The MacGillivrays Warbler - with many more views and some more very good photos, by many, of the bird in the south part of the Riverdale neighborhood of west Bronx first-year male, rather than an adult male. This warbler was seen by scores of observers on Sunday, with both good views at intervals as well as lengthy periods of no, or very limited and few sightings, thru the day. The fact that birders are allowed in, on good behavior, to even a driveway, and to the limits of a small private lawn, have also allowed for the vast majority of any sightings on Sunday. Some areas are rather too dense, under shade and also in portions of private property next to occupied homes, as well as the nearby large rest and care taking home, so that it has been the so-far polite behaviors of so many seekers of the skulky warbler, which contribute to hopefully more days when seekers may come and try their luck. Thanks to D. Schulman on day one of the bird being found, as she spoke with the, or a, homeowner to clarify what all of us many optics-toting and mostly smilIng birders were up to, on Saturday 12/23.
Thanks to all for being considerate of the local residents and of visitors to, and workers of the rest / caregiving home, which tall building is immediately south of the lawn with the now renowned pink toy vehicles of large size, and where a lot of sightIngs came on Sunday, birders all staying respectfully off the lawn grass. The warbler may work a modestly large circuit, and the sightings from later on Saturday, and much of Sunday, were not in the same place where Julian Batista first spotted, with me, and then soon after P. Markee and son Elias, helping to give additional confirmation. That area is a few dozen yards / meters to the west-northwest of the area almost all birders were watching from on Sunday, and is also a lot closer to West 231 Street itself. For more on coordinates, see any number of the eBird reports offered, easily found under the category of Bronx County RBA. Great to see folks from at least a dozen counties of NY state showing for this rarity, and hoping all who persevered got some nice views. For many, a first NYS sighting and for some, a new / life bird too. Thanks also to those who helped a lot of us get on to the warbler at varying moments thru Sunday. .... On the Ash-throated Flycatcher seen in eastern Bronx County NYC, on 12/23, which turned out one of several for the day’s Bronx-Westchester C.B.C., the Bronx individual was observed and tallied in for the east Bronx team by multiple counters for the team effort, as their team reports show, and as noted in the compilation of the overall C.B.C., 4 observers of that particular bird for the count held on Saturday included Y. Awais, M. Epstein, J. McNamee, and S. Rockermann. Others unaffilated with that CBC may have seen this bird, later as well. Good birds and birding to all - and Merry Christmas for those who celebrate, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
