackburnian Warbler - 2 (male and female) Tupelo Field (Paul Curtis) Yellow Warbler - 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Tupelo Field Canada Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8 -- *We had three Red-breasted Nuthatches on our bird walks today at three different locations. In our experience, when we see these birds in late August, it suggests an irruption year for the species. If we see the first ones in mid-July to early August, we might expect a major irruption. Gus Keri found (and recorded on video) the first migrant RBNUs in the NYC area about ten days ago in Brooklyn. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Aug. 24, 2024: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 12 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday August 24, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Twelve Species of Wood Warblers including Blackburnian and Cape May Warblers. Canada Goose - 22 Mallard - 20 Mourning Dove 30-40 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 east of Evodia Field (Karen Evans) Chimney Swift - 10-20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Tupelo Field Laughing Gull - 1 flyover Reservoir (Deb - 6:12am) Herring Gull - 14 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 adult Reservoir (Deb - around 6:45am) Double-crested Cormorant - 1 flyover Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond (David Barrett) Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 or 2 Northern Flicker - 5 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 or 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Maintenance field Warbling Vireo - 1 east of Evodia Field Red-eyed Vireo - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 4 or 5 Gray Catbird - 4-6 Wood Thrush - 1 hatch-year Summer House American Robin - 8-10 House Finch - 1 male Sparrow Rock (Deb-around 7am) Baltimore Oriole - 6-8 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 2 Ramble Northern Waterthrush - 2 Ramble Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Maintenance Field American Redstart - 5-7 Cape May Warbler - 1 Evodia Field (Scott Brevda) Magnolia Warbler - 1 between Summer House and Warbler Rock Blackburnian Warbler - 1 male uphill from Boathouse (Paul Curtis) Yellow Warbler - 3 or 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 or 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle Canada Warbler - 4 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 including a singing male -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Aug. 23, 2024: Hooded Merganser,10 Species of Wood Warblers including Worm-eating and Wilson's Warblers
Central Park NYC - North End Friday August 23, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Wood Duck, Hooded Merganser, 10 Species of Wood Warblers including Worm-eating and Wilson's Warblers, Solitary Sandpiper, Eastern Phoebe. Canada Goose - around 30 Wood Duck - 1 female at the Pool Mallard - 15 Hooded Merganser - 1 first-summer female at Pool (the species is rare in the park in summer) Mourning Dove - 5 or 6 Chimney Swift - 3 flying very low over Nutter's Battery Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Conservatory Garden (Caren Jahre) Solitary Sandpiper - 2 at the Pool Herring Gull - a few flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Harlem Meer Great Blue Heron - 2 Harlem Meer Cooper's Hawk - 1 eating a rat in the Ramble after lunch (thanks Patrick) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 near Conservatory Garden Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Nutter's Battery Downy Woodpecker - Conservatory Garden Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 at the Pool Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 (2 calling to each other at the Blockhouse (Caren Jahre)) Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 probable Least Flycatcher Lily Ponds Eastern Phoebe - 1 at the Pool Red-eyed Vireo - 2 Carolina Wren - 1 Loch, another heard Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 Northern Mockingbird - 3 or 4 American Robin - around 20 House Finch - 1 male Loch American Goldfinch - 1 male Wildflower Meadow (Scott Brevda) Song Sparrow - 1 Wildflower Meadow Common Grackle - 4 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Scott Brevda) Northern Waterthrush - 2 at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda) American Redstart - 20-25 Northern Parula - 1 Loch Magnolia Warbler - 2 or 3 at the Loch (Mary Kate Horbac and Caren Jahre) Yellow Warbler - 3 (1 Harlem Meer Island (Paul Curtis), 2 Pool (Caren Jahre) Canada Warbler - 5 Wilson's Warbler - 1 at the Pool Northern Cardinal - 5 -- I you go to the Conservatory Garden to look for hummingbirds, please be advised that the garden is under construction and may be entered from the north and the south sides, but there is no entrance or exit from Fifth Avenue, and it's not possible to cross between the north and south sides. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - thru Thursday, 8/22 - 27 Warbler spp, many more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - into Thursday-Friday, August 22nd - 23rd - Starting off with the migratory American warbler species seen into - and on - Thursday, August 22nd for ALL of Central Park and as seen by many, many dozens of observers, independently watching and photographing - ALL of the following were seen into Thursday, at Central Park - a majority of these species were in the multiple, and a few were well into double-digits numbers, within this one park on Thursday. Some of the other migrants and regular birds of this park are additionally listed below the warblers. Many of these birds are also starting to be seen for Friday, August 23rd. Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler - multiple, as ongoing and new arrivals for some days by now. Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Pine Warbler Myrtle -a.k.a Yellow-rumped- Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilsons Warbler - and - - Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret - flyovers Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal Hooded Merganser Osprey Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Least Sandpiper American Woodcock Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull feral Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder - Willow type Empidonax-genus Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo - at least several, multiple observers, photos. Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay Common Raven American Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - multiple, and having been seen for much of August in the park. Veery Swainson's Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling House Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow - present all summer in the park. Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink - modest nos. of flyovers. Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole House Finch American Goldfinch There are likely some additional species that are not listed above which have occurred and there are as is typical various additional species having been seen in other parts of N.Y. County, of which Central Park is just a small fraction of the available bird habitat. In the coming weeks we will announce some not-for-profit organizations public birding walks for the area. Thanks to all keen, quiet, courteous observers and photographers representing the diversity of the city and the world, for local sightings and many reports of all these birds, via the much-used Discord alterts and as-always via eBird and its RBA as well as thru the associated Macaluay Library online, for excellent digital media. An update on some of the birds all around N.Y. County will also be given in coming days. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. Aug. 22, 2024: 11 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Blue-winged, Mourning, and Cape May Warblers
Central Park NYC Thursday August 22, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Eleven Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged, Mourning, and Cape May Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Cooper's Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Canada Goose - 12 Mallard - 7 Mourning Dove - 40-50 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - heard (David Barrett) Chimney Swift - 6-8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 chasing Blue Jay (Maintenance Field) Herring Gull - 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult Ramble (David Barrett) Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 male Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob - early) Northern Flicker - 1 Tupelo Field Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8 Blue Jay - 8-10 Barn Swallow - 2 Turtle Pond Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe (David Barrett) Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 6-8 American Robin - 10-15 Baltimore Oriole - 11-13 Common Grackle - 6-8 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Black-and-white Warbler - 3-5 Mourning Warbler - 1 male Evodia Field (Jordan Spindel) American Redstart - 9-12 Cape May Warbler - 1 hatch-year female King of Poland (Bob - early) Northern Parula - 1 female Maintenance Field Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow Warbler - 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 or 5 Canada Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Aug. 19, 2024: Least and Solitary Sandpipers, Osprey, Wood Thrush, Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Monday August 19, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Least and Solitary Sandpipers, Osprey, Wood Thrush, Wood Warblers. Least Sandpiper is rare for Central Park. Canada Goose - 6 on the Lake, others on the Pond Mallard - many at the Pond Mourning Dove - 40-50 Chimney Swift - 3 or 4 Least Sandpiper - 1 in juvenal plumage at the Pond and adjacent Gapstow Mudflat Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at the Pond and adjacent Gapstow Mudflat Great Blue Heron - 1 adult at the Pond (Betsy Radley) Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Green Heron - 1 at the Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Wagner Cove Osprey - 1 flyover Maintenance Field Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Balancing Rock Northern Flicker - 5-7 including some hatch-year birds Great Crested Flycatcher - 6-8 Least Flycatcher - 1 Tupelo Field Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8 Blue Jay - 4 or 5 Carolina Wren - 5 or 6 Gray Catbird - 3 or 4 Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Ramble and the Pond) Wood Thrush - 1 Warbler Rock American Robin - 10-15 Common Grackle - 8-10 Ovenbird - 1 Gill Overlook Northern Waterthrush - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 American Redstart - 10 Northern Parula - 1 Warbler Rock (Bob - early a.m.) Northern Cardinal - 8-10 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. and Sun. Aug 17-18, 2024: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Least Sandpiper, Laughing Gull
Central Park NYC Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged and Canada Warblers, Least Sandpiper, Laughing Gull. Saturday: Canada Goose - around 25 Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift - at least 15 Least Sandpiper - 1 Gapstow Bridge (Sandra Critelli, thanks to Eric Mathern)* Laughing Gull - 2 adults Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Herring Gull - 43 Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Reservoir (Deb - early) Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Green Heron - 1 at the Pond (Sandra Critelli) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern flicker - 3 Great Crested Flycatcher - 5 Eastern Kingbird - heard Turtle Pond Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8 Blue Jay - 15-20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 between Warbler Rock and Summer House House Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 American Robin - 5-10 House Finch - 3 or 4 Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 Ramble Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Shakespeare Garden American Redstart - 30-40 Northern Parula - 2 Ramble Magnolia Warbler - 1 east of Maintenance field Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 1 male Iphigene's Walk (Coral Aviles) Northern Cardinal - 5-10 -- * Rare for Central Park. Photos from @alexcritelli1 and @CeceSurfs posted on X (twitter). https://x.com/alexcritelli1/status/1825048803491385745/photo/1 https://x.com/CeceSurfs/status/1825004408532259115/photo/1 -- On Sunday early rain led to a later start than usual and fewer warblers on the walk (Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, and Northern Parula). Other highlights were a Great Blue Heron at Balcony Bridge and an Empidonax flycatcher at the Castle. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Friday Aug. 16, 2024: Solitary Sandpiper, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia and Other Warblers, Scarlet Tanager
Central Park NYC Friday August 16, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Solitary Sandpiper, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Veery Chestnut-sided, Magnolia and Other Warblers, Scarlet Tanager. It was good to be back in Central Park. Excellent bird spotting, especially by Scott Brevda, Kate Wollin, and Mary Kate Horbac. Canada Goose - 37 Gadwall - 4 Mallard - 24 Mourning Dove - several Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Wildflower Meadow (also reported at Conservatory Garden) Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool Laughing Gull - flyover Harlem (Deb - around 7:30am) Herring Gull - a few flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 2 or 3 including one perched at the Pool Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Northern Flicker - 2 Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 at the Pool Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Azalea Pond Warbling Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 3 House Wren - 1 Wildflower Meadow Carolina Wren - 2 Lily Ponds Gray Catbird - 3 or 4 Northern Mockingbird - 3 or 4 Veery - 1 Azalea Pond American Robin - around a dozen House Finch - male and female American Goldfinch - 1 Wildflower Meadow Common Grackle - 1 Ovenbird - 1 or 2 at Azalea Pond Northern Waterthrush - 1 Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 2 at the pool American Redstart - 7 or 8 including an adult male at the Blockhouse Magnolia Warbler - 1 Loch Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Loch Scarlet Tanager - 1 Azalea Pond Northern Cardinal - 5 -- The find of the day was a Cerulean Warbler photographed by @Gigpalileo at Azalea Pond late in the morning reported on "X" via @mbalerter. -- Looking forward to more warblers tomorrow, Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. June 2, 2024: Multiple Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Olive-sided Flycatcher
Central Park NYC Sunday June 2, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Multiple Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Olive-sided Flycatcher. Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond Wood Duck - 1 male Turtle Pond Mallard - 16 (including a dozen ducklings) Mourning Dove - 40-50 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 Chimney Swift - 3 or 4 Herring Gull - 4 or 5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 6-8 flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 pairs Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - pair Maintenance Field Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 pairs Eastern Kingbird - 1 Turtle Pond Dock Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 Ramble Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Evodia Field Warbling Vireo - 1 south side Turtle Pond Red-eyed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 1 East Drive at 80th Street Tufted Titmouse - 1 continuing in the Ramble Barn Swallow - 1 Turtle Pond Cedar Waxwing - 6 Wood Thrush - 2 males singing in the Ramble American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 10-15 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Swampy Pin Oak Baltimore Oriole - pair at nest Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6 Common Grackle - 9-12 American Redstart - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 1 female east end of Turtle Pond Blackpoll Warbler - 1 female Gill Overlook Canada Warbler - 1 singing male Ramble Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- Eastern Red Bat - Turtle Pond Eastern Cottontail - north end of Maintenance Field -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. June 1, 2024: Mourning Warbler and Eight Other Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday June 1, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Mourning Warbler and Eight Other Species of Wood Warblers. At lunchtime today three Mourning Warblers and a Blackburnian Warbler were reported in Bryant Park. ( https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1796948737241104585 ) Canada Goose - 19 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - 6:05am) Mallard - 20 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Herring Gull - 19 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - early) Double-crested Cormorant - 11 Great Egret - 2 Reservoir - Deb - 6:45am) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Ramble Downy Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Northern Flicker - pair plus one Great Crested Flycatcher - pair Tupelo Field Eastern Kingbird - 1 Turtle Pond Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Azalea Pond Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (Ramble, Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo - 1 Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 including pair collecting nesting material Tufted Titmouse - 1 continuing in the Ramble Barn Swallow - 5 or 6 with 2 birds sitting on nests Gray Catbird - 6-8 Wood Thrush - 2 singing in Ramble American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 10-15 (adults and juveniles) Song Sparrow - 4 (3 singing) Baltimore Oriole - 2 males and active nest Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7 Common Grackle - 10-15 including adult feeding young at Maintenance Field Black-and-white Warbler - 2 females Ramble Mourning Warbler - 1 male top of the Point Common Yellowthroat - 2 (male, female) Belvedere Castle American Redstart - 2 Ramble Northern Parula - 2 (Swampy Pin Oak, Balancing Rock) Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle Blackpoll Warbler - 3 females Canada Warbler - 2 (King of Poland (Bob - early), Weather Station) Northern Cardinal - 9 or 10 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 31, 2024: Mourning Warbler, Nesting Birds
