At Central Park (in Manhattan, N.Y. City) a Lark Sparrow was found (J. Pavan) and seen by many observers at the compost area in that parks’ north end, on Sunday, August 28th. Once reported, there were observers still watching through the day, with plenty of admirers even through the early evening hours. (Apologies if this was already posted to this list-serve.)
There have been a fair number of early-in-season migrant arrivals this month, and among those have been several [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warblers, which have been seen in Central Park & elsewhere in the county in which Central is located, as well as (at least a few) in other nearby counties including elsewhere in N.Y. City and also in locations well-south of N.Y. City over more than a week’s time by now. This paralells a number of other migrant species having come in on their journeys southward at least modestly ahead of ‘typical’, expected first-arrival dates in various sites, and as photographed individuals in some instances as well. It does not necessarily seem a truly broad, or ‘sweeping’ trend, as there are also many many neotropical-wintering and shorter-distance migrant birds in the far-north, via innumerable highly-reliable reports and also from some doing research and longer term studies in various states and Canadian provinces. The season’s first Pied-billed Grebe for Central Park (in Manhattan) was present in that park, on the reservoir beginning by Friday, 8/26. ---- P.S. - please be prepared to photo or video ANY ‘odd-looking’ harriers seen over any coming days or weeks. As the *Maine* mega-rare harrier was perhaps-not found again in that state on Sunday, but it is possible report[s] could yet surface. There is a fair chance that if that bird works south-southwest in the coming days or weeks, it crosses part[s] of N.Y. State. more to be reported on some day soon. peaceful birding to all, Tom Fiore [N.Y. City] -- 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/ --
