This is apparently the first record of Common Raven for Central Park. Long overdue. Congratulations.
Peter Post Manhattan On 10/13/10 3:45 PM, "jacob drucker" <[email protected]> wrote: > A survey from/of Hernshead, Strawberry Fields, Falconer Hill, Cherry Hill and > Bethesda fountain proved quite productive. At Hernshead, he morning flight was > decent, with many birds (mostly yellow-rumped and palm warblers, juncos, > white-throated and chipping sparrows, blue jays, red-winged blackbirds, > american robins, eastern phoebes, northern flickers, yellow-breasted > sapsuckers and Canada Geese) flying north, south (what appeared to be migrant > blue jays consistently flew south only) and west. Interestingly enough, > looking onto the lake, most birds were flying west, but when I observed the > flight from strawberry fields with Joe Giunta's group, many birds were moving > north. Either way, the highlight bird of the morning flight were 2 AMERICAN > PIPITS mixed in with a small flock of westbound robins over the lake at about > 7:30 am. Birding Strawberry fields with Joe Giunta's walk produced 2 PINE > WARBLERS and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER as well as a BLUE-HEADED VIREO. Highlight > sparrows were WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at hernshead and LINCOLN'S and FIELD > SPARROWS at Falconer Hill. Some raptor movement was apparent as well; I > counted 4 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS and an OSPREY. > > The second highlight of the day was a COMMON RAVEN that flew high over > Bethesda Fountain at about 10:15 am, moving west. Observed with Lila Fried, > the bird exhibited definitive raven physique, with long fingered wings, long > wedged tail and long head projection. The bird was solitary, flying quickly > towards jersey. What's the status of the queens birds these days? Is it > possible that this was a bird from there that was in transit somewhere else? > (NJ?) > > Happy Birding, > > Jacob Drucker > Manhattan > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
