A lingering Dickcissel was still being seen -and photod- at Governors Island, part of N.Y. County immediately south of Manhattan island, and also being seen again there were Bobolink, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and many other migrants, including American Pipit, all on Monday, 9-30 and with multiple observers. These observers included participants on not-for-profit walks led for conservation, education and science-based organizations. ... Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Monday, September 30th -
A Blue-winged Teal, an uncommon species for any part of the county, was first found, photographed and reported out to all others by D.J. Ringer and later seen and photod by many more independent birders as well as on not-for-profit guided walks later in the day, at The Pool in the northwest quadrant of the park - here is a link to one of many photos in the Macaulay Library archive of that bird - https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/624371887 Also ongoing at The Pool were 4 hen Green-winged Teal, as well as Wood Duck and other more-common duckage there. At the C.P. reservoir, a hen Hooded Merganser which has been around for many weeks by now, was ongoing and other ducks also are ongoing there, with the gulls and cormorants and so forth at that site in Central Park. A very good arrival of all sorts of migrants was noted for the day, from overnight migrations - all around the wider region as well - and in the day with diurnal migration which included some nice raptor passage and also a number of other birds on the move. At least 24 species of migratory American warblers were found just in Central Park, and some of those species were in good to very-high numbers as they came in, while a few species were by-the-date running a bit on the late side. Palm Warbler - of both forms of that species which we regularly see in fall - and also N. Parula were among the most-numerous of the warblers, with yet more passage and arrival of Common Yellowthroat in numbers. At The Pool area of Central Park alone, at least 17 Warbler species were found, by the collective birders coming into that area, for Monday, while many more warblers and many other migrants were also seen in all sectors of the park. Common Nighthawks were still passing, and that species was also noted from at-least Inwood Hill Park as well. The raptor show of Monday included Broad-winged Hawk and a lot of action from Sharp-shinned and Coopers Hawks as well as Osprey, Bald Eagle, and others all over Central Park - as well as many sightings of raptors on the move elsewhere in the improved flight conditions. House Wren, some Empidonax-genus flycatchers, and Veery as well as Gray-cheeked Thrush were among many other finds in Central Park on Monday. Many other parks, greenspaces and even small bits of habitat in the county also found a lot of freshly arrived migrant birds on Monday, and in some places, in very good numbers. A lot of sparrow arrival was occurring, with obvious increases of some species such as Slate-colored Junco and White-throated Sparrow, including within Central Park. ... A Clay-colored Sparrow was again reported at Inwood Hill Park on Monday, and could potentially be lingering for a while with decent habitat available there. Out on Randalls Island, also in N.Y. County east of upper Manhattan, a Nelsons type Sparrow was reported, apparently of the subvirgatus form, for Monday, and there were loads of other migrants to be found around that island, as was so in any location of the county on Monday, 9-30. Back on 9-28, a report with some photos of American Golden-Plover has been confirned for Randalls Island, a flyover that seems not to have lingered there for that date, thanks to finder A. Cunningham and to all who bird often or occasionally at Randalls Island, a site worth daily coverage in migration months - as are so many locations. A Great Crested Flycatcher was seen at Washington Square Park in Manhattan on 9-30 and for that species, is starting to get a bit late in the fall, and of course we can also watch out for potential vagrant, rare flycatchers to come along as the fall continues, with the anticipation of such uncommon or rare species high at this time of year. A number of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are still being noted for the last day of September around the county... that species can be found into this month or rarely, even later in fall but, of hummingbirds showing in mid to late fall, close attention is needed, and hopefully crisp photos and-or videos can be made, along with any notes in textual form. Thanks to so many keen, quiet, courteous observers and photogrpahers including those leaders and participants with not-for-profit guided bird walks that are going out daily, for many sightings and reports. 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/ --
