[nysbirds-l] SUN. 5/19 Kentucky Warbler, and 24+ other warblers, N.Y. County NYC
A Kentucky Warbler was re-found on Sunday, May 19th at Governors Island, which is part of N.Y. County in N.Y. City. That warbler was in the Colonels Row area of that island, which is reached by ferries only. 24 or more additional species of warblers were again seen in N.Y. County on Sunday, and all 24 of those were part of the more-than 110 species of native wild birds found just in Central Park for Sunday. Further, all 24 of those species of warblers were found in just the Ramble area of Central Park, as well as most or all also being seen by the many keen, quiet observers and photographers out for the day, some with guided not-for-profit bird walks, and also many birding independently, throughout all of Central Park and particularly in the north end of that park. Those warbler species included, as has been so each day for some days by now, Mourning Warblers, in multiple locations, with some of those being first-detected by songs. A very few of the species of birds seen on Sunday were running very slightly later than the average for the species on migration. Many more species of all kinds, including a high percentage of migrants, were being seen all through the county on Sunday. Thanks again to quiet observers, and to all who are always cognizant of migrating and also nesting birds need for feeding and rest undisturbed by we who watch and listen to them. Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 19, 2024, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, 17 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC Sunday May 19, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada, and Wilson's Warblers. Canada Goose - 16 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - 6:45am) Mallard - 10 including hen with 3 ducklings Mourning Dove - 40-50 Chimney Swift - 4-8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 uphill from Boathouse Herring Gull - 25 + flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Double-crested Cormorant - 25-30 Great Egret - 1 flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Lake Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 on the Point Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 Eastern Kingbird - pair north Maintenance Field Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Humming Tombstone (Paul Curtis) Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-15 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Tufted Titmouse - 1 south of Maintenance Field Barn Swallow - 6 (3 nests) Cedar Waxwing - 5 or 6 Gray Catbird - 15-20 Swainson's Thrush - 3 or 4 Wood Thrush - 4 or 5, at least 3 singing in the Ramble American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 1 male north Maintenance Field Song Sparrow - 1 singing north Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 16-20 Ovenbird - 5-10 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing at Balancing Rock Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6 American Redstart - 3 or 4 Cape May Warbler - 1 south of Maintenance Field Northern Parula - 10-12 Magnolia Warbler - 8-10 Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 or 4 Blackburnian Warbler - 4 or 5 Yellow Warbler - 5 or 6 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 4 or 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 2 (Point, Azalea Pond) Wilson's Warbler - 2 (male and female) Strawberry Fields (Deb) Scarlet Tanager - 3 or 4 Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC -Sat., 5/18- Pacific Loon, Kentucky + 24 add’l. Warbler spp, Summer Tanagers, etc.
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Roosevelt, Randalls, and Governors Islands and the skies above - Saturday, May 18 - A Pacific Loon was seen as a flyover-only, on Saturday from Randalls Island, and in addition to a description of the observations by 2 amigos del pajaros, the photos of this very rare find for the region and for the county show this mainly-western species alongside the expected Common Loons it was flying next to during the sighting, with thanks to A. Cunningham and T. Healy for the reports on this and many more species seen in the visit to Randalls. A decidedly unexpected occurrence, to be sure! And, one made possible by very sharp as well as prepared observers - knowing some field-characters of rarer and unexpected species can be helpful in rapid assessments of moving birds, and of some which instead might be real skulkers or, in some instances, heard-only observations. A great addition here to the checklist of birds confirmed seen from or on Randalls Island. A Kentucky Warbler was first found by Claudine Williams, and then refund by G. Willow leading a guided not-for-profit bird walk, on Governors Island - in the Colonels Row sector of that island - on Saturday. Many many more species were also found on Governors Island for the day. Monk Parakeet was interestingly seen there and was also seen at Randalls Island same-day, and those Monk sightings follow on multiple sightings this month from Manhattan locations, which have included sites scattered around Manhattan, although most of those were from northern parts of Manhattan. For Summer Tanager sightings of Manhattan, New York County, we have the ongoing sightings from Central Park thru Saturday but in addition, also sightings of this species from Canal Park and from the nearby Hudson River waterfront park, which may have been the same individual, but also possible those were two separate individuals given the species near-explosive influx in this county this month- found in less than 3 weeks time over the length of the county, south to north, with the confirmed finds of this Tanager species from Inwood Hill Park to Governors Island, and at multiple sites between those locations. With the sighting at Canal Park we must thank A. Evans, for loyalty to that patch and for some years by now. A Caspian Tern was reported over the Hudson River off Manhattan from roughly near W. 106th Street, in Riverside Park, but along the River, on Saturday. A Wild Turkey, possibly the same hen turkey that had worked its way to mid-Manhattan not long ago, has been showing on Roosevelt Island in the East River estuary, that island another part of N.Y. County, thanks to J. Marinov, and other -later- observers. A minimum of 25 species of migratory American warblers were seen in the county - with at least 24 of those species seen by many, many observers just for Central Park -on Saturday, 5-18 alone. That 25th warbler, confirmed in the eBird report, was the Kentucky from the Colonels Row sector of Governors Island. Thanks to the quiet, courteous, keen observers who have found so many of these and far more birds, and offered their reports, photos, and in the instance of some of the Bicknells Thrush observations at the Central Park Ramble on Saturday, 5-18, video and audio recordings, which include confirmed eBird reports. Good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --