New York County, N.Y. City - Sunday, May 9th: A flock of 38 Glossy Ibis was seen in flight (T. Olson) from The Battery at Manhattan island’s southern tip and subsequently (what was virtually certain to have been the same Ibis flock) was seen from Inwood Hill Park (D. Karlson) at the northern end of Manhattan, on Sunday morning. This species has been showing up well away from the coastal plain this spring, particularly along the Hudson River, and there was a prior sighting this spring of even larger numbers flying over Manhattan.
At least 28 Warbler species were found on Sunday in N.Y. County and among those was a Yellow-throated Warbler seen in Central Park (J. Suzuki) along & near the bridle path and northwest of the reservoir, an area which produced the county’s one (past) record of Kirtland’s Warbler. Other warbler species seen Sunday included a number of the earlier-moving species such as Pine, Palm, and Louisiana Waterthrush (all photographed) as well as such later-moving species as Tennessee & Bay-breasted, and of course others (all species with multiple observers). Central Park alone contained all of the 28 species, with many also being found throughout the county now. Black-billed & Yellow-billed Cuckoos have each continued on into this past weekend, including sightings of both species in Central Park. Empidonax [genus] flycatchers have been increasing a bit with a few reports starting to indicate more diversity; Acadian Flycatcher being most recently noted, Willow and Least Flycatchers still the most regularly seen & heard, the latter in particular. Thanks to many quiet & patient observers continuing to offer reports from throughout. Good birding to all, 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/ --
