Date: 5/11/26 1:56 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. May 11, 2026: 20 Species of Wood Warblers, Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC
Monday, May 11, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: 20 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Hooded, Bay-breasted, Prairie, Canada and Wilson's Warblers, Other Spring Migrants including Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 6 adults and some nest
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Chimney Swift - 4 or 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Mugger's Woods
American Herring Gull - 6-8 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 5 or 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Hernshead
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Point
Northern Flicker - 1 on the Point
Least Flycatcher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Strawberry Fields
Warbling Vireo - 4 (2 pairs)
Red-eyed Vireo - 5 or 6
Blue Jay - 10-12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Northern House Wren - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Point)
Gray Catbird - 25-30
Veery - 1 Ramble
Swainson's Thrush - 1 Ramble
Wood Thrush - 5 or 6
American Robin - 30-40
White-throated Sparrow - 8-10
Swamp Sparrow - 1 on the Point
Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6
Common Grackle - 15-20
Ovenbird - 7
Northern Waterthrush - 5 or 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 15-20
Nashville Warbler - 3 or 4
Common Yellowthroat - 8-10
Hooded Warbler - 1 male Tupelo Field (Alexandra Wang)
American Redstart - 4 or 5
Cape May Warbler - 3
Northern Parula - 6-8
Magnolia Warbler - 12-14
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 Kong of Poland
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Strawberry Fields
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 10-12
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Prairie Warbler - 1 north end of Maintenance field
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Mugger's Woods, Strawberry Fields)
Canada Warbler - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 4
Scarlet Tanager - 2 (Captain's Bench, Humming Tombstone)
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Shakespeare Garden
Date: 5/11/26 1:34 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Mon., 5/11 - Blue Grosbeak, Sum.Tanager[s], 24+ warbler spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday, May 11th -
A female-plumaged Blue Grosbeak was found in Central Park for Monday - this not the individual of that species from Battery Park in Manhattan on same-day, which had the beginnings adult male plumage. Summer Tanager in Central Park may be lingering, continuing individuals - or newer arrivals, seen by many observers again, and in prior days. Some observers reported both adult male as well as female-plumaged Summer on Monday, and including the two seen in same tree. At least 24 species of warblers were found in Central Park on Monday, while other parks and greenspaces all around Manhattan are having good to excellent diversity in these and other migrants into May 11th. A Northern Shoveler reported from Central Park is getting a bit late, but is not at all unprecedented far into May here. At least 110 species of birds reportable as non-feral or non-domestic were found in Central Park on Monday, May 11 - and that number may yet grow, with additional confirmed reports.
Date: 5/11/26 7:42 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - weekend of May 9-10 - many birds! (+5/11 Monday-Blue Grosbeak, Battery Park, Manhattan)
A young or molting-to-adult male Blue Grosbeak is now at Battery Park, near the south end of Manhattan, for Monday, May 11. More details in a further report for all-Manhattan birds.
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New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Governors, Randalls, and Roosevelt Islands and some other smaller isles, as well as the surrounding waters and skies above -
The past weekend provided fairly good to excellent conditions for bird observing, and modest or better conditions for birds stopping in, or passing by in close-enough encounters for observations. Some of the rarer species came earlier this month, a few just-barely before the 2-day weekend. For warbler diversity, at least 28 warbler species were noted, with just one of those species - Prothonotary - not noted for Central Park or any other part of Manhattan, solely at Randalls, as noted previously and below. A modest number of migrants were best left identified to genus, such as some distant and unheard Calidris-genus and a few other-larger sandpipers or shorebirds, some Empidonax-genus flycatchers, and perhaps a few of Catharus-genus thrushes. Some reports for species not listed at all below may have not been confirmed, which may take time, or not receive confirmations by review, which can happen for a multitude of reasons. Many but not all of the sightings have been placed on eBird, and some contain associated media archived in the Macaulay Library. Numbers of -total- observers run to well over 500 for the weekend.
Birds of the past weekend, for May 9th and 10th in New York County.
Brant - ongoing in numbers here.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck - scarcer now.
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck - hybrids
Green-winged Teal
White-winged Scoter - in NY Harbor only.
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey - an ongoing individual.
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
N.B.,
- - Chuck-will's-widow and Eastern Whip-poor-will, each well-documented in the prior week. - -
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Coot - a bit late for here.
American Oystercatcher - NY Harbor migrant or area-breeder.
Semipalmated Plover - few.
Killdeer
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper - still common in the county.
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
-Greater or Lesser- Yellowlegs-species, when seen distantly and not heard.
-larger shorebird sp., and shorebird sp., particularly Calidris in flight at some distance and not heard.
Bonaparte's Gull - found at and along Randalls Island, with a few reports out in NY Harbor, single for Randalls - not an unprecedented county-date for the species, NB, records of birds generally, go back farther, much-farther in time, than the modern-eBird era with observations from -all- of the twentieth century, and rarely, even earlier.
Laughing Gull - numerous in some locations at times.
Ring-billed Gull - numbers have been dropping.
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern - growing numbers, with up to 25-plus around Governors Island, still growing, and also some elsewhere in the county waters - a breeding species.
Forster's Tern - confirmed sighting from along Randalls Island. Others likely earlier in this spring.
- large tern sp.- distantly over NY Harbor, on May 10th.
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant - scarce by now.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - thus far this year, the only fully-confirmed sightings -adult bird- were and are for Randalls Island, starting by this past weekend.
Black Vulture - most regularly seen from n. Manhattan.
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk - also see below note.
Cooper's Hawk
- Sharp-shinned or Cooper's Hawk - some sightings best placed in this dual-possibilities category.
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
- owls of multiple spp. are ongoing.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - scarce, but a few may summer-over, esp. first-spring individuals, and are never breeding here.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern -Yellow-shafted- Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Monk Parakeet - scarce breeder.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher - in part, by vocalizations heard.
Alder/Willow Flycatcher - in past also known as Traills Flycatcher - both of these Emopidonax-genus now a possibility. Willow attempts breeding in this county.
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe - decreased in this past week.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird - increased in this past week.
White-eyed Vireo - good spring for this vireo in this country, found in multiple parks. A potential breeder in this county, breeds annually in New York City.
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo - still passing thru.
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven - breeds in this county, including on Manhattan.
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow - the scarcest of the 5 annually-occurring swallow spp. in this county, breeds in low numbers. Has now been seen as a likely pair at Randalls Island.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren - scant now, but a few still lingering.
Marsh Wren - most recently found on Governors Island.
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush - multiple, but still-more are likely… and see next -
-Gray-cheeked or Bicknell’s - thrushes with grayish cheeks, and not heard at all.
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush - scarcer but still some around, including some in such parks as Bryant Park in mid-Manhattan.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing - increases.
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch - ongoing in multiple locations.
Pine Siskin - few, and mainly-only from Central Park in recent days.
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow - one, photographed at Randalls Island on May 10.
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed -Slate-colored- Junco - scant, and late, for this county.
White-crowned Sparrow - in multiple locations thru the weekend.
White-throated Sparrow
- - Seaside Sparrow - seen and photographed May 8.- -
Savannah Sparrow - still numerous and in many locations.
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird - scant now, and getting slightly-late here.
Common Grackle
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Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush - scarcer now, and by now, best confirmed if photographed or video-recorded with audio. However, there are rare records here to June.
Northern Waterthrush
- Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush - indefinite sightings of waterthrushes, with Northern far more likely and common now.
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged -hybrid- Warbler some sightings of blue-winged pertain to these hybrid assemblages. Not counted as an additional species.
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler - one, at Randalls Island by May 10, with photos and multiple observers.
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler - rather late in this county, but not unprecedented - few, seen at Central Park and elsewhere to May 10, and after that.
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
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Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
- and some other species also reported, not listed above, with some additions fairly likely.
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Thanks to so many keen and energetic observers and photographers for many-hundreds of sightings, alerts, reports, tips, etc. and to all of the leaders and helpers on many not-for-profit guided walks organized by and with non-profit organizations and institutions, which are ongoing this spring in this county - and all around N.Y. City.
Many species are already nesting or preparing to nest in this county, and many more soon will be. Please allow those and all migrants some space as you observe and do nothing that might jeopardize the nesting efforts. Thank you.
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org.
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, May 8th, 2026*, at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are WHITE IBIS and WHITE-FACED IBIS, TUFTED DUCK, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY, YELLOW-THROATED, and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER and WESTERN TANAGERS, BLUE GROSBEAK, and more.
An adult WHITE IBIS, presumably an overshoot from the good numbers colonizing southern New Jersey, was found Tuesday along Dune Road, east of Shinnecock Inlet near Road D, and was still in that vicinity Thursday. There was also a report from last Sunday of a nicely plumaged WHITE-FACED IBIS with a group of Glossy Ibis out at Sammy's Beach in East Hampton.
A drake TUFTED DUCK continues its presence at Cammann's Pond in Merrick, reported there Sunday and Thursday.
A roosting CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW was found today in the north end of Central Park, and a couple of EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILLS were also uncovered in Central Park and on Governors Island.
Also notable were an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER spotted Wednesday on the flats at Cupsogue Beach County Park and single CASPIAN TERNS in Prospect Park Monday and on Randall's Island Tuesday.
Besides the adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continuing at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye, several other sightings during the week included birds at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and in Prospect Park, plus at more likely nesting areas like the Paumanok Trail off Schultz Road in Manorville and Connetquot River State Park.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were noted this week in Van Cortlandt Park Sunday and Owl's Head Park in Brooklyn Monday while YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS were seen Monday at Fort Tryon Park and on Tuesday in Central Park and at Canarsie Beach Park.
As the variety of warblers locally continues to increase, the rarities do as well. PROTHONOTARY was still at Sheldrake Lake in Larchmont Saturday, followed by one in Westbury Monday and another at the Hoyt Farm Town Park in Commack Wednesday. Some YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS included 2 at Hoyt Farm Saturday, followed by singles at Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, in Green-wood Cemetery Monday, and at Calvert Vaux Park and Sixteen Diamonds Ballfields in Brooklyn today. KENTUCKY WARBLERS visited Central Park Wednesday, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Thursday, and the Trap House on Staten Island today, while a MOURNING WARBLER was photographed today at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park. CERULEAN WARBLERS included reports from Floyd Bennett Field Sunday, Central Park Tuesday, and Green-wood Cemetery today, and an ORANGE-CROWNED was photographed in Mattituck yesterday. Other warbler arrivals have included TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, CANADA, and WILSON'S.
Increasing SUMMER TANAGERS included migrants in Forest Park Sunday to Tuesday and at Valley Stream State Park today and out on eastern Long Island, where nesting is likely at the Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve from Tuesday on. A WESTERN TANAGER continued to visit a private feeder in Wading River all week, and BLUE GROSBEAKS continue to arrive at eastern Long Island breeding areas such as Preston Ponds Complex and other sites in the Calverton area, including one at Hulse Landing Road on Thursday.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
Date: 5/10/26 7:11 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sun. May 10, 2026: 18 Species of Wood Warblers and other Spring Migrants
Central Park, NYC
Sunday May 10, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Cape May, Prairie, Canada, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, and other Spring Migrants.
Canada Goose - 8
Gadwall - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Mallard - 10
Mourning Dove - 30-35
Chimney Swift - 4 or 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (female Persimmon Slope, male east of Maint. Field)
American Herring Gull - 10
Great Black-backed Gull - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Northern Flicker - 1 Tupelo Field
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 or 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Boathouse Hill
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 or 3
Warbling Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
Blue Jay - 8-10
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4
Cedar Waxwing - 3-5 Tuliptree Shakespeare Garden
Gray Catbird - 25-30
Veery - 2 or 3
Wood Thrush - 6-8
American Robin - 35-40
White-throated Sparrow - 5-10
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Red-winged Blackbird - 7-9
Common Grackle - 20-25
Ovenbird - 5-7
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 8-10
Nashville Warbler - 3 or 4
Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6
American Redstart - 4 or 5
Cape May Warbler - 2 Captain's Bench
Northern Parula - 6-8
Magnolia Warbler - 10-12
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 or 6
Prairie Warbler - 2 (King of Poland, north end of Maintenance Field
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5 or 6
Canada Warbler - 2 (Tupelo Field, south side Turtle Pond)
Wilson's Warbler - 2 (Castle (Halley H., Maintenance Field)
Scarlet Tanager - 4
Northern Cardinal - 8 or 9 including nest with 3 young (Sandra Critelli
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female Humming Tombstone
Indigo Bunting - 1 Sparrow Rock (Caren Jahre)
Date: 5/10/26 4:52 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Sun., May 10 - Prothonotary W., Clay-c. Sparrow, & many other migrants
New York County -in N.Y. City- including 4 main islands all within the county - Randalls featured in this report, as well as Manhattan, Governors, and Roosevelt Islands, along with adjacent waters and skies above these -
Sunday -Moms Day- May 10th -
Some excellent sightings from a very active Randalls Island for freshly arrived plus some lingering birds, which included a bright Prothonotary Warbler, first seen by two-amigos of the regular group who have covered Randalls Island in all seasons, and seen later, with some additional pix made, by more observers and photographers. Also seen by the early-arrivers to Randalls, a photographed Clay-colored Sparrow, and in total by all later observers combined, at least 90 species of birds on the island for the day… thanks to D. Aronov and A. Cunningham for their many finds at Randalls, as well as to others who came out to view and photo birds there.
