The following link to an (archived temporarily) post to the Massachesetts Birds list-serve, from Marshall Illiff, may be of interest concerning some of what may be happening in the northeast regarding odd or interesting migration movements: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1358927 <http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=message;id=1358927>
- - - - - - - - - - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Friday, 27 October, 2017 Among the highlights, as seen & photographed after Gabriel Willow (one of N.Y. City Audubon Society’s - NYCAS - regular birding-walk guides) offered an early ‘tweet'-out, was of a male-plumaged HOODED Warbler on the far-western edge of the Great Hill, in the park’s north end, which continued in the area all day long to 6 p.m. there; Also thanks to Gabriel Willow, for the early find (& his equally early ‘tweet’) of an Orange-crowned Warbler in the “magic” Siberian Elm near the restrooms on the same Great Hill, a bit northeast of where the Hooded was found (& remained all day long). There were in addition to these 2 warblers, at least a ‘baker’s dozen” of other warbler species were found in the park for a total of 15 WARBLER SPECIES on Friday alone. Northern Waterthrush, yet again seen along the edges of The Pool, located near W. 100-103rd Streets; & simultaneosly, a 2nd Northern Waterthrush was yet again being seen at The Pond, in the park’s southeast corner. Each of these 2 waterthrushes have been present now in their respective locations for many days (weeks). & these other warblers that were found in various locations throughout all of the park: Nashville Warbler (several) Northern Parula (several) Magnolia Warbler (several) Cape May Warbler (at least 2) Black-throated Blue (several) Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Green Warbler (several) Pine Warbler (at least several) Palm Warbler (multiple) Black-and-white Warbler (1, Ramble) Ovenbird (several) Common Yellowthroat (several) Other birds found Friday, 10/27 in Central Park included: Pied-billed Grebe (continuing at reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron (continuing at The Pond) Turkey Vulture (28+ flyovers, in several modest groups) Canada Goose Wood Duck (minimum of 3, including 2 at Turtle Pond) Gadwall (multiple) American Black Duck Northern Shoveler (multiple) Bufflehead (contiuning drake, reservoir) Ruddy Duck (mostly on reservoir) Osprey (1, flyover) Northern Harrier (flyover) Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon American Coot (at least 5, reservoir) Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Eastern Phoebe (few) Blue-headed Vireo (not many) Blue Jay (many) American Crow Tree Swallow (a few modestly-high flyovers, a.m.) Black-capped Chickadee (few) Tufted Titmouse (few) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Carolina Wren House Wren (1, slightly late, Conservatory Garden, n. end of park) Winter Wren (more than several) MARSH Wren (1, Turtle Pond, n. edges) Golden-crowned Kinglet (multiple but not that many) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (multiple but not that many) Hermit Thrush (many) WOOD Thrush (south end of park, a.m.) American Robin (many including a very modest diurnal movement) Gray Catbird (very few) Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher (few) European Starling Cedar Waxwing (80+ in flight, also many stopping in to feed & rest) Eastern Towhee (multiple) Chipping Sparrow (250+ park-wide) Field Sparrow (at least several) [Red] FOX Sparrow (more but still scant; several in N. Woods & also in Strawberry Fields & at s. end of park) Song Sparrow (many) Lincoln's Sparrow (1, Wildflower Meadow, a.m.) Swamp Sparrow (multiple) White-throated Sparrow (many, an increase from 1 day earlier) White-crowned Sparrow (several, including at s. end of park) Dark-eyed [Slate-colored] Junco (multiple, some small flocks) Northern Cardinal Indigo Bunting (slightly late, at Strawberry Fields) Red-winged Blackbird (200+++ passing in earliest a.m. light) Common Grackle (modest no’s. in park, also small flight in a.m.) Brown-headed Cowbird (small no’s. in park, small flight in a.m.) Baltimore Oriole (2 locations, neither were adults) House Finch American Goldfinch (a few small flocks, including 15+ in Ramble) House Sparrow Some butterflies noted, esp. in those limited areas where there are still many flowers; Painted Ladys and Monarchs are still rather common (in particular among the ‘mum display at the north garden of the park’s Conservatory Garden) & also seen were a few American Ladys, Red Admirals, a Common Buckeye (banner year for those in s.-e. NY at least), Cabbage Whites & Orange Sulphurs, & a very few Sachem, & Fiery Skipper. At least a few Common Green Darners also noticed in warmer afternoon hours. It may be another week that the mum display is allowed to remain for visitors (& essential insects) to enjoy in the Conservatory Garden, but don’t count on the floral display being there for all that much longer - the garden staff have a schedule for removal & they will stick with that. Good -& respectully quiet- birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
