Date: 4/5/24 2:34 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan including Central Park, NYC - Thursday, April 4th
Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, April 4th -
At Bryant Park, one city block east of Times Square in midtown, a Virginia Rail was ongoing thru all of Thursday - also seen there were ongoing American Woodcock, and modest variety of other birds, some such as Gray Catbirds which had overwintered there.
Monk Parakeet was ongoing in northern Manhattan - that species has been seen in multiple locations, including in the past month at and near Inwood Hill Park, as well as locations east and south of there.
Some of the birds being seen by now-many observers at Central Park, as of Thursday, included the recently-arrived Louisiana Waterthrushes, Pine Warblers, and - by some - Palm Warbler and Myrtle a.k.a. Yellow-rumped Warbler, as well as ongoing Red-throated and Common Loon, and the hen Lesser Scaup and other ducks at the C.P. reservoir, some Northern Rough-winged and Tree Swallows also ongoing lately, Great Egrets, Eastern Phoebes, Yellow-shafted Flickers and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Winter Wrens and Carolina Wrens, Brown Creepers, Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrushes, these including some freshly arriving migrants recently, Eastern Towhees, Red Fox Sparrows and the following additional Sparrow species - Chipping in increased numbers, Field, Swamp, White-throated in somewhat-increased numbers, Song Sparrows in good numbers, and Slate-colored Juncos also in good numbers, all the sparrows in many scattered locations. Some but not quite all of the above birds also have been seen elsewhere in Manhattan, and in the county, while the enormous observer-coverage at Central Park especially means that far more sightings are generated from there than all of the rest of Manhattan combined - although, that little rail at Bryant Park is giving old Central Park a strong run - with the edge going to the rail-watchers.
A Baltimore Oriole in female plumage was again reported from a lower-east section of Manhattan. A small number of reports of other birds of potential wider interest appear to have lacked sufficient details. or for other reasons were not confirmed as the species which had been reported at-first and publicly. A good clear photo, whether by phone or camera, or a sharp-imaged video may be enough to help confirm some sightings. It is also great however to keep notes as to what was / is observed, in any nature sightings.
A Vesper Sparrow still seen at the n. end of Central Park earlier in the week may have moved on by now. A bit early, and more-uncommonly found there in spring migrations.
The following are only some of the species found on Thursday, 4/4/24 at Central Park, by a sum of multi-hundreds of observers glad to get out in some slightly brighter April weather -
Red-throated Loon - ongoing at C.P. reservoir.
Common Loon - same as per above species.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture - flyovers.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal - a pair continued at The Pool, in the parks NW quadrant.
Lesser Scaup - a hen continued at the Central Park reservoir.
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser - they continued at the C.P. reservoir.
Ruddy Duck
Osprey - flyovers.
Bald Eagle - flyovers.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Northern Raven - this includes occasional showings by one of the nesting-pair birds nearby.
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush - some increase has been evident.
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing - scarce right now.
House Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Red Fox Sparrow - ongoing in nice numbers, and many have been singing.
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird - scarce, watch for birds starting to show in breeding, i.e. non-rusty plumage.
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch - scarce... but might possibly increase as April moves along.
House Finch
American Goldfinch - only in small numbers so far.
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Myrtle -Yellow-rumped- Warbler - scant sightings still represent locally-wintered individuals.
Pine Warbler - multiples, including multiple singing-at-times males.
Palm Warbler - still rather few, all seen have been of the yellow form.
Louisiana Waterthrush - including at the north end, and in the Ramble section of the park.
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