Re: [nysbirds-l] Summer Tanager, Manhattan, NYC: Monday, 4/29 (w/notes on some other N.Y. migrants)
Summer tanager continues at 12:20 pm Tuesday 4/30. Great looks through fence. Tom thanks for posting L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2019, at 9:37 PM, Thomas Fiore wrote: > > Monday, 29 April, 2019 - > > Just to add it into the day’s record here on this list-serve, the ongoing > state-rarity BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen Monday 4/29 at Nickerson beach, > southern Nassau County, NY (a.k.a. Lido Beach Passive Nature Reserve). > > -- > A male Summer Tanager in near-pristine alternate-plumage (adult coloration) > was showing very well for multiple observers in Manhattan, at the Clinton > Community Garden (named for that neighborhood) at 434 West 48th Street, which > is between Ninth & Tenth Avenues on manhattan’s west side. The garden may be > locked, but the tanager was most often fairly easy to view as it went after > bees & perhaps other insects within the garden. (If let into the garden, all > must obey any rules or instructions, and please be respectful of any & all > other visitors there.) > > The ‘parade’ of Blue Grosbeaks in the larger region continued, with a female > continuing over the weekend, Sat.-Sun. 4/27-28, at Manhattan’s Fort Tryon > Park, which is in the northern portion of the island, perhaps best known to > non-birders for the Cloisters museum, an ‘annex’ of the Metropolitan Museum > of Art within Ft. Tryon Park - this grosbeak was seen in the field near the > Cloisters. > > On Saturday, 4/27 several observers reported a Prothonotary Warbler in > Manhattan, at R.F. Wagner, Jr. park, the south end of Battery Park City Park. > > -- > In Richmond County, NY (a.k.a. Staten Island, N.Y. City) a male Golden-winged > Warbler was found Monday, 4/29 at Clove Lakes Park, which is in the northern > quadrant of the island; I believe the finder[s] of this there were Catherine > Barron & Maya Shikhman, and thanks to the latter for timely report, via the > SINaturalist group. > > There’ve been plenty of other migrants recently; a further report to come, > with some additional notes. > > —— > Many migrants have been reaching nearby (& some farther) breeding areas to > N.Y. City, as well as passing through over the weekend. These include species > such as Cerulean, Kentucky, and many other warbler spp. & a wide variety of > other arriving or ongoing migrant birds - PLEASE realize the long & arduous > voyages these birds have been on, to reach where they nest, or are still > undertaking to reach their breeding areas, & exercise the maximum of > restraint in any potential nesting area as they arrive and set up for the > season, and on thru the remainder of their breeding season. The birds & all > who care for them will thank you for this. > > good birding to all, > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Summer Tanager, Manhattan, NYC: Monday, 4/29 (w/notes on some other N.Y. migrants)
Summer tanager continues at 12:20 pm Tuesday 4/30. Great looks through fence. Tom thanks for posting L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 29, 2019, at 9:37 PM, Thomas Fiore wrote: > > Monday, 29 April, 2019 - > > Just to add it into the day’s record here on this list-serve, the ongoing > state-rarity BLACK-NECKED STILT was seen Monday 4/29 at Nickerson beach, > southern Nassau County, NY (a.k.a. Lido Beach Passive Nature Reserve). > > -- > A male Summer Tanager in near-pristine alternate-plumage (adult coloration) > was showing very well for multiple observers in Manhattan, at the Clinton > Community Garden (named for that neighborhood) at 434 West 48th Street, which > is between Ninth & Tenth Avenues on manhattan’s west side. The garden may be > locked, but the tanager was most often fairly easy to view as it went after > bees & perhaps other insects within the garden. (If let into the garden, all > must obey any rules or instructions, and please be respectful of any & all > other visitors there.) > > The ‘parade’ of Blue Grosbeaks in the larger region continued, with a female > continuing over the weekend, Sat.-Sun. 4/27-28, at Manhattan’s Fort Tryon > Park, which is in the northern portion of the island, perhaps best known to > non-birders for the Cloisters museum, an ‘annex’ of the Metropolitan Museum > of Art within Ft. Tryon Park - this grosbeak was seen in the field near the > Cloisters. > > On Saturday, 4/27 several observers reported a Prothonotary Warbler in > Manhattan, at R.F. Wagner, Jr. park, the south end of Battery Park City Park. > > -- > In Richmond County, NY (a.k.a. Staten Island, N.Y. City) a male Golden-winged > Warbler was found Monday, 4/29 at Clove Lakes Park, which is in the northern > quadrant of the island; I believe the finder[s] of this there were Catherine > Barron & Maya Shikhman, and thanks to the latter for timely report, via the > SINaturalist group. > > There’ve been plenty of other migrants recently; a further report to come, > with some additional notes. > > —— > Many migrants have been reaching nearby (& some farther) breeding areas to > N.Y. City, as well as passing through over the weekend. These include species > such as Cerulean, Kentucky, and many other warbler spp. & a wide variety of > other arriving or ongoing migrant birds - PLEASE realize the long & arduous > voyages these birds have been on, to reach where they nest, or are still > undertaking to reach their breeding areas, & exercise the maximum of > restraint in any potential nesting area as they arrive and set up for the > season, and on thru the remainder of their breeding season. The birds & all > who care for them will thank you for this. > > good birding to all, > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