All of the county experienced good migrant arrival, and all four of the main islands saw some fresh arrivals, for two other islands, including probable new-to-the-year species per island, and for Manhattan, at least a nice increase of a variety of migrant species which had been seen there in recent days or longer. Warbler diversity was still quite good over the county, and many sites had up to fifteen to twenty-plus species of warblers within each site.
Roosevelt Island with a small contingent of observers had nice additions to the known 2026 birds for that island, more added this May 10th. Governors Island with somewhat more birder-attention had fine migration for the day as well. In Manhattan, perhaps still lacking the Prothonotary but, at least 27 species of warblers were found, collectively by many hundreds of observers and photographers. There was a bit of movement also seen from boats in NY harbor and vicinity on this Mothers Day, which at times were transiting in, or in-view of and from, N.Y. County waters and airspace. Thanks to all for so many sightings, alerts, and reports plus photos that, for a time, some reporting systems were close to maxing. A further report with far more of the species on this fine birding-day Mothers Day will be given, at some point.
Date: 5/9/26 7:46 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat., 5/9 - C. Nighthawk, 27+ warbler spp., etc.
Some nice sightings of course took place in Manhattan and elsewhere in New York County, on Saturday, May 9th, including at least seven species of shorebirds, none rare but much-welcomed on the calendar here, and first-of-year adult-plumaged Yellow-crowned Night-Heron where it is often reliable, on Randalls Island just east of Manhattan, that with multiple observers on the day. Cliff Swallow also was ongoing out there where it is hoped they will again nest, and have success this season. More on the variety of NY County bird sightings from many, many sightings-and-reports, after the weekend.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 9th -
Preliminary sightings from over 400 total observers and photographers, excluding any for-profit walks in the park that day - and including many not-for-profit bird walks led by a number of guides and all affiliated with non-profit institutions and organizations, along with their hundreds of supporters in the field on the day, plus sightings and reports from vast numbers of independently-walking observers and photographers, with alerts and reports only in the Discord app, in eBird with the Macaulay Library for audio or visual media, plus many word-of-mouth reports while out on the 17 hours of bird-seeking in the varying weather, including under umbrella in the modest showers of mid-afternoon, when few such chance meetups took place…
The Common Nighthawk arrivals of spring - seen at Central and at least one more Manhattan park by Sat., May 9th - may presage some further migrations of the other later-arriving birds which are yet to move thru, including some which do their migrations out of South America or elsewhere by staying out of the mid-Gulf of Mexico nocturnal crossings, and instead stay close to or over the land while moving north over Mexico.
This also begins a period of May here when many species can be in a rush to reach breeding areas, however north of us they might be … yet, far more migrants of many species are still to come, even some of the species which can breed locally. Quiet, patient attention to actual birdsong now, in mid to late May and beyond, is among the great aspects of learning and understanding these migrant and breeding birds more throughly. And giving the migrants and breeding birds a bit of space when observing is an act of kindness and respect to their natures.
A minimum of twenty-seven species of warblers that winter in the Americas and Caribbean, also known as the Western Hemisphere, and are mainly passing thru lately as migrants moving north, were observed by a total of several-hundred observers and photographers in Central Park on May 9, Saturday. All of those warbler species were seen and many heard by multiple, usually by many observers, and many - most - were also photographed. A report of Cerulean Warbler, never common in this county as a migrant, was noted as well but for now is not added to the tally of 27 warbler species.
Pine Siskin was seen and heard by multiple experienced observers for Saturday, the earliest-in-day Siskin find on Saturday by an observer who has been noting one or two of the species on multiple recent days, often walking in Central with another experienced listener. This is an irruptive finch and it is not that late in the spring - yet - for a single, or a few, to be occurring here. It was by some observers a middling last winter for the species in this county, but for many, it may have remained elusive in the past season. These attractive little finches will associate with American Goldfinches, but are just as possible in their own separate flocks and as singles or duos.
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As part of a nearly-all-countywide day of movement and a few stand-still periods, the later short visit to Bryant Park in midtown provided no Kentucky, but did offer multiple male and female Common Yellowthroats, and a nice variety of native sparrows among which White-crowned, Lincolns, and many Swamp and still-more White-throated
Sparrows rounded up by Song, Chipping, and a modest surprise of Savannah Sparrow photographed, were fun to see in the wet. My experience there was not huge on warbler activity but the ground-lovers were not too tough to find. Ovenbird, etc. Altogether, nineteen miles of walks, plus a few short runs-for-boats, and lucky for express trains working nicely all made a long day in the field productive. Not quite the regular day… and the day of the 9th, or rather from pre-sunrise, began in Central and finished a bit west of there in another great wooded park in Manhattan. I regretted not making the train-trip across to Roosevelt Island, a slightly under-birded place as compared with a site such as Central Park, both in New York County. Other islands visited were productive, but other observers had far more in total sightings and discoveries from such locations on the day.
Happy Mothers Day on Sunday to all moms in all places present, past, future. And good birding as well,
Date: 5/9/26 12:15 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 9, 2026: 18 Species of Wood Warblers and Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC
Saturday, May 9, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Pine Siskin, Lincoln's Sparrow, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Blackburnian, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 15 including 3 goslings on the Lake
Gadwall - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 35-40
Chimney Swift - 3 or 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Belvedere Castle, Tupelo Field)
American Herring Gull - 5-7 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 6 or 7
Osprey - 1 flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Captain's Bench
Northern Flicker - 2 (male Tupelo Field, female Pinetum)
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Turtle Pond
Least Flycatcher - 1 southeast Turtle Pond
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Gill Source
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 3 or 4
Blue Jay - 10-12
American Crow - 3 or 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3 Turtle Pond
Barn Swallow- 1 flyover
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Captain's Bench
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Tupelo Field (Annie Plum)
Northern House Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Gray Catbird - 25-35
Veery - 4 or 5
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Wood Thrush - 15-20
American Robin - 35-45
House Finch - 8-10
Pine Siskin - 1 Belvedere Castle (Ryan Serio)
American Goldfinch - 3 or 4
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 or 2 Weather Station and Castle (Edmund Berry)
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 15-20
Northern Waterthrush - 3 or 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 8-10
Tennessee Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench
Nashville Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Common Yellowthroat - 10-12
American Redstart - 6-8
Cape May Warbler - 4 or 5 males
Northern Parula - 6-8
Magnolia Warbler - 12-15
Blackburnian Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe (Edmund Berry), Gill Source)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 or 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 or 5 males
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20-25
Black-throated Green Warbler - 6-8
Wilson's Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Scarlet Tanager - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4 males
Date: 5/9/26 4:28 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - May 8 - Seaside Sparrow, other migrant reports
New York County -in N.Y. City- comprising 4 main islands of this county, Manhattan, Governors, Randalls, and Roosevelt Islands as well as some others, plus adjacent waters of the county and-or visible-from, and the skies above all -
from Friday, May 8 -
A photographed Seaside Sparrow on Governors Island (anon. eBirder) is a first-of-year confirmed find for this county
A few other sightings reported require confirmations, and at least some of us also will be seeking to locate or re-locate, and just in general to bird on thru the weather of the night and day on May 9. Definitely seen on May 8 were also all five of the typical-annual Swallow species, including Cliff and Bank Swallows, the latter in more than a few sites, including at Central Park, the former most definitely again on Randalls Island, its best known location for this county, but also possible in all parts of the county at least on-passage at this time in spring. We have no solid reports of any martins, time is ripe…
Fair to good migration took place over Friday night into Sat. morning locally and regionally, and while some were birds departing this city or this county, many were also coming in and thru from points-south.
Date: 5/8/26 2:11 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 8, 2026: Chuck-will's-widow, Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Nashville and Other Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, May 8, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Chuck-will's-widow, Solitary Sandpiper, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 17
Mallard - a few (Harlem Meer, Loch, Pool)
Mourning Dove - 5 or 6
Chuck-will's-widow - 1 close to the Blockhouse (most birders at the North End)
Chimney Swift - several over the Great Hill
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 perched at Harlem Meer, flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 second-year (2CY) Harlem Meer island
Great Egret - 2 Harlem Meer, 4 flyovers
Osprey - 1 flyover Great Hill
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Loch, at least 3 others heard
Northern Flicker - 1 at the Seep
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Lily Ponds (Kate Wodell)
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 High Meadow
Blue Jay - 3 or 4
American Crow - heard
Fish Crow - 1 perched and calling Harlem Meer
Gray Catbird - 4
Swainson's Thrush - 1 below High Meadow
Wood Thrush - 1 below High Meadow
American Robin - 10-15
American Goldfinch - 5 or 6
White-throated Sparrow - a few along the Loch
Song Sparrow - 1 singing near Davis Center
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Red-winged Blackbird - 10-12
Common Grackle - 8-10, pair building nest Harlem Meer
Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Loch (Kate Wodell), Seep, Pool)
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5
Tennessee Warbler - 1 heard near Lily Ponds (thanks to Eric Ozawa, Kevin Sisco)
Nashville Warbler - 1 Lily Ponds
Common Yellowthroat - 3
American Redstart - 2 (Loch, High Meadow (Dan Stevenson))
Cape May Warbler - 1 male at the Seep (Caren Jahre)
Northern Parula - 3, others heard
Magnolia Warbler - 2 males (Seep (Andrea Hessel), Lily Ponds)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 (Harlem Meer Island (Caren Jahre), Great Hill)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Scott Brevda)
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 heard-only Loch
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males Loch (Paul Citrin)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5
Prairie Warbler - 1 male near Lily Ponds, another heard
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 (Kathleen Massey)
Wilson's Warbler - 1 male west end of the Pool (thanks to Ruben Giron)
Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male and female) Great Hill
Northern Cardinal - 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
Date: 5/8/26 9:36 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Chuck-wills-widow, Central Park, NYC - Fri., May 8 (& many more migrants)
Friday, May 8th -
Thanks to Karen Fung for the find of a Chuck-wills-widow, perched in Central Parks northern woodsy end, this being in Manhattan, N.Y. City, and with multiple subsequent observers and other photographers, alerts via the Discord app and also in eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Other birds on Friday morning at Central Park - so far - have included at least 24 species of warblers, Orange-crowned among the many other boreal-breeding species again present, such as Wilsons, Tennessee, Bay-breasted, Cape May, Blackpoll, and other warblers many of which were singing at times. Also present in Central again have been both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos, at least 5 species of brown-backed thrushes including gray-cheeked types, 4 or more species of vireos, at least 6 species of flycatchers including Olive-sided Flycatcher again, and many many more migrant, breeding, visitant, and some resident species. N.B., Orange-crowned Warbler also was noted from Thursday in the Central Park Ramble, perhaps a continuing individual to Friday.
Many of these migrants are also being seen in various other parks and greenspaces, in particular for great diversity, in northern Manhattan as well.
With many observers as part of not-for-profit guided bird walks, ongoing near-daily this month, and of course also many independently walking observers and photographers as well. Thanks to all for many sightings, alerts and reports - in the media as noted above.
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Incidental to all of the migration going on at good pace now - through the continent, and in the northeast, and in NY state - such species as Mourning Warbler and, by reports, some of the species-pair of Will-der Empidonax-genus flycatchers are arriving to some breeding areas now. For Mournings, there are already photos and sound recordings in some NY state counties, particularly west of the NYC region. Some of these in eBird but also coming thru in N.F.C., nocturnal flight calls recording stations in this state.
Date: 5/8/26 12:17 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - May 7 - E. Whip, O.-s. Flycatcher, 26+ warbler spp. &etc.
New York County -a part of N.Y. City- updates - thru Thursday, May 7th -
Another Eastern Whip-poor-will, this found on Governors Island on Thursday along with a variety of other migrants. Elsewhere, Olive-sided Flycatcher appeared, including at Central Park in Manhattan, and in that park were at least 26 warbler species including the majority of boreal-breeders such as Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, Cape May, Tennessee, Wilsons, as well as of course many more, such as Hooded and Worm-eating Warblers, etc.
