Monday, February 1st - At Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), a Wilson’s Snipe appeared in the n. end, while an American Woodcock continued in the Ramble area. Both of these ‘upland' shorebirds may well have been ‘pushed’ from sites farther north, when iced-in areas got to be too much for each. A second possibility is that both were present in that park & only just reported, but that seems slightly less likely. Neither species is extremely unusual for winter in the coastal region, but a snipe is never a common one (!) in Central Park at any season.
… 2 extralimital vagrant European thrush species are continuing north & northeast of NY, a Fieldfare in Quebec, Canada, and a Redwing in Maine, not far from Portland; both were seen again on Feb. 1st. (Others of these two species might be ‘out there’ and could potentially be in NY state this winter, if so most likely among flocks of American Robins.) good birds - and stay safe in the wintry weather, 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/ --
