Southbound landbird migration is also underway - as it typically is at this date! In addition to a Louisiana Waterthrush at the Loch (in Central Park's north end) on Wednesday there were at least a dozen Bobolinks on the move very early Thursday morning. Friday's early morning walk seemed rather slow, but chances are that other southbound migrants are slipping thru lately.
Black Skimmers are again going into the park, as has also been the case in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, where there have been more observations in the last week or so. ... ... Among various other bird reports was one of an apparently photographed Magnificent Frigatebird (taken by "someone from NYC") on Tuesday, as it flew south past Atlantic City New Jersey... and an off-shore report included a South Polar Skua from just 3 miles out, in roughly the same latitude of N.J.. .. .. Nice website with pages of info on shorebirds, out of Ontario, Canada: http://www.ofo.ca/reportsandarticles/southboundshorebirds.php#times 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 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
