[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/27 including Hooded Warbler & 14 other warbler species

[Thomas Fiore]

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 


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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 allo

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 27 October 2017

[Gail Benson]

-RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Oct. 27, 2017
* NYNY1710.27

- Birds Mentioned

BROWN BOOBY+

(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

EURASIAN WIGEON
American Bittern
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Parasitic Jaeger
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
Royal Tern
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
American Pipit
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW
Vesper Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
BLUE GROSBEAK
DICKCISSEL
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44nybirdsorg

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber:  Gail Benson

[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]

Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, October 27,
2017 at 8:00 pm.

The highlights of today’s tape are BROWN BOOBY, EURASIAN WIGEON, AMERICAN
GOLDEN-PLOVER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL numbers, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER,
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, DICKCISSEL and BLUE GROSBEAK.

In a week characterized by a variety of decent later fall migrants, our one
true rarity remained the BROWN BOOBY on Lake Montauk, but based on reports
we are not aware that it remained beyond Tuesday, the last day it was noted
at its usual location south of the Star Island entrance road off West Lake
Drive.  If out in that area, it might still be worth scanning from the
above site or from South Lake Drive to see if the BOOBY might continue
there.

A EURASIAN WIGEON was present on Swan Lake on the east side of Patchogue
Sunday to Tuesday, and 2 were noted on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay
Wildlife Refuge this week.

Shorebirds were highlighted by an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at Jones Beach
West End off the Coast Guard Station through Wednesday, while LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER reports include 4 at Santapogue Creek off Venetian Boulevard in
West Bayshore Monday and 2 at Heckscher State Park Thursday.  One
WHITE-RUMPED and 14 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were at Jamaica Bay Sunday.

Two PARASITIC JAEGERS were present off Montauk Point Saturday, followed by
1 off Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn Tuesday.

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL numbers have been increasing lately, most notably
exemplified by the 89 counted Wednesday on a coastal survey from Floyd
Bennett Field east to Robert Moses State Park, with 47 of these at Jones
Beach West End, especially in parking field 2.

Lingering ROYAL TERNS include Tuesday sightings of 8 at Coney Island Pier
and 3 at Floyd Bennett Field.

An AMERICAN BITTERN was near Triton Lane north of Dune Road Sunday, with
another at the Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Center today.

Single RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted last Saturday on Governor’s Island
and at Montauk Point.

Among the later WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNEDS were noted in Central Park during
the week and in Kissena Park in Queens last Saturday, single HOODEDS
appeared in Gardiner’s Park Thursday and Central Park Friday, and other
species included CAPE MAY and MAGNOLIA.  And a highlight was the
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT present in Fort Tryon Park in northern Manhattan last
Friday to Sunday, with another at Croton Point Park in Westchester County
Wednesday.

Increasing SPARROW numbers featured single CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS at Jones
Beach West End Saturday and Sunday and at Robert Moses State Park last
Saturday, while decent numbers of VESPER SPARROWS included a peak of 4 on
Governor’s Island last Sunday, with fewer other days, and singles at Floyd
Bennett Field from Saturday on, at Kissena Park and Bush Terminal Piers
Park last Saturday, and also at other locations.

DICKCISSELS this week included individuals at Calvert Vaux Park in Brooklyn
and Robert Moses State Park last Saturday and 1 at Jones Beach West End
from Wednesday on.

A BLUE GROSBEAK was found in Scarsdale Wednesday.

Among the other notable seasonal migrants have been some AMERICAN PIPITS
and EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, the first arriving RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and a variety
of races of NELSON’S SPARROWS in our coastal salt marshes.

Of extralimital note, a SAY’S PHOEBE was in Orange County last Saturday,
and a COMMON GREENSHANK has been present recently to this morning at
Brigantine, the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in New Jersey.

To phone in reports, on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734 4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922 and leave a message.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., Oct. 27, 2017 - Red-shouldered Hawk, Turkey Vultures, 4 Warbler Species incl. Orange-crowned

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC 
Friday, October 27, 2017
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.

Highlights: Red-shouldered Hawk, Turkey Vultures (26), and 4 species of Wood 
Warblers including Orange-crowned. Some birds were moving early this morning: 3 
to 5 flocks of American Robins NE to SW early, followed by another flock moving 
north out of the park at 7am. Between 7:10am and 8am small flocks of Red-winged 
Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds were moving from E to SW.

Canada Goose - around 100 flyovers leaving the park to the north
Gadwall - 8 (5 males, 3 females) at the Pool
Mallard - around 25
Mourning Dove - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 flying over east to west at 6:55am (Bob)
Herring Gull - around 8 flyovers
Turkey Vulture - flock of 26 over the Great Hill at around 11:30am
Cooper's Hawk - juvenile (first-cycle) over the Great Hill (David Barrett)
Red-shouldered Hawk - adult over the west side of the Loch (David Barrett & Bob)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair west side of the Loch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 (adults & immatures)
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Loch & Great Hill)
Northern Flicker - 2 Loch
American Kestrel - male chasing Red-shouldered Hawk over the Loch
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Conservatory Garden & Loch)
American Crow - flyover flock of 8
Blue Jay - a few
White-breasted Nuthatch - west side of the Great Hill (Peter Haskel)
Winter Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20
Hermit Thrush - 5
American Robin - 60-85+ (10 near Lasker Rink/Pool, 50-75 Conservatory Garden & 
flyovers)
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Cedar Waxwing - small flyby flock
House Finch - 5 (Conservatory Garden & along the Loch)
Eastern Towhee - 4 (3 males, 1 female)
Chipping Sparrow - 110 (100 Great Hill, 10 Grassy Knoll)
Field Sparrow - 4 (2 Wildflower Meadow, 2 Grassy Knoll)
Song Sparrow - 20
Swamp Sparrow - Loch
White-throated Sparrow - 40
Dark-eyed Junco - 4 or 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 flock of 5-10 birds each early morning (Bob)-  
see highlights
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 flyover flocks - early morning (Bob) - see highlights
Common Grackle - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler - in Siberian Elm at the Great Hill - chased by sapsucker
Magnolia Warbler - Wildflower Meadow
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8 to 11 (3 or 4 Great Hill in  elm, 5 to 7 Grassy Knoll)
Black-throated Green Warbler - uphill from south entrance of Conservatory Garden
Northern Cardinal - residents

Deb Allen

P. S. Thanks to Matthieu Benoit's excellent directions, Bob & I were able to 
find and photograph 2 Pectoral Sandpipers in Pelham Bay Park this afternoon. 
They were foraging in and around a puddle in the lawn just south of the Orchard 
Beach parking lot with Canada Geese and a Killdeer. Interesting to watch them 
crouch in place when a flock of American Crows chased a Red-tailed Hawk over 
the lawn.

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[nysbirds-l] late warbler

[Andrew Block]

Had a late "Western" Palm Warbler at my friends home in Scarsdale this evening.
Andrew Andrew v. F. Block
Consulting Naturalist
20 Hancock Avenue, Apt. 3
Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York 10705-4629
Phone: 914-963-3080; Cell: 914-319-9701 
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[nysbirds-l] Pelham Bay Park, Bronx - Friday Oct. 27, 2017 - Nelson's Sparrows & Pectoral Sandpipers via Matthieu Benoit

[Deborah Allen]

Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, NY - Turtle Cove & vicinity
Friday October 27, 2017
OBS: Matthieu Benoit

This morning's ebird report from Matthieu Benoit includes 3 Nelson's Sparrows 
and 2 Pectoral Sandpipers, with photos. The sparrows were at Turtle Cove. The 
Pectoral Sandpipers nearby, closer to the roundabout near the Orchard Beach 
parking lot, in wet grass with a Canada Goose flock. 

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Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/26 - lingering warblers, late-ish Scarlet Tanager, etc.

[Thomas Fiore]

Many of those subscribed to this list may be very aware that a Common 
Greenshank has been seen again, in New Jersey’s Forsythe National Wildlife 
Refuge, near the Atlantic ocean shore; this bird’s been looked-at now by quite 
a lot of birders, from multiple states, and should it continue could 
potentially be sought by thousands of birders, eventually. It’s not been 
constantly seen at that site, however, as it’s been noted moving about in the 
large areas of habitat within the refuge. While a common-enough bird for the 
‘old world’, here in the western hemisphere it is fairly rare, particularly in 
or near the e. coast of N. America.

