Extra-limitally … Still quite-likely the rarest bird lingering anywhere in N. America, the Steller’s Sea Eagle has been noted at least to Saturday March 5th on the *Maine* mid-coast, the area where seen by many in the previous month; ongoing to this month, at least for now… The ongoing (1st U.S. record) Bat Falcon in Texas also is a most-notable species for all of this country.
- - - - At Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City), as in some other areas in the region just lately, Eastern Phoebes arrived by Sunday, March 6th. One of the several there stayed around Turtle Pond for the day, into some of the sunny, mild, and insect-active afternoon, and was also photographed. (At least 2 more were noted in the areas both south and north of that site, which is roughly mid-park). Ducks on the move (again) included Wood Ducks (with at least 9 present in Central Park on Sunday) & Hooded Mergansers (which appeared in at least 4 locations in Manhattan on Sunday, more altogether than on prior days of this winter). Other duck species were also moving - in general- through the region - as were Snow Geese, despite the lingering 2 non-adults at Central, which have been viewed by many hundreds of observers by now. And a pair of N. Pintails also remained at Sherman Creek just north of Swindler Cove Park on the Harlem River, in upper Manhattan off the e. end of Dyckman St. and to the north. At least 5 American Woodcock were found in Central Park on Sunday. In Central Park alone, at least 60 species of birds were found on March 6. Some flowers were starting to bud, and some (more) are blooming, with some insect-activity increasing as well. Native mammal sightings in Manhattan included E. Chipmunk, Groundhog (a.k.a. ‘woodchuck’) , E. Raccoon, and the nearly-ubiquitous E. Gray Squirrel (all of these also seen prior to 3/6.) By far the most abundant on the warming day were the mammal of the genus Homo. good birding to all, 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/ --
