There is evidence of some possible drop-in even up at "inland" Central Park in Manhattan, although (so far) not the less-common specials that Shai noted at Canarsie Park in Brooklyn.
This weather could potentially produce all sorts of unexpected-for- site birds, perhaps even in small & less-known locations & localities. The underlying message also being, if you have the opportunity today, get out for a look & listen. Including in your local patch[es] and in any area where a bird could be. Small ponds & other waters may be productive as well. Anyone checking at well-known places such as Jamaica Bay refuge, & many many others, might also come up with more than anticipated after the heavy rain/storm. I tried all around Sheep Meadow & vicinity in Central park, relatively rapidly, for the previously-reported (day before yesterday & prior) yellow-throated warbler, this early a.m. in most all the area it had been moving and reported from, but with NO sighting or hearing of, this a.m. and precious few other migrants in the immediate vicinity - BUT there are hundreds or thousands of trees now in leaf in the area where it had been (and throughout all the city) now, this First of May. Many other migrants are scattered about through Central Park, & at least some were singing earlier... and are being sought & seen now by birders. good month-of-May birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan _____________ On May 1, 2014, at 9:13 AM, Shaibal Mitra wrote: > After the heavy rain all day yesterday and last night, I was a > little surprised to step outside this morning in Bay Shore to a > warm, still, foggy morning, with White-throated Sparrows singing. > > I therefore decided to make a stop on my way to Staten Island at > Canarsie Park in Brooklyn, right off the Belt Parkway. The volume of > birds there wasn't huge, but it was very clear that new migrants had > dropped in. > > Highlights included Prothonotary Warbler, Blue Grosbeak, 2 Yellow- > throated Vireos, Nashville Warbler, and some other firsts of the > season for me. > > Yesterday, during the storm, I checked some places in western and > centrla Suffolk County for shorebirds (hoping for a Euro Golden- > Plover!). The best I found was a big flock of about 150 Black- > bellies with some Dunlin in a fied in Eastport, plus an adult > (pristine) Lesser Black-backed Gull at Heckscher SP. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore -- 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/ --
