But first, a Newfoundland (Canada) compilation - May, 2014 - European Golden Plover - 225+ (2nd highest spring total ever) Black-tailed Godwit - 12 (record-smashing, beating previous record of two, maybe three in a spring) Common Redshank - 2 (falling short of the five in 1995 but brings the total individuals seen in Newfoundland / N. America to just eight) Northern Wheatear - three dozen, four dozen, more? I lost track. Biggest influx ever. [You never get tired of seeing the bright Greenland/Iceland/eastern North American race of Northern Wheatear.] European Whimbrel - 1 (low) European Dunlin - 1 (the first)
And a rare bird there, Sun. May 11: Eastern Phoebe! .... as reported from the photo-blog: http://brucemactavish1.blogspot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- Wed.-Thurs.-Friday, 14, 15, & 16 May, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City At least 20 species of warblers were noted in the park on Wednesday; there were also a few intriguing additional reports. Overall however, migrant diversity was down quite a bit from the preceding week's reports of so many. By Friday, numbers were down a bit farther overall, for most migrants. This weather is most interesting and appears to be contributing to some migrants turning up well north of usual breeding areas, as well as the inland or onshore occurrences of some species mostly known as pelagics in SE NY. 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/ --
