Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - thru Friday, Sept. 6th - First up, the Connecticut Warbler seen and photographed at The Loch on Tuesday, Sept. 3rd is an archived sighting in eBird with dim -but seemingly fully-confirming photos- in the Macaulay Library to accompany. This is the apparent first of that species to have been photo-documented with a public report this year in the county, and thus for Central Park, and as an additional note, that species has been showing regionally in small numbers overall so far, while more can be expected, in appropriate habitat and sometimes -esp. in urban areas- in some odd and unexpected sites.
Thru Friday, as well as on Thursday, 9-5 and 9-6, even without major passages of migrants on preceding nights there have been up to 17 or more warbler species present in Central Park each day, and also many more migrant species. - - - The well-watched Yellow-breasted Chat at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan was seen there by many, thru Thursday 9-5. Adding to the records of Y-br. Chats was one that had been released from a rehab in Manhattan, into nearby Central Park, on Wed., Sept. 4th, that being well-after a sighting of a chat in the same area but at the end of August, as seen by numerous observers then. For part of Friday, 9-6, it was not possible to fully access all of Bryant Park due to a planned event. Even so, a Mourning Warbler and some other warbler species have been noted from that location and more is likely to be seen once the park is open to all for bird observations. A Sora was also -reported- with a likely injury, from that location, as of Friday. . . . . >From Sept. 3rd, there are a number of sightings of Philadelphia Vireos in >Manhattan, and that includes one at the southern end of Manhattan - on the >same day as Central Park had at least one more for the season. More to report in the weekend with a likely fresh passage of many more migrants for all of the region, including thru New York County in N.Y. City. Good birding to all, and thanks to many keen and reliable observers and photographers. 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/ --
