[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 9/17
Thursday, 17 September, 2009 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Birding was rather good, despite the 'raw' weather for mid-September: wind chill hasn't factored in for recent years here, as it may have in the old days, when "cold fronts" really were cold by September... today may have seen a bit less diversity, while volume of a few species picked up, & most noticeable were the increase in or arrival of some "later" fall migrants. The sparrows are now beginning to make a real showing, with a Vesper seemingly a bit early for this location. Of the warblers, 2 different Yellow-breasted Chats, one at the wildflower meadow, & another at Strawberry Fields & vicinity were the most notable & at least 16 additional species of warblers included Tennessee, Cape May, more Palm warblers, & others. Winter Wren, Ruby- crownned Kinglet, & at least 6 species of sparrows including the Vesper on the knoll (north of the NE part of the N. Meadow ballfields), Lincoln's, Swamp, & Chipping, with expected White- throateds increasing plus resident Song, were among the new and/or very recent arrivals. I didn't watch for hawks much & noticed only a few Osprey going over, but there could have been some other migrating raptors. There were also a fair number of hummingbirds, all presumed Ruby-throated but not all definitely ID'd as some zipped by, while others stayed & visited the many flowers still blooming. In some places that held some migrants on Wednesday there were fewer today and overall, diversity seemed to have dropped off slightly overnight. A smattering of icterids were moving, too. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan _ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC 9/17
Thursday, 17 September, 2009 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Birding was rather good, despite the 'raw' weather for mid-September: wind chill hasn't factored in for recent years here, as it may have in the old days, when cold fronts really were cold by September... today may have seen a bit less diversity, while volume of a few species picked up, most noticeable were the increase in or arrival of some later fall migrants. The sparrows are now beginning to make a real showing, with a Vesper seemingly a bit early for this location. Of the warblers, 2 different Yellow-breasted Chats, one at the wildflower meadow, another at Strawberry Fields vicinity were the most notable at least 16 additional species of warblers included Tennessee, Cape May, more Palm warblers, others. Winter Wren, Ruby- crownned Kinglet, at least 6 species of sparrows including the Vesper on the knoll (north of the NE part of the N. Meadow ballfields), Lincoln's, Swamp, Chipping, with expected White- throateds increasing plus resident Song, were among the new and/or very recent arrivals. I didn't watch for hawks much noticed only a few Osprey going over, but there could have been some other migrating raptors. There were also a fair number of hummingbirds, all presumed Ruby-throated but not all definitely ID'd as some zipped by, while others stayed visited the many flowers still blooming. In some places that held some migrants on Wednesday there were fewer today and overall, diversity seemed to have dropped off slightly overnight. A smattering of icterids were moving, too. Good birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan _ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
