Correction on the Bryant Park Saltmarsh Sparrow mentioned at the end of today's report. Although a photo was posted today on twitter, the bird was last seen on Thursday (Aug. 26).
Deb -----Original Message----- From: Deborah Allen <dalle...@earthlink.net> Sent: Aug 27, 2021 1:47 PM To: NYSBIRDS-L <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Friday Aug. 27, 2021: 9 Species of Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel & Osprey Central Park - North End, NYC Friday Aug. 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged Warbler. Other notable birds included Rose-breasted Grosbeak, American Kestrel & Osprey. There was an uptick in the number of Red-eyed Vireos and American Redstarts. Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Ring-billed Gull - 30 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Green Heron - 2 Harlem Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Harlem Meer Island (Duck Island) Osprey - hatch-year female perched in Willow at southeast Harlem Meer (continuing bird) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 hatch-year perched Harlem Meer Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 2 American Kestrel - 2 Nutter's Battery Empidonax Flycatcher - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 14 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Nutter's Battery Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Loch, Pool) Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Lily Ponds American Redstart - 18 including 2 adult males Northern Parula - 1 female Loch Yellow Warbler - 1 Great Hill Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Blockhouse Northern Cardinal - 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 heard in the North Woods -- In other Manhattan bird news, the Saltmarsh Sparrow continued at Bryant Park today joined by a Tennessee Warbler reported by @uptownbirdsnyc and @rserio78 via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. In Brooklyn, the Buff-breasted Sandpaper found yesterday at Plum Beach by Jeremy Nadel @jeremynadel continued there this morning. See the Brooklyn Bird Alert @BirdBrklyn on twitter for timely info on Brooklyn birds. The Manhattan Bird Alert and Brooklyn Bird Alert are maintained by David Barrett. -- 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/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/ -- -- 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/ --
