Sat.-Sun.-Mon, 9-10-11th January, 2016 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
City
On Saturday, a drab 1st-year female Pine Warbler was on the Great
Hill, seen on the west side & moving north thru the P. Sharp garden
section, staying fairly high in bare trees. Also in that area was a
Ruby-crowned Kinglet. A few hours after the Pine was seen, 2 of us
tried to relocate it as well as the recent Wilson's Warbler, looking
in a wide circle in the nw part of the park, but we could not come up
with either warbler again, only the kinglet as well as more-typical
winter birds. Also seen & heard nicely in the earlier a.m. was a
Common Raven.
Sunday, a search ahead of the main rain event for the above 2 Great
Hill area warblers was unproductive, while other than very good
numbers of gulls at the reservoir, it did not appear that any unusual
birds came in with the storm.
Monday, the reservoir held far fewer gulls (up to 1,200+ were noted
Sunday) while ongoing birds there were a drake Ring-necked Duck, small
no's. of Hooded Mergansers, Buffleheads, & nearly 200 Ruddy Ducks in
disparate groups on the reservoir. With all waters having lost the
skim of ice due to the very mild rainy day, some waterbirds were again
dispersed a bit. One warbler definitely lingering is the Orange-
crowned that was first seen Dec. 20 by R. Lieberman's CBC party & has
been regular since not far from the n. edge of the E. 79 St.
transverse. American Robins are fairly widespread in the park as well
as noticed in other Manhattan parks in the past week, & not common but
occasional have been Cedar Waxwings with up to 24 seen today, in small
groups in the Ramble & at a number of crabapple trees elsewhere. A few
Ruby-crowned Kinglets also have persisted in several parts of the park.
good winter birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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