Manhattan, N.Y. City - Mississippi Kite sightings, of recent days this May...
For a nice ‘short-story’ on the sightings of Mississppi Kite[s] - perhaps one and the same bird, yet also possible more than one kite was involved - from SATURDAY, May 21st, check out the reports from Ed Gaillard, a long-time observer from Manhattan, and also from Ryan Serio each somewhat adding to the other. Interesting things may show in -and through- foggy conditions at times, as the Saturday just-past began in and around Manhattan. Ed Gaillard’s full 5/21/‘22 checklist - https://ebird.org/checklist/S111034066 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S111034066> Ryan Serio’s full 5/21/’22 checklist - https://ebird.org/checklist/S110856571 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S110856571> The above checklists each with fortuitous photographs… and there were some additional observers on the day, for perhaps same (or perhaps different) bird[s]. - - - - - - - On MONDAY, May 23rd, a checklist has notes on the sighting, and thanks to one of N.Y. County’s highly-active and respected observers for alerting this day’s sighting of this species yet again (at least the 3rd, or more, of this Kite species to be noted in this month flying in, ot past N.Y. County locations!): Will Harcourt-Smith’s full 5/23/’22 checklist - https://ebird.org/checklist/S111091827 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S111091827> and there were a number of independent (additional) observers of the above May 23rd Kite flying over Central Park; M.B. Kooper made photos (early-a.m.) of Monday’s (presumed one on the morning) Central Park Mississippi Kite. - - - A single Common Tern was reported (T. Li) from Randall’s Island (N.Y. County) on Monday, 5/23; a good sighting for most any part of the county and esp. so farther away from N.Y. Harbor (with Governors Island and its’ small tern-colony which has been a site for that one species for some years now). 4 Least Sandpipers were photo’d. (M. Ryan) at Sherman Creek (north of Swindler Cove Park in n. Manhattan, on Monday, for more indication that some shorebird movement continues. Some other ‘wader’ species also have continued for the county including Solitary and Spotted Sanpipers, and the ongoing Killdeer, some of the latter nesting or atempting-to. Many other sightings of great interest continue to come from points all around the county and by many very fine and energetic observers. Thanks to all of them &, good 'late-May' 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/ --
