The HEERMAN'S Gull (in quite-strong spring-y plumage) at Sodus Point, Wayne County had multi-observers May 19th, into the afternoon, after the initial find by J. McGowan a bit earlier on Friday, 19th. (More) photos are sure to be shared of that genuinely-rare NY State sighting, a likely first-ever in the state (and definitively fide eBird), and somewhat anticipated as a possible ultra-rarity one day - that day came for NY, and thanks to Jay McGowan!
—— New York County (in N.Y. City) including Manhattan (with Central Park), and the other isles of the county such as Randall’s and Governors Island[s]. thru part-of May 19th: Summer Tanager sightings continued on at Central Park, with multiple observers thru May 19th. Also ongoing are modest no’s.of Scarlet Tanager in all of the county. Reports of singing or calling Bicknell’s Thrush continued into Friday, May 19th including within Central Park, as well as (far more of) Gray-cheeked Thrushes (&/or the gray-cheeked types with no definitive ID between the 2 latter species noted). Several reports of [Red] Fox Sparrow have come thru, including one (well-described] at Central Park for Friday, May 19th, which is quite-late for there (or for the county or for N.Y. City), but like a number of other species that do not breed at all in or very near to N.Y. City, such as Slate-colored Junco, have been lingering in low to very-low numbers past the middle of May here. There also have been Palm Warblers (“Eastern" / “yellow” forms) ongoing this week in very low numbers at several sites, including within Central Park. For Friday (5/19) only, at least 23 species of warblers were still being seen in N.Y. County, and up to 22 of those species were found in Central Park on the day, with some independent observers finding up to 19 or 20 for their hard work with all the foliage; there also are still rather good numbers of some males of many warbler species, which have given song. Far more species of warblers were seen for the entire past week in both all of the county (collectively) and in Central Park and some other large parks of Manhattan, by keen, quiet observers out at all times. Many more migrant species have continued on, even as a few nights of good departures. Atlantic Brant took off in very good numbers, from N.Y. County and across the region, especially so by Thursday evening-night. A few observers saw at least 1,200 from one location moving out on Thursday eve. before the sun had set. Although great diversity has been seen for Randall’s Island, thanks to the multiple keen observers there on a regular basis, it’s still not gotten to the place that Governors Island occupies as to (documented) totals of (all-time) species-diversity (over the years). One of many species being seen again (more regularly) now at & from Randall’s Island is Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. And the Cliff Swallows there are still coming along. A Lesser Black-backed Gull there was a nice find from Thursday, 5/18 for Randall’s, from at least 2 of its’ keen regular observers. More than 150 species of birds occurred this week even with overall numbers of individual migrants dropping off a bit. And some species had increased a bit thru the week, esp. those which typically come in numbers in the latter parts of May. Far more of migration is still ahead, especially so for some species and types of migrants. Good 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/ --
