Both out-of-state, & the vireo a very uncommonly-seen species out our
direction.
In New Jersey, a Western Tanager was reported from Liberty State Park
(outside Jersey City, N.J. - and just west across New York Harbor from
N.Y. City)this Monday morning, Oct. 5th. The report on the N.J. RBA
list: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NJBC.html#1254759413
Official website for info on Liberty State Park in New Jersey:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/liberty.html
In New Hampshire, a Bell's Vireo, a very uncommonly identified species
in modern times in the northeast was photographed beginning Oct. 1st,
& was still being seen by multiple observers at least thru Sunday Oct.
4th.
More from the New Hampshire Birds list:
http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NHBD.html#1254491680
Plenty of migrants moving past N.Y. City sites today & yesterday -
among many birds worth noting were "another" Red-headed Woodpecker (a
fair number of reports in the northeast in recent days), at Brooklyn's
(Kings County in N.Y. City) Prospect Park, a young 'o the year Red-
headed found by Brooklyn Bird Club members Heidi Steiner-Nanz &
Michelle Dreiger, leading a group walk out of the Audubon Center in
Prospect Park - the woodpecker seen in the woods on Lookout Hill's
slope facing the Quaker cemetery (which is not open to the public,
unlike most other sections of Prospect). (Thanks to Peter Dorosh for
the updates on his birding blog.) It's been possible to find up to 15
or so species of warblers in Central & some of the other larger city
parks in the last few days & a fair number of additional neotropical-
wintering songbird species (of course not all the warblers are exactly
'neotropicals', Pine being the best example) still moving through... a
very strong migration of Blackpoll Warbler (just as an example) has
been taking place in the northeast with some pretty good numbers being
reported at a variety of locations. It's also interesting how many
boreal-breeding migrants are still working thru upstate & inland
locations, suggesting a modest or perhaps strong coastal "push" to
come (although some of that's been happening today & this past weekend).
Good birding,
Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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