A goodly number of uncommon birds (for the county) were found on Governors Island (part of New York County, in N.Y. City), on Saturday, Sept. 18 by a number of observers there.
Blue-winged Teal (2) Lesser Yellowlegs (as many as 3, with 2 seen by some observers, all with the above species, & some other shorebirds at the maintenance area “puddle-pond”) Yellow-breasted Chat (reported at Colonel’s Row, no precise location) Blue Grosbeak (2 seen by some of the observers, with at least one a continuing bird) Dickcissel (apparent continuing bird around Fort Jay - on/near the fort’s shrubby wall) and a good many other migrants there as well as many species of butterflies around the island. good birding - and thanks to the multiple observers of these Saturday-sightings for their reports! 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/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/ --
