July 6, 2010 - On Manhattan island, in New York City, Monk Parakeets have successfully nested and raised young again this year. I very recently observed family groups in one area, on city-owned land. Not far from that area there also were fledgling Yellow Warblers & I observed young being fed by adults. This was not in Central Park- however at that park, there are ongoing observations of non-breeding migrant species that -probably- never made it to their preferred breeding areas. These include Northern Parula & Blackpoll Warbler, in recent days... as well as summering White-throated Sparrow, the latter of fairly regular occurrence in Central & elsewhere where they never breed - limited to a few individuals per location in general, more often just "single-tons".
The Bronx colonies of Monk Parakeets also appear to be doing just fine, in several locations. On Mon. eve. at dusk - 9 pm, I observed 2 Black Skimmers going east, not very high, coming over Central Park near the reservoir at about W. 90 Street. I did not attempt to track them further then, but have seen these in previous years as they feed, at various water bodies in the park, and most often near, at or after dusk, more rarely very early in the morning. On Tuesday evening I did not observe any skimmers but they may have come in after I was looking. Btw, some who follow bird news from Prospect Park Brooklyn know that there had been skimmers, as well as terns, seen at Prospect Lake over the last week. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