Central Park NYC Friday May 31, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Mourning Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Nesting Birds. Canada Goose - 17 Mallard - 9 adults plus 2 ducklings Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 5 or 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Island Harlem Meer Great Egret - 1 foraging at Harlem Meer, plus at least 10 flyovers Snowy Egret - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 3 flyovers (1 adult, 2 immature birds) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (1 adult male, 2 juveniles - nest empty) Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Loch Northern Flicker - 1 male working on old Red-bellied Woodpecker nest Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 or 3 Warbling Vireo - 3 adults (one nest - nestlings fed) Blue Jay - 4 Barn Swallow - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Cedar Waxwing - 15 or 16 House Wren - 1 heard Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 American Robin - nests with young Baltimore Oriole - 1 adult male Plant Nursery (Scott Brevda) Red-winged Blackbird - 10 Common Grackle - around a dozen including 2 juveniles Mourning Warbler - 1 male singing north of the west side of the Pool (found by Charles*) American Redstart - 1 immature male singing north of the west side of the Pool Magnolia Warbler - 1 at the Loch (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Great Hill (Caren Jahre) -- *@FoodvsF https://twitter.com/FoodvsF/status/1796551319635026108/photo/1 Charles also photographed a male Indigo Bunting at the Great Hill. See @BirdCentralPark for this and other New York County bird reports. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Mon. May 27, 2024: Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided and Other Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC Monday May 27, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandidoPhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Memorial Day Highlights: Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided and Other Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 15-16 including a hen and ducklings on Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 50-60 Chimney Swift - 4-6 Herring Gull - 3 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 4-6 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 (2 adults, 1 second-year) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Shakespeare Garden Great Crested Flycatcher - pair in the Ramble Eastern Kingbird - 1 Belvedere Castle (one of the pair nesting at Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 3 or 4 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Ramble Cedar Waxwing - 15-20 Gray Catbird - 5-7 Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin - 20-25 House Finch - 8-10 Baltimore Oriole - 2 or 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6 Common Grackle - 5-10 American Redstart - 5 or 6 Northern Parula - 2 (Humming Tombstone, Strawberry Fields) Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female Strawberry Fields Yellow Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle (Bob and Deb - early) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle (Bob and Deb - early) Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC -Sunday, May 26- 18+ Warbler spp., Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, May 26th - Again on Sunday, Central Park had at least 18 species of migratory American warblers, as found by a great many observers, zero of them reporting any sightings as -early- as a euphemism. Some species were much diminished in numbers from some peak days earlier in this month, yet a few species of the warblers continued to show in double-digits for the park on Sunday. At least several Yellow-bellied Flycatchers were among the Empidonax-genus of flycatchers seen and carefully identified by multiple observers. This included that last species of Empidonax within the Ramble area of the park Sunday, and also seen by multiple observers in the Ramble area was Gray-cheeked Thrush, again carefully identified eliminating the possible Bicknells from the choices amongst migrating Catharus-genus thrushes, on Sunday. Thanks to quiet, courteous observers and photographers for many reliable identifications, made with care, including birds pointed out by leaders of not-for-profit guided bird walks done near-daily in this park for the migration seasons, offered by such organizations as the NYC Bird Alliance, the Linnaean Society of New York, the American Museum of Natural History, and multiple other non-profit organizations working for the advancement of conservation and science in the best interests of the birds, and for education in and of our natural world. Good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 26, 2024: Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, Blackburnian, black-throated Green and Other Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday May 26, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, Blackburnian, Black-throated Green and other Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 10 Mourning Dove - 50-60 Chimney Swift - 5-10 Herring Gull - 10-15 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Double-crested Cormorant - 12-15 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 flyover Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - pair Tupelo Field Eastern Kingbird - 1 female Belvedere Castle Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 or 3 Warbler Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-12 Blue Jay - 4 or 5 American Crow - 1 flyover Tufted Titmouse - 1 Balancing Rock Cedar Waxwing - 15-20 House Wren - 1 Swedish Cottage Gray Catbird - 8-10 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 1 Azalea Pond Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 10-15 including adults feeding juveniles White-throated Sparrow - 2 Ramble Baltimore Oriole - 1 male south of Maintenance Field Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 1 Azalea Pond (Bob - early) Common Yellowthroat - 1 King of Poland American Redstart - 6-8 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Blackburnian Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Yellow Warbler - 1 female east side of Turtle Pond Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 5 or 6 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 female east side of Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., 5/25 - 18+ Warbler spp, both Cuckoo spp, many more migrants
A highlight bird for the county even when seen - and photographed - by a sole observer, is the probable first -photo-documented- of its species for New York County, a Tricolored Heron, seen on May 25th and nicely photod in flight, as it passed over Randalls Island and reported by A. Cunningham, one of a modest number of birding regulars at all seasons to that island location in recent years. A photo set of that heron is now archived in the Macaulay Library, via the eBird report of same. ... Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 25th - At least 18 species of migratory American warblers were found in the park on the day, with an approximation of order of abundances per species shown just below in a list of those warblers. Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos were seen again, as both have been over the recent weeks of this month at this park, and elsewhere in N.Y. County. Warblers in a rough listing of abundances for Saturday at Central Park - American Redstart, Blackpoll, Yellow, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue, Canada, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided, Northern Parula, Blackburnian, Wilsons, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Blue-winged, Black-throated Green, and last-listed but hardly least of the many sightings from far more than 200 total observers over the entirety of the park and thru all of the day, Mourning Warbler. Many of the warblers are and recently have been females, quieter and not quite as colorful to stand out in all the lush, dense foliage of the final weekend of the month. There certainly might have also been a few additional species of other warblers still working thru for the day, and not noted above. The entire range of expected Empidonax-genus flycatchers were being found, some only calling rather than giving what passes for sping-territorial songs, and some as is typical here mostly-silent. Among most vocal in recent days have been the multiple Acadian Flycatchers within all of Central Park, for which any pairs of the latter ought to be watched, if lingering long as a pair in the park, or anywhere in the county. Many more migrants are continuing to pass through. Thanks to all of the quiet, keen, courteous birders, including a number of bird walk leaders on not-for-profit guided walks, and also many independent observers and photographers not with organized group walks, for so many good sightings. Good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 15, 2024: Black-billed Cuckoo, Acadian Flycatcher, 8 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 15, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Black-billed Cuckoo, Acadian Flycatcher, 8 Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 20 Brant - flyover flock of 200+ birds (Deb - 6:15am) Gadwall - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - 6am) Mallard - 20 Mourning Dove - 50-60 Black-billed Cuckoo - 1 Top of the Point and Azalea Pond Chimney Swift - 7-10 Herring Gull - 25 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - early) Double-crested Cormorant - 20-25 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 perched over Central Park West (David Barrett) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 1 Ramble Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Ramble Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 or 4 Acadian Flycatcher - 1 calling at Humming Tombstone Warbling Vireo - 2-4 Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8 Blue Jay - 5-7 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Evodia Field near feeders Barn Swallow - 3 Cedar Waxwing - 25-35 (a few flocks) Gray Catbird - 6-8 Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge Song Sparrow - 1 singing north end Reservoir (Deb - early) Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 10-15 American Redstart - 6-8 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 1 female King of Poland Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Gill Overlook Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Azalea Pond (Cliff) Canada Warbler - 1 male Evodia Field (Caren Jahre) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 23, 2024: Green Heron, Acadian Flycatcher, 11 Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Thursday May 23, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights in spite of the rain: Green Heron, Acadian Flycatcher, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Bay-breasted and Blackburnian Warblers. Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 50-60 Chimney Swift - 8-10 Herring Gull - 4 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 6 Green Heron - 1 Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - flyover Belvedere Castle Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 top of the Oven Northern Flicker - 3 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 calling at Swampy Pin Oak Eastern Kingbird - 2 Turtle Pond Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 Ramble Acadian Flycatcher - 1 south side of Tupelo Field Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Magic Bush Warbling Vireo - 2 Upper Lobe (Bob - early) Red-eyed Vireo - 10-12 Blue Jay - 6-8 American Crow - 2 flyovers (Bob - early) Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble (Bob - early) Barn Swallow - 1 flyover Maintenance Field Cedar Waxwing - 25-35 House Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 10-12 Swainson's Thrush - 1 Magic Bush Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin - 20-30 House Finch - 1 male Evodia Field feeders (Bob - early) Baltimore Oriole - 2 or 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 8-10 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 females American Redstart - 8-10 Northern Parula - 3 or 4 Magnolia Warbler - 6-8 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle in Honeylocust Blackburnian Warbler - 2 (male and female) Weather Station Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Balancing Rock Blackpoll Warbler - 8-10 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle in Honeylocust Magnolia Warbler - 1 Weather Station Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle in Honeylocust (Dan Stevenson) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Mon., 5/20 - 24 Warbler spp., other migrants, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday, May 20th - At least 24 species of migratory American Warblers were present in Central Park on Monday, all of these 24 seen by multiple observers, and none noted under any such euphemism as -early-. Mourning Warbler was among the warbler species, and also found were now-late Pine, and slightly-late Palm Warblers. Also seen Monday were 5 vireo species - White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Warbling, and Red-eyed Vireos. Other species found included actual Scarlet Tanagers, and both of the expected Oriole species, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, and at least 4 species of Catharus-genus thrushes, with Veery, Swainsons, Gray-cheeked, and Hermit Thrush, plus Wood Thrush comprising the 5 definite thrushes on Monday. Ravens have been seen and heard near daily at Central Park all of this year so far, and local area birders living not far from the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Amsterdam to Morningside Aves, north of W. 111th Street, have been closely observing all of the daily progress of the well-known nesting at that site for months, starting with that raven pairs nest construction, earlier this year. Thanks to the many quiet and courteous observers and photographers out and about, observing so many migrant, visiting, and resident birds. Good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. May 20, 2024: Common Raven, 16 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Monday May 20, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Raven, 16 Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 10 Mourning Dove - 60-70 Herring Gull - 7-10 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 4 or 5 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (adult, immature) Lake Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 1 on the Point Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Swampy Pin Oak (Karen Evans) Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Strawberry Fields (Dan Stevenson) Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Common Raven - 2 very vocal birds overhead* Cedar Waxwing - 8 House Wren - 1 Swedish Cottage Gray Catbird - 10-15 Swainson's Thrush - 3 Wood Thrush - 3 or 4 including pair at Maintenance Field American Robin - 40-50 including 2 fledged juveniles House Finch - 3 or 4 Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 3 or 4 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 5 9r 6 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing at the Oven (Bob - early) Common Yellowthroat - 2 or 3 American Redstart - 7 or 8 Cape May Warbler - 1 female Summer House Northern Parula - 3 or 4 Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 Bay-breasted Warbler - 4 Yellow Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 4 or 5 (mostly females) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Strawberry Fields Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Belvedere Overlook (Karen Evans) Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 1 male Strawberry Fields (Caren Jahre) Scarlet Tanager - 1 male singing at Balancing Rock (Bob - early) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- *The young Common Ravens at the Cathedral of St. John the Devine have fledged, and were perched on the building when I visited this afternoon. One of them flew short distances several times in the space of half an hour, perhaps stimulated by an adult that flew around carrying a mouse. Many thanks to Malcolm Morris for letting me know about this nest. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 19, 2024, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, 17 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday May 19, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada, and Wilson's Warblers. Canada Goose - 16 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - 6:45am) Mallard - 10 including hen with 3 ducklings Mourning Dove - 40-50 Chimney Swift - 4-8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 uphill from Boathouse Herring Gull - 25 + flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Double-crested Cormorant - 25-30 Great Egret - 1 flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Lake Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 on the Point Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 Eastern Kingbird - pair north Maintenance Field Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Humming Tombstone (Paul Curtis) Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-15 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Tufted Titmouse - 1 south of Maintenance Field Barn Swallow - 6 (3 nests) Cedar Waxwing - 5 or 6 Gray Catbird - 15-20 Swainson's Thrush - 3 or 4 Wood Thrush - 4 or 5, at least 3 singing in the Ramble American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 1 male north Maintenance Field Song Sparrow - 1 singing north Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 16-20 Ovenbird - 5-10 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing at Balancing Rock Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6 American Redstart - 3 or 4 Cape May Warbler - 1 south of Maintenance Field Northern Parula - 10-12 Magnolia Warbler - 8-10 Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 or 4 Blackburnian Warbler - 4 or 5 Yellow Warbler - 5 or 6 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 4 or 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 2 (Point, Azalea Pond) Wilson's Warbler - 2 (male and female) Strawberry Fields (Deb) Scarlet Tanager - 3 or 4 Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 18, 2024: Variety of Thrushes, 18 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 18, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Veery, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's, Swainson's, and Wood Thrushes. 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackburnian Warblers. Canada Goose - 13 plus 4 goslings at the Point Wood Duck - 1 male continuing on the Reservoir (Deb - 5:45am) Mallard - 7 Mourning Dove - 45-55 Chimney Swift - 7-10 Herring Gull - 15-20 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb - 6am) Double-crested Cormorant - 10 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Deb - 5:45 am) Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover Osprey - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 or 5 Eastern Kingbird - pair building a nest Warbling Vireo - 4 or 5 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-15 (some paired) Blue Jay - 5-10 including nesting birds Tufted Titmouse - 1 Evodia Field Barn Swallow - 6 (at least 2 nests) Cedar Waxwing - 4-6 House Wren - pair Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 20-30 Veery - 2 or 3 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 5-7 Wood Thrush - 4-6 American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 3 or 4 White-throated Sparrow - 3 or 4 Song Sparrow - 1 continuing Reservoir (Deb - early) Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 including nest with eggs Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 25-30 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing south of Maintenance Field Common Yellowthroat - 5-7 American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 2 (male south side Turtle Pond, female Persimmon Slope) Northern Parula - 6-8 Magnolia Warbler - 4-6 Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 or 4 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female south side Turtle Pond (Kris Mirasola) Yellow Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 female Tupelo Field (Bob - early) Blackpoll Warbler - 8-10 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 female Locust Grove Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 or 4 Canada Warbler - 1 south of Maintenance Field Scarlet Tanager - 4 or 5 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female south side Turtle Pond -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., 5/18 - Bicknell’s Thrushes, Summer Tanager, 24+ warbler spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 18th - At least several Bicknells Thrushes, along with some dozens of Gray-cheeked Thrushes, and Wood Thrushes, Swainsons Thrushes, plus Veery were present in Central Park including in the Ramble area, on Saturday, with numbers of quiet observers listening to the calls and songs -of the actual birds- for help on confirming identifications. There also were, as is normal, a good many of the gray-cheeked type thrushes which may have pertained to bicknelli, but also may have been gray-cheeked and were left as being identified as one of those two closely related and appearing taxa. Summer Tanagers also continued for Saturday, in Central Park, an ongoing great run for that species, with Scarlet Tanagers also ongoing there and all around the county. At least 24 species of migratory American warblers were found on Saturday, with Blackpoll Warblers coming in good numbers now, and possibly edging other of the warbler species as most numerous for Saturday. Also featuring nicely were still numbers of Bay-breasted Warblers. American Redstarts are still going in modest to fairly-high numbers. Many species of migrants were in less-than-maximum numbers for this time in the month of May. Central Park alone had well over 110 species of birds, with some of those being seen mostly as flyovers -Snowy Egret as an example- and that total number of species not even close to higher big-migration-day tallies of species already this month, in that one park. Foliage is in a state that nearly resembles summer season with native trees, shrubs, and many forbs. Thanks to all of many, many birders who are respecting the needs of migratory, breeding, and visiting birds by observing quietly at all times. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 17, 2024: Laughing Gull, Common Raven, Sixteen species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday May 17, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Not bad for a slow day. Spotted Sandpiper, Laughing Gull, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Sixteen species of Wood Warblers including Hooded, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided, and Black-throated Green Warblers. In addition: Wolfgang Demisch reported both a male Wood Duck and a male Gadwall continuing at the Reservoir. A male Blackburnian Warbler continued at 91st Street and the West Dive, reported by Gig @Gigpalileo and Suresh @SEaswarNYC. Canada Goose - 14 Mallard - 9 Mourning Dove - 8-10 Chimney Swift - at least 9 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 female at the Pool Laughing Gull - 1 adult Reservoir Herring Gull - around 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Double-crested Cormorant - 6 plus flyovers Great Egret - 9 or 10 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover adult Red-bellied Woodpecker - male north of Wildflower Meadow, others heard Downy Woodpecker - 2 (male and female) Northern Flicker - 1 High Meadow Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Wildflower Meadow Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Children's Glade (Paul Curtis) Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 4-6 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - 3 Common Raven - 3 noisy birds over the Great Hill Tufted Titmouse - heard at the Loch Barn Swallow - 1 Harlem Meer Cedar Waxwing - 4-6 House Wren - 1 Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 1 Loch (Paul Curtis) Swainson's Thrush - 3 American Robin - around a dozen House Finch - 5 or 6 White-throated Sparrow - 2 or 3 Baltimore Oriole - heard Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6 Common Grackle - 10-12 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 8 or 9 (all females) Common Yellowthroat - 4 or 5 Hooded Warbler - 1 singing male north of East Blowdown American Redstart - 5 or 6 Northern Parula - 5 or 6 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Bay-breasted Warbler - 5 Yellow Warbler - 3 (Phyllis Newman) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Li, Dan Stevenson) Blackpoll Warbler - 4 or 5 including 1 female Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 Yellow-rupmped Warbler - 2 High Meadow Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 north of East Blowdown (Kim Sturgis) Wilson's Warbler - 1 at the Pool after lunch (Tom Walsh) Scarlet Tanager - 2 (female Great Hill, male Pool (Scott Brevda)) Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- Thanks everyone for the great bird spotting, Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. May 13, 2024: Willow Flycatcher, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's, 20 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Monday May 13, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Willow Flycatcher, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush, 20 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, and Prairie Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 20-25 Mourning Dove - 45-55 Herring Gull - 12 Double-crested Cormorant - 15-20 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Bob - early) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Lake Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 Ramble Eastern Kingbird - 2 Belvedere Castle Willow Flycatcher - 1 vocalizing south side Turtle Pond Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Ramble near Evodia Field (Paul Curtis) Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - 1 flyover Tufted Titmouse - 1 Ramble Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Ramble Cedar Waxwing - 2 or 3 Belvedere Castle (Karen Evans) House Wren - 1 Tupelo Field Gray Catbird - 10-15 including one nest Veery - 1 Upper Lobe Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 1 Upper Lobe (Edmund Berry) Wood Thrush - 3 or 4 American Robin -20-25 House Finch - 4 females American Goldfinch - 1 male at the Pond (Deb - after lunch) White-throated Sparrow - 2 or 3 Song Sparrow - 1 heard Swamp Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field Eastern Towhee - 2 (male Gill (Scott Brevda), female Wagner Cove) Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6 Common Grackle - 8-10 Ovenbird - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 10-15 Nashville Warbler - 2 Summit Rock (Bob - early) Common Yellowthroat - 15-20 American Redstart - 8-10 Cape May Warbler - 5 Northern Parula - 8-0 Magnolia Warbler - 6-8 Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 (the Point, Tupelo Field) Blackburnian Warbler - 5 Yellow Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6 or 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3 Prairie Warbler - 1 Upper Lobe (Edmund Berry) Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Summit Rock (Bob - early) Canada Warbler - 1 south of Weather Station (Karen Evans) Wilson's Warbler - 3 or 4 Scarlet Tanager - 1 male Strawberry Fields (Peter Haskel) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female Oven (Karen Evans) Indigo Bunting - 1 Summit Rock (Bob - early) -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 12, 2024: 18 Species of Wood Warblers, Spotted Sandpiper, Indigo Bunting
Central Park NYC Sunday May 12, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Spotted Sandpiper, Eighteen Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Prairie Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 35-45 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male uphill from Boathouse Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Oven Herring Gull - 10-12 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Kingbird - 3 Warbling Vireo - 2 Upper Lobe Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 4 or 5 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Ramble Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Ramble Cedar Waxwing - 8 House Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 15-20 Veery - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 3 Wood Thrush - 1 singing Maintenance Field American Robin - 40-50 White-throated Sparrow - 8-10 Baltimore Oriole - 7 or 8 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 15-20 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Oven, Upper Lobe) Black-and-white Warbler - 8-10 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing west of Belvedere Castle Common Yellowthroat - 10-15 American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 3 Northern Parula - 9-12 Magnolia Warbler - 9 or 10 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 female Balancing Rock (Annie Plum} Yellow Warbler - 1 west side of Belvedere Castle Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 or 4 Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5-7 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4 Prairie Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond Island, Belvedere Castle) Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 Wilson's Warbler - 1 male Summer House Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male and female) Balancing Rock Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 females Indigo Bunting - 1 male Top of the Point -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 11, 2024: Red-headed Woodpecker, 20 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday May 11, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Orchard Oriole, 20 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Hooded, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackburnian Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - around 20 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - 6am) Gadwall - pair Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 10-15 Mourning Dove - 25-35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male east of Maintenance Field Herring Gull - around 10 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 20-25 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 adult Oven Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 nests under construction (Eu. Starling problem at one already) Downy Woodpecker - 2 (top of Oven, Azalea Pond) Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Summer House Eastern Kingbird - 3 Eastern Wood-Peewee - 2 Ramble (Sandra Critelli, Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson, Peter Haskel) Blue-headed Vireo - 2 or 3 Warbling Vireo - 6-8 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 8-10 with 4 nests Tufted Titmouse - 1 west side of Ramble Barn Swallow - 4 (2 nests under construction Reservoir (Deb - 6:30am) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 south of Tupelo Field (Ryan Serio) Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 10 House Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 20-25 Veery - 2 or 3 Swainson's Thrush - 2 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 1 Upper Lobe Wood Thrush - 4 or 5 American Robin - 35-45 (many nests) House Finch - 2 or 3 Ramble White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 Song Sparrow - 4 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 (south side of Turtle Pond) Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 (males and females) Orchard Oriole - 1 second-year male southwest Reservoir bridge (Deb - 7:05am) Baltimore Oriole - 10-12 Red-winged Blackbird - 9-12 Common Grackle - 20-25 Ovenbird - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Upper Lobe, Turtle Pond) Black-and-white Warbler - 9-12 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing male uphill from Boathouse Common Yellowthroat - 25-30 Hooded Warbler - 2 (1 male, 1 female) Tupelo Field American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 3 or 4 Northern Paula - 12-16 Magnolia Warbler - 8-10 Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 on the Point Blackburnian Warbler - 4 or 5 Yellow Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 or 5 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Point, Ramble) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 or 6 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male on the Point (Paul Curtis) Canada Warbler - 2 (Point, Upper Lobe) Wilson's Warbler - 2 (Summer House, Point) Scarlet Tanager - 1 female Summer House Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 females (Maintenance Field, Ramble) Indigo Bunting - 1 male Summer House -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 9, 2024: 22 Wood Warbler Species, Common Loon, Yellow-throated Vireo
Central Park NYC Thursday May 9, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Loon, Spotted Sandpiper, Yellow-throated Vireo, 22 Wood Warbler Species including Worm-eating, Tennessee, Bay-breasted, Cape May and Blackburnian Warblers. In addition to the warblers listed below: a Cerulean Warbler was reported first at the Loch by Benny Romero @Benny33946306 and by Peter Neski and subsequently seen/heard by others in the North Woods. A Mourning Warbler was reported at the Great Hill/Children's Glade ( https://twitter.com/mbalerter/status/1788641799679979995 ) Canada Goose - 10-15 Mallard - 5-10 Mourning Dove - 40-50 Chimney Swift - 6-10 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Oven Herring Gull - around 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Common Loon - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 15-20 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Gill Overlook, Oven) Eastern Kingbird - 3 Yellow-throated Vireo - 2 (Weather Station Circle (Annie Plum), Ramble (Paul Curtis)) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 or 4 Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 3 active nests American Crow - flock of 8-10 (Bob - late) Common Raven - 1 flyover at Oven (Bob - late) Tufted Titmouse - 1 at Oven Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4 Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 10 House Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 15-20 Veery - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 4 or 5 Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3 Wood Thrush - 2 or 3 American Robin - 50-60 House Finch - 8-10 American Goldfinch - 2 Tupelo Field (Bob - early) White-throated Sparrow - 15-20 Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 Baltimore Oriole - 5-7 Red-winged Blackbird - 7 or 8 Common Grackle - 15-20 Ovenbird - 10-14 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Loch (Caren Jahre and Deb - after lunch, found by others) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Upper Lobe (Dan Stevenson), Oven) Blue-winged Warbler - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 20-25 Tennessee Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond Nashville Warbler - 2 or 3 Common Yellowthroat - 12-16 American Redstart - 5-8 Cape May Warbler - 4 or 5 Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 8-12 Bay-breasted Warbler - 6 (5 males, 1 female) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond (Paul Curtis) Yellow Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 or 5 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 Ramble Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 or 6 including 2 females Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 or 7 Black-throated Green Warbler - 5 or 6 Canada Warbler - 1 male Bow Bridge Wilson's Warbler - 3 or 4 Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male Gill Overlook, female Weather Station Circle) Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 or 3 -- Sorry for the delay in reporting, Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thursday, May 9 - Cerulean Warbler
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - The singing male Cerulean Warbler at the north woods area of the park on Thursday, May 9th was seen by a fair number who were in that area, or tried later in the day for it. The visibility factors now, even for various birds which may be singing well, is tough with the now summer-like extent of leaf-out in almost all of the many types of trees growing there, and more generally as to early May leafout in the broader region, particularly where less affected by cooler marine air. Thanks to all who were sharing reports of this always-much-hoped-for species, for N.Y. City. This was at least the 2nd Cerulean male to be found on Manhattan island so far this May, or just within the past week here. Many other migrants also continue to be seen, far more than 100 species each day even just for Central Park, including some flyover sightings from there. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. May 6, 2024: 16 Wood Warbler Species, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting
Central Park NYC Monday May 6, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Loon, Yellow-throated Vireo, 16 Wood Warbler Species including Worm-eating, Nashville, and Prairie Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - 11 Mallard - 17 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Herring Gull - 6-8 Common Loon - 2 continue on Reservoir (Bob - early) Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 top of the Oven Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Upper Lobe Lawn, south side Turtle Pond) Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 southwest Reservoir (Bob - early) Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Ramble Warbling Vireo - 1 heard Upper Lobe Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 2 nests Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 or 3 House Wren - 1 King of Poland Gray Catbird - 5 or 6 Veery - 2 (Oven, Ramble) Wood Thrush - 3 or 4 American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 2 or 3 Chipping Sparrow - 3 or 4 White-throated Sparrow - 10-15 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Magic Bush* (Bob - early) Eastern Towhee - 5-7 Baltimore Oriole - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 4 or 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Top of the Oven Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 3 or 4 Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Upper Lobe Lawn) Northern Waterthrush - 1 south side Turtle Pond Blue-winged Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond (Dan Stevenson) Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6 Nashville Warbler - 1 Ramble Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6 American Redstart - 3 Northern Parula - 9-12 Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Azalea Pond, Belvedere Castle Overlook) Yellow Warbler - 3 or 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 southwest Reservoir (Bob - early) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond (Caren Jahre) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 or 6 Prairie Warbler - 2 (Strawberry Fields (Paul Curtis), King Of Poland) Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 or 4 Scarlet Tanager - 1 male Strawberry Fields (Dan Stevenson) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Upper Lobe Lawn Indigo Bunting - 1 male Summit Rock (Bob - early) -- *The Magic Bush is across the West Drive from the southern part of the Pinetum. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 5, 2024: Least Flycatcher, 14 wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Sunday May 5, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights on a cool and overcast morning: Great Crested and Least Flycatchers, 14 wood Warbler Species including Worm-eating, Nashville, and Cape May Warblers, Scarlet Tanager. Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 3 Mourning Dove - 40-50 Herring Gull - 4 or 5 flyovers Great Egret - 1 Turtle pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Ramble Least Flycatcher - 1 Lake north of Bow Bridge Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 2 Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Ramble Blue Jay - 6 or 7 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 5 House Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 10-15 Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3 Wood Thrush - 1 singing in the Ramble American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 10-15 Eastern Towhee - 1 female in Ramble (Edmund Berry) Baltimore Oriole - 5 Red-winged Blackbird - 6 Common Grackle - 9-12 Ovenbird - 6 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Black-and-white Warbler - 7 Nashville Warbler - 2 Ramble Common Yellowthroat - 2 south side of Turtle Pond American Redstart - 1 male Summer House Cape May Warbler - 1 east of Humming Tombstone Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 2 males Belvedere Overlook Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Ramble Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Summer House Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" south side of Turtle Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6-8 Scarlet Tanager - 1 male Belvedere Castle Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., May 4th- Summer Tanager, 28+ warbler spp, Bobolinks, E. Bluebird, many more migrants, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 4th - A female-plumaged Summer Tanager was located in the far-north woods of the park on Saturday morning, continuing for multiple observers thru the day. Thanks to all there for helping some keep up with this bird, in the increasingly leafy environs. Also seen early Saturday, just a bit west, by a separate group of observers, was an Eastern Bluebird, a species which is less regular in the month of May here, and when found at all, often by very keen observers, perhaps familiar with the sometimes subtle call of a passage migrant. At least 3, and very likely somewhat more Bobolinks came thru the park in earliest hour, probably not lingering as they were on the move when noticed at first light, by calls as well as by spring-male plumage. Also seen, again were a modest number of E. Kingbirds moving past, those additional to the few having started to show in the park on probable territory, as is so for a wide number of migrant birds which arrived in recent days or weeks. The 28 migratory American warbler species found on the day in Central Park included multiples of almost every species, perhaps including the Orange-crowned reliably seen by independent observers on the day, and for such warblers as Blue-winged, Cape May, Tennessee, Wilsons, Worm-eating, Bay-breasted, Prairie, Chestnut-sided, and all others of total of 27 besides the one Orange-crowned, there were more than 5 individuals at minimum, and for many of the commonest species on the day, were represented by 15 to more than 40 of their specIes for the day in just this one park. Still the most common were Myrtle, also still referred to as Yellow-rumped, of all the warbler spp, and also quite numerous were Magnolia, Ovenbird, and Common Yellowthroat as well, with American Redstart increased yet-again. The night prior DID feature a nice migration even if not one of the most impressive of this season so far, in this area or for this county specifically. Further, some parks, in particular in early morning, may have had higher numbers of total warblers, although diversity was found nearly highest from Central Park, with thanks to the hundreds of quiet and keen watchers out for all of Saturday in all sectors of that park. For the county, a tally of at least 30 warbler species was made as the singing male Cerulean Warbler in the Cabrini Woods of northern Manhattan added to that count, with 1 further species also noted for the day. In Central, even Pine Warbler was seen reliably to give still more diversity in the American warblers found on the day. The lately-lingering Buffleheads continued at the Central Park reservoir, and the pair of Green-winged Teal also lingered on at The Pool, of Centrals n-w sector. Wood Duck also continued for the long long stay, the drake which seems to be fond of some mallards. More than 100 species of wild, native birds were found on Saturday at Central Park alone, seen by far, far more than that number of observers. The count of species for all of Manhattan was higher, and a good bit higher still for all of the county. One of the additional highlights from Governors Island again were a nice flock of Purple Sandpipers at the rocky shores there, again this also within New York County, for Saturday, 5-4. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sat. May 4, 2024: 17 Wood Warbler Species incl. Orange-crowned, Worm-eating, and Cape May Warblers
Central Park, NYC Saturday May 4, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob Highlights: Common Loon, 4 Species of Vireos including Yellow-throated Vireo, Veery, Wood Thrush, 17 Wood Warbler Species including Orange-crowned, Worm-eating, and Cape May Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Canada Goose - 16 (4 nests) Gadwall - pair continues at the Reservoir Mallard - 13 Bufflehead - 3 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Herring Gull - 20-30 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Common Loon - 2 continue Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - around 20 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 immature flying from the Point to the Oven Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - pair at Bow Bridge Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Weather Station Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 1 Weather Station Red-eyed Vireo - 2 or 3 Blue Jay - 4 or 5 Barn Swallow - 2 north end Reservoir (Deb - early) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4 Cedar Waxwing - 1 east of Azalea Pond House Wren - 1 south side Turtle Pond Veery - 1 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 3 or 4 Wood Thrush - 2 or 3 Ramble American Robin - 50-60 Chipping Sparrow - 1 Ramble White-throated Sparrow - 10-15 Song Sparrow - 4 Eastern Towhee - 3 Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 8-10 Ovenbird - 4 or 5 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Maintenance field Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Oven, Ramble) Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Nashville Warbler - 1 Boathouse Hill Common Yellowthroat - 1 male south side Turtle Pond Cape May Warbler - 2 (Gill Overlook, Tupelo Field) Northern Parula - 10-15 Magnolia Warbler - 2 males Ramble Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Azalea Pond (Ryan Serio) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Ramble Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Weather Station Circle Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" south side Turtle Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Gill Overlook Scarlet Tanager - 1 female south side Turtle Pond (Bob - early) Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 3, 2024: Solitary Sandpiper, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Clay-colored Sparrow, Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday May 3, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Green-winged Teal, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Clay-colored Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Warblers including Blackpoll and Black-throated Green Warblers. Canada Goose - 4 including pair nesting at Harlem Meer Gadwall - pair continues at the Pool Mallard - 10 Green-winged Teal - pair continues at the Pool Mourning Dove - a dozen Chimney Swift - 2 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at the Pool Herring Gull - several flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - a few flyovers Great Egret - 5 or 6 flyovers, one perched at the Meer Osprey - 1 fishing at the Harlem Meer at around 8am Bald Eagle - 1 flyover 4th-year bird with head and tail not completely white Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Northern Flicker - 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 High Meadow Warbling Vireo - 1 Green Bench (Scott Brevda) Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - 1 flyover Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 or 2 at the Loch (Chris) House Wren - heard in 4 locations Gray Catbird - 5 or 6 Hermit Thrush - 1 Children's Glade American Robin - 20-30 House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 2 at the Loch Chipping Sparrow - 7 Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 continued at Strawberry Fields Field Sparrow - 1 Green Bench (Scott Brevda) White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Loch Eastern Towhee - 1 male North Woods Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Rusty Blackbird - 1 at the Pool Common Grackle - 4 Ovenbird - 3 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Caren Jahre) Black-and-white Warbler - 6 or 7 Common Yellowthroat - 1 female at the Pool (Anindya Seng) American Redstart - 1 High Meadow Northern Parula - 10-12 Yellow Warbler - 1 High Meadow (Caren Jahre) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male High Meadow Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10-15 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male High Meadow Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 2, 2024: Clay-colored Sparrow, Spotted Sandpiper, 17 Species of Wood Warblers, Indigo Bunting, Veery
Central Park NYC Thursday May 2, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Common Loon, Veery, Clay-colored Sparrow, 17 Species of Wood Warblers, Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - 14 Mallard - 8-10 American Black Duck - 2 (male and female) Reservoir (Deb - early) Mourning Dove - 40-50 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Reservoir (Bob - 6:30 am) Herring Gull - 30-40 Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Common Loon - 2 (1 in breeding plumage) (Bob - early) Double-crested Cormorant - 15-20 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Bob & Deb - early) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (immature at the Point, adult Lake) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male at the Point Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Warbling Vireo - 3 (pair and single) Red-eyed Vireo 3 (pair and single) Blue Jay - 6-8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6 House Wren - 2 or 3 Veery - 1 north of the Oven (Xander Vitarelli) Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 Wood Thrush - 4 or 5 American Robin - 30-40 Chipping Sparrow - 1 Strawberry Fields (m.ob. and Deb - after lunch) Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 Strawberry Fields (m.ob. and Deb - after lunch) Field Sparrow - 1 Maintenance field White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Swamp Sparrow - 1 cut at the Point Eastern Towhee - 3 females Baltimore Oriole - 2 Ramble Red-winged Blackbird - 4 or 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male top of the Oven Common Grackle - 8-10 Ovenbird - 3 or 4 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - male Summer House Black-and-white Warbler - 8-10 including some females Nashville Warbler - 1 Gill Overlook (Bob - early) Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 2 males in the Ramble Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 2 males in the Ramble Yellow Warbler - 2 (1 male, 1 female) Ramble Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 male east of Azalea Pond (Annie Plum) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Ramble (Paul Curtis) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 males Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" south side of Turtle Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7-9 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 or 3 males Canada Warbler - 1 heard at the Oven (David Barrett) Northern Cardinal - 3 or 4 males Indigo Bunting - 1 male summer House (Dan Stevenson) -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park - Turtle Pond
Spring migration is on! Observed today on the south side of Turtle Pond in Central Park. Black and white warbler Nashville warbler Black throated blue warbler Black throated green warbler Palm warbler Yellow rumped warbler Northern Parula Yellow warbler Common yellowthroat Canada Warbler Pine Warbler Rose breasted Grosbeak Baltimore Oriole Scarlet tanager Ruby crowned Kinglet Gray Catbird Red eyed vireo Blue headed vireo Yellow throated vireo Hermit thrush Wood thrush -Ramble Red winged blackbird American Robin Great crested Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Grackle Song sparrow Swamp sparrow Field sparrow -Ramble Chipping sparrow -Ramble White throated sparrow Downy woodpecker Red bellied woodpecker Northern Flicker House finch American Goldfinch Cardinal Bluejay Mourning Dove Great Egret Green heron Cormorant Mallard Canada Goose Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com Check out BirdingAroundNYC on Meetup https://meetu.ps/c/4jdMz/2cN9X/a -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sunday, 4/28 - Summer Tanager, 25+ Warbler spp., many other migrants.
A surprise Pileated Woodpecker continuing at Governors Island was again noted and documented by multiple observers however, the last of such sightings for Sunday appeared to come only in earliest hour past noon, and not later in the day despite some seeking. There were again finds of Purple Sandpiper at Governors Island, up to 4 of that latter species, at a usual location on the rocky shore of that island, with at least several observers, photos. Governors Island overall saw some nice migration passage thru the weekend, with a variety of species - in mostly-modest numbers. Some of the migrants seen were new to the year at Governors Isalnd, which is within New York County and lies a bit south of the south tip of Manhattan island, and just west of western Brooklyn. ... Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, April 28th - At least one adult-spring-male Summer Tanager was seen and heard in the park by some experienced observers on Sunday, with Scarlet Tanagers in the multiple. Again noted amongst the flycatcher tribe were E. Kingbirds - seen reliably, Great Crested Flycatchers, Least Flycatchers, E. Phoebes, and possibly other flycatcher species - not heard vocalizing. Both Orchard and Baltimore Orioles were seen and heard in the multiple, as were Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Indigo Buntings continued to be relatively uncommon so far, and with some having moved-on. A minimum of 25 species of migratory American warblers were found in Central Park on Sunday, collectively seen by many hundreds of observers. New arrivals -apparently- by this weekend just-past were Blackburnian and Canada Warblers, and there were at least slightly more of a few recently-arrived species of warbler such as Tennessee, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, American Redstart, and Black-throated Blue Warblers. The lingering Yellow-throated Warbler which continued singing regularly was the least-common species seen for the weekend amongst all of these warblers on recent days here. Firstly below, a list of warblers known to have occurred for this Sunday, many also seen on Saturday as well. Following the listing of warblers, a list that includes many of the other species seen on Sunday at Central Park by many, many observers. Blue-winged Warbler - multiple. Tennessee Warbler - multiple. Nashville Warbler - multiple. Northern Parula - multiple. Yellow Warbler - multiple. Chestnut-sided Warbler - multiple. Magnolia Warbler - multiple. Cape May Warbler - multiple. Black-throated Blue Warbler - multiple. Myrtle -a.k.a. Yellow-rumped- Warbler - multiple, with many females and-or drabber individuals also pushing thru. Black-throated Green Warbler - multiple. Blackburnian Warbler - multiple, but not many as of Sunday. Yellow-throated Warbler - the one singing bird moving and had-moved slightly, within the Ramble area of the Park, with vast numbers of observers. Pine Warbler - multiple, lately with more and more females and-or drabber birds, but still some adult-spring males about. Prairie Warbler - multiple. Palm Warbler - multiple. Black-and-white Warbler - many. American Redstart - multiple. Worm-eating Warbler - multiple. Ovenbird - many. Northern Waterthrush - multiple. Louisiana Waterthrush - multiple, but the preceding waterthrush species now is the more-common of these. Common Yellowthroat - multiple, with females also showing well. Hooded Warbler - multiple, but not many. Canada Warbler - few, so far. N.B. - There were some likely hybrid-types among the Blue-winged Warbler sightings and this also is prime-time for the possible appearances of Golden-winged Warbler passage and arrivals, and that species, and-or its hybrid-mixed forms, ought to be watched for. An Orange-crowned Warbler was seen on Sat. April 27th, at Central Park, perhaps still present to Sunday. There were a few reports of still-other warbler species which may be anticipated for coming days. Golden-crowned Kinglet was still present in Central Park at-least thru Saturday, as was Brown Creeper, and both might have been ongoing into Sunday. A few additional Swainsons Thrushes were showing by Sunday, that also so of elsewhere in New York County. The most-regular of the brown-backed thrush species was still Hermit Thrush, with Wood Thrush and Veery also around in lower numbers. Other species in or passing-over Central Park on Sunday included - Common Loon - flyovers on some early-mornings passages including on Sunday, 28th. Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret - including multiple, regular flyovers, more often seen from the northern half of Central Park as flyovers. Snowy Egret - flyovers which are rather regular, esp. for the northern half of Central Park and adjacent neighborhoods. Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal - still ongoing at The Pool, in the parks n-w quadrant. Bufflehead - at the reservoir with multiple observers. Ruddy
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 28, 2024: 12 Species of Wood Warblers, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager
Central Park NYC Sunday April 28, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: 12 Species of Wood Warblers including Yellow-throated Warbler, Eastern Kingbird, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager. Others reported Orchard Oriole, Summer Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. In addition, the Pileated Woodpecker continued on Governor's Island today with many observers. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 15 including a hen with 3 ducklings on the Lake near the Boathouse Mourning Dove - 30-40 Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk - 2 or 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Kingbird - Evodia Field (Bob - early) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 6-8 American Crow - 4 or 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9-12 Cedar Waxwing - 1 Azalea Pond House Wren - 1 west of Belvedere Castle Gray Catbird - 3 or 4 Hermit Thrush - 10-15 Wood Thrush - 3 singing American Robin - 40-50 Chipping Sparrow - 5-7 White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Swamp Sparrow - Swampy Pin Oak (Paul Curtis) Eastern Towhee - 3 Baltimore Oriole - 3 males Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 1 Evodia Field Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 1 west of Weather Station Black-and-White Warbler - 3 or 4 Northern Parula - 2 (Azalea Pond and south side Turtle Pond) Yellow Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 heard before walk (Bill Heck) Palm Warbler - 5-7 "Yellow" Pine Warbler - 3 (1 male, 2 females) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 30-40 Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 continued in Mugger's Woods Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (west of Weather Station, Evodia Field (Bob and J. Bitetti - early)) Scarlet Tanager - 1 female Evodia Field (Bob and John Bitetti - early) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 27, 2024: 9 Species of Wood Warblers incl. Yellow-throated Warbler, Yellow-throated Vireo
