Thanks as always for the comprehensive updates Tom! I had the good fortune to be leading an NYC Audubon walk in the Ramble yesterday evening, and we had wonderful views of the Cerulean (probably the best I've ever had of this species, and no neck-strain required), and some nice nearby Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, male and female. The Pine Warbler we saw by the "Riviera" (not sure if it's the same bird Tom mentioned) was an exceptionally dull individual, presumably a first-year female, with just a hint of yellow on the throat. The other highlight was a pair of N. Rough-winged Swallows over the Lower Lobe and Lake, where, the day before, I had seen a Silver-haired Bat, a "life bat" for me.
Things seem to be picking up! Gabriel Willow NYC Audubon On Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:55 PM, Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> wrote: Wed., 23 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Additional to the male Cerulean Warbler, which was essentially seen for 12+ hours, right through early evening in the area previously mentioned as well as occasionally moving east a bit in trees along the lake shore (the bird apparently remained song-less), there were both a Spotted Sandpiper& a Wilson's Snipe- this latter at least the 3rd of season in Central - each at Turtle Pond, simultaneously. A really nice sighting by Nadir Sourgi at the north end was of a male Purple Martin, a species that is not often noted from Central or Manhattan, but could easily be annual & also very scarce there. (the martin did not linger, thus no alerts were sent; it may have gone on towards the north.) Later in the day, I joined Nadir for a while and we had a Hummingbirdzip by at the n. end - of course, presumed a Ruby-throated. While we found things a bit quieter at the late hour of the day up there, Nadir mentioned that there had actually been 2 male Prairie Warblers in the area where I earlier reported one singing - these 2 were counter-singing around the noon hour. We also had 3 Snowy Egretsfly over in unison on that n. end-of-the-park east-&-west-bound fly-way, as well as multiple Great Egrets. Later at the reservoir, a search for a possible "late" red-necked grebe was cut short by wind, chill, & approaching dusk... a number of Great Egrets came in there to feed. Good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
