Sunday, 20 March, 2011 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City The long-lingering female VARIED THRUSH continues, with sightings late Saturday and much of Sunday in the area on the north side of the East 79 Street transverse road and a short way south of the south wall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, within Central Park, about 300 feet inside from Fifth Ave. The thrush was seen in the morning & afternoon in this area on Sunday. Should this bird continue for one more full week, it will have been present in the same "general" section of Central Park for at least four full months.
The first-year RED-HEADED WOODPECKER remains near the 66 Street transverse road, usually within sight of the Carousel (south of Sheep Meadow) and recently mostly north of the 66 Street transverse, although it also still may wander a bit on the south side (closer to the carousel). This bird is gaining some adult plumage but it will be a while before it is fully complete. Interesting on a 'local' basis were the great numbers of Song Sparrows & Slate-colored Juncos that had moved thru Riverside Park on Manhattan's upper west side on Saturday, while in Central Park it seemed Sunday was when these species came in greater numbers (than had been there). Also in both parks were very modest numbers of newly- arrived Brown Creepers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, and Eastern Phoebes, and there seem to be a few more N. [Yellow-shafted] Flickers. Also increased a bit in the last week have been "red" Fox Sparrows, many of which are singing along with various other birds that have been quite vocal. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