Central Park NYC Saturday April 27, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on an unseasonably cold morning: Common Loon, Yellow-throated and Blue-headed Vireos, Nine Species of Wood Warblers Including Yellow-throated Warbler. Canada Goose - 15 Mallard - 11 Bufflehead - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Reservoir (Deb - early) Mourning Dove - 40-50 Chimney Swift - 1 Turtle Pond Herring Gull - 17 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Common Loon - 2 continue at the Reservoir (Deb - early) Double-crested Cormorant - 11 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Evodia Field feeders Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 King of Poland (found by Alice Deutsch) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 9-12 American Crow - 3 or 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 8-10 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Belvedere Castle (Bob and Deb - early) Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 House Wren - 1 Hermit Thrush - 8-10 Wood Thrush - 1 Gill Overlook American Robin - 60-70 House Finch - 3 or 4 Purple Finch - 1 female Tupelo Field (Ryan Serio) American Goldfinch - 8-10 Chipping Sparrow - 15-18 White-throated Sparrow - 30-40 Eastern Towhee - 3 Baltimore Oriole - 1 male continuing south side of Turtle Pond Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10 Common Grackle - 15-20 Ovenbird - 1 Ramble Nashville Warbler - 1 Azalea Pond Northern Parula - 1 male Azalea Pond Palm Warbler - 4 or 5 "Yellow" Pine Warbler - 1 female Upper Lobe (Karen Evans and Dan Stevenson) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 or 6 Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 continuing Evodia Field Prairie Warbler - 1 male continuing near Turtle Pond Dock Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Azalea Pond Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Good luck to all birders chasing the Governor's Island Pileated Woodpecker. Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., 4/27 - Yellow-throated Warbler continues, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - On Saturday, April 27th a singing male Yellow-throated Warbler was continuing within the Ramble area of Central Park in same areas as for Friday. There were at least 18 additional warbler species in the same park for Saturday, 27th. More reports in due course for the good ongoing migration, which is occurring widely now. A Little Blue Heron that had been in the Ramble - lakeshore - for Friday morning was seen to fly off by midday of Friday, high and perhaps exiting Manhattan completely by Friday. Those who came seeking that heron later in the day added to the observers of the above-noted warbler which many ultimately saw well, at various hours thru all of Friday, and still present for Saturday. ... Elsewhere in Manhattan and again going back to Friday 4-26, an adult male Blue Grosbeak that appears to be a bit injured or ill was again seen and well photographed in the areas it has been lingering, on the lower east side East Village area and sometimes in private property, where NO one should trespass for any reasons. That bird has been looked at in-situ by qualified rehabbers yet it is mobile and has continued to feed. Thanks to the many quiet and keen observers of many migrants and visiting or resident birds. good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 26, 2024: Great Blue and Little Blue Herons, Hooded and Yellow-throated Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday April 26, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Great Blue Heron, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Hooded and Yellow-throated Warblers. Liam Brock found a Little Blue Heron at the Oven, subsequently seen by many observers. Canada Goose - around 20 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb after lunch) Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mallard - around 20 Green-winged Teal - a pair continued at the Pool Bufflehead - 3 (2 females, and 1 immature male) Mourning Dove - 20-30 Chimney Swift - at least 5 over the Harlem Meer Herring Gull - around a hundred Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Great Egret - 2 or 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (1 perched Loch, 1 flyover) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5, one working on a nest at Conservatory Garden Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Conservatory Garden (Paul Curtis), Green Bench) Blue Jay - half-a-dozen, but 2 pairs nesting at the north end American Crow - 4 Tree Swallow - flyover Harlem Meer Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6 Cedar Waxwing - 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Ramble Northern Mockingbird - 2 or 3 Hermit Thrush - 8-10 American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 4-6 American Goldfinch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - around 30 Eastern Towhee - 2 (Wildflower Meadow (Scott Brevda), Loch) Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10 including 2 females Common Grackle - 10-15 Louisiana Waterthrush - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 3 or 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 males (Pool and Loch) Hooded Warbler - 1 continuing male west end of the Loch at the Seep Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Anindya Seng) Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 ranging between Evodia and Tupelo Field (Brad Kane) Northern Cardinal - 6 or 7 including a female on a nest for at least a week - Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Friday, 4/26 -L.B. Heron (rare there), rep't. of Yellow-thr. Warbler, many other migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - On Friday morning, April 26th, a LITTLE Blue Heron was a fine surprise in this park, at the south end of the Ramble and east of landmark Bow Bridge, not unexpected at all in a number of other sites in N.Y. City, but decidedly rare for the island of Manhattan over the long history of bird-observation there. Many many observers of this breeding plumaged adult bird, with many more arriving to look in the afternoon of Friday. Thanks to Liam Brock for this great new find for the spring season - and it looks for this modern era, also. Plenty of nice photos will be found of this lovely heron in the Macaulay Library archives, via many eBird reports. NB, this may well be the first of this heron species at Central Park to be documented for the -modern and eBird era, with earlier sightings, even -if- photographed or videotaped and that with actual tape ! - seemingly not in any historical databases. It is not the first occurrence of the species in Central Park, historically. In a period of extensive non-work over a period of time at The Meer area in the parks northern end, in the 1990s, there were many unusual and interesting migrant and other birds stopping in, with relatively little to near-zero visual documentation on some species occurring then, at a piece of temporary, but not brief, bird and wildlife habitat in a site which was very long ago, a part of great wetlands in Manahatta - that area is still a low-lying naturally wetter sector due to geology and hydrology of the area. A first-of-year-here Yellow-throated WARBLER at the Central Park Ramble was reported and confirmed in eBird for Friday morning as well, an additional prompt for a lot of seekers to get in to that park all thru the day and simply get out anywhere for birds on the move, and check out some of this good migration. Also a presumed first for Manhattan this spring, on Thursday, Tennessee Warbler - singing - seen at the south sector of Central Park, and perhaps elsewhere on the day. More than 100 species of native birds were found for Friday 4-26 in this one park, with a fair number of the species noted from the previous days of sightings-reports. Multiple male-plumaged Hooded Warblers are just one of many - 19-plus species by mid-afternoon - of the migratory American warbler species enjoyed again, the latter Hoodeds showing nicely in at least 4 different sectors of that park and watched by well-over 100 total observers, in multiple sectors of that one park. Flycatchers including Least and Great Crested, along with E. Kingbird and E. Phoebe, four or more species of expected vireos including White-eyed Vireo, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, still-good sparrow variety and, likely the first-of-spring Yellow-billed Cuckoo are all part of the ongoing colors and diversity in late-Aprils ongoing migration. The 2 Green-winged Teals also remained at The Pool, in the n-w sector of Central Park, while waterfowl in general has been diminishing here in variety, as is expected by about now in this location. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thurs., 4/25 - Am.Bittern, 20+ Warbler species, more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, April 25th - For many observers who made it both into the fading daylight, as well as hours earlier on Thursday, the American BITTERN first noted and reported by Elizabeth Paredes, in the heart of the Ramble area of the park was a highlight of the day in that park. ... At not-far-away Riverside Park on Manhattans west edge, and north of W. 110 St., an adult male BLUE Grosbeak in healthy active condition was a very nice find by some of the parks crew, and with T. Bolster, crew who work in that sector of that attractive linear park, which has some great old trees and patches of other habitats. That grosbeak was also seen by additional birders and well photographed into the afternoon on Thursday. The Riverside Park Grosbeak was mainly seen just a bit west of the eastern retaining or perimeter wall, from the western-most path within the park proper, and both up in leafing out trees as well as foraging at low and ground levels at times. ... Back in Central Park -only- a minimum of twenty migratory American warblers were found on Thursday, with at least a few being new reports of the spring in the county. The male Prothonotary Warbler seen by so many in Central Park all of Wednesday went missing for Thursday, by all known reports and despite much seeking for that. A great deal of migration had occurred on Wed night, both incoming and outgoing for Manhattan overall and of course much of the wider region. Warblers seen by multiple observers on Thursday just in Central Park included - Worm-eating, Black-throated Blue -at least several in disparate locations within the park, all seen we’re sometimes-singing males-, Hooded -minimum of 3 different adult male Hoodeds in 3 separate areas, all giving songs or calls at times-, Magnolia - at least one in the southern sector of the park below the 72nd St cross-drive in large elms, which we’re fairly active early in the day, less so later- And - low-multiples of Blue-winged, American Redstart, N. Parula, Prairie, Black-throated Green, Cape May, Yellow, and Nashville Warbler, plus modest increases of Myrtle - still called yellow-rumped Warbler by many and having more females along with ongoing males passing, esp for those observing early morning diurnal flight passage as is occurring much more this second half of April, many more of Black-and-white Warblers but numbers still dominated by males for Thursday, and far more of Ovenbirds which Park-wide were into nice double-digits as some walked right along less-used paths and some also maintained caution in trees or shrubs, as well as multiples of Pine and Palm Warblers, both of the Waterthrush species, of course Northern getting to be the more-numerous of them already, plus Common Yellowthroats in multiple areas. There were a few other migrant warbler species spoken of from some folks out thru the day in Central Park, and well could have been at least a few additionals to those listed above. For just a sampler of some other migrants that increased within Central Park by Thursday 4-25, some increases were seen for E. Kingbirds, yet more Warbling Vireos as well as 4 other expected vireo species, and some of the later-moving sparrows such as White-crowned Sparrow showing in the modest multiple and some singing well, for bright colors, at least a few Scarlet Tanagers, Orchard Orioles, more of Baltimore Orioles, and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks as well as Purple Finches, and the —report of— Summer Tanager on the day. Still present were at least a few Least Flycatchers and Great Crested Flycatchers each vocalizing at times since their arrivals here. Indigo Buntings also continued but in low numbers so far, as the main arrivals for those and a vast many other migratory species are yet to come this spring. Far more species were noted on Thursday in this one park and yet-more for all of New York County, in N.Y. City on the day. The above only a select sampler of sightings. Thanks to the many observers including leaders of the not-for-profit birding walks and their many participants all of whom are assisting in efforts for bird conservation, diversity and science based education. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 25, 2024: Blue-winged, Nashville, Hooded, Yellow, Prairie and Black-throated Green Warblers
Central Park NYC Thursday April 25, 2024 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Osprey, Bald Eagle, Purple Finch, Baltimore Oriole, Blue-winged, Nashville, Hooded, Yellow, Prairie and Black-throated Green Warblers. Roger Pasquier reported two Summer Tanagers at the Maintenance Field. Annie Plum reported a Rusty Blackbird and Northern Waterthrush at the Pool. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard - 6 Mourning Dove - 40-50 Herring Gull - 4 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 6 or 7 Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond (Bob - early) Osprey - 1 flyover Bald Eagle - 1 flyover adult Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 5 or 6 Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5 Warbling Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 8-10 Common Raven - 1 flyover Maintenance Field Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 25-35 Cedar Waxwing - 1 Maintenance Field (Bob - early) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Maintenance Field (Bob - early) House Wren - 1 Vista Rock (Belvedere Castle) Gray Catbird - 2 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 8-10 American Robin - 50-60 House Finch - 1 male Evodia Field feeders (Arthur) Purple Finch - 5 females Tupelo Field American Goldfinch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 25-30 Field Sparrow - 1 Maintenance Field Dark-eyed Junco - 2 or 3 White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Eastern Towhee - 8-10 Baltimore Oriole - 1 male south side of Turtle Pond (Caren Jahre) Red-winged Blackbird - 4 or 5 Common Grackle - 20-25 Ovenbird - 1 heard Azalea Pond (David Barrett) Blue-winged Warbler - 1 east of Azalea Pond Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 males Nashville Warbler - 2 Ramble Common Yellowthroat - 1 Belvedere Castle (Bob - early) Hooded Warbler - 1 male Warbler Rock Northern Parula - 1 male east of Azalea Pond (Paul Curtis) Yellow Warbler - 1 east of Azalea Pond Palm Warbler - 4 "Yellow" Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 or 6 Prairie Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male east side Azalea Pond (David Barrett) Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- Birds continuing at the Reservoir on Tuesday April 24th included a Gadwall pair, 1 male Northern Shoveler, 12 Buffleheads, 1 female Ruddy Duck, and 2 Common Loons (1 in near breeding plumage). -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park/Manhattan, NYC - Wed., 4/24 - Blue Grosbeak, 18+ Warbler spp., more migration
Manhattan, New York City, with Central Park featuring a lot in below sightings, from just Wednesday, April 24th - The ongoing BLUE Grosbeak was still at the VillageView rose garden and vicinity in Manhattans lower east East Village area, thru all of Wednesday, and again as many have observed, this bright breeding-plumaged male has some sort of injuries and at times, may look lethargic yet, has continued to feed and fly at least weakly around in the areas it has been for some days now. Hopefully it may still be recovering, if the main issue was a concussive injury by a building or window strike. - - - With up to 18 or more migratory American Warbler species, it was a good day for Manhattan and a lot of birds and their observers certainly made Central Park a place to be or to watch, with multiple not-for-profit guided walks out and about from early to end of the day Wednesday. Highlights are many from Central Park alone and at least some birds new to the year and this spring were found around the park, of course that bright male PROTHONOTARY Warbler being among the well-noted and highly-observed birds. For other warblers there also were these, at least - Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Myrtle a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Worm-eating Warbler, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, and Hooded Warbler. There may have been a couple of additional newly-arrived warbler species in by Wednesday as well. Some, indeed most of the species were seen in the multiple, that is, more than just one individual - the Prothonotary is presumed only the one male, even with some reports that that one male had wandered into the Ramble area at times away from the Turtle Pond. - - - N.B., in the region, such species of warbler as Cerulean have arrived in breeding-locations, and so far a few males are in place. - - - and, more generally, a good many migrant birds have arrived to some breeding areas, some barely or not having been noted - yet! - from local migrant-watch sites such as Central Park for example. Many birds flew on to preferred breeding areas, or mostly have done so, which is not unusual, and also accords with the leafout of so many trees in the areas just north and near N.Y. City by now. Some additional highlighted species from Wednesday alone, at Central Park - Common Loon Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Wood Duck Northern Shoveler Bufflehead Osprey Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird -- White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo -- Northern Raven Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow -- Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow - multiple flyovers. Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper -- Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Marsh Wren - seen by many including early-birder C. Roberto et al, and also late in day on not-for-profit guided bird walks. Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Tanager species - in north end of park, by a description a LIKELY Summer Tanager male, northwest sector. Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Red Fox Sparrow - getting late for these. Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Slate-colored Junco Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - multiples, into double-digits for all of the park, including males and female birds. Indigo Bunting Rusty Blackbird Orchard Oriole - this species is also on-territory in a few sites in Manhatttan, thru this week. Baltimore Oriole - still few. Purple Finch - multiple in multiple areas of the park and these are also appearing WIDELY in the county and in the region now. House Finch - also and always present in Central Park and the county. Pine Siskin - very scant, some have passed thru along with the Purple Finch movements and the increases of the next-listed finch species. American Goldfinch - have increased in past week generally. --- the above are ONLY some highlights and not a list of all species for the county, the island of Manhattan, and nor even for Central Park. Additional creatures in Central Park have included E. Red Bat, and some of the other -usual- mammals including Coyote, as well as Eastern Cottontail Rabbit, groundhog, chipmunk and so on. Vast variety of arthropods are out and insects are a great part of that diversity, some offering good feeding for hungry migrant-arrivals of so many birds. Thanks to the many observers out and about from -some- before sunrise to dusk, and to the many reporting via the -non-X- ale
