Western Grebe was reported in South Amboy, New Jersey:
http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NJBD.html#1258306506
This could be the same individual that was at Piermont Pier in
Rockland County, NY. I asked the N.J. observer if he noticed any
entangled line with the N.J. grebe: he wasn't sure (due to some
distance from the bird) but did mention that the grebe preened quite a
bit during his sighting. As many NYC region birders know well, this
is also a species that's been sighted in southern Staten Island's
waters very near to S. Amboy - on Raritan Bay (off of the outer NYC
harbor area, & directly down-river from the Piermont Pier which is on
the same - western side - of this river-estuary.
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As for Staten Island, NYC, Rufous Hummingbird continues:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/1388
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Elsewhere, Common Eider have been reported to at least Sea Island
Georgia (GA RBA), & coastal N. Carolina, with additional sightings off
e. VA, etc., & many (possibly record-high counts) off Cape May, New
Jersey...
With weather on the mild side, a fairly good number of 'late'
southwestern/Mexican-winter (range) species, (and many of them
passerines), are being reported from the mid-Atlantic north to
Newfoundland, where a very notable report (for that province of
Canada) was an Ash-throated Flycatcher, a potential new record for
that site, although apparently recorded not far away in St. Pierre et
Miquelon (small islands off NFLD) in Nov. 2003. There are likely
plenty of additional "interesting" birds "out there" in addition to
what's been discovered thus far, & this generally mild weather is
expected to go on for another 10-14 days or more in much of our
region...
Locally & beyond, Baltimore Orioles & Rose-breasted Grosbeaks have
been reported from a number of locations - any should of course be
closely scrutinized for the possibility for any other related species
which could appear at this season, well into winter. A Scarlet
Tanager is still present in Central Park at the Shakespeare Garden &
Belvedere Castle areas, sometimes also just inside the Ramble, or
closer to the Delacorte Theatre.
Good birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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