[nysbirds-l] American Flamingos in New York State

In the excitement over the potential addition of American Flamingo to the New York State Checklist, people have been curious about prior records. As far as I am aware, there have been four prior occurrences of American Flamingo. All of these were doubted as natural vagrants at the time, but no e

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. June 2, 2024: Multiple Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Olive-sided Flycatcher

Central Park NYC Sunday June 2, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Multiple Yellow-billed Cuckoos, Olive-sided Flycatcher. Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond Wood Duck - 1 male Turtle Pond Mallard - 16 (including a dozen ducklings) Mourning Dove - 40-50 Yellow-billed C

Re: [nysbirds-l] American Flamingos in New York State

It may be worth adding to these the report from October 1 of last year of a bird flying up the Hudson in northern Ulster county: https://ebird.org/checklist/S151204238. Many region 8 birders staked out various spots among the river, but did not relocate a flamingo. Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500