Date: 10/2/26 2:45 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Oct. 1st - migration ongoing
Manhattan, N.Y. City -
thru Thursday, Oct. 1 -
There was a report of Blue Grosbeak at Central Park for early Thursday in female-like plumage. A fair amount of nocturnal migration was occurring overnight Thursday into Friday - today - and we shall learn how much of that nocturnal flight might have included liftoff and departure for birds having been lingering in Manhattan and other areas in this region. Indigo Buntings were much more widely reported again, including low multiples from around Central Park.
Yellow-billed Cuckoos were noted from several locations, including Central Park. Common Nighthawks were still pushing thru as well on Thursday, Oct. 1st. Great Crested Flycatcher was again found at Central Park on the first day of October. Modest numbers of Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers are present. Purple Finches were again appearing including some in Central Park on Thursday. Many observers noted an increase of Brown Thrashers from all around Manhattan, and including Central Park.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were again seen in fairly good numbers, most of all at locations with many appropriate flowers for their feeding needs. Chimney Swifts were ongoing, into high double-digits. Green Heron was still being noted from Central Park on Thursday.
At least 21 species of warblers were found in Central Park on Thursday, with some species running very slightly late at this date. These included Blackburnian, also seen elsewhere in Manhattan, and Tennessee, as well as Hooded Warblers, and at least 14 of the warbler species into double-digits per species for the day. 22 or more warbler species were found for all of Manhattan on Thursday.
Red-breasted Nuthatches were seen in multiple locations of Central Park, as was so elsewhere in Manhattan. At least 4 vireo species were found at Central Park, including White-eyed and Philadelphia, as well as Red-eyed and Blue-headed Vireos, the latter two species in the multiple.
A minimum of 8 native sparrow species were found in Manhattan, with all of those species also being seen at Central Park on Thursday. Lincolns Sparrow was found in at least 8 different parks and greenspaces of Manhattan. White-crowned was among the ongoing sparrow species, including some at Central Park on Thursday.
Ongoing into October at Central Park were American Wigeon, Green-winged Teals, Ruddy and Wood Ducks, N. Shovelers and other waterfowl. A rather small number of shorebirds were still being found around Manhattan. Laughing Gulls were again found in numbers, including at or over Central Park on Oct. 1st.
Over all of Manhattan, more than 105 species of birds were found on Thursday, and of those, nearly 90 species were seen at Central Park, these by many observers out at all varied hours of the day, and at Central, in all sectors of that park rather than only in a limited portion. Also providing many of the first sightings of some species for the new month was Inwood Hill Park, while additional parks and many other greenspaces added a wide variety of birds to the start of October.
Thanks to hundreds of observers and photographers either walking independently or in support of, or leading, guided not-for-profit bird walks, of which there were several in Central Park alone on Thursday, plus other such not-for-profit bird walks at other Manhattan locations as well, on the day, for so many sightings, alerts, tips in the field, and reliable reports.
