Date: 10/2/25 2:39 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thurs., 10/2 - 20+ Warbler species, etc., + other county-notables
A non-adult-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker was seen and photographed, as was a Philadelphia Vireo, along with a very good assortment of other migrants and some resident birds on Randalls Island on Thursday, 10-2, by two of the islands Phylloscopus-finders of the past weekend there. That huge-little Arctic Warbler was not re-found after last weekend. A Dickcissel seen and audio-recorded flying onward was noted from Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan on Oct. 1st. The lingering Yellow-breasted Chat was ongoing at Number 3 Bryant Park, the small plaza near the actual Bryant Park in mid-Manhattan with still many observers thru Oct. 2nd.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - for Thursday, Oct. 2 -
A minimum of twenty migratory American-hemisphere and mainly neotropical-wintering warbler species were seen and photographed in Central Park on Thursday, 10-2, with all seen by multiple observers or photographers and with NO species, such as for example Magnolia Warblers being euphemistically noted as -early- including any seen by groups or by persons who offer guided not-for-profit bird walks. A full listing is below of all of the Thurs-far confirmed species of wild, native birds on Oct. 2nd at or over Central Park.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck - ongoing small numbers.
Northern Shoveler - ongoing.
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck - hybrid, these are not uncommon here.
Green-winged Teal - ongoing at The Pool in the parks northwest quadrant.
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - south of the Ramble.
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - fewer are still passing or a very few lingering now.
Spotted Sandpiper - along the reservoir berm.
Laughing Gull - still coming in at the reservoir after a summer of very notable numbers for Central Park, and good numbers County-wide.
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Pied-billed Grebe - ongoing at the reservoir of Central Park.
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron - multiple especially at and around first-light here.
Green Heron - getting late-ish now, also seen elsewhere in the county to Oct. 2nd.
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Owl - locations never given, for this park.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern -Yellow-shafted- Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe - now the default and numerous Flycatcher species here.
Great Crested Flycatcher - somewhat late now, but not unprecedented at all for early October. Seen in the Ramble area.
Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven - the local ravens from around the park perimeter are fairly regular in or over the park at most times of year, sometimes quite vocal, they also can be rather quiet.
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow - flybys, mostly or solely passing through.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - plenty and in many locations.
Golden-crowned Kinglet - modest numbers for Thursday, not a first-of-fall arrival here.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch - continuing in multiple locations.
Brown Creeper
Northern House Wren
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainsons Thrush
Hermit Thrush - now the more-common of the migrant Catharus-genus thrushes here.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing - fairly good numbers, some flocks also in-flight.
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch - modest to small numbers continue to be seen, nearly
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed -Slate-colored- Junco - increased greatly this week.
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow - multiple as expected, becoming more common lately.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincolns Sparrow - at least a half-dozen were still around various parts of the park.
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole - small numbers.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
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Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler - both eastern and western plumaged-forms were found on the day.
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
- - Canada Warbler - note that a Canada Warbler was photographed at the north end of Central Park on Oct. 1st, a modestly-late date for that species in this county or area.
Wilsons Warbler
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Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
The above is not an exhaustive listing of every species seen on Thursday, Oct. 2nd in Central Park by hundreds of total observers from the first hour of the day into late-day, and in all sectors of the park. There may have been some additional highlights besides the above noted birds.
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A presumed first arrival of Atlantic Brant for N.Y. County was noted from Governors Island by Oct. 2, from Governors Island. Far more than several of these will be coming along, in weeks to come in this county. American Woodcock was noted from small Bella Abzug Park in Manhattan, another presumed new-arrival for the island of Manhattan this month.
Thanks to leaders of not-for-profit guided bird walks and their participants as well as large numbers of independently-moving birders and photographers on Thursday, for many alerts all via non-x apps and as always, in eBird with the Macaulay Library for archived media in both visual and auditory form.
Good birding,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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