They've been seen in both Central and Prospect Parks over the years, irregularly and invariably nocturnally, so it's by no means unprecedented.
Phil Jeffrey Princeton On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Gabriel Willow <gabrielwil...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Last night while walking in Prospect Park around 10:30pm, I was surprised > to see several Black Skimmers emerge from the darkness to silently glide > over the lake near the new Lakeside Center, with their distinctive skimming > motion. There were 8 or 9 in the flock. Beautiful birds! I didn't know they > frequented fresh water away from beaches... They're an unusual sight even > in the East River. > > Nocturnal perambulations reveal many wonders! > > Gabriel Willow > NYC Audubon > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- "If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge" - Henry Spencer -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
