Firstly, the small correction from a report offered just the day before - there was -NOT- a Scotts Oriole in Manhattan, nor anywhere near here at all, and that was an inadvertent odd cut-paste error - it is an oriole species we have in the Manhattan not-that-long-ago list, seen by many back-when, but not a regular nor at-all expected species to any parts of the northeast. Apologies for any confusion in that, and thanks to some sharp-eyed list-readers of that Oct. 1st list of species. Of Orioles still around, it is the expected Baltimore that is ongoing recently.
- - N.Y. County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls Island, Governors Island, and Roosevelt Island, to Wed., October 2nd - A Blue-winged Teal was still at The Pool in Central Parks n.w. sector, along with a Hooded Merganser and some Green-winged Teal, plus Wood Duck to Wednesday. Also for Wednesday, additional Wood Ducks were moving, some flyovers and perhaps some new for parts of the county. A very well-photographed -B. Saunders- Great Crested Flycatcher was one of the most recent late-appearing individuals so far this autumn, seen in Central Park on Wednesday. As noted previously, any flycatchers thought to be other than E. Phoebe in the latter part of fall around here should be scrutinized and, as this find of a Great Crested was, photographed and-or video-recorded if possible, that still more so as we get to late this month and farther on into the late fall season. An Orange-crowned Warbler was reported from Governors Island on Wednesday, and this is not really-early now for the chance of that species turning up locally. More may be anticipated in any case, in the coming weeks, as that species has been on the increase in the east, over some years. Marsh Wrens have been appearing in multiple sites around this county and some of the latest were in upper and lower Manhattan, as well as for Wednesday on Governors Island, there a likely ongoing bird. Governors had ongoing Bobolinks as well, to Wednesday, and a wide variety of other migrants plus some resident or visitant species. Given that 2 Dickcissels were recently confirmed as occurring at both Randalls Island, and then at Governors Island, on separate days, there seems a chance of some of that species showing into the fall, and as sometimes is seen, perhaps even to the December bird-count season. A chance with that species includes, in urban sites like N.Y. City, checking thru flocks of House Sparrow as some Dickciseels may at times flock in with the Housers. They certainly also occur in their own way and not always grouped with the sparrows. As we note actual native N. American sparrows, we have some White-crowned, as well as the large increases of White-throated Sparrows just recently and there are still plenty of Lincolns, Swamp, Chipping, Song, and some Field and Savannah Sparrows as well as some Slate-colored Juncos all around the county. None of the recent Clay-colored Sparrows were reported again just in the past few days, but that species may show again for later this fall. Warbler diversity was still fairly good for Wednesday 10-2, with multiple species found in many locations, including in some of our smaller parks and greenspaces. Some of the species are running slightly late, but none seen recently are extremely late. For thrushes, there are still some Veery being reported into October and again, the later date sightings of that species might well be accompanied by photos, as we get further into fall. We may start to see a lot more changeover as the next weekend passes should real old-fashioned cold-fronts actually push through - and possibly even if they do not, as so many birds are departing the northlands. Far more can be reported for this county, and may be in coming days…. Thanks as always to many observers and photographers for sightings and non-X alerts such as via Discord and thru eBird and the Macaulay Library in alerts, regular reports and archived 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/ --
