Date: 11/5/26 12:51 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - 11/4, incl. Morningside Park, & elsewhere
Manhattan, N.Y. City - featuring Morningside Park, plus sightings overall for Wednesday, November 4th -
In addition to the historic, rare-in-region Bullocks Oriole seen and photographed as well as video-audio recorded by many at Morningside Park on Wednesday, the following additional species were found and ID-confirmed in the collective, many also photographed, at Morningside on the day - Yellow-breasted Chat, Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, Eastern Bluebird, Blue-headed Vireo, American Redstart in adult male plumage, Black-throated Green Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Myrtle-form Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Raven, E. Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Gray Catbird, Hermit Thrush, Cedar Waxwings, Brown Creeper, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers - the latter species providing sap-wells on trees which the Bullocks Oriole would visit - and more than thirty additional species, making for more than fifty species of birds seen in and over Morningside Park on Wednesday, 11-4 only.
Elsewhere around Manhattan, at least 15 species of waterfowl were recorded on Wednesday, including the ongoing duckage at Central Park such as American Wigeons, Green-winged Teals, Hooded Mergansers, Wood, Ruddy, and American Black Ducks, N. Shovelers, Buffleheads, Gadwalls and other waterfowl - with many of these also being found elsewhere around Manhattan in addition to Brant, and other duck species such as Red-breasted Mergansers, etc.
A late Osprey was still lingering around Inwood Hill Park, and others had been in the vicinity or elsewhere around Manhattan for this month of November, while other raptor species both nocturnal and diurnal have been seen in and over Manhattan thru Wednesday. Two Wood Thrushes were still lingering at Bryant Park in mid-Manhattan - that species has very scarcely attempted overwintering in Manhattan and had succeeded or appeared to in a few past years, with sightings into February and much more-rarely into March. Ten species of native sparrows have been found as-of Wednesday in Manhattan thanks in part to lingering Lincolns and White-crowned Sparrows.
At least ten species of warblers were ongoing in Manhattan thru Wednesday, and besides those noted at Morningside Park there were Black-and-white, Orange-crowned, Palm and Pine Warblers, and Ovenbirds and Common Yellowthroats. All six of the latter warbler species were also found just in Central Park, with additional Yellow-rumped Warblers only of the Myrtle form in many areas in Manhattan. Laughing Gulls continue to be seen, including some visiting Central Park at the reservoir, thru Wednesday. Overall, Manhattan has had over 110 species of native birds found this month.
Thanks to hundreds of observers and photographers for sightings, alerts, and reports.
