Monday, 26 September, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Some of us on Monday sought out a couple of Sunday's (9/25) more interesting birds, as seen (then) in the north end of the park - Clay- colored Sparrow & Vesper Sparrow - but were unsuccessful in re-finding these two uncommon-in-manhattan species this Monday.
On Sunday, in total, 10 species of sparrows were recorded in various locations in Central, with White-crowned, Lincoln's, Field, Chipping, Swamp, Song, White-throated, and Savannah being the other 8 in addition to the 2 rarer species - all of these 8 other sparrow species - as well as more of the Dark-eyed Juncos that had come in earlier in the week - were again present Monday, & in just one part of the north end - the Blockhouse & north woods, 15 species of warblers and nearby, great views of a Philadelphia Vireo, the latter on the Great Hill. The most numerous warbler north of the reservoir to 110 St. (the n. border of the park) was Palm, with more than 40 found, including in less-birded areas; several other warbler species were nearly as common this Monday in a variety of locations. Species such as Blue-headed Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet, and Myrtle Warbler rather suddenly have increased from the more-minimal numbers of the end of summer (i.e., just a few days before) & today were in numbers approaching not-uncommon, based just on those seen from the only northern 1/2 of the park. A rare-in-Manhattan butterfly was photographed on Sunday in the north end of Central Park, a Common Checkered-Skipper, for which historic documented records were found in Central by Nick Wagerik; Sunday's was found by Mike Freeman of Manhattan. Thanks to the many observers who respect the birds and their fellow park users through quiet, unobtrusive and courteous observations - and to those walk-leaders who exemplify those standard principles. -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies. 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/ --
