Thanks for that update Larry. The Common Greenshank continues, showing quite well near Goose marker 10 on the loop drive.
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Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Oct 31, 2017, at 11:38 AM, Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com> > wrote: > > I understand the Common Greenshank is again being reported this morning at > Brig half way up the east dike on the wildlife drive that’s about half way > ‘round. > > Not a greenshank, but there’s been vesper, swamp, white crowned, and loads of > savannah sparrows on landfill at Croton Point as well as a few pipits, > meadowlarks, kestrel and harriers. > > Larry Trachtenberg > Ossining > > From: bounce-122003961-26736...@list.cornell.edu > [mailto:bounce-122003961-26736...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Fiore > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 8:57 AM > To: nysbirds-L@cornell.edu > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/28-29-30 - Hooded & > Yellow-throated Warbler, etc. > > Belated congrat’s & shout-out to Queens County Bird Club sparrow-skulker > finders of the LeConte's Sparrow at Pelham Bay Park’s Turtle Cove, Peter > Reisfeld, Jeff Ritter, and Bobby Veltri; thanks also to Jared Cole; that > LeConte’s Sparrow ultimately seen or at least glimpsed by additional > observers, through almost all the rest of Saturday, 10/29. A very nice > sighting for Bronx County that was, indeed. > > Also & more obviously, congrat’s to the many who recently braved the crowds > of birders to get to see the Common Greenshank staying on at Brigantine / > Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in coastal New Jersey; there are a lot of > tales being told of that bird & the birders who went to see it… an eastern > U.S. “mega” in a true sense. Thanks for this discovery are due Sam Galick & > Virginia Rettig, who found & photographed the Greenshank. You can see loads > of photos -from loads of birders- of this individual, but here is one set > (embedded into an extensive eBird list from later on in the 1st day that the > greenshank was first reported, 10/23/‘17; these pix and the accompanying > report are Tom Johnson’s, who is known to many on this list & now around the > world as well: https://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40091881 > > ----------------- > Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City > Saturday-Sunday-Monday, 28-29-30 October, 2017 > > Thanks to Andrew Rubenfeld & friends for spotting a Yellow-throated Warbler** > near the East Drive (park roadway) area of the East 79th St. Transverse Rd., > just north of the Maintenance meadow section of the Ramble (it’s NE corner), > & with other observers also being able to see this unusual fall visitor. > This bird was seen 3 days in a row, with Sunday’s sighting by 7:20 a.m. - in > rather ‘misty’ conditions, & then on Monday 10/30 (after the deluge, & ahead > of the higher winds, in Manhattan), after at least one keen observer had a > bit of a look for this, I happened on it - with a fair amount of effort - at > Cedar Hill (east of the East Drive, immediately south of the E. 79th St. > Transverse road) - however the Yellow-throated was flitting & flying all > around that hill’s fairly broad expanse of conifers, plane-trees, & some of > the other trees, & I last made sighting of this warbler as it appeared to go > off & maybe over the Transverse to the north, possibly also to the > *direction* OF the south wall of the Met. Museum of Art (wall-portion well > within Central Park, that is) - or simply in the vicinity of the E. 79th St. > Transverse. If it ‘sticks’, it may be a bird that moves about in that general > area a lot (which is also fairly typical of most yellow-throated warblers > that show in Central, although by far most are of spring occurrence.) > > ** This Yellow-throated Warbler is just as likely (as not) to be associated > with what is shaping up as a fairly significant push of “wrong-way” sorts of > migrants that have been showing up in eastern / coastal states over the past > week or so, all the way northeast along the North American eastern coast into > the Maritimes of Canada. (Yellow-throated Warblers included, with many other > species of migrants showing just in the past week, in eastern CANADA - & > also some in coastal northern New England, such as (notably) Fork-tailed > Flycatcher (photos from New Brunswick, CANADA), Tropical Kingbird (photos > from Nova Scotia, CANADA - 1st-time fully-documented provincial record, see: > http://ebird.org/ebird/canada/view/checklist/S40099789 ), Dusky Flycatcher > (also reported from Nova Scotia), and the “supporting cast” in just Nova > Scotia select locations over the past week have additionally included > multiples of: Y.