Manhattan overall enjoyed many of those warblers and other migrants, still including 5 vireo species, and at least 5 species of brown-backed thrushes, with Hermit Thrush possibly getting a bit scarcer by this week. Rusty Blackbird was still being found, and some of our countys most-regular May-moving shorebirds, including Least, Spotted, and Solitary Sandpipers we’re all found again into Thursday. Both regular Cuckoo species also were again seen in various locations, including both in Central Park and the two cuckoo spp. in other sites, as well.
Date: 5/7/26 12:02 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - to May 6 - more Blue Grosbeak, more migration-notes
New York County, including the 4 larger islands of Manhattan, Roosevelt, Randalls, and Governors Islands, plus the adjacent waters, and skies above -
thru Wed., May 6 -
Yet another Blue Grosbeak was found and photographed on Roosevelt Island on May 6, quite the recent run of this species for this county. That island has plenty of potential for almost any sort of birds to appear. And a re-find of a male Summer Tanager was reported for the n. end of Central Park again, on May 6.
Newly arrived were at least a few Acadian Flycatchers in Manhattan, making for up to 6 species of flycatchers on the day, for May 6. Least has been the other Empidonax-genus flycatcher already moving thru… Acadian is a potential breeder, and is a breeder within N.Y. City each summer. All of the other flycatcher species seen so far in this county this month are breeders as well as passage migrants - E. Wood-Pewee, E. Kingbird, Great Crested Flycatcher, and E. Phoebe, the latter the scarcer of these 4 species as a breeder in this county. The first 3 of these flycatchers breed, or attempt to, annually in Central Park and in multiple other of the wooded parks or greenspaces of the county.
As more tern movement occurs, further sightings of Common Terns have occurred with at least a few at the Manhattan shoreline by May 6. More are also arriving at Governors Island, which has experienced a good, if not exceptional, influx of migrants and various returning breeders or visitant birds. Much the same can be found on Randalls Island, although at least a very few species are still hoped-for there, at least as visitors, such as Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, and with luck, some of the saltmarshy sparrows.
Unless and until proven otherwise by photo-documentation, the only species of Night-Heron that has occurred in New York County, including in Manhattan and including in Central Park, in -this year- thus far, has been Black-crowned, of which some may have been mistakenly misidentified as the other, much scarcer species of night-heron of our region.
As a representative sample for the county as a whole, Central Park birders on May 6 came up with at least 26 species of warblers, perhaps no longer including a Kentucky which had been rather obliging over its extended stay in one area in Central Park, where it was viewed by many hundreds in multiple days of observations. There is a fair chance we might have had a peak few days of highest warbler-species diversity, but far more migration is yet to occur thru the region. Many birds by now however are able to migrate onwards straight thru, towards or to their breeding areas, including those reaching much of eastern Canada.
Date: 5/6/26 8:38 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - more Blue Grosbeak, Y.-br. Chat, shorebirds moving, etc.
A further appearance of Glossy Ibis in flight across the sky at Governors Island, a part of New York County, this latest a group of ten, was reported moving off to the northwest, on May 5th. Although this species was not a new addition to the year for Governors Island or N.Y. County, it is another indicator for strong ongoing migration in the area. By now, this county is surpassing 150 species of birds seen in just the first 5 days of May. Other nearby counties are past that mark, many or even all with the addition of more shoreline and varied other habitat that is accessible to birders.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - to May 5th -
Another Blue Grosbeak, in female-like plumage, showed at the north end of Inwood Hill Park in n. Manhattan later Tuesday, May 5th - but might have moved on.
Another Yellow-breasted Chat sighting for Manhattan came from Central Park on Tuesday, May 5th, seen around the Loch, or Ravine as also sometimes called, in the parks northern sector. The Chat in the Loch area was photographed, and was seen by multiple observers there.
Into Wednesday May 6th and prior days, multiple shorebirds of a variety of species are and were passing by and some, stopping in select habitat. These include peep of, at least the more-common of spring-passage Calidris -genus- here, Least Sandpiper and Semipalmated Sandpiper, both in the multiple at times. Both Yellowlegs species have been occurring, and as noted on other days, Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers have been regular, the latter less-numerous here. Some of these shorebirds are showing on flats on the north and northeast shores of Manhattan island - other select locations have had some of these migrants as flybys, flyovers, or brief stop-ins as well. And any shorebirds could show up, then move on quickly, in the general rush of May-migrations. Rain and storms may sometimes ground certain birds on their passages, including shorebirds or wafers as much of the planets birders refer to what we call our shorebirds.
A confirmed sighting of Pine Siskin from Central Park, by P. Lust and R. Pasquier, took place on May 3rd. Other reports for this species from over the recent weeks may also have been reliable but not all of the reports received rapid confirmations, and there can be a broad variety of reasons why that may take place.
In general and when possible, photos, even quick-take phone photos, and-or video with audio, are helpful to reviewers of almost any rare, uncommon, or unexpected bird sightings.
Thanks to many observers and photographers out and about all around Manhattan and the other islands, and by boat, the waters of New York County, for sightings, re-sightings, alerts, and reports.
Date: 5/5/26 8:32 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC + a few other birds on May 5th
Muy muchos pajaritos por Cinco de Mayo, en el Parque Central…
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Fifth of May, 2026 -
The lovely but non-singing Kentucky Warbler in what certainly appears as the female plumage is continuing in the northwest quadrant of The Ramble of Central Park, with many, many admirers - some of the earliest reports of Tuesday, 5-5, were from those walking with a not-for-profit guided, scheduled bird walk, with of course many more migrant birds also found. Central Park overall is enjoying another great - and increasingly warm - day of birding, with hundreds of observers and photographers in total all around the park from first-light onwards. More than 25 species of migratory all-Americas plus Caribbean-wintering warblers are already being found, as well as many, many other migrants, breeding birds, and some resident species.
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Out on Randalls Island, which is just east of Manhattan and also in New York County, a Caspian Tern was reported flying by in the morning, and also reported again is at least one Cliff Swallow, in the area where the latter species has nested and hopefully will again nest. Many many more birds are being found throughout the county.
Date: 5/4/26 1:43 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Mon., May 4th - Kentucky W, Blue Grosbeak, Summer Tanagers, etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday, May 4th -
A male Blue Grosbeak was a great find at Washington Square Park in Manhattans west village area on Monday, with photos obtained, thanks to all who found, alerted, and kept tabs on this bird at that park.
A Kentucky Warbler in what appears the female plumage has remained in the same area of the Central Park Ramble for a fifth day into May 4th, seen by many many observers and found again Monday by not-for-profit birders, independently of any organized group walks. Later seen by more people, and best seen with some quiet old-fashioned patience. This is among at least 27 migratory Americas-hemisphere warbler species for Central Park alone on May 4th, where also being seen on Monday were 5 brown-backed species of thrushes, at least 5 species of flycatchers, 5 Vireo species, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, both expected Oriole species, and both Scarlet and Summer Tanagers at Central Park, along with many many other migrants seen by not-for-profit walk leaders and supporters of nonprofit institutions and organizations which have near-daily walks now in Central and other parks and greenspaces, all of those benefiting education, conservation, real science and natural diversity, and openness to all who might join the walks.
A different Summer Tanager, in non-male-breeding color, was found at Fort Tryon Park on Monday by one of that parks keen regular observers. Both this and the Central Park Summer were separately photographed and shared to eBird with the Macaulay
Library for media.
Also occurring in multiple locations of Manhattan are some shorebirds, the most numerous being Spotted Sandpiper on Monday, with at least several Solitary Sandpipers also showing up again, and other species of shorebirds, including Yellowlegs, possibly just as flybys or relatively briefer touchdowns.
Excellent diversity in migrants, particularly of songbirds and associates, are ongoing in Manhattan locations. Thanks to the many, many observers and photographers who also report and alert using the Discord app, eBird, and male mentions in the field in person as well as thru direct comms, for the wide diversity of migrant, breeding, visiting, and some resident birds all around Manhattan.
Date: 5/3/26 11:54 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - to Sun., May 3rd- Y.-br. Chat, Kentucky W. (4th day in C.P.), etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - thru Sunday, May 3rd -
A Yellow-breasted Chat was found by Julia Price at Fort Tryon Park on Sunday, May 3rd, later seen by multiple observers and further photographed. A first of the year for all New York County.
At Central Park, in Manhattan, and making for the completion to 30 warbler species seen -on one day- on Saturday in that park by the collective of observers and photographers, a Kentucky Warbler was again present on Sunday in the same areas of The Ramble of Central Park as on all the prior days since April 30, and on Sunday rather nicely photographed by some of the watchers, in the sloping woods areas near the northwest arm of The Lake, and -for Sunday alone- comprising one of at least 27 species of warblers in that park on the one day.
We also await the -possible- confirmations for multiple reports of Yellow-throated Warblers, a species which certainly made strong arrivals in the city and wider region over recent weeks, and, to most local birders surprise would be a -potential- scarce breeder in N.Y. City, although that has not been observed thus far!
Numbers of neotropical-wintering migrants have been fair to good in Manhattan and including thru the whole of Central Park, with the typically-more numerous species of late April and beginning of May in good numbers, and only some species a bit more typical - from past local phenology in spring - of mid-May, still fairly low for a modest number of those later-arriving species. The collective of many hundreds of observers out in all of Manhattan and, more than any other single site, out in Central Park each day in this season from first-light into dusk - collectively - have been finding often very good numbers of plenty of our many dozens of now-fully-expected seasonal migrant birds. For some of the migrant species, numbers have been excellent for days, or even for weeks, and especially so in Central Park. A good contender in recent days is also Inwood Hill Park, with a great influx of new migrants so far this month of May.
A belated confirmation for an unusual-for-situational-sighting of Bonapartes Gull, seen flying past The Pool In Central Park on April 30, perhaps past the C.P. Reservoir but not re-found there nor seen again later, the keen observer experienced with the species, and aware of the uncommoness of the in-flight sighting away from virtually the only place in Central Park where past sightings of Bonapartes Gulls have been made. The date is very slightly late for here, but virtually any gull species is possible into at least early May in the region.
Date: 5/3/26 1:38 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat.-Sun. May 2-3, 2026: 20 Wood Warbler Species, Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC
Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Eastern Whip-poor-will, Great Crested and Least Flycatchers, White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Fox Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, 20 Wood Warbler Species including Blue-winged, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Hooded, Cape May, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll and Prairie Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Overall, although diversity this weekend was good, the number of individuals being seen is still low. The warm weather Tuesday should bring us new migrants, if they don't overfly us.
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White-crowned Sparrow (Shakespeare Garden) and Lincoln's Sparrow (Diana Ross Playground) were reported Sunday, from @mbalerter on "X" maintained by David Barrett.
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The List for Sunday, with additions from Saturday noted:
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Canada Goose - 9
Mallard - 9 or 10
Mourning Dove - around 35
Eastern Whip-poor-will - 1 in Mugger's Woods Saturday (@Johnny_2000033)
Chimney Swift - 5-7 Saturday
American Herring Gull - around 10 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Turtle Pond island
Great Egret - 1 flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult flyover seen from Castle
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Persimmon Slope
American Kestrel - 1 Gill Overlook
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Gill Source
Least Flycatcher - 1 Captain's Bench Saturday
White-eyed Vireo - 1 Belvedere Castle Saturday (Edmund Berry)
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Boathouse Hill
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Boathouse HIll
Warbling Vireo - pair Oak Bridge
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Ramble
Blue Jay - 6-8
American Crow - heard
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Gill Overlook Saturday
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Persimmon Slope
Northern House Wren - 3 or 4
Gray Catbird - 12-14, pairs in usual nesting locations
Veery - 2 or 3 Saturday
Hermit Thrush - 10-12
Wood Thrush - 3
American Robin - 35-40
House Finch - 3 or 4
Chipping Sparrow - 2 southwest Great Lawn
Fox Sparrow - 1 at the Gill (Bill Heck)
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Turtle Pond, Upper Lobe)
Orchard Oriole - 1 first-spring male Captain's Bench Saturday
Baltimore Oriole - 5 or 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 Saturday
Common Grackle - 7-15
Ovenbird - 5 or 6
Northern Waterthrush - 2 or 3 at the Oven
Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Boathouse Hill, Gill Source)
Black-and-white Warbler - 6
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench Sat. (found earlier by Jeff Ritter)
Nashville Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle
Common Yellowthroat - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Hooded Warbler - 1 male Maintenance Field (Alexandra Wang)
American Redstart - 3 males
Cape May Warbler - 1 first-spring male Belvedere Castle
Northern Parula - 3 or 4
Magnolia Warbler - 1 Gill Source
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 male Turtle Pond Saturday
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Belvedere Castle
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Boathouse Hill (more seen Saturday)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4
Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" Captain's Bench
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Prairie Warbler - 3 males
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 or 3 males
Scarlet Tanager - 1 adult male west side of Ramble
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 - including eggs visible in a low nest
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 (3 males, 1 female)
Date: 5/2/26 5:34 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] addendum, Central Park, NYC - Sat., May 2 - warblers, flycatchers, Whippy, etc.
