Date: 5/22/26 4:19 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Mourning W, again at Tompkins Sq. Park, NYC - Friday, 5/22
Friday, May 22 -
Tompkins Square Park is in the lower east neighborhood of Manhattan, N.Y. City. A male Mourning Warbler was again seen, and this day seen by multiple observers and photographers there - see a link to just one of the pix - thanks to F.M., photographer for this submission to eBird and to the Macaulay Library public archive -
https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/658121844 . . . .
At least one -male- Summer Tanager remained in Central Park at The Ramble area on Friday, May 22, perhaps one of the recent multiples of this more-southern-distribution in the breeding seasons tanager, relative to widespread Scarlet Tanager distribution. And, just an additional on Bicknells Thrushes singing sweet and soft, at Central Park in Manhattan - one of this species - with other migrant Catharus thrush species nearby, some also singing at times, for audio and visual comparison for some folks, was ongoing all day Friday 5-22, to this evening, in the area a bit above, north of, The Loch and vicinity in the n. end of Central, with a multitude of quiet, patient observers. Other Bicknells were also present in Manhattan - with varying degrees of auditory additional confirmation offered by the birds themselves. All five of our expected migrant -and 2 potentially breeding- species of Empidonax-genus flycatchers appear to have come in or thru by now, with more of some of these likely to pass in the rest of May. The 2 potential breeders in New York County are Willow, and Acadian Flycatcher, each species an established breeder in New York City overall and of course in most adjacent counties out of this city, in appropriate habitats.
Listening quietly, learning a little more,
Good birding,