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Prothonotary Warbler, Wed, 4/24
On Wednesday, April 24th, Christian Cooper found a singing male Prothonotary Warbler around Turtle Pond in Central Park, in Manhattan, N.Y. City. A great many observers to see and hear this beauty, with thanks to Chris! Plenty of additional migrant species were also seen in this park, and elsewhere in New York County, N.Y City, on the day, some will be reported on at a later time. If that Prothonotary Warbler is not re-found at the Turtle Pond, it may be worth checking at any additional shores of any waters in the vicInity or even farther within that park. Thanks also to the many who kept putting out word of this ever-popular warbler species presence. Good birds, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat.- Sunday, 4/20-21 - 12 Warbler spp., many more migrants, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21st Some of the many species seen for the weekend just in or over Central Park are listed below, including the at-least 12 species of migratory American warblers. Common Loon - multiple early-morning flyovers, and a couple still on the CP reservoir. Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret - flyovers Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Atlantic Brant - few flyovers Wood Duck - lingering male. Gadwall American Black Duck - few. Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal - same lingering pair at The Pool. Lesser Scaup - 3, with 2 bright males to Sat., 4-20. Bufflehead - few lingering or passing. Hooded Merganser - 2 females, lingering, reservoir. Red-breasted Merganser - hen, reservoir. Ruddy Duck - few remained. Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Broad-winged Hawk - at least one flyover; also some seen from elsewhere around Manhattan, etc. Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail - as first noted in ebird reporting from Sat., 4-20 at The Pond area in s.-e. part of park. Many observers all day Sunday. American Coot Laughing Gull - reservoir plus a few flyovers. Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull feral Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - multiple flyovers continuing and passing all of past week and weekend. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - several, into Sunday. Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher White-eyed Vireo - one. Blue-headed Vireo - multiple, fairly good numbers. Yellow-throated Vireo - continuing. Warbling Vireo - few. Red-eyed Vireo - few. Northern Raven - several sightings. Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow - increased, and calling in some areas. Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow - the 3 swallow species listed have been regular in Central Park all the past week and weekend. Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren - multiple. Winter Wren - good passages, thru Sunday at Central Park. Golden-crowned Kinglet - few, lingering thru Sunday. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - many. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush - many. Wood Thrush - several, this species also seen this past week in some other Manhattan locations. American Robin Gray Catbird - still in v. modest numbers. Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling House Sparrow Cedar Waxwing - nice numbers for all of the park. Eastern Towhee - multiple. Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow - N. end area. Savannah Sparrow Red Fox Sparrow - still some in various areas of the park, including within the Ramble and elsewhere. Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow - many. Slate-colored Junco - small numbers remained. Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - at least several, and not the first days of occurrence. Indigo Bunting - several. This species has been appearing lately in a few other Manhattan locations as well. Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird - several, continuing. Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole - several, and singing. Additionally seen in some other sites in Manhattan, including where they have bred. Baltimore Oriole - few, and some not all that vocal. Purple Finch - multiple, but in v. modest numbers. House Finch American Goldfinch - fairly good numbers passing. -- Northern Parula - at least several thru the weekend. Yellow Warbler - several, thru the weekend. Myrtle -a.k.a. Yellow-rumped- Warbler - modest numbers for what are still to come thru. Black-throated Green Warbler - at least several, in various sectors of Central Park. Pine Warbler - still passing, in modest numbers. Prairie Warbler - several in various areas of the park, this species also elsewhere in Manhattan. Palm Warbler - many, continuing in many areas. Black-and-white Warbler - multiple, scattered thru the park in modest numbers. Ovenbird - few, widely scattered locations including the Ramble of Central Park. Northern Waterthrush - multiple. Louisiana Waterthrush - at least a few lingered thru both days of this weekend. Common Yellowthroat - scarce, but newly-arrived singing males are around, also in a few other sites in Manhattan. -- and quite likely some additional species for Central Park alone this weekend. - - - The Blue Grosbeak was still in the Manhattan lower-East Village area at and near East 3rd-4th Streets thru Sunday, 4-21 and was photographed in that area again, with multiple observers. -- An adult-male-plumaged Hooded Warbler had continued in Madison Square Park in Manhattan into at-least April 19th, possibly still there into the weekend. -- Seaside Sparrow had been confirmed from the Pier 44 area -W. 44th St.- of Manhattan's Hudson River shore from back on April 16th. - - - - We are seein
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 21, 2024: Common Loon, Virginia Rail, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sparrows and Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday April 21, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a cold, partly sunny day: Common Loon, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Field, Fox and Swamp Sparrows, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Palm, and Pine Warblers. A Virginia Rail seen Saturday continued north of the Gapstow Bridge Mud Flat, and was seen by several of the birders from our group, among others, after lunch*. Bradley Kane reported a Prairie Warbler at Turtle Pond. Canada Goose - 14, eggs visible in one of the nests Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 6 Bufflehead - 8 Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 2 females Reservoir Mourning Dove - 60-70 Virginia Rail - 1 north of Gapstow Bridge Mudflat (after lunch)* Herring Gull - 12 Common Loon - 3 Reservoir (Deb and Signe Hammer) Double-crested Cormorant - 8 Green Heron - 1 reported at Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Tupelo Field, Bow Bridge) Blue Jay - 9-12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Laupot Bridge (Sandra Critelli), Maintenance Field) Winter Wren - Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli) Hermit Thrush - 8-10 American Robin - 50-60, some on eggs House Finch - 1 male Evodia Field American Goldfinch - 5 or 6 Chipping Sparrow - 25-30 Field Sparrow - 7 Fox Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli) White-throated Sparrow - 60-70 Song Sparrow - 3 Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Upper Lobe (Edmund Berry), Turtle Pond) Eastern Towhee - 7 or 8 including 2 females Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7 Common Grackle - 10-15 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Oven Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Laupot Bridge (Sandra Critelli) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle Pine Warbler - 1 female Weather Station Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- *For photos and video of the Virginia Rail and other Central Park bird reports see the Manhattan Bird Alert maintained by David Barrett on X/Twitter @BirdCentralPark -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 20, 2024: FOS Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Warblers, Lingering Waterfowl
Central Park NYC Saturday April 20, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loon, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Five Species of Wood Warblers, Blue-headed Vireo, Fox Sparrow. Canada Goose - 7 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - early) Northern Shoveler - 2 males Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 4 Lesser Scaup - 3 Bufflehead - 5 Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Reservoir (David Barrett) Mourning Dove - 50-60 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male Belvedere Castle (first-of-season) Ring-billed Gull - 1 Reservoir Herring Gull - around 20 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Common Loon - 1 in near-breeding plumage Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 6 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 or 7 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 female tupelo Field Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 8-10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 40-50 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 east side of Belvedere Castle Cedar Waxwing - 2 Maintenance Field House Wren - 1 Belvedere Castle (Anindya Seng) Brown Thrasher - 3 (Kris Mirasola) Hermit Thrush - 6-8 American Robin - 50-60 House Finch - 2 or 3 American Goldfinch - 1 Evodia Field feeders Chipping Sparrow - 20-30 Fox Sparrow - Tanner's Spring (Sandra Critelli, Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson) White-throated Sparrow - 60-70 Eastern Towhee - 6 or 7 Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6 Common Grackle - 20-25 Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 or 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Belvedere Castle, Tupelo Field) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle Pine Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female Tupelo Field) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5 Northern Cardinal - 6 or 7 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 19, 2024: Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC - North end Friday April 19, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Osprey, Six Species of Wood Warblers including Black-and-white Warbler and both Waterthrushes, Sparrows including Chipping, Field, Savannah and Eastern Towhee, Blue-headed Vireo, Rusty Blackbird. Canada Goose - 21 Mallard - 6 Green-winged Teal - pair continued at the Pool Ruddy Duck - 1 male Harlem Meer Mourning Dove - a dozen Chimney Swift - flock of around 20 over the Meer Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - 10-12 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Meer (after lunch) Great Egret - 6-8 flyovers, and 1 perched at the Meer Osprey - 2 Meer (after lunch) 1 catching a Brown Bullhead, the other carrying a tail Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Loch Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Grassy Knoll Northern Flicker - half-a-dozen Blue-headed Vireo - 4 (Dan Stevenson) Blue Jay - pair building a nest and a few others Tree Swallow - reported at the Meer by PhillippeSoriano Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 6-8 Barn Swallow - reported at the Meer by Ruben Giron Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Brown Creeper - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda) Carolina Wren - heard Conservatory Garden Winter Wren - 3 Brown Thrasher - 1 Loch (Caren Jahre) Northern Mockingbird - 1 or 2 (Conservatory Garden and Plant Nursery) Hermit Thrush - 5 or 6 American Robin - 30-40 Chipping Sparrow - 10-12 Field Sparrow - 1 Grassy Knoll (Scott Brevda) Dark-eyed Junco - 1 or 2 Grassy Knoll White-throated Sparrow - 30-40 Savannah Sparrow - 2 Grassy Knoll Song Sparrow - 4 or 5 Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Loch and Pool) Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 10-12 including a couple of females Rusty Blackbird - 1 male in breeding plumage at the Pool (Caren Jahre) Common Grackle - 10-12 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 1 male at the Loch (Caren Jahre) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" at the Meer (Dan Stevenson) Pine Warbler - 1 female Green Bench (Caren Jahre and Anindya Seng) Yellow-rumped Warbler - male at the Pool (Russell Boehner) Northern Cardinal - female on nest (Scott Brevda) -- The Crabapple Allees at the Conservatory Garden are open. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park Monday AM 4/15
Hi birders, I've been birding for about 9 months, so this is my first spring migration season—it's very exciting! The below list is from this morning (4/15) 8-9am *Highlights: Black-and-white Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Blue-gray gnatcatchers, and Palm Warblers* ~8 Canada Goose 4 Mallards ~35-40 Rock pigeon 7 Double-crested cormorant 5-7 Blue Jays 2 American Crows 2 Red-winged blackbirds 6-8 Ruby-crowned Kinglets 4 Blue-gray gnatcatchers 1 Black-and-white Warbler 7-10 Palm Warblers 1 American Goldfinch ~30 European Starlings 1 Hermit Thrush 30-40 American robins ~40 House sparrows 2 White-throated sparrows 4 Chipping sparrows 5-7 Dark-eyed Juncos ~6 Northern Cardinals Lots of gnatcatchers, palm warblers, and ruby-crowned kinglets by Hernshead on the Lake. Happy spring migration birding!🌷 -- Emily Tenenbaum -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun, April 14, 2024: Warblers and Other Spring MIgrants, Lingering Waterfowl
Central Park NYC Sunday April 14, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, Common Loon, Great Egret, Blue-headed Vireo, Cedar Waxwing, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler. At the North End the male Hooded Warbler was seen at the Loch again today - as reported on @BirdCentralPark. Canada Goose - 16 Northern Shoveler - 1 male Reservoir (Deb-early) Mallard - 18-22 Bufflehead - 12 (Deb and Signe Hammer) Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir (Deb and Signe Hammer) Ruddy Duck - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 45-50 American Coot - 6 (Signe Hammer) Herring Gull - 15 Common Loon - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early) Double-crested Cormorant - 9 or 10 Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond (Mary Kate Horbac) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 2nd-year just south of the Oven Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Northern Flicker - 6-8 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 north of Tupelo near steps to Castle Blue Jay - 9-12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-15 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Ramble Cedar Waxwing - 1 Maintenance Field Brown Creeper - 1 Belvedere Castle Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - between Willow Rock and the Riviera (Abby) Winter Wren - 1 mouth of the Gill (Mark Siegeltuch) Northern Mockingbird - 1 flyover Maintenance Field Hermit Thrush - 3 or 4 American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 2 males Evodia Field feeders American Goldfinch - 4 or 5 Field Sparrow - 4 Dark-eyed Junco - 10 White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 6 Eastern Towhee - 4 or 5 including 1 female Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Evodia Field feeders Common Grackle - 25-30 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Mugger's Woods (Edmund Berry) Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow" Pine Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle and Shakespeare Garden Northern Cardinal - 5-7 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park Birds 4/13/24
In a four-hour tour of the Ramble we spotted: Black and white warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Pine warbler Palm warbler Yellow-rumped warbler Eastern Phoebe Ruby Crowned Kinglets Golden crowned kinglets Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher American Robin Catbird - FOY Eastern Towhee Song sparrow Field Sparrow White throated sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch Juncos Winter Wren Brown creeper Grackles Red-winged Blackbirds Red bellied woodpecker Downy woodpecker Yellow bellied sapsucker Northern Flicker Northern Cardinal Mourning doves Blue jays Turkey Vulture American Kestrel Red-tailed Hawk Mallards Northern Shoveler Cormorant Canada Goose Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.com Join us for a Birdwalk every Saturday: Check out BirdingAroundNYC on Meetup https://meetu.ps/c/4jdMz/2cN9X/a -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Saturday, 4/13 - 7 Warbler spp., W-e Vireo, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday, April 13th - An adult-male-plumaged Hooded Warbler was seen by many dozens of observers at Central Parks north end, the warbler moving about a bit as is rather typical of these, in this park in particular, and an early-alert -from a non-X source- got so many more birders out to the sector of the park for this species, and then as well as the most-usual, dependable way of learning of birds seen in this park year-round, eBird, has a number of sets of photos with the Macaulay Library archives and one is linked-to here, thanks to one photographer of many on the scene in the morning, R. Li - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/617311908 A lingering Northern Parula was seen by multiple observers and also photographed again, in the parks north end, with one photo linked-to here in the Macaulay Library, and thanks to G.and T. Plowman - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/617320425 One of the Black-and-white Warblers of the day for Central Park was seen by multiple observers in the heart of the Ramble area. At least several Louisiana Waterthrushes were present in the park for Saturday as well. With the more-common now Pine, Palm and Myrtle Warblers, we had a minimum of 7 migratory American Warblers in Central Park on the day. Also among the 75-plus species of birds collectively seen for Central on Saturday was a White-eyed Vireo, the 2nd of 2 vireo species now having shown so far this year there, the first having been a Blue-headed Vireo on April 9th. Rusty Blackbird was again seen in several sites within Central Park on Saturday. Two lingering hen Hooded Mergansers were on the reservoir of Central Park thru the day Saturday, those being seen by multiple observers - as is so of almost every one of the 75-plus birds on the day, in this one park. Thanks to so many keen watchers, photographers, and reporters among whom many work and-or volunteer with not-for-profit organizations which support bird conservation N.Y. City and beyond. ... Elsewhere but still in Manhattan, a part N.Y. County, a Purple Sandpiper was lingering to Saturday the 13th, at Pier 26 off the lower west of Manhattan, along the Hudson River. Thanks to amongst other observers, A. Evans of Manhattan for reports and photos. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 13, 2024: Common Loon, Lingering Waterfowl and Early Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC Saturday April 13, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a cool, blustery, drizzly morning: Common Loon, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper, Brown Thrasher, Hermit Thrush, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. In addition, a male Hooded Warbler was reported at the Loch this morning (check @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett for updates). Canada Goose - 13 Northern Shoveler - 1 male Reservoir (Deb-early) Mallard - 10 Bufflehead - 7 Ruddy Duck - 2 (Deb-early) Mourning Dove - 35-45 American Coot - 3 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Common Loon - 1 Reservoir (Wolfgang Demisch saw 3 there on Friday) Double-crested Cormorant - 6 or 7 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 10-15 Blue Jay - 10-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 or 5 Brown Creeper - 2 (Castle Overlook, Shakespeare Garden) Brown Thrasher - 3 Hermit Thrush - 1 Turtle Pond American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 1 male Evodia Field American Goldfinch - 4 or 5 Field Sparrow - 4 Dark-eyed Junco - 6-8 White-throated Sparrow - 50-75 Song Sparrow - 2 Locust Grove Eastern Towhee - 6-8 Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6 males Common Grackle - 20-25 Pine Warbler - Belvedere Castle (Scott Brevda) Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow" Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Bow Bridge Northern Cardinal - 8-10 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC Thurs, 4/11 - 8 warbler spp among 80+ species on the day
