Date: 7/29/26 2:03 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park/Manhattan, NYC - to 7/28 - migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
to July 28th -
Tennessee and Canada Warblers were among the newest additions among migrants showing at Central Park by Tuesday, 7-28, as the 2 ongoing Cerulean Warblers at the Ramble area lingered on for yet another day - as did some of the rest of the by-now 14-plus species of migratory warblers to have turned up in this last week of July - with at least a few of those species having passed thru as early as the first week of this month. Least Flycatcher, a recently-returning migrant was also found again in Central Park on 7-28. Migrants are appearing in various sectors of Central Park, but with the quite uncommon Cerulean-duo of warblers recently, a focal point of observers had been concentrated in just one pocket, within the much-larger overall park. Migrants are also showing in many other Manhattan locations, albeit thus far in more modest species-diversity.
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Midsummer insect diversity is being noted, as well as the increases of returning migrant birds, and some butterfly species among the many other insect-groups are showing in modestly refreshed numbers around all of N.Y. County.
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There are some birders adding comments to some sightings, especially for recent warblers, that this or that species is -early- however this is not so, ALL of the warbler species so far being found are in absolutely normal migration timings for some of their species. The key differential in looking at such migration-timings is that the peak movements of almost all warblers had not quiet arrived yet. That is a very different point from seeing individual southbound birds as -early-, which in the numbers thus far noted, are not in the slightest early. Some of these migrants are regularly found back in their typical wintering-grounds even by now, and this has been documented over long periods, not a new set of timings or any major change in these birds movements. One aspect that might be considered as we continue watching the southbound migrations, is whether the ongoing wild-fires in Canadas great boreal forests, or fires occurring elsewhere, can activate some unexpected bird movements. However even with some very extensive burn areas, the forests of Canada in particular are so vast in total, that this may end up as a modest-at-most data point. And, for the area in and around NYC so far, we are not seeing many boreal-forest breeding songbirds start to arrive as migrants in any notable numbers - if at all, yet for many of such species. The issue of wild fires is significant, but it might not -yet- be impacting timing or even greatly-impacting numbers of certain birds which we see as migrants in places such as metro N.Y. City and surroundings.
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Elsewhere in New York County, at least some shorebird movements have been detected but mostly in limited numbers very recently, including Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, and much more widespread Spotted Sandpipers, the latter showing in Central Park as well as various other parks with shoreline in Manhattan.