Staying with southern New Jersey, a good many Cave Swallows were noted from the 
Cape May area, Thursday/26th;  that species have been reported in other 
more-southerly states over recent days as well. (The numbers from Cape May & 
vicinity were in the 50+ range for the day.)  And Cave Swallow[s] are now 
getting into NY state as well - but just how many, & where?

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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Thursday, 26 October, 2017 -

There was supposedly some sort of a front scheduled to come through around 
here… ?  (did anyone detect it… yep, there were some showers & some wind that 
may have even been out of a northerly place, but - this is not your dad’s 
(gramma’s, uncle’s, older sister’s) “cold” front…  if anything, this felt like 
how a “cold” front feels when it reaches the Florida Keys - in September. And 
without the early duck movement. (however, in a couple or more spots in 
central-west New England, there was a bit of waterbird fallout, although that 
evidence of birds *maybe* moving south, a little, could be contrasted with the 
White Ibis photographed the other day in w. Massachusetts, & only now being 
more widely noted to birders… such is our region’s ‘southbound’ - or, autumn … 
season, in some respects.

So, after watching & listening a while for things-with-wings from a lookout in 
Central Park, I chose to instead seek out some lingering birds, & what’s been 
lingering, in variety - or, perhaps, also pushing thru, as Wed. night’s 
migration down thru at least as far east as Manhattan seemed to be, well, 
happening thru the night. For flight that was visible, not much in smaller 
birds - yet in 9 hours afield, only briefly interrupted for a little lunch, 
there are at least 15 warbler species in 1 Manhattan park and All Hallow’s Eve, 
a.k.a. Halloween, is five days off. It’s happened before, & maybe it will be 
happening more in years to come… or, - ?  Many of the warblers seen today were 
in locations either near, or very near where seen over the past 1 or 2 weeks, 
and at least some seem to be lingerers. However, some also may have only just 
turned up, as rather subtle ‘pushes’ of late migrants can be hard to detect as 
such, if not accomapnied with major or more-obvious waves of seasonally-typical 
avian-accomplices… it’s plausible that some, maybe even most, of these late-ish 
lingerers could stick around a bit longer.  And none is truly late in terms of 
records for the region - I have seen (& in many instances, photo-documented) 
almost all of the species noted herein, on regional CBC’s (Christmas Bird 
Counts) over the past 3 decades, & seen a few other species of warblers on 
those besides - i.e. there are records to (& sometimes well past) mid/late 
December to early January for all of these in our SE NY area, & (for a good 
many) also rare records in December north, even occasionally well north, of the 
N.Y. City region.(C.B.C. archives will indicate some of all this.)

Also among Manhattan (& N.Y. City) C.B.C. records that I’ve been part of / 
witness to, is Scarlet Tanager - thus one of those in Central on Oct. 26, while 
quite “late", is placed in perspective with what is genuinely, really late & 
that much more notable for a later date record. The tanager seen today was in 
the Pinetum area, which has a tendency to attract, & occasionally hold, some 
interesting late-ish (or rare) species of migrants or vagrants (as there was a 
record of Western Tanager from the Pinetum many years ago, which since its 
demise, at that location one frosty night, is held now in the collections of 
the American Museum of Natural History, for the sake of a physical record that 
can be studied by scientists & researchers.) … Much more often, at the Pinetum 
area, will be found some warblers, & occasionally other late-ish songbirds 
lingering well past expected fall dates, in company of Yellow-bellied 
Sapsuckers - which can be prolific & active there, amongst tall old Siberian 
Elms that both give sap and equally importantly, may harbor some insect life 
past when a lot of other trees are able to offer such bounties in the park.

Some of the sightings for Thursday in Central Park; N.B. some of these warblers 
& other birds seen as well by additional observers. I covered all of the park’s 
sections from north to south, west to east, & again back