Good to see the reports from Governors Island, in New York County - a short way south of the s. end of Manhattan - of Common Terns reterning, to where some breed on that island, thanks to regular walk-leader and tireless observer there, Annie Barry.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 2nd -
The Orange-crowned Warbler seen by many is credited to Christian Cooper for the Central Park Ramble, a singing-in-spring bird and certainly a freshly arrived migrator, this warbler. Making it quite close to this park having had 30 species - possible, if further warbler species are reported reliably - on the one day of 2nd of May! The Eastern Whip-poor-will, re - found in almost the same spot as the previous bird in April, was seen by many, almost all later in the day and into this Saturday May 2 evening. Thanks to Elizabeth Paredes for the first-awareness on the day that this individual was present, later seen by more observers in the Ramble.
Also moving in, Eastern Wood Pewee, still very scant, but also noted in a couple of parks in Manhattan. Other flycatchers for Central and some other parks of Manhattan included E. Kingbirds, Least Flycatchers, Great Crested Flycatchers, and E. Phoebes. Central Park alone had far more than 100 species on the day.
For tremendous diversity of arrivals and other migrants and breeders and special-visitors among birds, Inwood Hill Park also had by far its best day so far of spring, with a great diversity of warblers including some of the boreal-breeders such as Cape May, Bay-breasted, Tennessee and many many more warblers and other migrants. And still the one location for Pileated Woodpecker on the day, in this county.
Thanks to hundreds of observers and photographers for sightings, alerts and reports all only on the Discord birding app, eBird with the Macaulay Library for media, and via many word-of-mouth bird notes.
Date: 5/2/26 9:48 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Saturday, May 2 - 27+ Warbler spp., many more migrants; + Pileated WP ongoing in n. Manhattan
There have been modest migrant-fallout condition in multiple areas in the wider region, including as well as beyond New York City. In some locations, large numbers of migrant birds are occurring, as well as good-to-excellent diversity. As is often so in these fallout situations, any one location might be fairly quiet, even as a site within a short distance might be very active. Some areas not that far from N.Y. City such as Bear Mt. - Harriman State Park in both Orange and Rockland Counties of southeastern NY state have had a larger influx of migrants which include many typical as well as scarcer breeding species, by Saturday May 2.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 2nd -
At least 27 species of migratory-American warblers are in, with at least 5 species of Vireos, at least four of the brown-backed Thrush species, and many other migrants, some mentioned below the listing of Saturday’s warbler sightings - just to the noon-hour! - at Central Park. Many species are being found in the multiple, and some species are in very good numbers all around the whole of Central Park - with large numbers of observers, in all areas.
The following warbler species are present in Central Park on May 2nd, with at least two warbler species new to the year in New York County and for Central Park and Manhattan, Bay-breasted Warbler, and singing Tennessee Warbler. There may well be additional warbler species that are turned up on a day with improving weather and a lot ofd migrant activity, with new arrivals that came in before and after and during overnight showers of Friday night into early pre-dawn hours of Saturday in the area..
Also present among the many migrants are Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Scarlet Tanager, Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, Indigo Buntings, sparrows which include Lincolns and White-crowned Sparrows, and many many other migrants,. Spotted Sandpipers are moving thru in the multiple, and some other shorebirds are also passing thru, such as Solitary Sandpiper and both of the Yellowlegs species, and likely also some other shorebirds.
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A Pileated Woodpecker was ongoing in the woods at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, into Saturday, May 2nd. There have been many, many migrant and breeding birds seen in northern Manhattan thru the morning of May 2nd.
Date: 5/2/26 3:47 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park + N.Y. County arrivals, Fri., May 1st - 5 Swallow spp., 21+ Warbler spp., etc. - Pileated WP ongoing, n. Manhattan
Some newly arrived to New York County -in N.Y. City- birds at Randalls Island included Cliff Swallow near its prior nesting place, as well as Bank Swallow, and the more-regular-throughout Barn, N. Rough-winged, and Tree Swallows all seen there on Friday, thanks to A. Cunningham for some of the latest from that location. Other nice finds from the same visit included Worm-eating and other Warblers, Lincolns and White-crowned among other native sparrows, and many more birds, which included more than 500 Brant, most not having left the area yet.
At Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, a grail-bird for some in this county was seen by more observers than on most prior days of its lingering there - Pileated Woodpecker, seemingly staying in that parks wooded areas for many days now, and sometimes found in the general area of the woods known as The Clove. Some sightings came quite late in the day on May 1.
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At Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City on Friday, May 1st -
New arrival among the 21 or more species of Americas-hemisphere migratory warblers on the day -the first of May- in this one park was Wilsons Warbler, and now making for at least 28 species of warblers so far this year in that park, seen on the deck or, of course in varied vegetation. A Kentucky Warbler noted by numbers of observers on Thursday in the Ramble area of Central was apparently not re-found on Friday, very possible it had moved on. There were still at least 8 species of native sparrows in Central Park on May 1st, including Lincolns, White-crowned and Savannah, as well as Dark-eyed Junco which is classed with all the other native sparrows, and now slightly-late here for the latter species. Other slightly-late migrants were Louisiana Waterthrush, Pine Warbler, and not all that late Palm Warbler - but there are many later records here of all of these.
Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and the 2 regular Oriole species were among many more of the migrant and breeding species of Central Park found on May 1st, seen by multiple to many observers.
Thanks to many observers and photographers all using non-x birding apps to alert and report, the most-used alert for birders locally and regionally by far being the Discord app, and of course also eBird with the Macaulay Library for media, with hourly-auto-updated sightings from eBird, often more rapidly for rarer birds, all of which rarer species would then be confirmed in a standardized process, and by a reliable team, not by any single individual in the case of tricky ID or extremely rare species. Some reports as always also come in thru old-fashioned word-of-mouth, from out in the field.
Date: 5/1/26 11:45 pm From: Martin Sandler (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 1, 2026: Am. Redstart, Blue-winged, Nashville, Prairie, and Other Wood Warblers
Received, thank you.
Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS
On Friday, May 1, 2026, 4:20 PM, Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> wrote:
Central Park NYC Friday, May 1, 2026 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cool, sunny morning: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, 10 Species of Wood Warblers including American Redstart, Blue-winged, Nashville, Prairie, and Other Warblers. Numbers of migrants were low overall.
Canada Goose - 10 Mallard - 13 Mourning Dove - 7 or 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Loch American Herring Gull - a few flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Harlem Meer, 10-12 flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Island Harlem Meer Great Egret - 5 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults circling over 5th Avenue Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Eastern Kingbird - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 1 Harlem Meer Blue Jay - 4 American Crow - heard Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4 at the Pool Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Northern House Wren - 1 between Loch and Wildflower Meadow Gray Catbird - 3 Veery - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda) Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3 (Pool and Loch) American Robin - 8-10 House Finch - 7 Bald Cypress at the Pool (Paul Curtis) American Goldfinch - 2 males Pool (Paul Curtis) White-throated Sparrow - 10-12 Song Sparrow - 1 Harlem Meer stream to the Loch Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Loch, Pool) Baltimore Oriole - 1 male Harlem Meer Red-winged Blackbird - 6 or 7 males, 1 female Common Grackle - 6 Northern Waterthrush - 1 west end of Pool (Mary Kate Horbac) Blue-winged Warbler - 1 male High Meadow (Dan Stevenson) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Nashville Warbler - 1 at the Seep (Paul Curtis), another heard American Redstart - 1 male northeast side of Pool (Dan Stevenson) Northern Parula - 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 Loch (Doug Eaton) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9 Prairie Warbler - 1 male High Meadow (Anindya Seng) Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Lily Ponds (Scott Brevda) Northern Cardinal - 4
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
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If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Gail Benson
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 1, 2026 at
11:00 pm. The highlights of today’s tape are TUFTED DUCK, WESTERN TANAGER,
GLAUCOUS GULL, CLAY-COLORED and Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS,
PROTHONOTARY, ORANGE-CROWNED, CERULEAN and KENTUCKY WARBLERS, SUMMER
TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK and more.
The drake TUFTED DUCK was last reported at Cammann’s Pond Park in Merrick
last Sunday and, similar to most waterfowl, likely has moved on. But a
nice surprise was a male WESTERN TANAGER in non-breeding plumage visiting a
private feeder in Wading River recently.
It was possibly the immature GLAUCOUS GULL spending much of the winter at
or near Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn that paid a visit to
Governor’s Island last Sunday. An ICELAND GULL also continues around Bush
Terminal Piers Park, and an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was photographed
at Floyd Bennett Field last Saturday.
An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed today in Prospect Park, and an adult
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.
A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was photographed Saturday at Bayard Cutting
Arboretum State Park in Great River, while the Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW was still visiting Green-Wood Cemetery Sunday, with another found
Monday at The Pool in Central Park. Interesting were 2 PINE SISKINS
photographed in Prospect Park yesterday.
At least 5 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS present locally this week featured 1 from
last week staying to Monday at Hempstead Lake State Park, a sharp male
found Sunday at Sheldrake Lake in Larchmont that was replaced by a somewhat
duller bird Tuesday through today, and singles in Prospect Park Wednesday
and at a Queens private residence Thursday.
An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was encountered around the waterhole in Forest
Park in Queens Tuesday and Wednesday, while on Thursday a CERULEAN WARBLER
was found in Prospect Park and a KENTUCKY WARBLER visited Central Park.
Other arriving WARBLERS noted this week included CAPE MAY, MAGNOLIA,
BLACKBURNIAN, and PRAIRIE.
An impressive influx of SUMMER TANAGERS this week started last weekend with
1 both days at Owls Head Park in Brooklyn and singles Sunday in Central
Park and at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, followed by 1 Tuesday and
Wednesday in Green-Wood Cemetery and singles Thursday in Prospect Park,
Forest Park, and at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.
A female-type BLUE GROSBEAK was reported in Central Park last Saturday.
while other arrivals included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, WOOD and SWAINSON’S
THRUSHES, BOBOLINK and ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
Date: 5/1/26 2:27 pm From: marciaaabrahams at aol.com (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] The next Queens County Bird Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 7:30 PM featuring Ed Lam "Dragonflies of North America"
QUEENS COUNTY BIRD CLUB MONTHLY MEETING
"An Introduction to the Dragonflies of North America with Ed Lam"
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026Time: 7:30 PMPlace: Alley Pond Environmental Center, 229-10 Northern Blvd, Douglaston, NY 11362
There are over 300 species of dragonflies in North America. Many are brightly colored and large, making them conspicuous and eye-catching. They are beautiful insects, intricate in form and pattern, but also highly evolved predators with fascinating behaviors and life stories.
A former Queens resident, Ed Lam is the author and illustrator of Dragonflies of North America, the latest and most comprehensive identification guide to these charismatic insects. He will introduce the audience to the variety of North America’s dragonflies and how to identify them. His previous book was Damselflies of the Northeast, a guide to species of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.
Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttps://qcbirdclub.org/Email: <MarciaAAbrahams...>
Date: 5/1/26 1:20 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 1, 2026: Am. Redstart, Blue-winged, Nashville, Prairie, and Other Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, May 1, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cool, sunny morning: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Warbling Vireo, 10 Species of Wood Warblers including American Redstart, Blue-winged, Nashville, Prairie, and Other Warblers. Numbers of migrants were low overall.
Canada Goose - 10
Mallard - 13
Mourning Dove - 7 or 8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Loch
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Harlem Meer, 10-12 flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Island Harlem Meer
Great Egret - 5 flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults circling over 5th Avenue
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1 flyover Harlem Meer
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Warbling Vireo - 1 Harlem Meer
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - heard
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4 at the Pool
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Northern House Wren - 1 between Loch and Wildflower Meadow
Gray Catbird - 3
Veery - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda)
Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3 (Pool and Loch)
American Robin - 8-10
House Finch - 7 Bald Cypress at the Pool (Paul Curtis)
American Goldfinch - 2 males Pool (Paul Curtis)
White-throated Sparrow - 10-12
Song Sparrow - 1 Harlem Meer stream to the Loch
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Loch, Pool)
Baltimore Oriole - 1 male Harlem Meer
Red-winged Blackbird - 6 or 7 males, 1 female
Common Grackle - 6
Northern Waterthrush - 1 west end of Pool (Mary Kate Horbac)
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 male High Meadow (Dan Stevenson)
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
Nashville Warbler - 1 at the Seep (Paul Curtis), another heard
American Redstart - 1 male northeast side of Pool (Dan Stevenson)
Northern Parula - 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 Loch (Doug Eaton)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9
Prairie Warbler - 1 male High Meadow (Anindya Seng)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Lily Ponds (Scott Brevda)
Northern Cardinal - 4
Date: 5/1/26 12:12 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] minor correction, Kentucky Warbler, C.P., NYC - 4/30
No-thanks to A.I. attempts at rewording, my previous post made it wrongly appear that the Kentucky Warbler at Central Park -in Manhattan, N.Y. City- on Thursday was moving in the north-east sector, when it was in the NorthWest sector of -the Ramble- area of the park. This area would be just n. of the northwest corner of The Lake, and also includes much adjacent sloping woods just east of there, interspersed with multiple paths, some of them narrow wood-chip type paths. The -species- could easily and regularly wander thru a circle of hundreds of yards in its daily feeding routines.
