Date: 4/19/26 1:14 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Saturday, 4/18 - more arrivals
Manhattan, N.Y. City - to Saturday, April 18th -
At Central Park there were at least these new arrivals by Saturday - Bonapartes Gull, Great Crested Flycatcher, Bank Swallow, Indigo Bunting, Nashville Warbler, and White-crowned Sparrow. All of these species excepting that gull species also were noted from other locations in Manhattan as well. Other species of note seen again included more Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and at least 13 warbler species in addition to Nashville. Hooded Warbler was again seen and heard singing, at Central Parks n. end. At Central Park alone, the number of warbler species so far this year, and this month has grown to at least sixteen, and for all Manhattan, at least 17 species of warblers, with a few additional species needing to be confirmed.
A Lesser Black-backed Gull noted at the Central Park reservoir is a reminder that interesting and less-expected birds may show up at that reservoir into late spring.
There was a bit of an uptick in Chimney Swift numbers for Saturday, including over Central Park, but any big numbers are yet to arrive for Manhattan and this county. We continue to have the 3 first-arriving swallows of this county, Barn, N. Rough-winged, and Tree Swallows including all 3 species daily at Central Park. Both The Meer and reservoir in Central Park are worth watching. Swallows or martins could show up almost anywhere around Manhattan, and in some instances, certain inclement weather may find the hirundines to be massed or in better closer view than in fairest-weather days. There also can be some foggy or rainy mornings which may turn out to be exceptional for all sorts of migrant birds- or rather for finding them.
More and more migrants have started showing in multiple locations in Manhattan, from the southern tip to the northern edge. Modest migration has generally been the rule at the other islands of N.Y. County, just lately. In nocturnal movement, large numbers of migrants have moved north on most nights of the past week, to Friday night- with a vast majority continuing, not stopping off at Manhattan sites, which is not at all unusual for spring migrations.
Thanks to hundreds of observers and photographers for so many reports, and alerts, all via non-x birding apps and other sites, as well as by word-of-mouth.
