[nysbirds-l] "Don't cry for me Argentina"...........
Today, on my 5th try (8/13/22), I finally caught up with the Bar-tailed Godwit at Cupsogue C.P. This frustrating period of time was mainly due to my own shortcomings, ie, medical restraints, equipment limitations, newly applied transportation concerns, and let us not forget the recent scorching weather conditions. Without going into all of these contentions, I'll try to sum it all up by stating the following: Due to my Kowa spotting scope away being repaired, trying to ID *Limosa* *lapponica* by binoculars (8x42), from the highest spot on the beach boardwalk, until today, proved to be too much of a challenge ! Today, however, the bird was closer, the lighting, the sizes and shapes of the birds nearest the godwit, the stances that the godwit took, and especially the many views I had of the bill, all combined to allow me to record my 3rd sighting of this species. The 1st time was in Australia, on Phillips Island, s/o Melbourne, on January 8, 2004.The bird was pointed out by Elizabeih Shaw, the bird guide I had the great fortune to hire. Before leaving Phillips Island, she also found a 2nd "lifer" for me - the Far Eastern Curlew *Numenius madagascariensis ! * While I can't remember the exact cost of her services that day, I still remember her saying that she would be most happy if I paid for her shopping at her neighborhood supermarket after we were done birding - I know it didn't amount to much ! Elizabeth was one of the many Australian citizens, whose friendships we grew to cherish ! My 2nd encounter with Bar-tailed Godwit was due to Ken & Sue Fuestel, who on May 28, 2004, found one at Mecox Bay, in Water Mill ! Some of the "blessed" got to see it that day, with many of us "brethren" getting to see it the next morning, the 29thoh, happy day !! Unlike the Cupsogue bird, that one took off later that day for parts unknown ! Cheers, Bob -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County (NYC) - Saturday, 8/13 - 22 or more warbler spp., Com. Nighthawk, B.-w. Teal, shorebirds, multi. add'l. migrants
A White Ibis was ongoing at Staten Island [Richmond County] in N.Y. City through the day on Saturday, 8/13 with many observers. — — — New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, and Governors Island Saturday, Aug. 13th: Nice fresh sightings of the season included a Blue-winged Teal, Common Nighthawk, and a fairly good general arrival and passage of a variety of mostly-expected birds, albeit some on the early side. A minimum of 22 American warbler species were present in the county on Saturday, 8/13. A nice diversity for before the mid-point of August was also revealed by other migrants, some just arriving, and some that have been showing recently, and of course a fairly modest assortment of breeding & visitant birds, some of which are year-round resident species. Among the warbler species, Mourning, Cape May, Magnolia and Black-throated Green were a bit notable, although Mourning at least is about right-on-time for the start of their peak southbound flights locally. At least 20 of the warbler species were seen in Central Park alone on Saturday. Sightings in N.Y. County for August 13th - Canada Goose Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal (thanks to R. Zucker, seen by many at The Pool in Central Park’s n.w. sector) Northern Shoveler Gadwall Mallard Rock Pigeon [feral] Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Cuckoo Common Nighthawk Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Killdeer Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper ‘peep' sp., perhaps one of the 2 above. Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpipe Laughing Gull Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Common Tern Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Randall’s Island) Black Vulture Turkey Vulture Osprey Cooper's Hawk Bald Eagle Red-tailed Hawk Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher - and either Alder *or* Willow Flycatcher (denoted as "Traill's Flycatcher") Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo (Central Park) Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin (1) Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch (several) White-breasted Nuthatch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (multiple - on the move again) House Wren Marsh Wren (Randall’s Island, photo’d., thanks to A. Cunningham) Carolina Wren European Starling Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Northern Mockingbird Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush (unusually-early, if not a summering bird, again seen in Central Park) Wood Thrush (multiple, includes those which bred &/or fledged in the county) American Robin Cedar Waxwing House Sparrow House Finch American Goldfinch Chipping Sparrow White-throated Sparrow (all are summering and non-breeding) Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow (several reports from Central Park) Swamp Sparrow Eastern Towhee Bobolink Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Red-winged Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Common Grackle - Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Blue-winged Warbler Brewster's Warbler (hybrid) Black-and-white Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler American Redstart Cape May Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler Wilson's Warbler - Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Rather likely at least a few additions may be added for the day, with further reports. Peaceful birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City & points-north -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Aug. 13, 2022: Hermit Thrush, Worm-eating, Magnolia and other Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Saturday, August 13, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Hermit Thrush, Eight Species of Wood Warblers including Worm-eating & Magnolia Warblers. Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond Mallard - 9 Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 14 Chimney Swift - 9 Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Lake seen from Balcony Bridge Herring Gull - a few flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Humming Tombstone Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2-3 Downy Woodpecker - 5 at least 3 of which were hatch-year birds Northern Flicker - 4-6 including at least 2 hatch-year birds Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (uphill from the Boathouse, Shakespeare Garden) Eastern Kingbird - heard Turtle Pond Empidonax Flycatcher - briefly seen Turtle Pond island Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 including adult feeding juvenile at Maintenance Field Blue Jay - 4-6 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Bob & Deb - early) Carolina Wren - 2 Maintenance Field Gray Catbird - 6-8 Hermit Thrush - east of Swampy Pin Oak - very early but not a record date for fall American Robin - 18 House Finch - 2 or 3 Truplet's Bridge American Goldfinch - 1 east of Belvedere Castle Baltimore Oriole - Belvedere Castle Common Grackle - 1 Swampy Pin Oak Ovenbird - 1 Tupelo Field Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 American Redstart - 7-10 (no adult males) Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Swampy Pin Oak & Maintenance Field) Yellow Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 4 or 5 Northern Cardinal - 8 including a couple of begging juveniles -- Phyllis Newman reported a Sora at Balcony Bridge on Wednesday, August 10th - very early for fall. Caren Jahre photograhed a Black-billed Cuckoo at the North End today. See @Bird CentralPark, a.k.a. the Manhattan Bird Alert, on twitter for many other noteworthy birds found in Central Park today. -- Deb Allen -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