Date: 4/30/26 11:45 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Kentucky Warbler, Central Park, NYC - 4/30
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, April 30th -
A female-plumaged, or possibly first-spring male but not reported as singing, only calling at times Kentucky Warbler, seen by double-digit numbers of observers, mainly later in the day Thursday - but no photos, possibly a bit of audio - in the Ramble area of the park and, for most observers, this skulky warbler moving around to the northeast quadrant or corners of the Ramble. This wider-ranging skulking ground-feeding is typical, and such migrants might be found anywhere around the wide circle of feeding area they had first-day been noted covering. If this is a female, not to be heard singing, the challenge of re-finding is that much more. In case not obvious to out-of-town readers, all of the larger parks, and some smaller greenspaces in Manhattan have by now an often-lush covering of much vegetation, with shrubs in near-full leaf-out along with plenty of deep shade provided by many leafed-out trees, along with the groundcover of many herbaceous plants with still-expanding leaves.
This Kentucky brings to at least 27 American migratory warbler species - American in the broader sense of the word, in the sense of all parts of the Americas - South, Central, and North with Mexico and Canada sandwiching the U.S. and in total with the Caribbean, where almost all of our warblers spend half or more of each year in our winters - in just Central Park, before the first of May, 2026. The peak arrival flights of many warblers have yet to occur here, anyhow. Many other locations in Manhattan are receiving all sorts of migrants, about every day or night, as well recently.
Date: 4/30/26 12:31 pm From: John Turner <redknot948...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 1:02 PM Deborah Shapiro <dsnidan...> wrote:
> 1. I’m not Deborah Allen.
> 2. I agree completely with Joe Wallace, A Birder, et al.
> Deborah Shapiro, birder
>
> On Apr 30, 2026, at 12:07 PM, Joseph Wallace <joew701...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Jumping in before this thread is deleted to say that these facts are
> widely known and discussed elsewhere. In my opinion, these for-profit walks
> and the Twitter ("X") link they publicize are among the reasons (not the
> only one!) why most birders have migrated to Discord and various other chat
> channels. In those places, community standards and guidelines (e.g., don't
> play tape overmuch or subject sensitive species to an inundation of birders
> and photographers) are part of the deal and are more generally followed.
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <
> <NYSBIRDS-L...> wrote:
>
>>
>> These are facts, not accusations.
>>
>> She sends an eBird list to the entire state each day. How is it
>> informative beyond someone going to eBird and looking up checklists for
>> Central Park? There is no useful commentary as seen in Tom’s thoughtful
>> emails.
>>
>> The walks are illegal because they charge money without proper permits.
>> They were ticketed for this and now specifically tell walkers ahead of time
>> (in bold on their website) to not pay them until they are exiting the park
>> to avoid being ticketed for the same offense again.
>>
>> Bob blasts calls on his speakers that are disruptive to other birders and
>> other park goers. I have seen him even blast owl calls in the middle of the
>> day and blast calls in the faces of those who were critical of his ethics.
>>
>> So please let me know which part of my accusations are inaccurate?
>>
>>
>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
>>
>> On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 11:14 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > That's a helluva accusation. Where is it coming from? Are you
>> > criticizing Deborah's wonderfully informative daily posts of the birds
>> > in Central Park? Or me doing an environmental radio show promoting
>> > birds and the birding community for the past 24 years as a volunteer
>> > producer and host? If you hadn't gone public with your accusation, I
>> > would not have gone public with this defense. Neither belong on this
>> > list, IMHO.
>> >
>> > Happy bird-day,
>> > Ken
>> > www.ecoradio.org
>> >
>> > When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not,
>> > become one. 'Nuff Said!
>> >
>> > On 4/30/2026 10:49 AM, A Birder wrote:
>> > > It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone
>> who is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and disruptive walks
>> by spamming everyone with an eBird list sans commentary.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale <
>> <nuffsaid...> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Hi, Deborah,
>> > >> Your e-mail bounced back - over quota.
>> > >> Thanks,
>> > >> Ken
>> > >>
>> > >> --
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>> > >>
>> >
>> > --
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>> >
>>
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Date: 4/30/26 11:25 am From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 30, 2026: Orchard Oriole, 13 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC
Thursday April 30, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob
Highlights on a cool, damp morning: Chimney Swift, Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Cedar Waxwing, Wood Thrush, Orchard Oriole, 13 Wood Warbler Species including Worm-eating, Hooded, Prairie and Black-throated Green Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
In addition, a Kentucky Warbler was reported moving between the Gill Overlook and mouth as reported on the ever-useful @mbalerter.
--
Canada Goose - 6 (3 pairs)
Mallard - 8-10 (only 2 ducklings left on the Lake)
Mourning Dove - 35-45
Chimney Swift - 3-5
American Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 or 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Ramble
Northern Flicker - pair at the Oven
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Maintenance Field
Blue-headed Vireo - 5
Warbling Vireo - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Gill Overlook
Blue Jay - 12-14
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 or 3 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 or 5
Cedar Waxwing - 4 or 5 in Tuliptree west of Captain's Bench
Northern House Wren - 2 (SE side of Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden)
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Hermit Thrush - 8-10
Wood Thrush - 1 Indian Cave
American Robin - 35-40
House Finch - 3 or 4 Turtle Pond Dock
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4
Orchard Oriole - 1 adult male west of Captain's Bench
Baltimore Oriole - 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 males
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 3
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Stone Arch
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6
Nashville Warbler - 2 Ramble
Common Yellowthroat - 2 west side of Ramble
Hooded Warbler - 2 males Gill Overlook
Northern Parula - 2 or 3
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond, Bow Bridge)
Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" oak just east of Belvedere Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8-10
Prairie Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 southeast side Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4
Date: 4/30/26 10:02 am From: Deborah Shapiro <dsnidan...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
1. I’m not Deborah Allen. 2. I agree completely with Joe Wallace, A Birder, et al. Deborah Shapiro, birder
On Apr 30, 2026, at 12:07 PM, Joseph Wallace <joew701...> wrote:
Jumping in before this thread is deleted to say that these facts are widely known and discussed elsewhere. In my opinion, these for-profit walks and the Twitter ("X") link they publicize are among the reasons (not the only one!) why most birders have migrated to Discord and various other chat channels. In those places, community standards and guidelines (e.g., don't play tape overmuch or subject sensitive species to an inundation of birders and photographers) are part of the deal and are more generally followed. On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> wrote:
These are facts, not accusations.
She sends an eBird list to the entire state each day. How is it informative beyond someone going to eBird and looking up checklists for Central Park? There is no useful commentary as seen in Tom’s thoughtful emails.
The walks are illegal because they charge money without proper permits. They were ticketed for this and now specifically tell walkers ahead of time (in bold on their website) to not pay them until they are exiting the park to avoid being ticketed for the same offense again.
Bob blasts calls on his speakers that are disruptive to other birders and other park goers. I have seen him even blast owl calls in the middle of the day and blast calls in the faces of those who were critical of his ethics.
So please let me know which part of my accusations are inaccurate?
Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 11:14 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> wrote:
> > That's a helluva accusation. Where is it coming from? Are you > criticizing Deborah's wonderfully informative daily posts of the birds > in Central Park? Or me doing an environmental radio show promoting > birds and the birding community for the past 24 years as a volunteer > producer and host? If you hadn't gone public with your accusation, I > would not have gone public with this defense. Neither belong on this > list, IMHO. > > Happy bird-day, > Ken > www.ecoradio.org > > When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not, > become one. 'Nuff Said! > > On 4/30/2026 10:49 AM, A Birder wrote: > > It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone who is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and disruptive walks by spamming everyone with an eBird list sans commentary. > > > > > > > > On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> wrote: > > > >> Hi, Deborah, > >> Your e-mail bounced back - over quota. > >> Thanks, > >> Ken > >> > >> -- > >> NYSbirds-L List Info: > >> Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > >> Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...> > >> Archives: > >> The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > >> Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org > >> -- > >> > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information > Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...> > Archives: > The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org > -- >
Date: 4/30/26 9:07 am From: Joseph Wallace <joew701...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
Jumping in before this thread is deleted to say that these facts are widely
known and discussed elsewhere. In my opinion, these for-profit walks and
the Twitter ("X") link they publicize are among the reasons (not the only
one!) why most birders have migrated to Discord and various other chat
channels. In those places, community standards and guidelines (e.g., don't
play tape overmuch or subject sensitive species to an inundation of birders
and photographers) are part of the deal and are more generally followed.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 11:29 AM A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <
<NYSBIRDS-L...> wrote:
>
> These are facts, not accusations.
>
> She sends an eBird list to the entire state each day. How is it
> informative beyond someone going to eBird and looking up checklists for
> Central Park? There is no useful commentary as seen in Tom’s thoughtful
> emails.
>
> The walks are illegal because they charge money without proper permits.
> They were ticketed for this and now specifically tell walkers ahead of time
> (in bold on their website) to not pay them until they are exiting the park
> to avoid being ticketed for the same offense again.
>
> Bob blasts calls on his speakers that are disruptive to other birders and
> other park goers. I have seen him even blast owl calls in the middle of the
> day and blast calls in the faces of those who were critical of his ethics.
>
> So please let me know which part of my accusations are inaccurate?
>
>
> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
>
> On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 11:14 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > That's a helluva accusation. Where is it coming from? Are you
> > criticizing Deborah's wonderfully informative daily posts of the birds
> > in Central Park? Or me doing an environmental radio show promoting
> > birds and the birding community for the past 24 years as a volunteer
> > producer and host? If you hadn't gone public with your accusation, I
> > would not have gone public with this defense. Neither belong on this
> > list, IMHO.
> >
> > Happy bird-day,
> > Ken
> > www.ecoradio.org
> >
> > When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not,
> > become one. 'Nuff Said!
> >
> > On 4/30/2026 10:49 AM, A Birder wrote:
> > > It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone who
> is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and disruptive walks by
> spamming everyone with an eBird list sans commentary.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale <
> <nuffsaid...> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi, Deborah,
> > >> Your e-mail bounced back - over quota.
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Ken
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> NYSbirds-L List Info:
> > >> Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information
> > >> Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...>
> > >> Archives:
> > >> The Mail Archive:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > > >> Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at
> http://www.ebird.org > > >> --
> > >>
> >
> > --
> > NYSbirds-L List Info:
> > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information
> > Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...>
> > Archives:
> > The Mail Archive:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at
> http://www.ebird.org > > --
> >
>
> --
> NYSbirds-L List Info:
> Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information
> Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...>
> Archives:
> The Mail Archive:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at
> http://www.ebird.org > --
Date: 4/30/26 8:29 am From: A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
These are facts, not accusations.
She sends an eBird list to the entire state each day. How is it informative beyond someone going to eBird and looking up checklists for Central Park? There is no useful commentary as seen in Tom’s thoughtful emails.
The walks are illegal because they charge money without proper permits. They were ticketed for this and now specifically tell walkers ahead of time (in bold on their website) to not pay them until they are exiting the park to avoid being ticketed for the same offense again.
Bob blasts calls on his speakers that are disruptive to other birders and other park goers. I have seen him even blast owl calls in the middle of the day and blast calls in the faces of those who were critical of his ethics.
So please let me know which part of my accusations are inaccurate?
Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 11:14 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> wrote:
>
> That's a helluva accusation. Where is it coming from? Are you
> criticizing Deborah's wonderfully informative daily posts of the birds
> in Central Park? Or me doing an environmental radio show promoting
> birds and the birding community for the past 24 years as a volunteer
> producer and host? If you hadn't gone public with your accusation, I
> would not have gone public with this defense. Neither belong on this
> list, IMHO.
>
> Happy bird-day,
> Ken
> www.ecoradio.org
>
> When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not,
> become one. 'Nuff Said!
