Apologies, I mistakenly referred to the Yellow-bellied Flycatcher as being reported from Central Park, when it was actually reported from Riverside Park.
-Scott > > At 10:47 AM 4/25/2011, you wrote: > > Tom's report of a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher from Central Park on Sunday is > quite remarkable and surprisingly hidden in the middle of his post, as this > would be quiet a record, and not just "somewhat early". It is not "one of > the earliest of the Empidonax along with Least, in this area", but rather > one of the latest, if not the latest. > > John M.C. Peterson in the original New York breeding bird atlas describes > it as follows: > "Extralimital summer records of Yellow-bellied Flycatchers, like that in > Madison County, must be treated with caution sine this is often one of the > last birds to arrive on the northern breeding grounds. The Yellow-bellied > Flycatcher is rare before late May, sometime still arriving during June." > > In the latest version of the Atlas, the same author repeats: > "The species arrives in New York during May, sometimes not until early > June...To add more possible confusion, the songs and calls resemble those of > other species: the 'killink' song is similar to that of a Least Flycatcher, > and the 'tu-wee' call reminiscent of the Eastern Wood-Pewee." > > Neither reference, nor Levine's Birds of New York lists early or late > arrival dates for the species, but I'd suspect Tom's bird, if actually a > Yellow-bellied, would represent a new early record for the state or close to > it. > > Best, > Scott Haber, Ithaca > > -- > Scott A. Haber > Content Manager - Merlin > Cornell Lab of Ornithology > 159 Sapsucker Woods Rd. - #295A > Ithaca, NY 14850 > > Office: (607) 254-1102 > Email: sa...@cornell.edu > > > > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