-b. Cuckoo, numbers of at least Red-eyed, White-eyed, & > Yellow-throated Vireos, various Catharus thrushes including late Veerys, & > others, other warblers besides the multiple Yellow-throateds (of which > several from Monhegan Island, off-shore Maine, but far more & of at least 2 > races, in e. Canada; see below report for a hint of the numbers of that > warbler species) - Hoodeds (in numbers, esp. notable for maritime Canada > where they do not breed), & a total of well over 20 Warbler species in all, > from even single-sites in e. Canada, as well as multiples of Summer (& some > Scarlet) Tanagers, Rose-breasted & Blue Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings (in the > probable hundreds -in total- just from e. Canada, some single-site reports of > dozens of Indigos), & Orioles, mainly Baltimore by reports, & lots of other > migrants - far more may yet be discovered in coming days or weeks, as birders > get out - & banding stations continue reporting as well… > > And also turning up inland lately (as well as coastally) are Cattle Egrets in > numbers, with more of this latter species turning up daily (multiples are in > Maine now, as an example) & much more; for a mere “sampler” of some of this > “wrong-way” migration event see the incredible numbers of some species in > this Nova Scotia report: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40159912 For > those determined to seek out the rarer species, consider that Maryland just > had it’s first-ever Shiny Cowbird and there’s been Common Ground-Dove in > Quebec (Canada) recently, among some of the other unexpected migrants from > southern places. Another species (an irruptive one) to keep in mind are that > Red Crossbills are making a very strong showing into some Great Lakes & > midwestern states, & (so far) to a lesser extent east, but they may start to > be seen almost anywhere & there could be various forms on the move, in > whatever areas they invade. ** > > …. > So, back into Central Park in Manhattan, NYC(!) … had been ongoing Hooded > Warbler (male-plumaged) seen again at the Great Hill’s w. edges, in & near > the area known as the P.J. Sharp children’s glade, which is well-circuited > with small paths & shrubby & un-mowed patches in a wooded edge; on Sat. seen > by multiple observers; on Sunday seen in the morning at the far northern edge > of the noted Peter J. Sharp glade, & then again Mon. morning (10/30), but > back to the southern part of the Sharp glade, on the more SW portion of the > Great Hill (this last being just up some stairs from a park entrance at West > 103rd Street.) … the illegally off-leash dog & owner there Monday were sent > running, by my threat to ‘sic’ park-police on the dog’s owner... > > Many other warblers also were continuing to at least Saturday/28th, with > Orange-crowned, Nashville, Northern Parula, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, > Yellow-rumped [Myrtle], Black-throated Green, Pine, Palm, Black-and-white, > Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, and Common Yellowthroat. A late Tennessee > Warbler was also reported by Tod Winston (& possibly other observers) on > Sat./28th. A number of these were still in the park on Sunday, but by > Monday/30th, I was unable to find most of these species, excepting as noted > above for those much-rarer in late fall 2 species, & also Monday, Pines, > Palms, Yellow-rumpeds [Myrtles], 2 Ovenbirds, & one Nashville- the last at > the wildflower meadow’s e. edges. There may have been others around on Monday > esp., perhaps, around the Great Hill, Cedar Hill, & the Pinetums (east & > west). > > Various other species in the 3-day period of 28th-30th in Central Park were: > > Pied-billed Grebe (continued, reservoir) > Double-crested Cormorant > Great Blue Heron > Turkey Vulture > Canada Goose > Wood Duck > Gadwall > American Black Duck > Mallard > Northern Shoveler > Bufflehead (1 drake to at least Sat. on reservoir) > Ruddy Duck > Sharp-shinned Hawk > Cooper's Hawk > Red-tailed Hawk > American Kestrel > Peregrine Falcon > American Coot (5 continuing on reservoir, seen in group on Mon.,10/30) > Ring-billed Gull > [American] Herring Gull > Great Black-backed Gull > ['feral'] Rock Pigeon > Mourning Dove > ** Great Horned Owl (has just been publicly reported, may or may not be same > bird I saw earlier in Oct. in different part of park) > ** Ruby-throated Hummingbird (reports of one from CP Conservany staffer - > only presumed still this species! at Conservatory Garden Sunday 10/29) > Red-bellied Woodpecker > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker > Downy Woodpecker > Yellow-shafted Flicker > Eastern Phoebe (rather few, but still present to Monday, 10/30) > Blue-headed Vireo > Red-eyed Vireo (quite late now, Sat., 10/28) > Blue Jay (many) > American Crow > Black-capped Chickadee > Tufted Titmouse > White-breasted Nuthatch > Brown Creeper > Carolina Wren > Winter Wren > Marsh Wren (s. edges of Meer, Sunday 10/29) > Golden-crowned Kinglet (few) > Ruby-crowned Kinglet (far fewer by Mon, 10/30) > Hermit Thrush (still f.common to Sat. & then less-so by Mon. 10/30) > Wood Thrush (1, C.P. Zoo grounds) > American Robin (many) > Gray Catbird (very few) > Northern Mockingbird > Brown Thrasher (few) > European Starling > Cedar Waxwing (a few small-ish flocks noticed) > Eastern Towhee (modest numbers, throughout) > Chipping Sparrow > Field Sparrow > [Red] Fox Sparrow (at least Saturday, 10/28) > Song Sparrow > Lincoln's Sparrow (at least 1, to Monday 10/30) > Swamp Sparrow (fewer noted by Mon., 10/30) > White-throated Sparrow (widespread) > White-crowned Sparrow (2, to Mon., 10/30) > Dark-eyed [Slate-colored] Junco (multiple) > Northern Cardinal > Red-winged Blackbird > Common Grackle > Brown-headed Cowbird > House Finch > American Goldfinch (very few) > House Sparrow > > There were still a minimum of ten species of butterflies seen in the > Conservatory Garden of Central Park alone as of Friday-Saturday, 10/27-28. > These 10 species were: Cabbage White, Orange Sulphur, Painted Lady (many), > American Lady, Red Admiral, Common Buckeye (several), Monarch (many!!), & > these skipper species: Sachem, Fiery Skipper &, on Friday 10/28, an Ocola > Skipper documented by Ken Chaya in the south garden area. > > I’ve learned that the CP Conservancy / Conservatory Garden staff may extend > the “grace” period for the Korean Chrysanthemum display at Central Park’s > Conservatory Gardens (in the north garden, near Fifth Ave. & 105-106th > Streets) to possibly almost mid-November, this being in part thanks to > popular demand that the flowers there not all be pulled too soon. (In the > south garden there, a majority of blooming plants in the central beds have > been taken out, in prep. for spring plantings & bed-preparation). This is > the largest single remaining show of flowers in bloom in this park at this > season and can attract a lot of diverse insects - and N.B., MOST of those > insects now being seen are NOT honey bees, many are flies in the family > Syrphidae, which may mimic bees! (Close looks & some ID-skills may reveal > this aspect.) > > Those regulars will know well, that for Central Park - and many points within > the boroughs, of N.Y. City this coming Sunday (as well as prior days in > Central Park, where the finish-line is located) there will be massive crowds, > & crowd-control & so forth, for the annual NYC Marathon, coming right up… > this most obviously affects the area of the finish-line, near West 67th > Street in the park, but on the day, much of the park can be very busy, & > helicopters with news-cameras and the like will also be a constant, > particularly as the race-leaders approach & enter Central for the “sprint” to > the finish. One can expect that in a few area, parks police, NYPD & so forth > may re-direct some foot traffic, on Marathon-Sunday. > > Good -& quietly respectful- birding & observations to all. > > Tom Fiore > manhattan > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --