[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, 9/25 - 9/30

2014-09-30 Thread Thomas Fiore 

Sept. 25 - 30, 2014 -
Manhattan, N.Y. City

In the past 6+ days, there have been modest flights of finches that  
have included more than a few Pine Siskins, sometimes seeming to be in  
company with American Goldfinches, & just as often not. There also  
have been small numbers of Purple Finch, which had also been on the  
move in prior weeks, and are somewhat more of an annual thing  
downstate even if subject to large fluctuation year to year.


The finch flights have been noted mainly in the first hour or two of  
daylight, and from parks including but not limited to Central,  
Riverside, Fort Tryon, & Inwood Hill parks.Some have also been  
noted at points in the Bronx.  Pine Siskins also have been noticed in  
the past week or so in many other states, with some in the east  
getting south of NY, perhaps well south although I have not looked for  
all of those reports.  From the modest-seeming flights thru Manhattan,  
it's been hard to see big differences from the days with a lot of  
obvious migratory movement (nocturnal & diurnal) & did not seem to be  
so many more finches mixed in with the heavier flights - but I suspect  
that on those days, more, possibly many more were actually moving;  
that notion is somewhat borne out thru looking at a variety of  
reports, for ex. checking daily sightings at 50+ hawkwatch sites in  
the east, which are fairly consistently kept & have observers often  
keen on anything flying by (birds, bugs, planes, superheroes,  
whatever), and typically put in long hours & in some places also  
beginning at or before sunrise, which can indicate the movements of  
many birds along ridges and other features at some elevation, in  
addition to coastal passage-ways.


Also continuing to be noted are very modest (so far) numbers of Red- 
breasted Nuthatch, and Blue Jays have been increasing - Blue Jay is a  
fairly common and regular autumn migrant at just about this time of  
year in most if not all fall seasons, downstate.  One difference could  
be in how many are being seen; it will be interesting to see if they  
gather in any great numbers somewhere south, or move around as fall  
goes along, and as food sources dwindle or are perhaps concentrated in  
just some areas.


Seen at least since Friday 9/26 have been a few White-crowned  
Sparrows, including in a few locations in Central Park, & other parks,  
these joining the modest but increasing number & variety of sparrows  
found by those seeking them out. Indigo Buntings also continue with  
many in 1st-fall plumage variation, occasionally leading to  
flirtations with some other ID's in some instances.  Warbler diversity  
has been a bit lower with numbers of most spp. dropping off, yet it  
was still possible to turn up about 20 species as of today.  There  
have been a notably high number of reports of CT Warbler in the larger  
region, some nicely photographed, in states from east, west, & south  
of NY. It's still quite possible a few 'new' ones will pass through in  
the coming week or two.


Good October birding,

Tom Fiore
Manhattan



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[nysbirds-l] Blog Post: Night Flight Calls

2014-09-30 Thread Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes 
A fellow bioacoustics friend of mine posted a Night Flight Call explainer and 
interview to her blogroll, for those interested.

The target audience is high school and undergrad level.

http://bioacousticsprocrastinator.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/the-terror-that-quacks-in-night-night.html

Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Chris T-H

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RE: [nysbirds-l] Pine Siskins in the Adirondacks (& other migration phenomena)

2014-09-30 Thread Jeff Holbrook 
All,

 

Just an interesting note to add to all of this, Pine Siskins have been reported 
from Ohio this week as well. Interesting.

 

 

Great Birding to All!

 

Jeff Holbrook

Corning, NY

 

From: bounce-118060090-3714...@list.cornell.edu 
[mailto:bounce-118060090-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Anders Peltomaa
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 17:00
To: J GLUTH
Cc: Cornell Univ
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Pine Siskins in the Adirondacks (& other migration 
phenomena)

 

Hi all,

On the topic of early Pine Siskins I thought I'd forward two reports of that 
species in  New York, NY (Manhattan). Yesterday, Sunday 9/28, Nadir Sourgi 
heard 2 Pine Siskins calling in the North Woods of Central Park (ebird 
checklist). In the early morning today, Monday 9/29, Junko Suzuki saw a small 
group (5) of Pine Siskins at Strawberry Field, which is also in Central Park 
(ebirdsnyc).

happy Fall birding,

Anders Peltomaa

Mannahatta

 

 

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:08 PM, J GLUTH  wrote:

There was definite migratory movement by Blue Jays on Long Island's north shore 
Sunday morning. Nothing comparable with what Mickey Scilingo has been 
experiencing upstate, but I counted a minimum of 250 over the first 2 hours or 
so of my visit (7:15-10:45) when I was in more open habitat close to the LI 
Sound beachfront. Groups of 5-15 jays were steadily moving west, with sporadic 
rebound flights of some birds heading back to the east. They were fairly 
ubiquitous when I birded in the woods farther inland later in the morning as 
well. There were some smaller passerines moving early too, but in much lower 
numbers and distant/high enough to be mostly beyond my flight ID skills.
Other later Fall migrants seen in good numbers included E. Phoebe and Palm 
Warbler, with personal FOS Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and 
White-throated and White-crowned sparrows also present. Unfortunately no 
Siskins.
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