Wednesday, 13 April, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - The report from the Bronx [& vicinity] band - Jack Rothman & friends, brought some of the best of that borough to the fore in Central Park's Ramble, & it was a pleasure to see them there for a good birding visit, as well as pulling up a new-for-year bird, that White-eyed Vireo ambling into the Ramble...
To their report, I'd merely add that in the a.m. early-hour, a Palm Warbler was seen by Karen Fung & I at the compost area in the n. end of the park, and not a great deal more up there, albeit not with a whole lot of time put in. A large flock of (at least mainly) Chipping Sparrows & Dark-eyed Juncos was lingering around the knoll area, just n. of the n.-e. end of the N. Meadow ballfields. Some migration Tues. night into Wed., even with light northerly winds & a bit of frost in places not far from the city-center - however, most of that movement looked to have carried migrants already in Central onward... with not a lot coming in to "replace" the departing birds. One other highlight, which has been possible in the past week +, is a great study-opportunity on the Rusty Blackbirds, 2 (or more) in the Ramble, with plumage variation in male & female, as well as one still in transitional out of the "rusty" fall-winter coloration. In the vicinity are also Common Grackles, occ. offering that contrast with the related & more shy icterid species. Slightly early-side, but in the coming week, think "goatsuckers" & cuckoos... yes, those birds... which are showing (or getting heard) in a few places around or not far from our region.... Next time southerly winds are in, perhaps... good luck, 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/ --
