Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, 8 April, 2017 An Indigo Bunting was found & photographed in northern Manhattan this Saturday: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35793666 <http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S35793666> This seems to align as at least a modest amount of rather early arrival for a few birds in this region, such as the Hooded Warbler in Stamford (Fairfield Co.), CT, as reported on that adjacent state’s bird list. At least a few other Indigo-B. reports have surfaced in the region of NYC, a tri-state (or being a bit generous, 4-state: PA is not so far) area.
Central Park in Manhattan could not boast of a very-rare goose or even an uncommon warbler on Saturday, but some of the same species were around, the brightly-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker an ongoing highlight, in same area just west of East 68th St., within the park where it has been for months - and 4 species of warblers on the day, again Louisiana Waterthrush seen thru the day at the Loch (north part of the park) and Pine, Palm, & Myrtle [a.k.a. Yellow-rumped] also seen, plus Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, both Kinglet species, and a mix of some of the other migrants as reported on prior days. - - On Hook Mountain (north of Nyack, NY - and not very far north of N.Y. City), Rockland Co. today, Steve Bauer photographed 2 Broad-winged Hawks, as well as observing some typical & expected smaller migrants, including 4 Purple Finches. - - Congrat’s to Naomi Lloyd for the Pink-footed Goose sighting in Columbia Co., NY, a stellar bird for that county, region, & for the state. --------- "Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.” - Wangari Muta Mathaii (1940-2011; activist, author, planter of trees, member of Parliament in Kenya, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the first environmentalist in the world and first African woman to receive that honor.) Good -and ethical- birding, and thanks to those who respect the birds & all their observers, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
