Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, September 10th -
Many hundreds of birders out and about, including very sizeable contingents of
incredible, bright young birders of New York, for walks (including some guided
walks on behalf of various non-profit org’s. such as the Linnaean Society
Eared Grebe currently on Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond, all the
way to the east with swans. Diving frequently and barely staying above
water. Also a Hudsonian Godwit briefly put down on the spit at the SE
corner of the West Pond and then flew out into Jamaica Bay and into the
marsh at Yel
Central Park NYC
Sunday September 11, 2022
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Hairy Woodpecker, 13 Wood Warbler
Species Including Cape May, Prairie & Blackburnian Warblers, Scarlet
Tanager.
Canada Goose - 64
Gadwall - 13
Mallard - 40-45
Mour
In between bouts of rain stoppage and my drive to study whatever remaining
shorebirds we have left, I came across a Plover that looked good for Common
Ringed.
Since the candidate was a juvenile and a difficult field ID given the location,
I tried to stay on this bird and managed to obtain a dec
This morning I had a Western Kingbird fly by me along River Rd. on Staten
Island’s west shore, and while poking around the area for awhile I subsequently
found the bird at the nearby Amazon Fulfillment Center here (40.61770° N,
74.18285° W).
The bird was hunting from a patch of trees bordering