Manhattan also got its fair share of birds today. Though the time I spent in the field was relatively limited, quantity and quality made up for it. A 15 minute excursion around the Upper West Side produced good numbers of several species of birds, most of which were in west-bound morning flight: Double Crested Cormorant 14 Yellow-breasted Sapsucker 3, including 1 on a sidewalk tree Northern Flicker 6 Black Capped Chickadee 3, urban trees Kinglet Sp. 15 Am. Robin 400 was a conservative count. Near constant stream. Cedar Waxwing 6 Warbler Sp. 8 (prob yellow-rumped) Dark-eyed Junco 20 Emberizid Sp. 50 (mostly junco) Red-winged Blackbird 40 Common Grackle 100 A relatively brief excursion to Central Park with Lila Fried in the afternoon was also productive, despite the small amount of area covered. Black-capped Chickadees, White-throated Sparrows and Hermit Thrushes are all still present in good numbers, though the White-throats and Hermits seem to be peetering out. The species highlight of the day was a fresh looking VESPER SPARROW on the rocks of Belvedere castle. Looking at this bird from above was quite an interesting angle! Also, a single PINE SISKIN was at the feeders while we went by. Good to see they've made it to Manhattan. A FOX SPARROW was also in the vegetation south of Tupelo meadow. Ardith Bondi posted EASTERN BLUEBIRD to the ebirdsnyc yahoo group this morning. Other semi-late migrants included GRAY CATBIRD, 2 EASTERN PHOEBE and EASTERN TOWHEE. Good Birding, Jacob Drucker Manhattan --
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