Monday, 10 May 2010
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
As suggested by Jacob Drucker's report for Mother's Day-Sunday, a lot
of migrants went nowhere but stayed put on the very windy (NW wind)
weekend. Especially interesting (and an annual phenomenon) are
gatherings of swallows at the park'
5/10/10 - Rockefeller State Park Preserve, Pocantico Hills, NY
Time: 3:45pm to 7pm
Observers: Andrew Block
6 Black Vultures
3 Turkey Vultures
2 Canada Geese
9 Mallards (incl. 5 ducklings, w/ one melanistic ind.)
2 Red-tailed Hawks
1 Wild Turkey
3 Mourning Doves
several Chimney Swifts
2 Red-belli
To add to the birds previously reported by Scott Haber, and because I
don't think I've seen them reported yet, Luke Tiller and I had the
following species today, from about 10:30 am to 4 pm, in Central Park:
Swainson's Thrush (5, throughout Ramble and in wooded fields south of
Tanner Spring)
Gray
RBA
* New York
* Syracuse
* May 10, 2010
* NYSY 1005.10
Hotline: Syracuse Rare bird Alert
Dates(s):
May 03, 2009 - May 10, 2010
to report by e-mail: brinjoseph AT yahoo.com
covering upstate NY counties: Cayuga, Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
and Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC) (just ou
This morning at windy Alley Pond Park there was a decent variety of birds, and
unlike previous visits, a few species made there way down to the lower reaches
where they could be seen. Our best bird was a female Summer Tanager in the
Oaks just north of the handball courts, near the Mel Kaplan d
Despite the chilly, windy weather, visiting UK birder Richard Bircham and I
still had a very productive morning in the Ramble and vicinity, with 21
species of warbler and 4 species of vireo being the highlights. A full list
is below:
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 (Upper
