Date: 7/25/25 4:11 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan & N.Y. County - 7/18 thru 7/24 - 15 Warbler spp., shorebirds, flycatchers, etc.
Manhattan - and the rest of N.Y. County which includes Randalls, Governors, and Roosevelt islands as well as the adjacent waters and skies above -
July 18th on to July 24th -
Sightings in particular were of migrant warblers, not surprisingly for movement by that group of birds, but a few species were rather-early here, and at least 15 spp. over the week was a bit higher diversity in warblers than may be the average-norm over the same period in past years. The past week of sightings, with some of the fresh migrants including Solitary Sandpiper, and a few more warblers, notably Worm-eating Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, and Magnolia Warbler, as well as more Yellow Warblers and both Northern and Louisiana Waterthrushes among the migrators.
By Saturday, 7-19 some additional shorebird movement included Least Sandpipers, moving thru multiple sites in the county, and perhaps lingering in at least two places, including on Governors Island, and at Inwood Hill Park. More Spotted Sandpipers were also found, and at least one Solitary Sandpiper lingered a while in Central Park, some others also being reported from other sites, while warblers thru the previous weekend squeaked in, some perhaps re-surfacing from just 6 weeks prior or so, and again a few individual warblers that may have been around, floating in the county or even in the same parks without being noted much, or at all, in the period from late June to just lately.
By Tues.-Wed., a further set of southbound arrivals - on Tuesday at Central Park, an early Magnolia Warbler was reported at the n. end of that park, where a majority of recent migrants have been passing thru, some lingering. A couple of Blue-winged Warblers have arrived in Manhattan, one of those, a male, photographed at Fort Tryon Park on 7-22. The species is also showing at Central Park and a few more locations, not especially-early.
By Wed., at least 11 species of migratory American warblers were in the county on the day, with a few species starting to show in the higher-multiple, ie more than five individuals for one day - and further warbler arrivals by Thursday, bringing a total of at least 15 Warbler species here in this week. A particularly strong nocturnal migration over the night of 7- 21 to the wee-hours of morning on 7-22 pushed a lot of birds on south thru and past N.Y. City and vicinity, while certainly some migrants dropped in over that night and very early in the day, 7-22.
Swallows have been on the move, while of course some are also lingering locally, mainly the usual Tree, Barn, and N. Rough-winged Swallows, but all the rest of eastern-breeding hirundines ought to be watched for now. Some, such as Tree Swallows, may be mostly just moving on to linger in places of concentrations, lingering in such places until many will move farther on, in fall or even near winter.
E. Phoebe was also already being seen, scantly, on the move, slightly early for most of that species, but not unprecedented for July here. Also on the move were a very few Empidonax-genus flycatchers, but again some of these, particularly Willow Flycatcher, and perhaps some Acadians, were lingering, with the former Empidonax species being a likely nester in a couple of places this summer in the county. Acadian Flycatcher is also a possible nester but the birds lingering in June did not have regular reports going into July, and now there may be some early-returnees.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo was sighted by multiple observers, and a couple of that species showed, with one seen by more folks in Central Park.Some of the early-icterid migrants -blackbirds and their kin- pushing south had included quite a lot more of Red-winged Blackbirds in particular, than noted in prior reports for this county, as totals of over 200 of that species at one time were seen on a few occasions, mostly moving south off the Hudson River and also off from the NY harbor, definite migratory movements, even if some of those birds may be gathering-up in a marsh or other good habitat in the wider local region, before later making longer southbound migrations.
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In warblers alone, here are some of what species have been showing from the last 7 days in N.Y. County, with many of those on Manhattan island -
Ovenbird - a very-few of this species tend to linger here in summer, as nonbreeders.
Worm-eating Warbler - scant, so far... It is very possible some passed in prior weeks.
Louisiana Waterthrush - multiple, ongoing and some passing thru more rapidly, at some locations.
Northern Waterthrush - multiple by now, and becoming about as or more numerous than the above waterthrush sp.
Blue-winged Warbler - several, with 1 so far photographed at Fort Tryon Park, the others less-well-noted.
Black-and-white Warbler - low-multiples by 7-24, and one or more were possibly lingering in the county or the area, but more are now migrants dropping in.
Common Yellowthroat - this species is also a local-nester. It may be that some were dispersing lately but some migrants may have been pushing south too.
American Redstart - small numbers, a few were possibly lingering in discrete places in county, and now some migrators coming in.
Northern Parula - low-multiple for this week, thru 7-24 and including at Central Park.
Magnolia Warbler - uncommonly early for this area and this county, at Central Park.
Yellow Warbler - this species is also a local-nester. A good many have been coming thru, some lingering a bit as they push south.
Chestnut-sided Warbler - few so far, at least one was unusual in earlier July at Central Park.
Pine Warbler - several, a bit early, this species has nested or attempted to in NYC, scantily.
Prairie Warbler - a bit early, 2 locations so far.
Canada Warbler - few so far, in multiple sites including in Central and Riverside-north Parks.
Thanks as always to the many observers and photographers who have continued finding and reporting birds, thru non-X alert apps and thru eBird, with the Macaulay Library for media. Some further reports after cooler weather and this weekend pass.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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