[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/16-17-18-19 - including Vesper Sparrow Tues., 20 Warbler species for the period
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Monday, Tues., Wed., & Thursday, 16-17-18-19 October, 2017 There have been a good many lingering birds, especially for warbler diversity, and in some other groups, at the same time as some fresh arivals & departures of large numbers of various migrants were taking place. A minimum of 20 Warbler species were still being found, park-wide, through this 4-day period ending Thursday. And a minimum of 16 of those Warbler species were still around on Thursday Oct. 19th, and were being noted by multiple observers. Blue-winged Warbler (1 thru at least Wed. Oct. 18, at The Pond, quite late; N.B. others of this species have turned up in the region this week.) Tennessee Warbler (thru at least Wed. Oct. 18, north end) Orange-crowned Warbler (multiple individuals, from at least 3 locations, to at least Wed./18th) Nashville Warbler (at least several, thru Thursday, Oct. 19th) Northern Parula (at least several to Thursday, Oct. 19th) Chestnut-sided Warbler (1, possibly 2 individuals in Ramble, to Wed., Oct. 18th) Magnolia Warbler (at least several thru Thursday, Oct. 19th) Cape May Warbler (multiple, in several locations thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple, in several locations thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (multiple, thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Black-throated Green Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Pine Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Palm Warbler (multiple individuals, multiple locations, every day) Blackpoll Warbler (at least 1 thru Thursday, Oct. 19th, north end) Black-and-white Warbler (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) American Redstart (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Ovenbird (at least several thru Thurs., Oct. 19th) Northern Waterthrush (minimum of 2 individuals thru Thursday, Oct. 19th, at The Pond, & The Pool, many observers, esp. of an individual at the Pool, which is near W. 100-103rd Sts.; the Pond is a couple of miles away near the SE corner of the park.) Common Yellowthroat (multiple individuals, multiple locations, every day) Wilson's Warbler (at least 1 thru Wed., Oct. 18th, Pond area) With a good overnight arrival flight on Monday night into Tuesday morning, expectations ran high; this didn’t especially seem to pan out for too many uncommon species being seen, but one, at least, made furtive appearance on Tuesday (17th) at the rise north of the NE edges of the N. Meadow ballfields that contain a few fenced butterfly & pollinator plantings, known to birders as the “Grassy Knoll” - a VESPER Sparrow. This was still being seen as late as after 6 p.m. Tuesday, but seems not to have been re-found since? Otherwise on Tuesday, there was a very obvious increase in both species of Kinglets, and of a variety of other rather-expected migrants or winter-visitors: E. Phoebe, Winter Wren, Blue-headed Vireo, Catharus [genus] thrushes almost all of which now are Hermit (but a few Swainson’s, late-ish Gray-cheeked type, & Wood Thrush were still moving at least to even Wed./18th), Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, and sparrows-a-plenty, including (barely) the season’s apparent first [Red] Fox Sparrows (north woods, by Thurs./19th), & many of: Chipping, Song, & White-throated; lesser no’s. of Swamp, Field, Savannah, White-crowned (few of the latter), as well as Dark-eyed [Slate-colored] Junco and Eastern Towhee, plus a smattering of icterids including a couple of Baltimore Orioles in passage. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Wed./18th in the north end was a bit late, but not unprecedented for the region. Additionally, there was a fairly good show of Chimney Swifts moving on Tues., with some raptor & vulture activity. There were still at least small no’s. of Ch. Swifts passing on Thurs./19th, and also some Turkey Vultures (over a dozen) moving past on Thursday. Raptors passing thru so far this week have included Bald Eagle, Osprey (getting a bit late), N. Harrier, Sharp-shinned & Cooper’s Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawk (few), & American Kestrel & Merlin, as well as the local city resident Red-tailed Hawks & Peregrines being noted. Some additional migrants (a few running a bit late-ish), as well as some wintering-visiting-lingering species so far this week also included: Common Loon (fly-overs) Pied-billed Grebe (reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Snow Goose (modest numbers passed thru in several skeins on Tues./17th) Canada Goose Brant (Tues. & also a smaller no. on Thurs., fly-overs seen moving SE) Wood Duck Gadwall American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon American Coot (reservoir) Laughing Gull (reservoir) Ring-billed Gull [American] Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Wed./18th, no
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/16
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Sunday, 16 October, 2016 Duckage is continuing to indicate movement, with now 133+ (probably slightly more) Ruddy Ducks in at least several rafts on the reservoir; Buffleheads also continuing there, & Wood Ducks in several locations with the brightest plumage found in the long-staying drake at The Pond (se corner of the park) - where an American Coot has likely taken up a long-term visitation as well (these birds all seen & photographed again this Sunday morning). On the reservoir, just one non-adult/ female-type Hooded Merganser was noticed watching from the east shore but a few others may be present again today. A rough (under-) count of the gulls on the reservoir found more than 350 present at 9 a.m. Sunday morning, this not including those stlll flying in to visit for part of the day. At least 4 species were present, with Laughing Gull (2 or perhaps more) and the other very-regular three species, Ring- billed, (American) Herring, & Great Black-backed Gulls - each in good numbers. (A very careful scan, with scope, might reveal even another gull species among the many on the reservoir.) Even a relatively quick (less than 1 hour) look around the Pinetum areas (east & west) revealed