Sunday, 11 October, 2009
The previously-reported (probable) Rufous (Selasphorus genus)
Hummingbird was again seen on Staten Island (Richmond County, N.Y.
City) in the Pleasant Valley area. The first of the following reports
includes a link to some photos from Sunday. The last of the reports
below was the post that gave some directions.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/1313
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/1312
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SINaturaList/message/1310
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There is (so far) no definitive report from ANY observer of the
Central Park (Manhattan, NYC) Sedge Wren for Sunday, although it was
rumored to have been seen in the same location again. For a species
that's pretty darn rare in the area, negative as well as positive
reports are useful. Incidentally, the Central Park bird checklist has
outdated information on the status of Sedge Wren, wrongly indicating
no occurrences "since 1970" there - the most recent occurrence of
Sedge Wren in Central was on Aug. 14, 2005 (at the wildflower meadow
in the park's north end) - a bird that was far less cooperative, in a
much more dense thicket of vegetation, than Saturday's wren was. If
YOU saw the Sedge Wren in CP on Sunday - please post a report
somewhere, thanks.
There also seem to be no reports of any fall-out of passerines, from
southeast NY on Sunday. In parts of Rockland County between Paiisades
& Upper Nyack, including the Piermont Pier (on the Hudson River),
there were far more passerines than one would expect in a normal
morning of migration for the date - at the pier, the numbers were in
the thousands at sunrise, with sparrows of up to 8 species (including
several Lincoln's, more White-crowned, many Savannah & Swamp, and at
least hundreds of Chipping & White-throated, plus Field & Song
Sparrows. Eastern Towhees were also extremely numerous, as were
Kinglets, especially Ruby-crowned. Also seen were many hundreds of
Myrtle/Yellow-rumped & many Palm Warblers, plus scores of Common
Yellowthroats. The phenomenon was noticeable all along road shouders,
streets, yards, gardens, parks, etc. in that 8-mile stretch. At Hook
Mountain (near Nyack) the passerines were not as noticeable. The
raptor flight there between 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. included 7 migrant Bald
Eagles, with a total of 191 birds counted, 26 of them migrant Turkey
Vultures. Many of the raptors were seen at extremely close range in
the morning.
Some migrant fallout was noted in reports from other places, for
example at Sandy Hook, New Jersey , south across NY harbor from N.Y.C.
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A Barnacle Goose was reported to the CT Birds list from Durham,
Connecticut. http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CTBD.html#1255304768
Good birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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