Date: 9/17/25 2:20 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Tues., 9/16 - Clay-colored Sparrow, for 2nd day; other migrants, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tuesday, Sept. 16th -
A Clay-colored Sparrow was seen again and also photographed again in the park’s n. end, on the knoll just north of the North Meadow ballfields northeast corner, on Tuesday. Later in the day this area, which contains fenced butterfly-habitat, was being heavily sprinklered as we are still in somewhat of a dry-autumn spell with little rain.
- In the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, there were no eBirded-rare sightings at all on Tuesday from the recent location of a Saltmarsh Sparrow, which had spent at least 4 recent days in a non-marshy habitat in Manhattan. -
Again at Central Park on Tuesday, at least 20 warbler species were found - collectively by high numbers of observers out and about over all of the day and in all sectors of that park. Getting slightly late were sightings of Blue-winged Warbler and Worm-eating Warbler. Additional to the 20 species there was at least one new -report- of a Connecticut Warbler - we are still in a peak-period for that warbler species occurring in this region.
The 20 warbler species - Ovenbird, Worm-eating Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Magnolia Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Northern Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Wilson's Warbler.
Some of these warblers seen and photographed by multiple to many observers were still fairly numerous, while a few species were not, by this date, those uncommon including Hooded, Blackburnian and the aforementioned Worm-eating and Blue-winged Warblers. A resurgence of southbound N. Yellow Warbler was noted in recent days here.
Also seen as well as photographed again by many were Philadelphia Vireos, along with the other vireos still passing thru - Blue-headed Vireo, Warbling Vireo, and Red-eyed Vireo, and now-scarcer Yellow-throated Vireo as well as a lingering White-eyed Vireo. -NB, White-eyed is the only vireo species known to have tried wintering over in N.Y City, albeit rather scarcely to rarely, and perhaps not usually successfully. Like Blue-headed, some White-eyed Vireos overwinter not that far south from NY and many of those 2 species may winter successfully in such states as Florida and along the Gulf.-
Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatchers are among the Empoidonax-genus that were still being seen in Central, with all of the flycatchers getting a bit less-common asides from E. Phoebe and in lowering numbers, E. Wood-Pewee. Great Crested Flycatcher and E. Kingbird were still around to Tuesday, but both of those species have become much scarcer, and Myiarchus-genus flycatchers already deserve a bit of extra scrutiny and, if at all -odd- looking, photos or videos should be obtained if possible. By later this month, Great Crested becomes less and less likely to still be passing thru or lingering, and vagrant species from the west-southwest begin to be an increasing possibility in the Myiarachus genus around here.
Duckage at Central Park still includes at least 2 Green-winged Teal, multiple Wood Ducks, and Ruddy Duck, as well as N. Shovelers, Gadwalls, American Black Ducks, and the always-present Mallards and Canada Geese The Pool in the parks n.-w. quadrant has had Solitary Sandpiper for a very long period this fall, and also occasional there and elsewhere have been Spotted Sandpiper. As of late-day Tuesday, the 2 G-w Teals were seen and photod at The Pool.
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Again in Central Park, also elsewhere in Manhattan a small number of escaped or released Budgerigars are being seen, singly and in their various color forms, being a popular bird bred for the pet trade. Also for such escaped or released birds, there will be birds of prey that notice and, a bird raised as a pet may not have the skills and awareness of a bird hatched and raised in the wild. This particular small parrot species native to interior arid Australia has been seen - all as an escapee or as releases only - in many parts of Manhattan and elsewhere in N.Y. City over decades.
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Elsewhere in Manhattan, a Semipalmated Plover was seen again at the mudflats of Sherman Creek Park in n. Manhattan, along the Harlem River a bit north of the eastern terminus of Dyckman Street. This may well be a continuing bird there, from the week prior.
Thanks to hundreds of observer and photographers for many sightings and reports. Far more species than those noted-above have been found, the above is only a sampler of the migrants recently found.
Good birding,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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