New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls, Governors, and Roosevelt Islands, the adjacent waters and skies above - thru August 20th -
Some local attempts at semi-storm watching -with the very-distant passage of storm Ernesto, very far off east in the North Atlantic in recent days and nowhere near any part of NY nor any midAtlantic or northeastern state- were just as much about seeing some migrants which could have been on their way, with or without a storm in the far-off sea to the east. A trio of Forsters Terns moving along the Hudson River on Monday, Aug. 19, would fit with the others of that species being seen in the area and region recently. A small number of passing shorebirds also would seem to be more of the expected movements, with no excessively high numbers of such on Sunday or Monday in the county, as happened with the far more intensive system of the remnants of storm-Debby earlier this month. There were 3 Least Sandpipers seen at Central Parks Pond, the southernmost body of water and small marshy area near it, in that park, on Sunday, Aug. 19th, with many observers -and photographers- of the 3 individual sandpipers, a species which is about-annual, but often overlooked when not lingering, at that park - and is entirely annual and expected for this month in the county, even if typically in modest numbers. There have also been Spotted, Solitary, and Semipalmated Sandpipers appearing, around the county, in addition to some other-where Least Sandpipers - the latter in more than one recent location, for N.Y. County, and with the most watched just lately being at Central Parks north end, at The Pool, where 2 Least Sandpipers have been, other shorebirds there also including Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers at times. At the northern side of Manhattan, there also have been Least, and more regularly, Semipalmated Sandpipers in at least a few locations, including the lagoon mudflats of Inwood Hill Park. A Hooded Merganser has shown again at Central Park, along side a Wood Duck, also at The Pool. Raptors noted in Tuesdays bout of strong northwest winds included a few Broad-winged Hawks moving over Manhattan, and far more reports of Osprey, as well as some Bald Eagle sightings, and Turkey Vulture among flyover other-species. At least 18 species of warblers were noted in the county on Tuesday - and all the species were additionally noted within Central Park, by the collective many, many observers out in all parts of that park. Inwood Hill Park saw perhaps its best day of this month so far for warbler diversity with more than a dozen species found on Tuesday. A number of locations in the county had Cape May Warblers appear, and at Central Park, there were also such species as Hooded, Worm-eating, Bay-breasted, Wilsons, Tennessee, Black-throated Green and Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian and of course many other warbler species. Even much smaller parks and greenspaces on Tuesday contained some migrants with warblers of various species amongst them. Other species moving or dropping in on Tuesday included E. Kingbirds, with a good and expected flight, as well as Olive-sided Flycatcher seen in several locations, including at Central Park. Some Scarlet Tanagers, and so far modest numbers of migrating thrushes, including Swainsons Thrush have continued to appear. More of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were showing and those might be anticipated to increase. There have been movements of icterids - blackbirds, orioles, bobolinks, but not yet much noted in and thru the county. Also in the wider region, Common Nighthawks are migrating and many more will be coming in the weeks ahead. Far more migration has been occurring and another report listing more of the species being found may be out soon. Thanks to so many quiet, courteous and diligent observers and photographers for a lot of good sightings and reports, including those thru the Discord alerts in wide use, and as always via eBird, with the Macaulay Library for associated bird photos and other media. Good birding to all, 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/ --
