Date: 10/29/26 1:01 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - 10/28 - Royal Terns, Y.-br. Chat, Or.-cr. & other Warblers, etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - Wednesday, October 28th -
At least several Royal Terns were still being seen on or over the Hudson River off Manhattan to Wednesday. This has been an ongoing Tern event for many days in the lower Hudson River, with Royals in particular. American Woodcock have continued to appear in Manhattan in multiple locations, which include Central Park. Left out inadvertently from a report for Tuesday 10-27 were that many Common Loons were in flight, another part of the strong movement by waterbirds generally on that day, those Loon sightings included a good number passing by Central Park.
A Yellow-breasted Chat was ongoing at the narrow plaza between 41st and 42nd Streets a bit west of Sixth Ave. in mid-Manhattan. Among the latest of multiple photographed Orange-crowned Warblers were two -in 2 completely separate locations- in Central Park, and other warbler sightings at Central Park included 2 or more Cape May Warblers, multiple Northern Parulas and 2 or more Black-and-white Warblers, as well as Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Pine Warblers, Palm Warblers, and Myrtle-form Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Vesper Sparrows had continued in some locations in N.Y. County to at least Tuesday, and among those was one still in Central Park to that day, along with ongoing Red Fox, White-crowned, and Lincolns Soarrows, and other typical native sparrows of autumn. Some morning-flight in and over Manhattan on Wed. included icterids such as Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles in the multi-hundreds, and others including Brown-headed Cowbirds and rather few identified Rusty Blackbirds on passage, although the latter species is also lingering at a few locations, especially as seen in Central Park.
Vireos being seen and ID-confirmed by now are essentially all Blue-headed Vireos, which are less numerous than just one week earlier. Any vireo suspected of being any species other than Blue-headed thru next month or later this year ought to be photographed or video recorded. There are vireo species which can somewhat resemble Blue-headed and which were once part of the super-species known in the past as Solitary Vireo, and there are other rare vagrant vireo species possible or plausible for the region, in addition to a chance of late stragglers or wanderers such as -for example- White-eyed Vireo, a species that very-rarely has successfully wintered in N.Y. City in addition to breeding there annually.
Thanks to many, many observers for sightings, alerts, and reports.
