Date: 9/13/26 3:34 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC 9/12 - addendum + additional species
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Governors, Randalls, Roosevelt, and Manhattan islands and adjacent waters and skies -
thru Saturday, September 12th -
Firstly, thanks to L. Beausoleil for the find of a Western Kingbird, seen later by others and which remained on Governors Island in N.Y. County for the day Sat., 9-12, although it moved a bit out of the Hills sector later on, for some time. Photos of this bird were obtained. As already noted to this list, a Blue Grosbeak was lingering on as well at Governors, and some of the many other migrants seen there included Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Red-breasted Nuthatch, multiple Bobolinks, and a good diversity of migrant warblers and various additional migrants.
Although not available to birders to go seeking, a LEAST Bittern was one of the notable species identified in part thru photos, from the Sept. 11 Tribute in Light migration-watch during night-time, at the 9-11 memorial in lower Manhattan. Many thousands of migrant birds were noted for those who were observing in that night there - observers participating are highly experienced with active migration watches, even when the watch is an unusual one and is only carried out at that location when the brilliant Tribute lights are switched on for the occasion of remembrance and memorial to those who were lost in 2001.
For Manhattan, since a huge number of birders chose Central Park as their location for at least part of the day, and some observers started at first-light, others staying thru at least dusk, many species were found there - in all sectors of that park, by many hundreds of total observers out at all varied hours.
Two Red-headed Woodpeckers at Central Park were noted by several groups of observers - it is possible either of those birds might linger in the park, and it could be that if lingering, the southern half of the park will be the likelier sector in which they lmay be re-found. In first-fall plumage, lacking a brilliant full red hood, that species is not always as conspicuous as might be thought. Knowing or learning the vocalizations and listening intently may help in finding the species.
Of other birds seen on Saturday, 9-12 at Central Park, a minimum of 26 species of migratory warblers were found on the day, with some species being numerous. One example were American Redstarts, of which, in addition to many seen in or passing thru in morning flight, this species was also noted from a multitude of Manhattan street locations and some very small patches of greenery as well as in many more parks and typical greenspaces in the county, such as gardens, plazas, courtyards and others.
For more of a sense of the species seen just within Central Park in the past 2 days, a list is provided below of a majority of the species found, for Sept. 11-12, in that one park.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck - multiple.
Northern Shoveler - additional arrivals in past week.
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck hybrid
Green-winged Teal - ongoing at The Pool in the parks n-w sector.
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - multiple.
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - many.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron - multiple, and from multiple sites thru Manhattan and N.Y. County.
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk - this species has been migrating in 4-digit numbers thru the greater northeast and into at least PA hawkwatch locations, and some are being seen in or over Central Park and elsewhere around the county, including at Roosevelt Island.
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl - accompanied by recent swarms of humans with optical equipment….
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2, as noted from Sept. 12, perhaps only moving thru in the morning, as is also typical of this species, however some certainly do choose to linger.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern -Yellow-shafted- Flicker - increased over past week.
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Acadian Flycatcher, Alder-Willow Flycatcher or Traills Flycatcher, and Least Flycatcher May all have occurred, but for some of these at this time of year, it is safe to make an ID as Emoidonax-genus, esp if a bird is non-vocal.
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird - already scarcer than one week earlier.
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo - still fairly common.
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - recent arrivals, not many yet.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch - this species has been moving thru for some weeks already.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - multiple.
Northern House Wren
Winter Wren - first reliable report for late this past week.
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush - those being found appear to be these, with some heard calling and not rarer-overall Bicknells.
Swainsons Thrush - near common.
Hermit Thrush - scarce so far, and early, but at least several had already arrived.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow - this species breeds in low numbers in Central Park, and around N.Y. County more generally, the big autumn arrivals are not yet here.
White-throated Sparrow - not nearly the big autumn arrivals yet.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincolns Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink - on morning passage, however elsewhere in the county, some have lingered.
Baltimore Oriole - multiple.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
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Ovenbird - multiple.
Worm-eating Warbler - this was seen to at least Sept. 11th.
Northern Waterthrush - multiple.
Blue-winged Warbler - multiple.
Black-and-white Warbler - multiple.
Tennessee Warbler - multiple.
- - - some Orange-crowned Warbler reports have come in, still needing confirmations.
Nashville Warbler - multiple.
Mourning Warbler - multiple, but not many.
Common Yellowthroat - many.
Hooded Warbler - multiple, but not many.
American Redstart - most numerous easily spotted warbler of past two days.
Cape May Warbler - multiple.
Northern Parula - multiple, with some increases.
Magnolia Warbler - multiple.
Bay-breasted Warbler - multiple.
Blackburnian Warbler - multiple, but not very many.
Northern Yellow Warbler - multiple.
Chestnut-sided Warbler - multiple.
Blackpoll Warbler - multiple.
Black-throated Blue Warbler - multiple
Palm Warbler - of both the Yellow and Western forms. In the multiple of each form.
Pine Warbler - multiple.
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler - multiple, but not that many… yet.
Prairie Warbler - multiple.
Black-throated Green Warbler - multiple.
Canada Warbler - multiple.
Wilson's Warbler - multiple, but not very many.
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Summer Tanager - ongoing female, with more observers and photos taken on Sept. 12.
Scarlet Tanager - multiple.
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - multiple.
Indigo Bunting
and almost certainly some additional migrants beyond the listing here.
Thanks to many many observers and photographers for finds, alerts, and reports of so many birds, all thru N.Y. County.
