Thursday, 4 October, 2012 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Some morning movement, as well as a lot of apparent southbound exodus of the night preceding. Seen moving in numbers in the first hour of the day were many Yellow-shafted Flickers, Blue Jays, Cedar Waxwings, Common Grackles, and American Goldfinch. In with the goldfinches, with a few stopping off as well in a few places, were over a dozen Pine Siskins. There also were modest numbers of Palm Warblers in many areas of the park - a lot put up into trees, as is typical, when & where dogs, people, machinery, & so forth were active on the lawns. A good selection of other birds was also present including a variety of warblers. - - - - - - - - The recent finds of N. Wheatears in a few places in the eastern U.S. remind that it's a prime season for the species to turn up on its (long) way from breeding grounds to wintering areas. For those with an interest in far out-of-range visitors in e. N. America, there are photos of a Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher found very recently on New Brunswick's (Canada) Atlantic coast. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCkX93t 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/ --
