Date: 4/30/26 11:45 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler, Central Park, NYC - 4/30
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, April 30th -
A female-plumaged, or possibly first-spring male but not reported as singing, only calling at times Kentucky Warbler, seen by double-digit numbers of observers, mainly later in the day Thursday - but no photos, possibly a bit of audio - in the Ramble area of the park and, for most observers, this skulky warbler moving around to the northeast quadrant or corners of the Ramble. This wider-ranging skulking ground-feeding is typical, and such migrants might be found anywhere around the wide circle of feeding area they had first-day been noted covering. If this is a female, not to be heard singing, the challenge of re-finding is that much more. In case not obvious to out-of-town readers, all of the larger parks, and some smaller greenspaces in Manhattan have by now an often-lush covering of much vegetation, with shrubs in near-full leaf-out along with plenty of deep shade provided by many leafed-out trees, along with the groundcover of many herbaceous plants with still-expanding leaves.
This Kentucky brings to at least 27 American migratory warbler species - American in the broader sense of the word, in the sense of all parts of the Americas - South, Central, and North with Mexico and Canada sandwiching the U.S. and in total with the Caribbean, where almost all of our warblers spend half or more of each year in our winters - in just Central Park, before the first of May, 2026. The peak arrival flights of many warblers have yet to occur here, anyhow. Many other locations in Manhattan are receiving all sorts of migrants, about every day or night, as well recently.