>
> On 4/30/2026 10:49 AM, A Birder wrote:
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Date: 4/30/26 8:16 am From: Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
Hi, Martin, What did I say that was not very nice? I just asked Deborah to contact me. I hope you're not confusing me with that anonymous guy.
On 4/30/2026 11:03 AM, Martin Sandler wrote: > Ken > That’s not very nice. > > On Thursday, April 30, 2026, 10:50 AM, A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) > <NYSBIRDS-L...> wrote: > > > It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone > who is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and > disruptive walks by spamming everyone with an eBird list sans > commentary. > > > > On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale > <nuffsaid...> wrote: > > > > > Hi, Deborah, > > Your e-mail bounced back - over quota. > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu <http://LISTS.cornell.edu> for > more information > > Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...> > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org > > -- > > > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu <http://LISTS.cornell.edu> for > more information > Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...> > Archives: > The Mail Archive: > https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html > Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at > http://www.ebird.org > -- >
Date: 4/30/26 8:14 am From: Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
That's a helluva accusation. Where is it coming from? Are you criticizing Deborah's wonderfully informative daily posts of the birds in Central Park? Or me doing an environmental radio show promoting birds and the birding community for the past 24 years as a volunteer producer and host? If you hadn't gone public with your accusation, I would not have gone public with this defense. Neither belong on this list, IMHO.
Happy bird-day, Ken www.ecoradio.org
When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not, become one. 'Nuff Said!
On 4/30/2026 10:49 AM, A Birder wrote: > It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone who is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and disruptive walks by spamming everyone with an eBird list sans commentary. > > > > On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> wrote: > >> Hi, Deborah, >> Your e-mail bounced back - over quota. >> Thanks, >> Ken >> >> -- >> NYSbirds-L List Info: >> Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information >> Posting Address: <NYSbirds-L...> >> Archives: >> The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/<nysbirds-l...>/maillist.html >> Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org >> -- >>
Date: 4/30/26 8:04 am From: Martin Sandler (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
KenThat’s not very nice.
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On Thursday, April 30, 2026, 10:50 AM, A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> wrote:
It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone who is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and disruptive walks by spamming everyone with an eBird list sans commentary.
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On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> wrote:
Date: 4/30/26 7:55 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - 4/29 V. Rail, Glossy Ibis, etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - addendum for Wed., April 29th -
A Virginia Rail seen by many in the Central Park Ramble on Wednesday - including some sightings into end-of-day, was first found by independent birder-s- for the location and time of day, and the sighting was shared to others, whether other independent birders or those in groups. The rail was also elusive at times, but with patience, was tracked and seen by additional observers later as well, still in and near the original location of morning.
A trio of Glossy Ibis was reported from Inwood Hill Park as flybys moving roughly-north in early morning on Wednesday, a species that while considered rather rare for N.Y. County, has old records even as on-the-ground in Central Park, for example - and worth keeping an eye to the sky as well for the chance possibility of some moving along.
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Thursday, April 30 in Manhattan again featuring a diversity of migrants which include both expected Cuckoo species, both expected Oriole species, at least .4 most regular Vireo species, thrush species which include Swainsons, Wood, and Hermit Thrushes as well as Veery, at least one species of typical Tanager, 8 or more native sparrow species, and a minimum of 22 species of migratory Americas-hemisphere warblers, as well as many many other migrants spread across Manhattan. Chimney Swifts have come in and thru in the multi-hundreds by this week, and there are sure to be more on the way in coming days and weeks.
Happy last-day-of-April and breaking out into May birding,
Date: 4/30/26 7:49 am From: A Birder (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Deborah Allen, please contact me
It would be great if we stopped allowing daily emails from someone who is basically promoting their illegal, for-profit, and disruptive walks by spamming everyone with an eBird list sans commentary.
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On Thursday, April 30th, 2026 at 10:25 AM, Ken Gale <nuffsaid...> wrote:
Date: 4/29/26 10:43 am From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC: Virginia Rail, Black-billed Cuckoo, Other Highlights
Central Park NYC
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, m.ob.
Highlights from a one-hour group walk for newbies:
Black-billed Cuckoo - moving between Azalea Pond and Tupelo Field
Virginia Rail - hiding under mayapples on the east side of Azalea Pond
Yellow-throated Vireo - Summer House (found by Elizabeth Paredes)
White-crowned Sparrow - Sparrow Rock (found by David Barrett)
Worm-eating Warbler - singing extensively at Gill Overlook
Hooded Warbler - male at Summer House (possibly 2 males in Ramble)
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For these and other Central Park bird reports see @mbalerter and @BirdCentralPark on "X" maintained by David Barrett.
Date: 4/29/26 9:21 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park/Manhattan, NYC - arrivals continue, new for spring + more of many spp.
A Pileated Woodpecker was still lingering at Inwood Hill Park, in northern Manhattan -N.Y. City- and was photographed again there on Tuesday, 4-28. This species is possibly now resident just a very few miles north, in the West Bronx, where lately seen very regularly.
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Tuesday, April 28th - into Wed., 29th -
As for Wednesday, April 29, at the minimum a lot of Ovenbirds are strutting their stuff -and some singing- from one end of Manhattan isle to the other, for a good indicator that other birds also will have had general increase overnight, and very good chances that some less-common migrants to this county are lurking, or may be singing.
The first multiple-observers sightings of Magnolia Warbler, and at least a few sightings of both Blackpoll Warbler and Canada Warbler, are noted for Wed., and suggest that still more -but at least 23 warbler species -in just Central Park already- on the day- might be found. N.B., note Magnolia Warbler also has shown at several other parks in Manhattan, and is a further indicator, along with a generalized stronger arrival of Gray Catbirds coming up from their mostly-south-of-borders wintering areas, that big-overall migration is and just-has occurred. Some moving up daily in increments from the nearby-south, some likely having traveled far in the overnight passage.
- - A LOT of migrants are already at -on- their territories, at least for some males of various species, so for one example, Cerulean Warblers are in at multiple Hudson valley and nearby sites where they breed annually. Bobolinks have been moving over recent days, and so on.- -
Increases of a sampler of other migrant arrivals for Central Park and all Manhattan include Spotted Sandpipers, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, more of the 3 most-regular vireo species of the area and this county, more Wood Thrushes and Veerys, more of some warblers such as Northern Yellow and Prairie Warblers, and others, and more of the most-expected orioles and grosbeaks.
Black-billed Cuckoo -with some photo-documentation- and Yellow-billed Cuckoos and Swainsons Thrush, are 3 further new arrivals as seen and heard, at Central Park on Tuesday, April 28th, a day that continued to feature five species of vireos with White-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos both still present, and at least 9 species of native sparrows, along with the 20-plus species of warblers as previously noted. Both of the cuckoo species are again present at Central Park on Wednesday, 4-29.
Flycatchers of at least 4 species are in - Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, and Eastern Phoebe. Still lingering in the park were multiple Green-winged Teal, N. Shoveler, Bufflehead, and some other ducks as well as American Coots. Swallows of three species were ongoing. Purple Finches continue to pass thru. By Wed., it is a nice time on into May to keep watch for additional hirundines species, that is - possible Martins and other species of Swallow.
One of the recent White-crowned Sparrows arrived at Central Park, and was determined as of the gambelli form, which is a much less-commonly noticed form which is a mostly-western-North American breeder, migrant, and winterer. Some call that western form, Western Taiga White-crowned Sparrow, as does David Sibley in his musings on all of our N. American birds.
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A long-long-long-staying hen Wild Turkey continues at Battery Park at Manhattans southern edge.
Good birding,
thanks to all of many observers and photographers all around Manhattan, including the hundreds in all of Central Park today. Plenty of group walks ongoing - in not-for-profit, guided bird-walks led for a variety of institutions and non-profit organizations. Reports and alerts in Discord birding-app, and in eBird with the Macaulay Library, and many are also in real-time via good old word-of-mouth.
Date: 4/28/26 5:59 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Monday, 4/27 - further arrivals
Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Monday, April 27th -
Some additional migration was occurring into Monday. Much more of the nocturnal migration from Sunday night to Monday was going west, and well-west, of most of N.Y. City, however enough mass movement was occurring to enhance the diversity of spring migrant arrivals here. The first-of-spring Least Flycatchers for this county, and for Manhattan, came in. More of other birds, now into their standard, expected arrival periods rather than as early-date types of arrivals, are occurring - such as more of Eastern Kingbirds, more of Orchard Orioles, more of some warbler species, etc.
While Central Park had all of this, as it always has very large numbers of watchers watching virtually every day of spring, other parks and greenspaces are also receiving many of these migrants by now. Some of the parks in northern Manhattan were keeping pace with the rest of the county, and some of the springs newest arrivals for this month have occurred as early, if not earlier, than were seen in Central Park, even with the latter locations vast numbers of observers and photographers. Many of the parks facing the Hudson River have been faring well with migration recently. As still more migrants come thru - eventually - in May, almost any place around Manhattan, including street trees and shrubberies, might hold interesting birds on some days.
A minimum of twenty warbler species are and were present on Manhattan, both Monday and again for Tuesday, April 28th. Again, a lot of migratory flight passed thru in the night, and much more has moved to the west or north of N.Y. City by daylight.
Date: 4/27/26 2:32 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Sunday, 4/26 - Blue Grosbeak, Summer Tanager, many more migrants
A Glaucous Gull was photographed flying by Governors Island, just south of the south end of Manhattan, on Sunday, 4-26. Incidentally this would not make a late-spring date for this species in this county.
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Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Summer Tanager, and Blue Grosbeak were each found, separately, in Central Park on Sunday. A Blue Grosbeak was first seen Saturday at Central Park. The Summer Tanager May or may not be the same individual previously found at Central, lingering - although some of that species showing up in spring will linger for quite some time, sometimes in the same general area.
A minimum of 21 species of migratory Americas-hemisphere warblers were present in Central Park on Sunday, all with multiple observers and many of the birds also photographed. At least 22 species of warblers have been seen by multiple, often very many, observers and photographers in Central Park alone. Such species as Pine Warbler and Palm Warbler continue to be seen, around Manhattan and generally as well in the county. A modest number of Louisiana Waterthrushes were still passing thru, while Northern Waterthrush has been more common and will increase further in coming weeks here.
One species likely to have been first-of-the-year in the county, in Manhattan, and for Central and another park was Chestnut-sided Warbler. A few additional warbler species were reported with possibly just 1 observer to those, per-species and individual. Other species confirmed, but not yet seen by vast numbers of birders include Cape May Warbler among a couple of warbler species already passing thru. Again, many of these migrants, warblers and many more of the recent migrants, are turning up all around Manhattan in many different parks and greenspaces.
Marsh Wrens continue to be found in several parks in Manhattan, as well as elsewhere in the county. There are occasional ongoing reports of Pine Siskin, unfortunately most not being confirmed by photos or video. Purple Finch are ongoing and continue to pass thru in fairly good numbers all-around. American Goldfinch also are passing thru in numbers.
Wood Thrushes and Veery continued at Central Park, and elsewhere in Manhattan, with Hermit Thrush having diminished a bit but still moving thru. Vireos of 5 species continued thru the weekend, especially for Central Park with White-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos there. Red-eyed Vireo was seeming slightly more numerous by Sunday, while Eastern Warbling Vireos are in multiple locations, and Blue-headed Vireos continue passing thru.
We await more of the migrant flycatchers for this county. Many E. Phoebes have by now moved on. Great Created Flycatchers are slightly more widespread over the county, relative to just some days prior. Incidentally, some of the more-than-week-ago Bank Swallow sightings from Central Park have at-last had confirmations via the observers, and are on the books so to say for the year and this month. More hirundines are very likely appearing and will be increasing over coming days, and in some situations, what seems poor weather may bring more in at certain locations.
Orchard Oriole, an uncommon breeder in this county, has been found in low multiple numbers in multiple locations by now, a few possibly seeking or setting up territories. Baltimore Orioles have been more widespread and more numerous, but still more are expected in coming days and weeks here. We continued with native sparrows of at least 8 species, these include Lincolns, White-crowned, and Savannah Sparrows all of which have been found at Central and multiple other parks in Manhattan, and some elsewhere in the county.
Spotted Sandpipers, Rusty Blackbirds, and Laughing Gulls are among species showing in Central Park, and the latter gull especially in many more locations of the county. The 2 regularly-wintering Loon species were still being found this past weekend, but some or even most are being observed as north-moving migrants - flyovers. Either species, Red-throated or Common Loon, might be found well into May in any years around here.
Far more migrants and some returning breeders are showing up in the county almost daily, and just a small number of all of these are noted above.
Thanks to observers and photographers for sightings, alerts and reports all via the Discord birding app, eBird with the Macaulay Library for media, and thru good old word-of-mouth.
