Saturday, 8 October, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City A nice flight of fresh arrivals took place overnight since Friday and was still taking place early Saturday at Central Park - among the many arrivals were a lot more in the sparrow tribe, as well as some in the icteridae - and among the latter were at least several Eastern Meadowlarks, one of them continuing to be observed into mid-day at the southern part of the Great Lawn; others having been at the North Meadow and vicinity, earlier in the morning.
An American Wigeon was continuing at the Meer, and at least 2 Green- winged Teal, with more-numerous Gadwalls, Northern Shovelers, and so forth were there as they have been. Other ducks present in the park include several Wood & multiple Ruddy Duck, at the reservoir & elsewhere. Many many sparrows were newly arrived as well as some that had been over the past week, with far more of Chipping, and fresh reinforcements of White-throated, the additional "regulars" including multiples of 6 additional sparrow spp. plus more of Eastern Towhee & Dark-eyed Junco, these all being found park-wide on this Saturday. Mixed flocks and some small "patches" as well as scattered singletons provided Warblers at least 15 species by mid-day, with Cape May again at the Pinetum & also seen at both the Shakespeare Garden, & the Great Hill; again as has been for some time, Palm Warbler by far the most numerous of all the warbler species lingering in the park, despite morning flight that included Myrtle Warbler in numbers. Additional species being seen as of mid-day included: Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Black-crowned Night- Heron, Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, American Black Duck, Mallard, Osprey, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Spotted Sandpiper, Laughing Gull (reservoir), Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mourning Dove, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (many), Downy Woodpecker Yellow- shafted Flicker (many), Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Phoebe (many), Blue-headed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay (many), American Crow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch (multiple), White-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Winter Wren, Golden-crowned & Ruby- crowned Kinglet, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Swainson's Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, American Robin (many in morning flight), Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Brown Thrasher, Cedar Waxwing, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black- throated Green Warbler, Pine Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and- white Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Wilson's Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, White- crowned Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Red-winged Blackbird, Rusty Blackbird (one, Loch), Common Grackle (some in morning flight), Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch (in flight as well as a few sitting, north end areas), House Finch, American Goldfinch, & the usual 3 resident-feral urban species. It seems likely that additional -& perhaps uncommon species- may have arrived. --- - - - - - - - - --- "All ethics so far evolved rest upon a single premise: that the individual is a member of a community of interdependent parts. ~ The land ethic simply enlarges the boundaries of the community to include soils, waters, plants, and animals, or collectively: the land. ~ A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his-her fellow-members, and also respect for the community as such." - Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies. good birding & thanks to those who noted observations by word-of-mouth this morning, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
