Date: 5/2/26 5:34 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] addendum, Central Park, NYC - Sat., May 2 - warblers, flycatchers, Whippy, etc.
Good to see the reports from Governors Island, in New York County - a short way south of the s. end of Manhattan - of Common Terns reterning, to where some breed on that island, thanks to regular walk-leader and tireless observer there, Annie Barry.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 2nd -
The Orange-crowned Warbler seen by many is credited to Christian Cooper for the Central Park Ramble, a singing-in-spring bird and certainly a freshly arrived migrator, this warbler. Making it quite close to this park having had 30 species - possible, if further warbler species are reported reliably - on the one day of 2nd of May! The Eastern Whip-poor-will, re - found in almost the same spot as the previous bird in April, was seen by many, almost all later in the day and into this Saturday May 2 evening. Thanks to Elizabeth Paredes for the first-awareness on the day that this individual was present, later seen by more observers in the Ramble.
Also moving in, Eastern Wood Pewee, still very scant, but also noted in a couple of parks in Manhattan. Other flycatchers for Central and some other parks of Manhattan included E. Kingbirds, Least Flycatchers, Great Crested Flycatchers, and E. Phoebes. Central Park alone had far more than 100 species on the day.
For tremendous diversity of arrivals and other migrants and breeders and special-visitors among birds, Inwood Hill Park also had by far its best day so far of spring, with a great diversity of warblers including some of the boreal-breeders such as Cape May, Bay-breasted, Tennessee and many many more warblers and other migrants. And still the one location for Pileated Woodpecker on the day, in this county.
Thanks to hundreds of observers and photographers for sightings, alerts and reports all only on the Discord birding app, eBird with the Macaulay Library for media, and via many word-of-mouth bird notes.