multiple Cape May Warblers there again, as well as a minimum of 7 additional warbler species, obviously headed by Myrtle Warbler, now & just lately the (by far) most numerous warbler species in the park entire, as well as in the Pinetum area. Thanks, to Jordan Spindel for pointing out a (somewhat late-ish) Blue- gray Gnatcatcher observed today at the Upper Lobe area (northwestern- most part of the Lake & immediate vicinity), as well as other species of interest to many birders in the Ramble area - and for caring greatly about the welfare of every individual bird, as witnessed in person by many of us - a great example to all of us - as are so many of the newest generation of birders & naturalists that we are lucky to have amongst us in New York. - - - On Saturday (10/15), at the wildflower meadow & vicinity, some Warbler species closely observed included Magnolia (lingering there in the meadow & eastern borders), Northern Parula, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Common Yellowthroat, Palm, Myrtle, and American Redstart and perhaps a few others; a Nashville Warbler was at the south side of the Meer on a slope, and in the north woods, an Ovenbird - these observations all in afternoon hours, and some with several other observers as well, including the first 5 and latter 2 species noted. The Black-capped Chickadee movements some observers are noting will be interesting to keep an eye on to see if the numbers get to a point where another chickadee species might be sought amongst the flow of Black-cappeds coming out of the northern realms; that other species has of course occurred in NYC, and in Central Park in this century & late in the prior one. - - - - - - - - - PINK is THE color of the day and this weekend in and around Central Park, & many other locations - a color indicating here & now the fight against, & seeking cures for, cancer including in particular breast cancer - and PINK also is significant in representing tolerance, equality, kindness, and by extension, an end to hateful and intolerant speech, and to NO tolerance of bullies, or bullying behavior. Give respect, get respect - and think on PINK. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. ~ The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. ~ A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his-her fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such." - Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies. - - - - - - - - - good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 10/16
A Wood Sandpiper continued to be seen in Jamestown, Rhode Island again today. A small number of Evening Grosbeaks have worked south through New England and sightings have been from within less than 50 miles of N.Y. City, with signs from more northerly locales that more will be moving. - - - - - - Tuesday, 16 October, 2012 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City I birded the north end of the park and then the remainder of the park from north of the reservoir to the south end, with lengthy stops around the Pinetum area, the Ramble (mid-day) and points south. At the pinetum, near the noon hour, I found 2 Cape May Warblers, one brighter than the other, in trees east of the pines of the western section, which is to say near the baseball field north of the Great Lawn oval and adjacent to the pines. Also present were Pine, Palm, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, and Magnolia Warblers along with N. Parula, all these vastly outnumbered by Myrtle [Yellow-rumped[ Warblers which were on the lawns & up high, simply all over. The 2 Cape May were very briefly seen together but did not seem to stay together, mostly well up in the elm trees. That species has been a somewhat regular mid-late fall visitor in that particular area, & may sometimes be seen sipping at holes drilled by sapsuckers,of which there were also many in that (& other) location(s) in the park. Also noted, in that one area as well as through the park were Red-breasted Nuthatches (12+ on the day), Brown Creepers, Ruby & (fewer of) Golden-crowned Kinglets, and others. On the raptor front, at least 3 bald Eagles, including one adult, plus both regular accipiter species, all 3 regular falcon species, & 2 Buteo species, Red-shouldered (several) & Red-tailed (including some migrants) were noted in the morning, plus some Turkey Vultures, with a very large kettle moving though late in the day. In the Ramble, as also already posted, was a very late (but not unprecedented) Mourning Warbler, as well as at least 6 additional warbler species, the most notable among them being a modestly late American Redstart and a Black-and-white Warbler, not far from the Boathouse. There were sparrow flocks all around the park, and at least 8 species were still to be found including multiples of Lincoln's, and good numbers of White-crowned, while Song Sparrow was quite a bit more numerous, an example being 30+ in the maintenance meadow at one time (with no dog or human activities on the lawn then) and 87+ (actual count would likely have risen as there were multiples far out into the open lawn) on Sheep Meadow in a full circuit of that much larger piece of sparrow habitat. Savannah Sparrows were still to be found but seem to have dropped in number in the last few days; there may well be a new wave of various sparrows. A single Fox Sparrow was seen in the Ramble, and of course White-throated Sparrows are ubiquitous as always by mid-fall in Central Park. For finch movement I was aware of multiple Purple Finch and a definite increase in American Goldfinch, on the move that is, while I didn't pick up any siskins today (which have been regular and obviously are still moving in the region). Also notable were a larger uptick in Tufted Titmice and in all, I counted 22 Black-capped Chickadees, often singles in odd spots all around the park- indicating a fresh general migration of them. It remains to be seen if the latter become as numerous as they can be in a big flight season. seen Not much of anything (new) in my scan of the reservoir; a couple of Wood Ducks on the lake (which have been in the park overall for some time already). Excellent migration tonight all around here. Good birding, Tom Fiore Manhatan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
