Hi Tom, Lisa Johnson and I were the “anonymous“ finders of the Townsends warbler this morning at the MacG stakeout.
Haha we were so focused on the MacG we didn’t give it as much attention as we probably should have, once we ruled it out. Charlotte Khoo On Dec 30, 2023, at 20:02, Tom Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: Riverdale - western Bronx, N.Y. City - Saturday, December 30 ... In the midday to afternoon hours, at West 231 St, about 40 yards / meters west of that streets junction with Independence Ave, was the presumed -non-hybrid- TOWNSENDS Warbler, found by still-anonymous birders - but brought to our collective attention thanks to Andrew Block - on Saturday, 12/30, and here is a link to an eBird checklist with a nice photo series of this warbler, for everyones inspection - thanks greatly to the photo work by T. Zahner - https://ebird.org/checklist/S157516909 I also swung thru but later in the day, and it became increasingly dark-overcast perhaps limiting broad forays by that insectivore, for more than a dozen who came later, or some who lingered, with also a bit less in general bird activity - not counting such predatory birds in the vicinity as American Kestrel, Sharp-shinned or Coopers hawk, Red-tailed Hawks most frequently and Bald Eagle more than once overhead. Also incidentally seen, at least by me a bit closer to noon, were 3 Black Vultures moving somewhat northeast to southwest over the area. Was this latest Townsends Warbler find actually in that area, in the Bronx, for days, or even weeks and just found only now? Cant really know the answer, but this sure feels like that old Patagonia, Arizona roadside rest area picnic table effect... ..... The MacGillivrays Warbler did show fairly well into the mid afternoon, that again on the south side of West 231 St., while the Townsends Warbler for the most part, when it was seen mid morning or later - stayed on, or mainly on the -north- side of the same steeet and virtually across from where the MacGillivrays was first spotted 8 days earlier on 12/23, by Julian Batista, a birder of the west Bronx. Hopefully both of these rare warblers may stay thru this cold front thats pushing thru for Sunday, Dec. 31. Thanks to all reporting on such rarities and all other birds, 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/ -- -- (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/ --