Date: 4/26/26 2:16 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 26, 2026: Great Crested Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Worm-eating and Nashville Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday, April 26, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cold, cloudy morning: Great Crested Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Purple Finch, Worm-eating, Nashville and Other Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 7
Mallard - 12
Mourning Dove - 35-40
American Herring Gull - around 25
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb)
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 or 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Ramble
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Maintenance Field
Northern Flicker - 2 Ramble
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5
Warbling Vireo - 1 Sparrow Rock (Sandra Critelli)
Blue Jay - 10-12
American Crow - 1 flyover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 30-35
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 or 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (Sandra Critelli)
House Wren - 2 or 3
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Hermit Thrush - 10-15
Wood Thrush - 1 Laupot Bridge
American Robin - 40-50
Purple Finch - 1 female Tupelo Field
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Song Sparrow - 2 or 3
Eastern Towhee - 4-6
Baltimore Oriole - 2 (second-year male Turtle Pond, adult male Sparrow Rock (S. Critelli))
Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7
Common Grackle - 18-20
Ovenbird - 1 Summer House
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 north Upper Lobe (Caren Jahre), same location Saturday
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5
Nashville Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle (John Bitetti)
Northern Parula - 2 or 3
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Northern Cardinal - 6 including female with nesting material
Date: 4/26/26 12:48 am From: Thomas Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan / N.Y. County, NYC - 20 warbler spp. on 4/25, plus uncommon migrants
New York County, including Manhattan, Governors, Randalls, and Roosevelt Islands and the adjacent waters and skies above the county -
- thru Saturday, April 25th -
We have by now had more than 160 species of wild, native birds for this month thus far, in this county.
Orange-crowned Warbler is one of the latest of the spring-arrival warblers to have been found, seen by multiple observers, and seen in Central Park by now, which makes for a tally of at least 22 species of American warblers seen by multiple observers in Central Park alone, this month, and with several more species of warbler also having occurred in nocturnal migration or as single-reporter-so-far hearings or sightings, this spring. Even on the getting-wet by late morning Saturday, April 25 in Central Park at least 18 species of warblers were seen collectively by the non-profit-birding community, in the collective. In all of the county, the tally went to at least 20 species of warblers on that same day. While a few Orange-crowned Warblers also regularly attempt overwintering in this county, and some seem to succeed at that, we also receive migrant arrivals of Orange-crowned, and in slightly higher numbers identified than in decades past. That appears to represent an actual slight increase from past-decades -spring- arrivals of that species.
A lot of these migrant warblers and many of the other neotropical-wintering migrants were holdovers from the mid to late-week regional migration incursions and with drop-ins, last Thursday -i.e., Wednesday night into Thurs. morning- being one of the larger migration events for this county. Even with impending rain arriving on Saturday, more than 250 observers and photographers were out and about seeking migrants, and a fair number stayed out in the rain, up to a point.
Ovenbird, Worm-eating Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Waterthrush, Blue-winged Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Hooded Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Parula, Blackburnian Warbler, Northern Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler were the species noted on Saturday. All but two of the above species were seen at Central Park, and a good diversity of these also were present in some other larger parks of Manhattan. The warblers were not seen in any numbers on the other islands of the county on Saturday.
A Caspian Tern was photographed over the Hudson River for a 2nd sighting off Manhattan this month, on April 24th from lower-west Manhattan. Many tern species are moving and a lot of species have been arriving on breeding territories among various species that breed in interior NY state and in New England. Certainly more of the terns in all their diversity will be moving, and ought to be watched for. Common Tern has by now surpassed the triple-digits marker at a well-known breeding colony at Great Gull Island off Long Island, NY.
A female-plumaged Blue Grosbeak was reported from the n.w. quadrant of Central Park on Saturday. While the species occurs as a matter of course each year in parts of southeast NY state, this is also a classic early-overshoot-type species, particularly about now, before May has arrived. Indigo Buntings have been in the low-multiple in the county, most if not all Indigos seen being bright breeding-males, so far.
It turned out that both the Chuck-wills-widow -the rarer by far of the caprimulgids that occur in NY- as well as the annually-seen-here Whip-poor-will were each present in Central Park on Thursday, April 23, with the far-rarer Chuck getting by far the greater attention on that day by most observers. The calls of the Whip were the key later, at post-dusk in the area of the 2 birds perches. The Whip-poor-will was also again seen Saturday, while the Chuck-wills might have moved on - the latter was not heard at all in the evenings.
A Vesper Sparrow was found on Governors Island, in N.Y. County a bit south of Manhattan, on Friday. Multiple Marsh Wrens were starting to turn up, a species seen previously this month in parts of the county, lately experiencing a bit of broader movements. Not many observers took note of the 2 lingering Red-breasted Mergansers at the Central Park reservoir to Saturday. Much much longer-lingering were ongoing Green-winged Teal still at The Pool in Central Parks n-w quadrant this weekend. The 3 most-regular swallow species of the county were all in place thru Saturday, including all in Central Park - Barn, N. Rough-winged, and Tree Swallows. Attempts to find other hirundine species in the county on Saturday appeared to not be successful.
Seekers of migrant Red-headed Woodpeckers are not having much success so far this spring in this county, despite the movements of that species regionally and through the full range of the species. A much-less-noted migrant -involving just some of them- Red-bellied Woodpeckers have been seen on -minimal- diurnal migrations - these told in part by watching the species go over bodies of water, and fly well-above high-treetop levels, moving steadily towards the north and northeast in these flights. Numbers are not high at all, at least as seen from this county for recent days. For example, one-hundred-plus-times more Flicker migration has been noted on any given day with migration occurring lately.
All sightings reported and some with alerts only from the local-area Discord birding app and in eBird, with the Macaulay Library for media, and thanks to responsible, reliable observers and photographers, many in support of not-for-profit institutions and organizations offering regular scheduled bird-walks in all areas of this city and beyond, with walk-leaders who follow codes of conduct in which the well-being of birds is first and foremost.
Date: 4/25/26 4:04 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 25, 2026: E. Whip-poor-will, Great Crested Flycatcher, 9 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC
Saturday April 25, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cool, cloudy morning with rain starting a bit before 10: Eastern Whip-poor-will, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Purple Finch, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, Ovenbird, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, and six other Wood Warbler Species.
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Canada Goose - 8
Mallard - 12
Bufflehead - 1 male Reservoir (Deb)
Mourning Dove - 35-40 including some birds-of-the-year
Eastern Whip-poor-will - 1 east side of Mugger's Woods
Ring-billed Gull - around 15
American Herring Gull - around 130
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 12
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 adults west side of Lake
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 south side Turtle Pond (first-of-season)
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5
Warbling Vireo - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Blue Jay - 10-12
Fish Crow - 1 flyover
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 25-30
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 east side of Mugger's Woods
House Wren - 2 or 3
Gray Catbird - 30-35
Hermit Thrush - 15-20
Wood Thrush - 1 Ramble
American Robin - 30-35
Purple Finch - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
White-throated Sparrow - 35-40
Eastern Towhee - 5 or 6
Baltimore Oriole - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10
Common Grackle - 25-30
Ovenbird - 1 Swampy Pin Oak
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4
Nashville Warbler - 1 East Drive at 79th Street
Northern Parula - 1 lawn west of Castle
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male east side of Mugger's Woods
Palm Warbler - 1 or 2 south side Turtle Pond
Pine Warbler - 1 female lawn west of Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5
Northern Cardinal 4 or 5
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Transcriber: Gail Benson
[~BEGIN RBA TAPE~]
Greetings! This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, April 24,
2026 at 11:00 pm.
The highlights of today's tape are TUFTED and HARLEQUIN DUCKS,
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, GLAUCOUS GULL, WESTERN CATTLE EGRET, RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER,
various spring migrants and more.
In a week that once again has not provided the best conditions for
spring migration regionally, our highlights feature among them some
lingering waterfowl, especially the drake TUFTED DUCK still present at
Cammann's Pond Park in Merrick through today, this pond off Lindenmere
Drive, just south of Merrick Road.
Also late are three HARLEQUIN DUCKS spotted today on Long Island Sound
off Duck Pond Point and Beach on the North Fork in Cutchogue.
A nice surprise in Central Park’s Ramble Thursday was a
CHUCK-WILL’S-WIDOW, observed roosting quietly until it flew off in the
late evening. That same evening over in Prospect Park an EASTERN
WHIP-POOR-WILL was recorded singing shortly after sunset,
interestingly, this followed on Friday evening by two additional
encounters with singing WHIP-POOR-WILLS, one at the Salt Marsh Nature
Center in Brooklyn’s Marine Park and the other in Forest Park, Queens
.
An immature GLAUCOUS GULL continues in Brooklyn, moving between Bush
Terminal Piers Park and the Brooklyn Army Terminal Pier 4, and a young
ICELAND GULL also remains around those piers, both seen through today.
A CASPIAN TERN was spotted today moving up the Hudson River off
Manhattan.
A WESTERN CATTLE-EGRET visited Oakwood Beach on Staten Island last
Sunday and Monday, and an AMERICAN BITTERN paid a visit to Central
Park’s north end on Wednesday.
An adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues its stay at Marshlands
Conservancy in Rye.
On Long Island two RED CROSSBILLS were encountered last Monday at
Rocky Point Pine Barrens State Forest, and two PINE SISKINS visited a
feeder in Mill Neck yesterday.
The lingering Brooklyn Gambel’s-type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still
at Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday.
WARBLER highlights this week featured a PROTHONOTARY visiting Prospect
Park Lake Saturday through Monday, followed by one found today at the
south end of Hempstead Lake State Park, a YELLOW-THROATED discovered
Sunday at Claremont Park in the Bronx and staying there through
Monday, and a HOODED spotted in Prospect Park last Monday. Also
notable, a changing male SUMMER TANAGER was found in Central Park
today.
A decent list of recent arrivals includes RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD,
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, LEAST SANDPIPER, LITTLE
BLUE HERON, EASTEN KINGBIRD, EASTERN WARBLING and RED-EYED VIREOS,
BANK SWALLOW, VEERY, LINCOLN’S SPARROW, ORCHARD ORIOLE, AMERICAN
REDSTART, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, SCARLET TANAGER and INDIGO BUNTING.
To phone in reports call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
Date: 4/24/26 5:30 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 24, 2026: Veery, Field Sparrow, Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager
Central Park - North End, NYC
Friday April 24, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Chimney Swift, Veery, Purple Finch, Field Sparrow, Baltimore Oriole, 10 Species of Wood Warblers (see list), Scarlet Tanager. Benny Romero reported Yellow-throated Vireo, Nashville and Blue-winged Warblers at the North End.
Farther south in the park a White-eyed Vireo continued in and near Strawberry Fields along with a Baltimore Oriole and Gray Catbird, and a first-spring male Summer Tanager visited the Azalea Pond and Laupot Bridge in the Ramble.
More Central Park bird reports at @BirdCentralPark and @mbalerter on "X" maintained by David Barrett.
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Canada Goose - 18
Mallard - 7
Green-winged Teal - 4 (2 males, 2 females) continue at the Pool
Mourning Dove - 7 or 8
Chimney Swift - 1 over the Pool (Mary Kate Horbac)
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 3 or 4
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Harlem Meer Island
Green Heron - 1 Loch
Great Egret - 1 flyover Harlem Meer
Osprey - 1 or 2 fishing at Harlem Meer (Caren Jahre)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (Claire Buyens)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (Children's Glade and Lily Ponds (Paul Curtis))
Downy Woodpecker - heard
Northern Flicker - 2 or 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 10-12
American Crow - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 1 Loch
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 5-7 (Pool (Kate Wodell) and Harlem Meer)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 17-20
Brown Creeper - 1 (after lunch at Azalea Pond)
Gray Catbird - 2 (Conservatory Garden and Loch (Caren Jahre)
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Harlem Meer
Veery - 2 (East Blowdown (Kate Wodell), Great Hill)
Hermit Thrush - 14 (at least that many in the Ramble later)
American Robin - 15-20 with several nests
House Finch - 4 or 5 west side of the Lake after lunch
Purple Finch - 2 males Loch, others at the Gill in the Ramble
American Goldfinch - 2 Meer and Pool (Brad Miles), others at the Loch
Field Sparrow - 1 Loch
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Song Sparrow - 1 stream between Harlem Meer and Loch
Swamp Sparrow - 6
Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 Blockhouse, a female at Azalea Pond later
Baltimore Oriole - 1 male Harlem Meer (Phyllis Newman, Judith McCaffrey)
Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10
Common Grackle - 6-8
Ovenbird - 2 (near High Meadow (Claire B.), Great Hill (Paul Curtis)
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Loch and Pool)
Northern Waterthrush - 13
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6 (Caren Jahre)
Northern Parula - 1 male Blockhouse
Yellow Warbler - heard-only High Meadow, another at Turtle Pond (R. DeCandido)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 singing male Lily Ponds (Scott Brevda)
Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow" (Claire Buyens, Dan Stevenson)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9 or 10
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 adult males (Lily Ponds, Blockhouse)
Scarlet Tanager - 1 adult male near Blockhouse
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
Date: 4/24/26 2:58 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Friday, 4/24 - 2 Tanager spp., 5 vireo spp., 10 sparrow spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Friday, April 24th -
With male Summer Tanager -photographed- and Scarlet Tanagers, 5 species of vireos including White-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos, ten species of native sparrows including Lincolns Sparrow, there were also warblers a-plenty. Warblers such as Blackburnian, Cape May, both Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green, and American Redstart, and yes Hooded Warbler and etc. were among the many more warbler species in and around the park on Friday. Add Veery, Wood Thrushes, and the 2 regular Oriole species, Orchard and more of Baltimore Orioles, and it is nearing full-on spring songbird migration. With a few shorebirds to add to the fun.
