Date: 4/29/26 9:21 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park/Manhattan, NYC - arrivals continue, new for spring + more of many spp.
A Pileated Woodpecker was still lingering at Inwood Hill Park, in northern Manhattan -N.Y. City- and was photographed again there on Tuesday, 4-28. This species is possibly now resident just a very few miles north, in the West Bronx, where lately seen very regularly.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tuesday, April 28th - into Wed., 29th -
As for Wednesday, April 29, at the minimum a lot of Ovenbirds are strutting their stuff -and some singing- from one end of Manhattan isle to the other, for a good indicator that other birds also will have had general increase overnight, and very good chances that some less-common migrants to this county are lurking, or may be singing.
The first multiple-observers sightings of Magnolia Warbler, and at least a few sightings of both Blackpoll Warbler and Canada Warbler, are noted for Wed., and suggest that still more -but at least 23 warbler species -in just Central Park already- on the day- might be found. N.B., note Magnolia Warbler also has shown at several other parks in Manhattan, and is a further indicator, along with a generalized stronger arrival of Gray Catbirds coming up from their mostly-south-of-borders wintering areas, that big-overall migration is and just-has occurred. Some moving up daily in increments from the nearby-south, some likely having traveled far in the overnight passage.
- - A LOT of migrants are already at -on- their territories, at least for some males of various species, so for one example, Cerulean Warblers are in at multiple Hudson valley and nearby sites where they breed annually. Bobolinks have been moving over recent days, and so on.- -
Increases of a sampler of other migrant arrivals for Central Park and all Manhattan include Spotted Sandpipers, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, more of the 3 most-regular vireo species of the area and this county, more Wood Thrushes and Veerys, more of some warblers such as Northern Yellow and Prairie Warblers, and others, and more of the most-expected orioles and grosbeaks.
Black-billed Cuckoo -with some photo-documentation- and Yellow-billed Cuckoos and Swainsons Thrush, are 3 further new arrivals as seen and heard, at Central Park on Tuesday, April 28th, a day that continued to feature five species of vireos with White-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos both still present, and at least 9 species of native sparrows, along with the 20-plus species of warblers as previously noted. Both of the cuckoo species are again present at Central Park on Wednesday, 4-29.
Flycatchers of at least 4 species are in - Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Eastern Phoebe. Still lingering in the park were multiple Green-winged Teal, N. Shoveler, Bufflehead, and some other ducks as well as American Coots. Swallows of three species were ongoing. Purple Finches continue to pass thru. By Wed., it is a nice time on into May to keep watch for additional hirundines species, that is - possible Martins and other species of Swallow.
One of the recent White-crowned Sparrows arrived at Central Park, and was determined as of the gambelli form, which is a much less-commonly noticed form which is a mostly-western-North American breeder, migrant, and winterer. Some call that western form, Western Taiga White-crowned Sparrow, as does David Sibley in his musings on all of our N. American birds.
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A long-long-long-staying hen Wild Turkey continues at Battery Park at Manhattans southern edge.
Good birding,
thanks to all of many observers and photographers all around Manhattan, including the hundreds in all of Central Park today. Plenty of group walks ongoing - in not-for-profit, guided bird-walks led for a variety of institutions and non-profit organizations. Reports and alerts in Discord birding-app, and in eBird with the Macaulay Library, and many are also in real-time via good old word-of-mouth.
