A Lark Sparrow was seen -again, perhaps a new individual to one not seen there for some weeks- at Randalls Island, part of New York County -in N.Y. City- and just east of Manhattan in the upper East River estuary, on Saturday.
... Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Saturday, October 12th - A Nelsons Sparrow seen eventually by many, with many photos also obtained, on Saturday was a top highlight of the day at The Pool in the parks n. end. For all of the park and all of the day, efforts by many observers again revealed at least 17 migratory American warblers to be present. A few of these warblers were running slightly late such as N. Waterthrush and American Redstart. With the spate of sightings of Orange-crowned Warblers in the region, Central also and again had some reported. Other warblers on the day included Blackburnian and Bay-breasted Warbler. Ruby-throated Hummingbird sightings were still coming from Central Park thru Saturday, and as this month goes on, that species will become less-likely, and in coming weeks - or months - any hummingbird seen ought best be carefully scrutinized and photos or videos made, as the chances of a non-ruby-throat will become more and more likely in the colder months - although there are rare very late-season records documented for Ruby-throated in N.Y. City and elsewhere in the region. There were still Gray-cheeked and Swainsons Thrush present in the park along with multiple Wood and far more of Hermit Thrushes on Saturday. Other migrants still being seen on Saturday included Red-eyed Vireo and Indigo Bunting, while some Purple Finch also showed. Waterfowl and associates still included Wood Ducks, Green-winged Teals, N. Shovelers, a long-staying Hooded Merganser, Ruddy Duck and American Coot, along with the more common and regular waterfowlage. ..... The great Vulture migration around the region was ongoing on Saturday, with many -triple digit numbers for some observers of Turkey Vultures - again passing over Manhattan and adjacent isles, and Black Vulture in typically small numbers relative to the more-abundant larger vulture species. Raptors also were on the move again, with sightings of Bald Eagle in multiple locations. thanks to all of the quiet, courteous and keen observers and photographers, for such a broad diversity of bird reports. Good and peaceful 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/ --
