Date: 7/25/26 11:29 am From: Thomas Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - to 7/25 - Cerulean & other Warblers, etc.
Manhattan -including Central Park and multiple other parks-, N.Y. City -
to Saturday, July 25 -
A Cerulean Warbler being observed by many in the Central Park Ramble on this day was a highlight of the at-least 11 additional species of warbler showing for all of that park on the day. Possibly more than twelve warbler species were present, almost all being migrants on the move and all within typical time-frames for the southbound migration of the species involved. Some species of warblers were already showing a bit of movement around 2 weeks prior.
Central Park continued to keep the multiple Ruby-throated Hummingbirds of this summer, females, males, and also some young, all being seen in this month. At least one nest was observed and the presence of another deduced as well, in at least 2 parts of the park that are widely separated. Areas with many flowers that appeal to hummingbirds are among the locations where these birds have been seen feeding, and also roosting or resting. This includes being seen at native and woodland flowers, such as Orange Jewelweed, as well as visits for nectar at garden-variety non-native flowers. By now there are also some hummingbirds on the move thru the region, and some appearing most recently may include such southbound migrators, as well as the limited number of local breeders.
Some additional recent southbound migrators appearing at Central Park have included Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, Scarlet Tanager - this last may however be a wandering individual, rather than a directed-south migrant at this period of summer - and several other species that are likely or definite migrants, such as Worm-eating Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, multiple Northern Yellow Warblers, several Black-and-white Warblers, Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrush and Louisiana Waterthrush, at least one Pine Warbler, Northern Parula and American Redstarts, the latter possibly including long-lingering and some likely representing potential-breeding families or at least pairs or individuals of the species which attempted breeding - in Manhattan, with some successful fledgings. Common Yellowthroats are ongoing in Manhattan as well. At least some of the migrant warblers had already passed thru by last weekend, but the past several days have provided an increase in southbound songbirds, including multiple warblers, in this current weekend. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were ongoing, as breeding birds and with a few families by now. Orchard Orioles present as breeders in Manhattan are now augmented with some migrants of that species.
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Elsewhere in N.Y. County and around Manhattan, recently -
Semipalmated Sandpiper was starting to appear again at least by July 19, with additional reports of adult Little Blue Heron again noticed by that date, these latter sightings from Randalls Island, part of N.Y. County just a bit east of Manhattan. A Common Nighthawk was reported on Monday, July 20 at the northern portion of Riverside Park on the west edges of Manhattan - the species was once a very regular breeder on Manhattan and in other parts of N.Y. City, but has greatly diminished as a breeding species here, whether this midsummer individual was a rather early returnee starting to work south from some more-northern breeding location, or a local or locally-wandering bird is tough to know. In just a few weeks however, it will be expected that Common Nighthawks are starting to move thru our region, and that southbound migration can go on for a few months, although usually a stronger presence in the late summer to early fall, which by bird-calendars is nearing that period. There are of course many more species of birds appearing in and around Manhattan and N.Y. County by now, the number of wild, free-flying bird species moving at-last well past 100. More updates on migrants perhaps soon to come.
Thanks to many observers and photographers for sightings, alerts, reports including by direct word-of-mouth, via the Discord birding app, and via eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
