TUESDAY, 28 May, 2018 - w/ notes for Sunday, 5/26 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
A male Prothonotary Warbler was found (I believe by Adrian Burke), around the area where the Gill (a small stream flowing west thru Central Park’s Ramble area) flows out to the Lake (the portion of the lake shore on the west edge of the Ramble) & has been seen was & photographed by others, as well, into Tuesday afternoon. There have been additional Mourning Warblers in Central (& also Riverside) Park, and the final tally just for 1 park on 1 day was not yet known, but the ‘big’ day for this species may either have arrived, or is soon impending. A further reminder to any birders in all areas - and any states - if migrant Mourning Warblers are encountered vocalizing, & it is possible to record them (including with a smartphone), please send the sound-files along (or a link to where to find them online) to Dr. Jay Pitocchelli - Professor, Biology Department, Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH 03102 or to his email - jpitocch -AT- anselm.edu Also, normally a ‘top-billing’ bird for anywhere in N.Y. City, a very likely Bicknell’s Thrush was observed in Central Park on Tuesday & if there are any recordings that were made of its song, this may confirm the species presence, already strongly suspected. Thanks to A. Collerton in particular for a good heads-up in a report. - - - The Yellow-breasted Chat found in the Central Park Ramble was the ‘rarest’ of the species found in Central Park, & perhaps all of Manhattan, on Sunday, 5/26; thanks to E. Gaillard for the initial report on the day. It is entirely possible this could have been the same individual seen some days earlier at the west edge of the Ramble in Central, and it is further possible with this species that it is furtively lingering in the area. A less-rare, but somewhat rarely fully-identified species in Manhattan was a singing Alder Flyctacher seen & heard by many in Central Park on Sunday 5/26, this in addition to other Empidonax [genus] flycatchers in Central & elsewhere on that day. --- "Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated.” - Terry Tempest Williams (contemporary activist, and author of many books) good late May birding, 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/ --
