Date: 5/21/26 2:27 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - thru Wed., 5/20 - Summer Tanagers, Philly Vireos, 25 Warbler spp., etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Virtually every migrant species and breeding species of bird that were seen on the prior day in Manhattan were found again on Wed., May 20, by the collective of many hundreds of observers and photographers. This again included multiple Summer Tanagers, occurring in 3 of the larger parks and including at least 2 individual Summers ongoing at Central Park in widely separated areas, as well as Philadelphia Vireos in several locations, some or one seen by many dozens of observers thru Wednesday.
Manhattan, including Central Park alone, had 25 or more warbler species including Mourning as well as a majority of the boreal-forest breeding warblers. The most numerous warbler species in Manhattan appeared to be Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, and Common Yellowthroat, although a few other migrant warblers were also still numerous.
Yellow Warblers are still found in numbers in some patches of habitat, such as areas where some may attempt breeding here in Manhattan - one of very few warblers that regularly do, another being Common Yellowthroat, these 2 species also having that status all thru New York County, which takes in Manhattan, Randall’s, Roosevelt, and Governors Islands. All four of those islands were still seeing nice migration thru Wednesday. Out on Governors Island, counts of Common Tern were up to or surpassing 50 birds on some visits by those who watch for that species, which breed at the outer edge of Governors.
Some shorebirds have continued to be noted in the county, including on Manhattan, with Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers the most often seen in general and recently. Cooler weather could still see shore and water birds of special note appear in this county as a big holiday weekend approaches. Many locations around the county or around Manhattan are likely to be FAR more productive for certain arrivals or passage migrants than the heavily-birded Central Park, in coming days or weeks. In Central Park, the reservoir -might- potentially produce some new species for the spring, more so with highly-dedicated watching there.
