There was clearly some arrival of new migrant birds overnight, with some species appearing at places where they don’t breed. Between Brooklyn Bridge Park and Governors Island there were several Empidonax flycatchers. At least two, and maybe all, were Willow Flycatchers, which makes sense given how early this species departs regional breeding grounds.
Rarer species included a Marsh Wren at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Pier 6, an adult Black Tern foraging well southwest of Governors Island (closer to the jersey shore of the bay, SW of the Statue of Liberty - telescope needed), and a male Dickcissel hanging around the NE corner of the parade ground at Governors Island. Good Migrant Birding! Doug Gochfeld. Brooklyn, NY. -- 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/ --