At Central Park, in Manhattan N.Y. City for Thursday, April 11th - At least 8 migratory American warbler species were present, a few species still in good numbers after Tuesday and Wednesday having had such strong arrivals. The 8 warbler species seen on April 11 at Central Park include Northern Parula - singing male, photos taken, Yellow Warbler, still quite early, roaming parts of the north end assuming just 1, Black-and-white Warblers - 2, Pine Warblers - minimum of ten, Palm Warblers - minimum of 35, in many areas of the park, Louisiana Waterthrushes -multiple locations again on Thursday, Myrtle Warblers - far fewer than Pine or, in particular Palm for all of the park on Thursday. The lingering Ovenbird was also still present where it has been, in the southeast sector of the park. An excellent selection of sparrows and members of that group were again found, and Rusty Blackbirds also were again seen. Red-throated as well as Common Loon were each present on the Central Park reservoir into the afternoon of April 11th, as was Hooded Merganser, and other lingering waterfowl. Multiple N. Rough-winged Swallows were seen again and a few Tree Swallows as well for Thursday in the park. A lot more birds could be mentioned, as well. Many observers were out thru most of the day, with multiple not-for-profit guided bird walks also going at various times and locations within the park. Thanks to the many who contributed sightings and also photographs of a wide variety of these birds. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 11, 2024: 4 Species of Wood Warblers and Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC Thursday April 11, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Brown Thrasher, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm, Pine, and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Uptick in numbers of Double-crested Cormorants and Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Canada Goose - 8 Northern Shoveler - 2 Turtle Pond Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - around 15 Bufflehead - 1 male Reservoir Mourning Dove - 35-45 Herring Gull - 25-35 Double-crested Cormorant - 15-20 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Lake Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 or 6 males Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 10-12 Eastern Phoebe - 2 Ramble Blue Jay - 10-12 American Crow - 4 flyovers Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20-25 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5-7 Crown Creeper - 2 Ramble Winter Wren - 1 Laupot Bridge Brown Thrasher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond Hermit Thrush - 2 Ramble American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 3 or 4 Field Sparrow - 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe Dark-eyed Junco - 5-10 White-throated Sparrow - 60-80 Song Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Eastern Towhee - 5 or 6 males Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 males Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male top of Oven Common Grackle - 20-25 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 south side Turtle Pond Palm Warbler - 2 Belvedere Castle Pine Warbler - 1 female Maintenance Field Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7-9 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Monday, 4/8 - increased warbler numbers, esp Palm Warbler
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday the day of solar eclipse, April 8th - Of the American migratory warblers noted by many, many keen observers on the day there were these total numbers from all of the park - Louisiana Waterthrush - minimum 4, probably more. Palm Warbler - minimum 25, with more of fresh arrivals seeming to land in north sector of park. Pine Warbler - minimum 12, with some additional females but mostly bright males. Myrtle Warbler - that good-old is-new name, and just small numbers. There were at least 70 species of wild birds seen on the day in and over Central Park, that being a collective tally from the many fine observers, including some guiding not-for-profit bird walks which at this time of year, are increasingly held, with many participants joining such walks. Excellent bird sightings also continue from many additional locations around Manhattan and from New York County which encircles that isle plus two further sizable isles. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. April 8, 2024: Four Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC Monday April 8, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler. Canada Goose - 5-10 Mallard - 4 or 5 Mourning Dove - 30-40 Herring Gull - 6 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 3 or 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Ladies' Pavilion Red-tailed Hawk - 2 soaring over the West Side Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Strawberry Fields Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Northern Flicker - 6 or 7 Eastern Phoebe - 5 or 6 Blue Jay - 10-15 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6 Winter Wren - 1 along the Gill Hermit Thrush - 1 Ramble American Robin - 50-60 House Finch - 6-8 American Goldfinch - 3 including a breeding-plumaged male Chipping Sparrow - 1 Strawberry Fields (Caren Jahre) Fox Sparrow - 3 or 4 Dark-eyed Junco - 5-10 White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 3 or 4 Swamp Sparrow - 1 west side of Balcony Bridge Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 8-10 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 Ramble Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" south Turtle Pond Pine Warbler - 1 male south Turtle Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 - east Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 7, 2024: Lingering Waterfowl and Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC Sunday April 7, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Northern Shoveler, Bufflehead, American Coot, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Merlin, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby- and Golden-crowned kinglets, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Chipping Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Pine Warbler. Canada Goose - 20-25 Northern Shoveler - 12 Malland - 15-20 Bufflehead - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 30-40 American Coot - 4 Herring Gull - 18 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 second-year Lake Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 or 5 (all males) Downy woodpecker - 3 or 4 Northern Flicker - 4 Merlin - 1 south of Maintenance Field Eastern Phoebe - 2 or 3 Blue Jay - 10-15 American Crow - 6-8 flyovers Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 or 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 Brown Creeper - 2 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 1 Ramble (Bob - early) House Finch - 7-9 American Goldfinch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 1 or 2 Sparrow Rock Field Sparrow - 1 Sparrow Rock (Alexandra Wang) Fox Sparrow - 5 Dark-eyed Junco - 20-25 White-throated Sparrow - 60-80 Song Sparrow - 3 or 4 Eastern Towhee - 1 male Shakespeare Garden Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10 males Common Grackle - 15-20 Pine Warbler - 1 male continuing at Evodia Field feeders Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- DebAllen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 6, 2024: Am. Woodcock, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, and Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC Saturday April 6, 2024 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Wood Duck, American Woodcock, Red-throated Loon, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Creeper, Winter Wren, Brown Thrasher, Hermit Thrush, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Fox Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Pine Warbler. Canada Goose - 22 Wood Duck - pair Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 30 Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 30-40 American Woodcock - 1 Ramble Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers Red-throated Loon - 1 Reservoir (Sandra Critelli) Double-crested Cormorant - 3 or 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 4 Turkey Vulture - 31 (Sandra Critelli) Osprey - 1 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 2 or 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 6-8 (all males) Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Eastern Phoebe - 5 or 6 Blue Jay - 10-15 American Crow - 4-6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 or 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4 Brown Creeper - 2 or 3 Winter Wren - 3 Brown Thrasher - 2 Maintenance Field (Karen Evans and Dan Stevenson) Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 American Robin - 50-60 House Finch - 5-7 American Goldfinch - 3 or 4 Fox Sparrow - 4-6 Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4 White-throated Sparrow - 60-80 Song Sparrow - 5-7 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field (Annie Plum) Eastern Towhee - 2 males Shakespeare Garden Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10 males Common Grackle - 20-30 Pine Warbler - 1 male continuing at Evodia Field feeders Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 5, 2024: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Loons, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park NYC Friday April 5, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. The winds overnight were not in our favor. Nevertheless we saw some good birds here and there: Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-throated and Common Loons, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Eastern Phoebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, various Sparrows, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers. [Louisiana Waterthrush was reliably reported from the Pool and the Ramble (see the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark on "X" aka twitter for details)). Canada Goose - around 20 plus pairs starting to nest at the Reservoir Northern Shoveler - around 40 Gadwall - pair south end of Reservoir Mallard - around 20 Green-winged Teal - pair at the Pool Lesser Scaup - 1 female continuing at the Reservoir Bufflehead - 18 Hooded Merganser - 4 females Red-breasted Merganser - 2 males continue at the Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 13 Mourning Dove - 20-25 American Coot - 4 Herring Gull - around 40 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Red-throated Loon - 1 continuing at the Reservoir Common Loon - 1 continuing at the Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Turkey Vulture - 2 over Conservatory Garden (Mary Kate Horbac and Paul Curtis) Osprey - 1 male over the Grassy Knoll Red-tailed Hawk - 4 or 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 heard Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 2 (more in the Ramble) Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Phoebe - 10-12 Blue Jay - 5-7 American Crow - 2 flyovers Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 male at the Pool Brown Creeper - 1 North Woods Carolina Wren - heard Conservatory Garden Winter Wren - 1 east end of the Loch Hermit Thrush - 2 North End American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 3 Fox Sparrow - 5 or 6 (Caren Jahre and Paul Curtis) Dark-eyed Junco - 45-50 White-throated Sparrow - 50-60 Song Sparrow - 25-30 Swamp Sparrow - 2 (east end of Loch, Plant Nursery) Eastern Towhee - 1 singing male Grassy Knoll Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6 Common Grackle - very few Pine Warbler - 1 male Evodia Field feeders Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 east end of the Pool (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 10-12 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. March 31, 2024: Lesser Scaup, R-b Merganser, Loons and Herons
Central Park NYC Sunday March 31, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a warm spring day: Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated and Common Loons, Great Blue and Black-crowned Night Herons, Great Egret, Eastern Phoebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, Fox and Swamp Sparrows. Canada Goose - 22 Wood Duck - 1 or 2 males (Reservoir & Turtle Pond) Northern Shoveler - 40 Gadwall - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 15 Lesser Scaup - 1 female Reservoir (Deb - early) Bufflehead - 30 Hooded Merganser - 4 or 5 females Red-breasted Merganser - 2 (adult and young males) Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 4 Mourning Dove - 20-25 American Coot - 5 Herring Gull - 20-25 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Red-throated Loon - 1 north end Reservoir Common Loon - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Great Blue Heron - 3 northbound flyovers (Bob - early) Great Egret - 1 west side of Lake Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature male near Boathouse Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 or 6 males Downy Woodpecker - 6-8 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 American Kestrel - 1 northbound flyover Pinetum Eastern Phoebe - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - 2 flyovers Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Northern Mockingbird - heard-only Hermit Thrush - 1 Evodia Field near feeders (Sandra Critelli) American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 3 or 4 American Goldfinch - 1 Evodia Feeders Fox Sparrow - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 60-80 Song Sparrow - 11 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Balcony Bridge (Bob - early) Red-winged Blackbird - 3-5 Common Grackle - 20-25 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- On Saturday Dan Stevenson and Karen Evans saw an American Woodcock at Triplet's Bridge. Apologies for the late report. -- Happy Easter, Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. March 30, 2024: Loon and Waterfowl, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush
Central Park NYC Saturday, March 30, 2024 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a breezy morning: Wood Duck, Green-winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow. Canada Goose - 25 Wood Duck - 1 male at the Pool (Deb - early) Northern Shoveler - 250-260 Mallard - around 30 Green-winged Teal - pair continues at the Pool (Deb - early) Lesser Scaup - 1 continues at the Reservoir Bufflehead - 20-25 Hooded Merganser - 3 (all female) Red-breasted Merganser - 2 (adult and immature males) Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 4 Mourning Dove - 25-35 American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - around 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Red-throated Loon - 1 continues north end Reservoir Common Loon - 3 (2 immature, 1 adult in breeding plumage (David Barrett)) Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 1 in Ramble (David Barrett) Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 males (Caren Jahre) Downy Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Northern Flicker - 3 Eastern Phoebe - 1 near Boathouse Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Mark Siegeltuch) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 Hermit Thrush - 1 Evodia Field near feeders American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 3 American Goldfinch - 1 Evodia Field Fox Sparrow - 4 or 5 White-throated Sparrow - 50-60 Song Sparrow - 7-9 Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Cardinal - 8-10 including a pair duetting at Maintenance Field -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Fri. March 29, 2024, Lesser Scaup, R-b Merganser, R-t Loon, Co. Loon, Kinglets, E. Phoebe, Sparrows
Central Park, NYC - North End and Reservoir Friday March 29, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a sunny, blustery day: Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon (3), Ruby-and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Eastern Phoebe, Field and Swamp Sparrows. Canada Goose - 26 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - around 160 Mallard - around 20 Green-winged Teal - pair continues at the Pool Lesser Scaup - 1 Reservoir Bufflehead - 26 Hooded Merganser - 3 Red-breasted Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 13 Mourning Dove - a dozen American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - around 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Red-throated Loon - 1 Reservoir Common Loon - 3 (one in breeding plumage) Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 (Mary Kate Horbac) Red-tailed Hawk - flyover adult North Meadow Ballfields (twigs on Mus. of the City on NY again) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 2 Eastern Phoebe - 9 or 10 Blue Jay - 4 American Crow - flyover flock of 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 11 or 12 Carolina Wren - 2 Conservatory Garden Northern Mockingbird - 1 Conservatory Garden American Robin - 35-40 Field Sparrow - 2 Green Bench Dark-eyed Junco - 3 White-throated Sparrow - more than 50 Song Sparrow - 10 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery (Scott Brevda) Red-winged Blackbird - 7 Common Grackle - a dozen Northern Cardinal - 5 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. March 24, 2024: Lesser Scaup, Red-throated & Common Loon, E. Phoebe, Winter Wren
Central Park NYC Sunday March 24, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a sunny and blustery morning: Lesser Scaup, Red-throated & Common Loon, Cooper's Hawk, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Winter Wren, Fox Sparrow, Eastern Towhee. Canada Goose - 35 Northern Shoveler - around 60 Mallard - 7 Lesser Scaup - 1 Reservoir Bufflehead - 24 Hooded Merganser - 1 immature male Turtle Pond Ruddy Duck - 4 Mourning Dove - 50-60 American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - 5 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Red-throated Loon - 1 Reservoir Common Loon 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Cooper's Hawk - immature male Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - pair from San Remo circling over the Ramble* Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 6-8 males Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 3 males Eastern Phoebe - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - 1 flyover calling Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 (Signe Hammer) Winter Wren - 1 at the Gill American Robin - 30-35 House Finch - 3 or 4 Fox Sparrow - 2 west side of the Ramble Dark-eyed Junco - 4 or 5 White-throated Sparrow - 60-80 Song Sparrow - 3 Eastern Towhee - 1 male Locust Grove (Dan Stevenson) Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males Locust Grove (Sandra Critelli) Common Grackle - 20-30 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- *A Red-tailed Hawk pair (the female "Octavia" paired with a new male) is nesting again on 5th Avenue and 74th Street as reported by Melody Andres earlier in the week, the pair already documented by several photographers. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. March 17, 2024: Common & Red-throated Loons, E. Phoebe, Pine Warbler
