Sunday - Christmas Day, 25 December, 2011 - Manhattan, N.Y. City
The lingering-birds scene remained similar to recent weeks at Bryant Park - I was able to photograph the 2 Yellow-breasted Chats, and see &/ or photograph the 2 Common Yellowthroats, at least 2 Ovenbirds, 3 Gray Catbirds, plus (views only of a) Lincoln's Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and about 75+ White-throated Sparrows, in the park entire... the more boldly-marked of the 2 Chats was near Sixth Ave. as well as in the skating rink enclosure with a lot of House Sparrows, and the less- boldly marked Chat along the Fifth Ave. line of shrubs as well as the east (main) face of the N.Y. Public Library main building, on the 42nd Street side. Male & female Common Yellowthroats were in different areas; 2 Ovenbirds were as far removed as is possible in that park, from each other; 2 Catbirds were together and one far from those, while Lincoln's Sparrow sightings were all closer to the 42 St. & Sixth Ave. 'corner' than to other corners of the park... and a male towhee joined all the ruckus with easily 1,000 people in the park at 10-11 a.m. - my actual time spent seeking & finding all the noted birds was just 45+ minutes. In Central Park, a young Red-headed Woodpecker remained near the NW part of Hallet Sanctuary, a bit north of the Sixth Ave. entrance at Central Park South. Also still in Central are a Baltimore Oriole, an Eastern Phoebe, and a nice variety of other birds. There were Hermit Thrush in Central Park & Bryant Park. Any other thrush species (besides American Robin) in winter is rare or very rare in our area and ought be well-studied and also well-documented. Swamp Sparrow in Central Park, at the Pond. (Not really rare in winter but a bit uncommon, and can be either obliging or very skulking, in general.) Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
