Date: 8/13/26 3:17 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - to 8/13 - 8+ flycatcher spp., other migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
to Thursday, August 13th -
Among migrant flycatchers, Olive-sided Flycatcher was new to the southbound season, and of other migrants, multiple species of Empidonax-genus flycatchers were being noted, including Alder, as well as Willow, Least, Acadian, and Yellow-bellied Flycatchers , the first and last of these partly identified thru calls heard while observing. Also ongoing have been E. Wood-Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher, E. Phoebe, and E. Kingbird with the latter species in modest diurnal migrations by now.
A young Red-shouldered Hawk in August in this park is a very unusual bird for the date here. The first N. Shovelers of the season are appearing, also found elsewhere in this county lately. Wood Ducks continue in small numbers as well. Solitary and Spotted Sandpipers were still showing at Central Park, while elsewhere in Manhattan there have also been Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers coming through. Yellowlegs also were noted, but not yet to species, and in flight only, including over Central Park.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are regular, after the multiple nestings and fledglings that took place on Manhattan including at Central Park, however by now the species is also a regular diurnal migrant, with some migrants stopping in at garden sites, or potentially anywhere at all that has some attractive flower plantings. Belted Kingfishers are on the move, with some at Central Park lately.
At least 19 species of warblers were showing at Central Park with a Cerulean Warbler lingering on at the Ramble area, and now still more Bay-breasted Warblers coming oin. Orchard Orioles have continued to show here and elsewhere in Manhattan. Small numbers of Nashville Warbler have been reported, including at Central Park and most recently, also from Inwood Hill Park in n. Manhattan.
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Elsewhere in the county, 3 Caspian Terns were noted flying past Governors Island on Aug. 10, and one of that species had been seen on the Hudson River off northern Manhattan that day, as well as the 2 Caspian Terns that many saw and photographed on the Central Park reservoir on that day.
Good birding, thanks to many observers and photographers for sightings and re-finds, alerts thru the Discord app, and for many reports also via eBird, including the Macaulay Library for media, as well as reports via good old word-of-mouth.
