Carl Schurz Park, NY, NY Tuesday December 22, 2020 OBS: Lucie Young, Sol Shamilzadeh, Sharron Crocker, Signe Hammer, and many others.
The Western Tanager discovered in Carl Schurz Park on December 11th by Jay Zenmann continued today, favoring a large Siberian Elm next to the Catbird Playground. The bird visits sap wells made by a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. The Carl Schurz Park Conservancy has a blog written by Lucie Young. Here's the post from December 2020, with info about and photos of the Western Tanager: https://www.carlschurzparknyc.org/what-s-in-flight-december-2020 -to the park was rescued late this afternoon by the Urban Park Rangers and taken to the Wild Bird Fund. Many thanks to Sol Shamilzadeh for making all the necessary phone calls and to Signe Hammer for keeping curious children and pets away from the bird until the rangers arrived. -- Deb Allen -- 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/ --
