Wednesday, 12 December, 2018 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
At least one adult male Evening Grosbeak appeared in the northeeast quadrant of Central Park, seen & photographed by multiple observers in the mid-day period, near a composting area and just to the west by the East Park Drive (park roadway). This is the 2nd known documented, multi-observer sighting of the species this year, the first having also been a single, but not an adult male. That was also found in the northern part of the park & was apparently a “one-day wonder”. Thanks to T. Zahner & others for photos & reports on the Evening Grosbeak of Wed., 12/12. Many other birds have been found continuing in New York County (in which Central Park is located), & among these are a very impressive diversity & number of owls, with Barred Owl in particular appearing in greater numbers than previously known for the county. This is certainly correlated with the many of that owl species being seen in parts of central & southern New England & elsewhere, and unfortunately has also been reflected in a high mortality in some areas but hopefully not in Manhattan. The upcoming CBC for NY County may possibly reveal more & should also be interesting for various other possibilities - irruptive finches amongst those. good end of autumn birding, 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/ --
