The 2 Western Tanagers were each present in Manhattan (N.Y. City) at their respective areas, one at Carl Schurz Park, one at W. 47-48th Streets east of Tenth Ave. (and sometimes tough to find, moving from both Hell’s Kitchen Park area & also Clinton Community Garden area on W. 48th St., and also in trees near that area).
(At least 2 Snow Geese also were continuing on at Randall’s Island, east of Manhattan (and in the same county) and also had a variety of other waterfowl, including Lesser Scaup and Ring-necked Duck, and Glaucous as well as Iceland Gull, along with Killdeer & American Pipit were all still being seen there). A Pied-billed Grebe was again lingering at the north end of Manhattan, off the n.e. corner of Inwood Hill Park (where many other birds also continue) & at the Muscota marsh area’s waters. - - - - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday, Jan. 15th - Many birders came out despite a frigid start to the day, and the the park as a whole produced: at least 55 species still around for mid-January. One of those (at least) was a warbler, the hardy Orange-crowned Warbler which has continued to turn up at & along the reservoir shoreline & vicinity. (B. McClellan, the morning’s finder, got a photo of warbler at that shore, when air temp. was in single-digits, although just at that location, there may be some mini-warmer-spots, with rocks reflecting sun; there is a fine photo in the Macaulay Library archive now of this warbler in that situation: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/406017171 Later on, the warbler was also up along the running track & was also present into the afternoon hours in that area.) A single Snow Goose was ongoing again at the reservoir and a duo of Ring-necked Ducks joined some of the other waterfowl on that waterbody in the morning, as well; there also was a freshly or recently arrived Pied-billed Grebe. 2 Wood Ducks also persisted at the reservoir. Later in the day, the 1 Snow Goose from the reservoir went up to visit “The Pool” less than 1/2-mile away, but left there again nearer the end of the day. A drake Lesser Scaup, and a Green-winged Teal persisted at The Pool all day. Additional species in Central Park that were lingering included Gray Catbird, Brown Thrasher, N. Mockingbird, Swamp, Song, [Red] Fox, and (many) White-throated Sparrows, Slate-colored Junco, Ruby-crowned & Golden-crowned Kinglets, Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Cedar Waxwings, and American Robins, along with many others. . . . . . There were at least several Bald Eagles moving across the county (perhaps more than a few), and other raptors seen included Red-shouldered Hawk, Cooper’s Hawks, and the more regular American Kestrels and Peregrines and Red-tailed Hawks of the urban wilds. Mainly small no’s. of waterfowl were moving about in the morning hours, which included some south-moving Common Mergansers seen from along the Hudson River. Some (modest) no’s. of Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, & American Robins were also on the move, at least ‘locally’. .. A Lesser Black-backed Gull was confirmed for a 1-time sighting at Central Park’s reservoir from Jan. 9th. (The species has occurred there previously, but not very regularly). - - - In some 'just-a-bit different' bird-news, a Top-50 radio pop music chart had an album of endangered bird sounds briefly at No. 3 on the charts; that story via N.P.R. (National Public Radio) - https://www.npr.org/2022/01/09/1070605843/endangered-bird-songs-chart-top-50-album 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/ --
