I’m hearing second hand that the bird has been seen this morning and recorded again.
Shane Blodgett Brooklyn NY Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 28, 2020, at 8:06 AM, Anne Swaim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Re access > There’s a walking path from Ardsley MetroNorth station through edge of Mercy > College to publicly accessible pedestrian bridge over RR tracks to Wickers > Creek. > > Peadestruan Bridge > Dobbs Ferry, NY > https://goo.gl/maps/JBoa1yrgms6km5gK8 > > <image0.jpeg> > > > ————— > Anne Swaim, > Executive Director > Saw Mill River Audubon > www.sawmillriveraudubon.org > O: 914-666-6503 > C: 914-548-3235 > > >>> On Oct 28, 2020, at 6:01 AM, Thomas Fiore <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> >> Responding in part on Robert Lewis' post [here], the observer (T. Warren) in >> his eBird checklist added, among other notes, this - >> "Unfortunately, the bird stayed for only a few minutes before leaving. >> (There was also a Merlin and a Cooper's Hawk in the area).” >> See: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75497630 (the original list, by the >> observer, with his excellent photo-series embedded) >> >> However, a few hours later, late in the day on Tuesday 10/27, was a 2nd >> sighting also with some photos, & also THIS NOTE, regarding PRIVATE PROPERTY >> - >> *DO NOT TRESPASS*. Note: "To let people know, The Landing is private >> property and to legally access this property, you have to park at the >> neighboring parking lot and cross the beach at low tide. The bird is right >> at the wooded area next to the beach, but unless you wear waders //….” … >> thus, Bob Lewis’ query re: ‘parking’ - but the larger issue there may be of >> LEGAL access to the site. That, & more is in the eBird checklist submitted >> by J. Ansellem https://ebird.org/checklist/S75505672 >> >> Perhaps with luck, the kingbird is still in that general area… &/but if not, >> it should be something to take notice of should a flycatcher *of that >> appearance* make an appearance - anywhere in NY, etc.- i.e., birds 'with a >> lot of yellow’, in the latter half of fall & on into winter are worth >> triple-checking. (that’s a great simplification of an old ‘rule’ on CBC’s >> done in ‘northerly' climes, meaning most places north of where "kingbirds >> with yellow bellies" are at all regular… (thus for us in N.Y.- at this time, >> or any time, of the year) Thanks to those who continue to post rare & other >> birds to this NY State List. >> …... >> And just since there’s a bit of a theme on birds in NY that *could* >> essentially show up almost anywhere, but are never-expected: a Magnificent >> sighting (with great photos) from Cayuga County, NY is at least fun to read >> about - https://ebird.org/checklist/S75502110 And, where to next, >> Fair[Haven] frigate? >> … >> It’s well worth a note that the LeConte’s Sparrow was again being seen on >> Tuesday 10/27, by multiple observers & photographers at the site where Dr. >> Richard Veit found it 2 days prior, Conference House Park at the southern >> end of Staten Island (N.Y. City) also known as Richmond Co., NY - and >> lingering near that was also a continuing Grasshopper Sparrow. A nice photo >> indicating the usual skulking nature of LeConte’s Sparrow (at the above site >> on 10/27) was shared to the Macaulay Library archive by D. Kotler: >> https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/275105561 >> ….. >> There were some great local-interest birds seen in N.Y. County on Tuesday, >> 10/27, which included yet another & sort-of-special location-discovery, of a >> Nelson’s Sparrow at Central Park (found by D. Aronov) in Manhattan (N.Y. >> City), & identified as one of the interior form[s], with thanks to A. Burke; >> & some photos taken there by some of the many observers may assist on that, >> as well; one such was from J. Wooten, who was among those on a fabulously >> succesful bird-walk of the Linnaean Society of New York (their regular >> non-profit Tuesday walk done in migration seasons, in Central Park); see: >> https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/275103611 - and, a nice close-up by G. >> Yang, also in Macaulay Library archives: >> https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/275071731? from the same site/date. The >> day also featured a very fine showing of vultures (Black & Turkey), & many >> raptor species, with a very nice count of Red-shouldered Hawk (migrating) >> for Manhattan, a slightly-late (migrating) Broad-winged Hawk, as well as a >> likely (current-era) day-record for E. Bluebird occuring in N.Y. County with >> many dozens seen on the move. Nearly 120 species of birds (including our 3 >> 'usual feral & naturalized' species) were seen in N.Y. County, perhaps more >> pending any ‘late’ reports, on Tuesday, 10/27 (by a combined array of >> observers all around the county, and with such an impressive diurnal >> passage); more details in a further report, on another day. >> >> good -and ethical- birding to all, >> >> Tom Fiore >> manhattan >> >> >> -- >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> Welcome and Basics >> Rules and Information >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive >> Surfbirds >> ABA >> Please submit your observations to eBird! >> -- > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --
