New York County, which includes Manhattan, N.Y. City -since starting of summer-
Pied-billed Grebe, & Black Vulture (the vultures are semi-regular if looked for, esp. soaring over & near the Palisades cliffs across the Hudson river, over N.J. air-space, but observable from the near-Hudson shore or some vistas in n.-w. N.Y. City; this is generally more likely seen from points north of the G.Washington Bridge - & from Inwood Hill Park, Sunday, 6/23. A Wood Duck was also lingering at this park into at least Tues. 6/25. Interesting very recent observations of potentially-nesting species at that park include Rose-breasted Grosbeak & in the vicinity as well as within that park proper, 2 warbler spp. - Yellow, & Common Yellowthroat. - Some of the potentially-nesting spp. recently seen & reported by A. Barry; & N. O’Reilly is also among the I.H.Park obs.; I’ve also been in that park, seeing some of the above in this week.) Black Skimmers continued to be seen, various points mainly off the shore of Manhattan, also possible in parks such as Central Park, & may be more likely seen at dawn or dusk hours. Recent sightings include two seen from the Lower East Side / East Village, Friday, 6/21 (var. obs., incl. the sighting from L. Beausoleil, obs.) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (apparent female), Central Park by the shore of The Lake in recent days; N.B. this species has nested in Manhattan in recent years. (N. Baker, most recently, & at least a few other recent obs.) A Red-breasted Nuthatch appeared in the West (Greenwich) Village, Sunday, 6/23. An somewhat uncommonly early-summer date, for this species on Manhattan. (T. Olson, obs.) Purple Martin (male) - seen at Randall’s Island, Sat. 6/22. (L. Goggin, obs.) Also noted there on that day were some Atlantic Brant, which could be summering locally; both of these, & multiple other spp. seen fairly recently by others as well. Another larger island within New York County (N.Y. City), and with public acess, Governors Island, has Common Terns, Killdeer, & a variety of additional nesting & some visiting species. E. Towhee has nested in Central Park again, a great success & in a site that thousands pass daily in warmer weather, yet virtually no birders check. So far, it appears there may be 2 young… Ongoing sightings of White-throated Sparrows, now summering in various locations on Manhattan island, some of them in Central Park as is typical (of a relative few). Blackpoll Warbler (singing male), in Central Park near Bow Bridge, Friday, 6/21. (M.B. Kooper, obs.) Fewer warblers are typically found in Central Park as summer begins, yet there may be at any point in June & early July some, which could be either extremely “late” stragglers, unlikely to reach a breeding area, &/or simply individuals that are not going to breed in a given season, & linger until they choose to move on, perhaps southwards as more migrants reappear in the so-called “fall” migrations which are in fact starting almost right after each summer solstice occurs in the northern hemisphere. There are also a very few warbler spp. which may at least attempt to breed in Central Park, & the most-regularly encountered of these seems to be Common Yellowthroat. A variety of warblers may appear hereabouts in esp. early to mid July, and some may be in southbound-migration mode - these could include such warblers as Louisiana Waterthrush, as well as N. Waterthrush, Yellow Warbler (a regular nester in N.Y. City), Black-and-white, and some others. Also rarer warblers for the city parks such as Kentucky may make appearances in the city parks at almost any time in summer months, and be less-detected than in spring, as generally fewer observers are swarming the migration hotspots in early summer. Worm-eating Warbler (which still nests within just a few miles of N.Y. City), may also appear in July including occasionally rather early in that month. --- "Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” - Terry Tempest Williams (contemporary activist, and author of many books) good summer's birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
