Manhattan (1 borough and county of New York City) birds that may (or may not) be around for the borough-wide CBC [Christmas Bird Count) -
which is subsumed in the "Lower Hudson" Count (and has much of the Meadowlands of New Jersey as a major part of this count circle - one of a number of counts in the United States where portions of 2 states may be within one count; there are other such in NY state, & in or near the SE NY area) - may or may not find these, seen as of the past 7(+) days in Manhattan (where Central Park is just one among many areas covered on the day, for the 'CBC'-ing there) : Yellow-breasted Chat - Saturday 12/10, at City Hall Park, lower Manhattan - & thank you Bill Elrick for your gorgeous photo in your report: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32967432 (Bill is a faithful observer-reporter for famed Garrett Mountain park, northern New Jersey) Black-throated Blue Warblers - continuing male at City Hall Park, and a female-plumaged bird in Central Park today & yesterday 12/10-11, near the West 103 Street park entrance and The Pool (the official name for the water-body in Central Park by West 100-103 Streets) Orange-crowned Warblers - 12/9 photographed in the north end of Central Park by Jack Noordhuizen; 12/8 seen at Fort Tryon Park; perhaps recent prior dates in various other locations in Manhattan as heard word-of-mouth but some refer to November, more than 11 days prior. Pine Warblers - 12/10 two photographed (by me) at Riverbank State Park, entry near West 137th Street west of Riverside Park (and main entry at West 145 Street & Riverside Drive, for city bus or private vehicles); recent prior dates on Randall's Island in East River, which were photographed by John Keane. Ovenbirds - too many to list all in this month in Manhattan, seen in Battery Park, City Hall Park, Union Square Park, Bryant Park, Central Park & some additional areas. Common Yellowthroats - especially in lower Manhattan parks such as Battery / City Hall, Union Sqaure, & in other areas as well as a few in Central Park, from north end, west side, and south end of that park, in past 12 days; others reported word-of-mouth in small greenspaces. Myrtle [aka Yellow-rumped, in un-split form] Warblers - 12/10 at Riverbank State Park, and a few in other Hudson River Manhattan areas as well as prior sightings at Randall's Island in East River. Wilson's Warbler, one sighting 12/5, at Riverbank State Park, from Ken Chaya, reported from near the "Sofrito" restaurante, near the main entry from Wet 145 Street; sought by me but not re-found in days following, but this is a species that can linger into winter on rare occasions in the northeast, & there is a chance of a western form turning up in the east, even if most in the east are likely the subspecific form pusilla (by available data). and of course many many other species of many kinds; all sightings are significant in a CBC, and it's also very possible that none of the above-noted will be remaining thru the coming harsher (real winter) weather, & likely that other birds move in to be found by so many observers - more so, if the weather is decent. good birding & CBC-ing, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