Central Park NYC Sunday March 17, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Wood Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Common & Red-throated Loons, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Eastern Phoebe, Fox Sparrow, Pine Warbler. Canada Goose - 10 Wood Duck - 1 male Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 54 Gadwall - 1 male Reservoir (Signe Hammer) Bufflehead - 30-35 (high number for the Reservoir) Hooded Merganser - 7 Red-breasted Merganser - 2 (adult male and young male) Reservoir Mourning Dove - 40-50 American Coot - 6 or 7 Herring Gull - 34 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Red-throated Loon - 1 Reservoir Common Loon - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature male eating a rat at Azalea Pond Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 pairs building nests) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 or 6 (including possible nest site at Turtle Pond (Sandra Critelli)) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 or 4 (all males) Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Phoebe - 2 in the Ramble Blue Jay - 10-12 American Crow - flock of 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 10-15 American Robin - 50-60 Fox Sparrow - 1 Ramble (Bob - early)\ Dark-eyed Junco - 7 Song Sparrow - 3 (2 singing) Eastern Towhee - 1 male continuing Shakespeare Garden Red-winged Blackbird - 1 singing male Bow Bridge Common Grackle - 15-20 Pine Warbler - 1 Pinetum (Kris Mirasola) Northern Cardinal - 5-7 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sunday, March 17 - migrants and longer-staying birds
The Townsends Solitaire found by Tomas Kay on March 16th, an apparent first-record for Greene County, NY, was found again on Sunday morning, March 17th, with a nice annotated eBird report and photos / audio, from K. Cronin; see his eBird report at the link immediately below - and thanks to T. Kay for the great -!- initial find, also thank-you to A. Burke who first alerted this NYS list to this sighting. It is rather-likely that the Solitaire may stay in the general area so long as food for it is in decent supply, but of course this can be a shy species, tricky to see well at times, even where the species is vastly more regular, out-west. Good luck to any trying for this Catskills solitaire. https://ebird.org/atlasny/checklist/S165152823 - - - - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, March 17th, 2024 Some of the birds found on the day in -and over- Central Park on St. Patrick's Day 2024 are listed below. ... The -Great- Egret has landed... and has been seen in multiple other sites as well, in N.Y. County NYC. -p.s. - not the firsts of this year, but some of the first which have landed and are hunting in some of the usual egret-haunts for this just-before spring day. Four Warbler species were in Central Park, of which the only in numbers are Pine Warblers, a welcome hint of its-almost-spring on the calendar, and for our local migrations. There are certainly many more of the Pines yet to arrive in coming weeks. Very good numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets have arrived, with many-dozens easily just for all of Central Park, March 17th. Red-throated Loon - continuing at the reservoir of Central Park. Common Loon - also continuing at the reservoir of Central Park. Yes, there are more than 1. Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret - there were more than one, but there also have been fly-overs. Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal - ongoing at the Pool in the parks northwest quadrant. Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Red-breasted Merganser - two were still present to Sunday, March 17th, at C.P. reservoir. Common Merganser - present in Central Park on the reservoir at-least to Friday, March 15th. Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon American Coot American Woodcock - multiples of these have come in at Central Park. They also have come to other parks - not-only in Bryant Park, where at least 1 was still being found as of Sunday. Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull feral Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Belted Kingfisher Owl - undisclosed locations, for this park. Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker - multiple, recent arrivals of these. Eastern Phoebe - many-multiple, in many areas and also scattered across all of the county, city, region by now. Blue Jay Northern Raven American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren Winter Wren - in the multiple, as some have recently arrived. This is the species around now; House Wrens are not arrived yet. Carolina Wren also continues and ought-not be confused for a House Wren. Golden-crowned Kinglet - many in this past week, some in modest little flocks in some locations. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - most if not all being found may have over-wintered, at least locally. Eastern Bluebird Hermit Thrush - still those which overwintered... which are in the multiple - and around this county as well. American Robin Gray Catbird - multiple, but not many, and all in this park and region now were locally overwintered birds. Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher - multiple, but not many, all now being locally-overwintered individuals. European Starling Cedar Waxwing - Orange-crowned Warbler - in addition to the at-least several others in N.Y. County, one at Central Park is a local overwinterer, and possibly had been previously at a nearby park. Myrtle -a.k.a. Yellow-rumped-group- Warbler - overwintered, and a few may have sneaked-in from likely nearby wintering places. Pine Warbler - in the multiple, including multiple singing males in various locations, as well as drab ones, which had overwintered. The brighter new arrivals are just-that, new in the past week. Palm Warbler - early for Central Park, following the few that showed up already in N.Y. City - some or all possibly wintered much closer to here than, for example, some Caribbean location. - Eastern Towhee - some movement in the area, with slightly more locations this past week than thru the winter... although early for any true migratory mass-movements of this species here. And there had been more than just 2 in Central Park all winter long. Chipping Sparrow - rece
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, and N.Y. County, NYC - thru March 14
Central Park, in Manhattan - and elsewhere throughout New York County -in N.Y. City including Randalls Island and Governors Island and skies above, and adjacent waters. March sightings thru Thursday, March 14th - A plethora of highlights could be listed, with few being state-rare, and many being standard and expected arrivals of spring-season migrants, such as Eastern Phoebes, a smattering of early and some overwintered warblers - Palm, Pine including bright singing males of this sp. at Central Park as well as the drab one there which overwintered, rarely-noted in recent weeks but ongoing, Orange-crowneds, several that overwintered, including at least one at Randalls Island, and a fine recent one at Canal Park in lower Manhattan, also a near-certain overwintered individual, and Myrtle Warbler also probably -and definitely-for-some of those- overwintered locally; a mass-movement of sparrows this week with very notable numbers of Red Fox Sparrows arriving this week, as well as other sparrow spp.; E. Meadowlarks in a few sites, Rusty Blackbirds in low-modest numbers as new arrivals. And plenty more: various raptors, our 2 spp. of vultures, the owls of native species which have included up to 4 spp., in this month, 3 of those within Central Park as well as elsewhere in the county, Kinglets of both of our species, with arrivals of some additional Golden-crowned, in addition to the wintering individuals of each Kinglet sp., as well as the now-expected movement of American Woodcocks of which some get stuck in midtown or other parts of urban Manhattan, but also many that have been coming thru at Central and multiple other parks and both of the other-islands of the county, plus Wilsons Snipe in several locations, and more-common Killdeer, with one that lingered at Central Park for a while - Sheep Meadow when closed to public entry, out there with the many American Robins; and, the long-showing Purple Sandpiper[s] of lower Manhattans Pier 26, at least one of the latter species still there into March 14th. We can expect more arrivals here in the coming weeks, even just-ahead of calendar-spring. Some of these to be reported in due course. In the list of sightings below, all of the species noted from Central Park are marked with -CP- many of these same species were also being found in multiple other sites in N.Y. County. A number of birds were seen in specific sites, such as Randalls or Governors Island, or northern Manhattan, or in parts of lower Manhattan, as well or in some instances, exclusively. Atlantic Brant Canada Goose -CP- and also, unless noted as such, seen in many other locations around N.Y. County. Mute Swan Wood Duck -CP- Northern Shoveler -CP- Gadwall -CP- Mallard -CP- American Black Duck -CP- Mallard x American Black Duck hybrid -CP- Northern Pintail Green-winged Teal -CP- Ring-necked Duck -CP- Greater Scaup Greater/Lesser Scaup - Aythya sp. Long-tailed Duck Bufflehead -CP- Common Goldeneye -one, CP- And, mainly seen in low numbers, off Randalls and Governors Islands nearby waters, in this month and previous recent months. Hooded Merganser -CP- Common Merganser -CP- Red-breasted Merganser -CP- Ruddy Duck -CP- And, n.b., this species also has been somewhat regular at parts of the upper East River off Manhattan, in varying, usually modest, numbers in recent weeks. Pied-billed Grebe -CP- Rock Pigeon -CP- Mourning Dove -CP- American Coot -CP- Killdeer (CP) And, mainly noticed elsewhere in sites where regularly-seen, which does include sites in Manhattan such as Sherman Creek. Purple Sandpiper - pier 26, lower Manhattan to March 14th - American Woodcock -CP- And, in many, many additional locations all around the county, which includes those few seen by now-100s of observers at Bryant Park, where this species is regularly seen and often stays a long while. Wilson's Snipe - several, in several sites including first at Governors Island, soon followed by Randalls Island, and other locations. Bonaparte's Gull - one report from the East River. Ring-billed Gull -CP- American Herring Gull -CP- Iceland Gull -CP- Lesser Black-backed Gull Glaucous Gull Great Black-backed Gull -CP- Red-throated Loon -CP- And, multiples in other areas, esp. NY Harbor, East River, and etc. Common Loon -CP- Great Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant -CP- Great Blue Heron -CP- Great Egret Black-crowned Night-Heron -CP- Black Vulture Turkey Vulture -CP- Osprey -CP- flyby on March 14th, modestly early. Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk -CP- Cooper's Hawk -CP- Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle -CP- And, many many sightings elsewhere in / over the county this month. Red-shouldered Hawk -CP- Red-tailed Hawk -CP- And, nesting or nest-making all around the county, many sites. owl species - 4 have been seen this month, all of those native to the region. Belted Kingfisher -CP- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker -CP- Red-bellied Woodpecker -CP- Downy Woodpecker -CP- Hairy Woodpecker -CP- American Kestrel -CP-
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. March 10, 2024: Common & Red-throated Loons, Cooper's Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, E. Towhee
Central Park NYC Sunday March 10, 2024 Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Loon, Red-throated Loon, Cooper's Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, House Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow, Eastern Towhee. Canada Goose - around 30 Northern Shoveler - 200-250 Gadwall - 1 male Reservoir Mallard - 36 Bufflehead - 20-25 Hooded Merganser - 5 Ruddy Duck - 2 Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 30-40 American Coot - 4 Herring Gull - 25-30 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Common Loon - 2 Reservoir Red-throated Loon - 1 Reservoir (Deb - early) Cooper's Hawk - 2 or 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (nesting material carried to San Remo and 74th & 5th Ave. nests on Friday (Bob)) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Blue Jay - 6 or 7 American Crow - 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Willow Rock American Robin - 20-30 House Finch - 2 (male & female) Evodia Field feeders Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Pinetum White-throated Sparrow - 30-40 Song Sparrow - 3 singing Eastern Towhee - 1 continuing male Shakespeare Garden Red-winged Blackbird - 2 in Ramble Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- A first-winter Glaucous Gull continued at the Hunt's Point Fish Market in the Bronx. -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Mar. 3, 2024: Co. Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe. Co. Loon, Cooper's Hawk, Brown Thrasher, E. Towhee
Central Park NYC Sunday March 3, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen m.ob. Highlights on a beautiful, warm, spring-like morning: Wood Duck, Common Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe. Common Loon, Cooper's Hawk, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee. Canada Goose - 150-200 Wood Duck - 1 male Lake near the Point Northern Shoveler - 160-170 Mallard - 10 Bufflehead - 18 Hooded Merganser - 9-10 Common Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 3 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 southeast Reservoir Mourning Dove - 20-25 American Coot - 5 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls - around 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Common Loon - 1 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - 2 (Evodia Field, Turtle Pond) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Blue Jay - 6-8 American Crow - 2-4 Brown Thrasher - 1 south side Turtle Pond (Caren Jahre) American Robin - 10-15 House Finch - 4 or 5, some singing White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Eastern Towhee - 1 male Shakespeare Garden (Kris Mirasola) Red-winged Blackbird - 3-5 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Other taxa: a Coyote appeared near the Turtle Pond island again this morning, spotted by Kris Mirasola. This is probably the animal we saw last week. -- On Friday evening, March 1st, @r2junot made a thermal video of a large owl, probably a Barred Owl, in Central Park, posted to twitter.com, a.k.a. X here: https://twitter.com/r2junot/status/1763801504257831170 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Jan. 21, 2023: Common Loon, Ring-necked Duck, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper
Central Park NYC Sunday January 21, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandico, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Common Loon, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper. In addition, three Ring-necked Ducks were reported at the Reservoir by Wolfgang Demisch shortly before lunchtime. Canada Goose - 400-500 Northern Shoveler - around 400 Mallard - 30-40 Bufflehead - 2 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 11 Ruddy Duck - 380 Mourning Dove 30-40 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls - around 50 Common Loon - 1 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - 2 Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Great Lawn Downy Woodpecker - 1 female top of the Oven Northern Flicker - 2 Great Lawn Blue Jay - 8-10 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (1 Gill Overlook, 1 Upper Lobe (Dan Stevenson) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 or 2 in the Ramble Brown Creeper - 1 Maintenance Field (David Barrett) American Robin - 5-10 Dark-eyed Junco - 2 Pinetum White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Northern Cardinal - 9-12 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Jan. 14, 2024: Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets
Central Park NYC Sunday January 14, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Green-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets. Canada Goose - 400+ Northern Shoveler - 400-450 Mallard - around 50 Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 male Reservoir Green-winged Teal - 4 at the Pool (Deb - early) Bufflehead - 3 Hooded Merganser - 6 Ruddy Duck - around 250 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 80-100 American Coot - 1 Reservoir Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 100 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Hernshead (Sandra Critelli) Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature Chez Armando (top of Oven) (Bob - early) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (Pinetum & Great Lawn) Northern Flicker - 2 Great Lawn Downy Woodpecker - 3 Blue Jay - 10-15 American Crow - 2 Great Lawn Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 west side of Great Lawn (Sandra Critelli) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Northern Mockingbird - northwest Pinetum American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 2 southwest Great Lawn White-throated Sparrow - 60-80 Red-winged Blackbird - 2 Great Lawn Northern Cardinal - 8-10 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Dec. 31, 2023: Pied-billed Grebe, Peregrine Falcon, Brown Creeper, Brown Thrasher
Central Park NYC Sunday December 31, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Pied-billed Grebe, Peregrine Falcon, Brown Creeper, Ruby-and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Brown Thrasher. Canada Goose - 225-250 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 400-500 Mallard - 125-175 American Black Duck - 2 Lake Bufflehead - 10 Hooded Merganser - 19 Ruddy Duck - around 90 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Reservoir (Deb - early) Mourning Dove - 40-50 American Coot - 4 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls - 65 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 flyover immature (Deb - early) Cooper's Hawk - 1 or 2 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 or 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 Great Lawn American Kestrel - 1 flyover Peregrine Falcon - 1 adult perched Central Park West at 90th Blue Jay - 10-15 American Crow - 25-30 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Triplet's Bridge (Bob - early) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Brown Creeper - 1 Triplet's Bridge (Bob - early) Carolina Wren - pair Maintenance Field Brown Thrasher - 1 Great Lawn Northern Mockingbird - 1 Locust Grove American Robin - 20-30 White-throated Sparrow - 75-100 Eastern Towhee - 1 Shakespeare Garden Saturday 12/20 (Caren Jahre) Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Great Lawn in Sweet Gum Northern Cardinal - 9-12 -- @Gigpalileo reported 2 Fox Sparrows at Swampy Pin Oak in the Ramble on Sunday on Twitter/X. -- Andrew Block's Townsend's Warbler was reported again Sunday on Independence Avenue in Riverdale. The Townsend's has mostly been seen in a conifer adjacent to a driveway on private property. The Christmas Count MacGillivray's Warbler continued nearby, although there is currently no access to the best viewing spot in the parking lot of the Schervier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. -- Deb Allen Happy New Year to All -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
