Monday, Aug. 23rd - At least one Prothonotary Warbler lingered on to Monday, working towards a 2-weeks stay of the species in the Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) Ramble area.
... Of river-watching, a good many observers watched the Hudson river from various points along Manhattan, with results in on some (but not yet all) of the sightings, and at least 5 species of (non-pelagic) terns were found on storm-“Henri”-related movement (somewhat paralleling experiences of others watching from some parts of the wider region, post-storm) - those 4 tern species for N.Y. County were Caspian, Forster’s, Black, & the most-regular of the county’s species, Common Tern[s]. Some watchers were out as early as sunrise-hour, while others continued to watch or came out later and found afternoon movement of interest as well. By far the most impressive numbers (so far) reported were for Caspian Tern, with 30 or more counted by multiple careful observers as they moved past n. Manhattan. There was a report of Royal Tern for Sun., 8/22 from n. Manhattan. A Lesser Black-backed Gull was seen on 8/23 by at least 4 of the post-storm-watch observers. Among shorebirds, for N.Y. County, standouts are a Black-bellied Plover, and a Husdonian Godwit, as well as some Sanderlings, each uncommon (the Godwit, any-godwit-anytime, exceeedingly rare for the county!) & all very-rarely documented by photos - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/363380521 <https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/363380521> is one of a series by A. Cunningham that show both the plover and the godwit in flight, as they moved together along the Hudson; there are additional photos now in, or arriving in, the Macaulay Library archives for a number of the post-storm sightings of the county by various birders. There may well be additional sightings of storm-related birds in the area (& perhaps, in N.Y. County) to come; thanks to the many who offered a wide variety of fairly prompt reports, and photos. Many would likely enjoy reading any summaries of birds seen in other parts of the state, during or following the storm. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
