Date: 6/9/26 1:54 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Monday, June 8th - 14 warbler species, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Monday, June 8th -
A nice resurgence - with some birds lingering - of warblers and other migrants plus breeding or potentially-breeding species, and resident plus visitant species on the 8th day of June, which included 14 species of warblers, some of these rather late by now for this county. A mix of species, and interestingly the species which might nest the farthest from N.Y. City of those found here this day could be Bay-breasted, with some Blackpoll Warblers breeding within about 100 straight-line miles of Manhattan as do at least a few Mourning Warblers, and all the rest, potentially closer to here, in part. Two of these 15 warbler species have bred in Manhattan in this era, Yellow Warbler and Common Yellowthroat, and a third species, American Redstart, is an outside contender. Otherly, we can also have at least a few of these end up summering on Manhattan island without any breeding, including - multiple times over the decades - Ovenbird and Black-and-white Warbler, and possibly other warbler species occasionally also summering.
from Monday, June 8 at Central Park -
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Northern Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
The species noted above were in single to minimal numbers, excepting a few - those in slightly greater numbers were Mourning, Blackpoll, Magnolia, and Northern Yellow Warbler, with at least several or more Common Yellowthroats as well, in Central Park.
Also seen on the day were Scarlet Tanager, and Blue-gray Gnatctchers, the latter at least an occasional-or-better nester on Manhattan. Other sites in Manhattan had some of the above birds, as well. More widespread, but including pairs and multiples in or over Central Park as well as elsewhere in Manhattan were - Chimney Swift, Osprey, E. Wood-Pewees, Great Crested Flycatchers, E. Kingbirds, Empidonax-genus Flycatchers - including Yellow-bellied, Barn, N. Rough-winged, and Tree Swallows, N. House Wrens, Cedar Waxwings, Swainsons, Gray-cheeked, and Wood Thrushes, the latter breeding here, Baltimore Orioles, and some summering-but-not-breeding White-throated Sparrows, these last a species of which a small number can be found in all months of almost any years of the last several decades or more, as so many overwinter, and then much-smaller numbers also linger thru summer too, but never with any indications of nesting. Also ongoing as regular flyovers and visiting feeding regulars of summer are Snowy and Great Egrets, Black-crowned Night Herons, a few Great Blue Herons, and Double-crested Cormorants, plus our pairs of breeding Green Herons. On Manhattan as annual breeders are also Orchard Orioles, and of course there are multiple other regular summer species. Laughing Gull is among those, and some often visit Central Park as was seen on this June 8th.
