Date: 4/22/24 3:33 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat.- Sunday, 4/20-21 - 12 Warbler spp., many more migrants, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21st
Some of the many species seen for the weekend just in or over Central Park are listed below, including the at-least 12 species of migratory American warblers.
Common Loon - multiple early-morning flyovers, and a couple still on the CP reservoir.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret - flyovers
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Atlantic Brant - few flyovers
Wood Duck - lingering male.
Gadwall
American Black Duck - few.
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal - same lingering pair at The Pool.
Lesser Scaup - 3, with 2 bright males to Sat., 4-20.
Bufflehead - few lingering or passing.
Hooded Merganser - 2 females, lingering, reservoir.
Red-breasted Merganser - hen, reservoir.
Ruddy Duck - few remained.
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk - at least one flyover; also some seen from elsewhere around Manhattan, etc.
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail - as first noted in ebird reporting from Sat., 4-20 at The Pond area in s.-e. part of park. Many observers all day Sunday.
American Coot
Laughing Gull - reservoir plus a few flyovers.
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - multiple flyovers continuing and passing all of past week and weekend.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - several, into Sunday.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo - one.
Blue-headed Vireo - multiple, fairly good numbers.
Yellow-throated Vireo - continuing.
Warbling Vireo - few.
Red-eyed Vireo - few.
Northern Raven - several sightings.
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow - increased, and calling in some areas.
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow - the 3 swallow species listed have been regular in Central Park all the past week and weekend.
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren - multiple.
Winter Wren - good passages, thru Sunday at Central Park.
Golden-crowned Kinglet - few, lingering thru Sunday.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - many.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush - many.
Wood Thrush - several, this species also seen this past week in some other Manhattan locations.
American Robin
Gray Catbird - still in v. modest numbers.
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
House Sparrow
Cedar Waxwing - nice numbers for all of the park.
Eastern Towhee - multiple.
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow - N. end area.
Savannah Sparrow
Red Fox Sparrow - still some in various areas of the park, including within the Ramble and elsewhere.
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow - many.
Slate-colored Junco - small numbers remained.
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - at least several, and not the first days of occurrence.
Indigo Bunting - several. This species has been appearing lately in a few other Manhattan locations as well.
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird - several, continuing.
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole - several, and singing. Additionally seen in some other sites in Manhattan, including where they have bred.
Baltimore Oriole - few, and some not all that vocal.
Purple Finch - multiple, but in v. modest numbers.
House Finch
American Goldfinch - fairly good numbers passing.
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Northern Parula - at least several thru the weekend.
Yellow Warbler - several, thru the weekend.
Myrtle -a.k.a. Yellow-rumped- Warbler - modest numbers for what are still to come thru.
Black-throated Green Warbler - at least several, in various sectors of Central Park.
Pine Warbler - still passing, in modest numbers.
Prairie Warbler - several in various areas of the park, this species also elsewhere in Manhattan.
Palm Warbler - many, continuing in many areas.
Black-and-white Warbler - multiple, scattered thru the park in modest numbers.
Ovenbird - few, widely scattered locations including the Ramble of Central Park.
Northern Waterthrush - multiple.
Louisiana Waterthrush - at least a few lingered thru both days of this weekend.
Common Yellowthroat - scarce, but newly-arrived singing males are around, also in a few other sites in Manhattan.
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and quite likely some additional species for Central Park alone this weekend.
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The Blue Grosbeak was still in the Manhattan lower-East Village area at and near East 3rd-4th Streets thru Sunday, 4-21 and was photographed in that area again, with multiple observers.
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An adult-male-plumaged Hooded Warbler had continued in Madison Square Park in Manhattan into at-least April 19th, possibly still there into the weekend.
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Seaside Sparrow had been confirmed from the Pier 44 area -W. 44th St.- of Manhattan's Hudson River shore from back on April 16th.
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We are seeing an interesting increase of, in particular, American Lady and Red Admiral butterflies arriving as migrants this past week, and also some Painted -Vannessa cardui- Lady butterflies as well. Other butterflies, and the first of Common Green Darners and a few other odonate species are among many, many insect species being seen recently in Central Park alone.
Thanks to the hundreds of observers out and about with so many sightings and reports, plus photos-video-audio, via the group-me and other newer alerts systems and of course via eBird.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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