More from around all Manhattan and the rest of New York County in a future report.
Thanks to all the birders and photographers keeping it real with reports and alerts in real-time via the Discord birding app, eBird with its hourly-updates on rarer species, and with the Macaulay Library included in eBird, as well as plenty of word-of-mouth bird news.
Date: 4/24/26 5:38 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thursday, 4/23 - many migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Thursday, April 23rd -
A Chuck-wills-widow was first found by independently-walking birders, and shared to the Discord birding app, with good initial discussions on ID points. At least 300 bird observers eventually came around to the Azalea Pond area in the Ramble of Central Park to view, or also photograph this caprimulgid. Multiple leaders and groups with not-for-profit institutions and organizations that offer guided bird walks, all of them based in conservation science, education, outreach in natural diversity and wise leadership regularly in spring, were present to observe the nightjar on its day roost. The total numbers of observers were of course not there all at one time.
On Thursday overall, the northern third of Central Park was the slightly more active for freshly arrived migrants and other birds, by comparison to other areas in the park. However all sectors of the park contained some migrants, and observers made it to all sections, including the southern end of the park, through the day. Well over 100 species of wild birds were found in Central on the day, here are just some of the many highlights-
All birds listed below were seen by multiple observers and seen perched, or in the case of some raptors, in flight.
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal - ongoing at The Pool, also had wintered there.
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Chuck-wills-widow - as noted at top.
Chimney Swift - multiple and seen from multiple areas in the park.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - few, but including some feeding.
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret - this species mainly in low flyover passes, esp seen from this parks northern half in season.
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk - northbound migrations are near peak.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Northern -Yellow-shafted- Flicker - many migrants, as well as fairly-scarce breeders.
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe - still passing thru.
Great Crested Flycatcher - multiple observers in the past several days, of multiple birds.
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo - several, most being seen in the northern half of the park.
Blue-headed Vireo - still passing thru.
Eastern Warbling Vireo - multiple, and a species that breeds very commonly here.
Red-eyed Vireo - few, and still slightly-early.
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow - these and the other swallows listed are being seen daily in the multiple.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet - getting scarcer by
Red-breasted Nuthatch - multiple, but not that many.
Brown Creeper - getting scarcer.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern House Wren - multiple, some singing.
Winter Wren - scarcer by now.
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird - some migrant arrivals lately showing in more and more areas.
Brown Thrasher - multiple, some singing.
Veery - one or two - and ideally still needing photos or video-audio for ID.
Hermit Thrush - for now still the most numerous of the brown-backed thrush species.
Wood Thrush - increased, and by now with many many observers and photographers.
Cedar Waxwing - still in low numbers around this park.
Purple Finch - being found daily, often photographed, in multiple locations in the park. This species of migrant finch has increased to double-digit numbers on Thursday just at Central Park, and far more are on the move.
American Goldfinch - regular in multiple locations now.
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
- Red Fox Sparrow - last seen in the park last weekend, perhaps moved on. Any sightings suspected to be of Fox Sparrow from now to October should be photographed or video recorded if possible. Other forms besides Red Fox Sparrow are remotely possible, and have been documented out-of-season in this park in the past.
Dark-eyed -Slate-colored- Junco - getting scarcer by now.
White-crowned Sparrow - few, and still on the slightly early side of spring for these.
White-throated Sparrow - abundant in many areas, singing often.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole - more arrivals, some singing, in many locations by now.
Rusty Blackbird
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Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
NOTE, all of the above 18 warbler species were present in the northern half of Central Park on Thursday. A few other species of American warblers may also have been in that area of the park.
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
- the above many migrants are just some of the birds seen on Thursday at Central Park, by many many hundreds of observers and photographers - all alerts and reports coming in thru the Discord birding app, and via eBird, with the Macaulay Library for media. Also some notes offered by word-of-mouth.
Date: 4/23/26 3:13 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 23, 2026: Chuck-will's-widow, Hooded and Other Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Thursday April 23, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Chuck-will's-widow, Hooded and Other Wood Warblers.
Yesterday Benny Romero @Benny33946306 reported some nice birds from the North End: Bald Eagle, American Bittern, Baltimore Oriole, and Hooded Warbler. And today an Eastern Warbling Vireo in the North Woods.
For many additional Central Park reports see @BirdCentralPark and @mbalerter both maintained by David Barrett on "X."
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Canada Goose - 6 (at least one nest)
Mallard - 10
Mourning Dove - 20-25
Chuck-will's-widow - 1 adult male Azalea Pond
American Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 west side of the Lake
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6-8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 12-14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20-25
House Wren - 2 or 3
Gray Catbird - 1 Humming Tombstone (our first for the season)
Brown Thrasher - 1 continuing south side of Turtle Pond
Hermit Thrush - 10-15
American Robin - 30-40
Purple Finch - 1 male Azalea Pond
American Goldfinch - 2 or 3 in the Ramble
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Eastern Towhee - 5 or 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6 males
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Ramble
Common Grackle - 8-10
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 east side of the Lake
Hooded Warbler - 1 male Humming Tombstone to Gill Overlook
Northern Parula - 1 Gill Overlook
Yellow Warbler - 1 east side of the Great Lawn (David Barrett)
Palm Warbler - 5-7 "Yellow"
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15-20
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Date: 4/23/26 4:01 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - arrivals by 4/23
Manhattan, NYC - into Thursday, April 23 -
2 Greater Yellowlegs were found at the Inwood Hill Park lagoon mudflats on April 22.
Among species arrived by Thursday, April 23rd in Manhattan -
Many migrants detected in flight from N.F.C. - Nocturnal Flight Calls - and in landings occurring in and around Central Park, and also at other Manhattan points.
With the exception of Forsters Tern and Cliff Swallow, all of the below species were noted from Central Park. Good efforts in other parks in lower to mid-Manhattan, and from northern Manhattan, have been revealing many new migrants as well, this week.
Of warblers alone, at least 22 species are passing thru or are present, including all of the noted species at Central Park, with some in many many other Manhattan locations. A number of migrant birds increased in numbers, having been seen already but in low to middling numbers in Manhattan this spring.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift - additional arrivals to those of recent days.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - additional arrivals.
Spotted Sandpiper - additional arrivals.
Solitary Sandpiper - additional arrivals.
Laughing Gull - additional arrivals.
Forster's Tern
Snowy Egret - additional arrivals.
Green Heron - additional arrivals.
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-headed Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher - additional arrivals.
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Eastern Warbling Vireo - additional arrivals.
Red-eyed Vireo
Cliff Swallow
Northern House Wren - additional arrivals.
Veery
Wood Thrush - additional arrivals.
Purple Finch - additional arrivals.
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole - first noted from Fort Tryon Park on April 22, additional in Manhattan on 4-23, including at Central Park and elsewhere.
Baltimore Oriole - additional arrivals.
Rusty Blackbird - additional arrivals.
Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - additional arrivals.
Ovenbird - additional arrivals.
Worm-eating Warbler - additional arrivals.
Louisiana Waterthrush - additional.
Northern Waterthrush - additional.
Blue-winged Warbler - additional.
Black-and-white Warbler - additional.
Nashville Warbler - additional.
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat - additional.
Hooded Warbler - additional.
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula - additional.
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Yellow Warbler - additional.
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler - additional.
Pine Warbler - more females and first-spring individuals arriving or passing thru.
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler - additional, large numbers of females by now.
Prairie Warbler - additional.
Black-throated Green Warbler - additional arrivals.
- and likely more newly arriving migrants in addition to the above.
Date: 4/22/26 9:44 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Am. Bittern, Central Park north end, NYC - 4/22
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - northern part of park
Wednesday, April 22 - also regarded as Earth Day by many in the world
An American Bittern was found early-day moving thru the Loch in the parks north end, thanks to Christian Cooper and Kyu Lee for this nice discovery, and a bit later this bird re-found in the nearby Meer, on the small island just north of the new rink-pool center, with further thanks to MaryBeth Kooper. Photos, and more observers also later. The most elegant fashion statement being in Central Park on this day is this Bittern.
Many other species of migrants persist in Central and in a variety of other parks and greenspaces of Manhattan with the cooler, overcast weather after the passage of rain showers.
Shoutout to the local - NYC Queer Birders Club, and to all celebrating Earth Day.
Date: 4/22/26 1:26 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, & all-Manhattan, NYC - 17+ Warbler spp., etc., updates to 4/21
Yet another in the swarm of Yellow-throated Warblers pushing in and thru the NYC region in the past ten-plus days was one found and photographed by one of Bronx Countys many fine younger birders, at modest-sized Claremont Park, in the west-central Bronx, on April 19. … I have fondness for that park myself, having birded there many times, albeit mostly years ago, and somewhat incidental to much longer visits to the larger two parks in The Bronx, as well as to Bronx Zoo or NY Botanical Gardens for work and play, at all seasons. One of 10,001 nice patch-birding sites in the 5 counties of N.Y. City.
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On Monday, April 20, at least 3 Purple Sandpipers were seen on the shore of Governors Island, in N.Y. County, NYC, just south of the southern edge of Manhattan. Governors is the best, proven site in this county to try and locate that sandpiper species, relative to all other areas within the county, yet it is still a nearly-rare, always very localized species for the county.
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Manhattan, N.Y. City - mainly recent 5 days to Tues., April 21st.
Black Scoters and Surf Scoters were seen off Manhattan on Sunday, 4-19, with small numbers of each photographed out over the Hudson River, while greater numbers of the non-white-winged scoters were noticed off Governors Island on the same morning. Species-diversity and overall numbers of most if not all waterfowl in New York County have dropped considerably in the week-that-felt-like-summer, ending on April 18th.
Many species of migrants have been passing through, with many dozens of species -many of those of neotropical-wintering status - in the past ten days or so. A number of species had already apparently moved on with the great swell of migration-tide on a number of days and nights in the week prior to this one.
There are multiple species of neotropical-wintering migrant birds which have passed thru or overflown Manhattan and some have reached breeding areas in the past week or more, also from last week were many overshoot type migrants, some very far north of where typically found such as in Canada for more-southerly species.
The migration events of last week ranging from farther south and into all of North America, and Manhattan saw just a fraction of a sliver of all that was in motion, however some of these birds had been nonetheless been dropping-in, while many individual migrants simply moved on. It is notable too that trees and shrubs and forbs all greened up rapidly thru last week in multiple areas and counties of southeast NY and elsewhere in the northeast, that allowed for emergences of many arthropods including insects in various stages, such as caterpillars of moths, etc., which many birds feed on, and helped to propel migrants farther on their ways this past week. The turn to cooler weather began to slow that process by this week but much migration is ongoing!
Hooded Warblers and N. Parulas have been seen by hundreds of observers in the past week at Central Park. Many many more migrants have been found in all corners of Manhattan. A further report still to come on the recent birds of all of N.Y. County.
Note the rapid turnover in the last two weeks, from waterfowl lingering, to their departures and the concurrent arrivals of such neotropjcal-winters as warblers, and other families of birds - of the Americas and Caribbean isles - arriving here or passing thru. Warbler diversity had increased dramatically, but for many newly-arrived species, the numbers will swell much more in coming weeks.
Some of the birds found in and adjacent to or over Manhattan in the past five days -
Brant - still around at the shores of Manhattan in select areas.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan - East River sightings, from Manhattan.
Wood Duck - ongoing, esp. for Central Park.
Northern Shoveler - few remained to this week.
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck hybrid
Green-winged Teal - ongoing at Central Park.
Bufflehead - some continuing.
Hooded Merganser - still present this week, at Central Park.
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck - lingerers still present.
Wild Turkey - ongoing, Battery Park at the south end of Manhattan.
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift - scant so far, includes over Central Park for some days by now.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - very few so far, includes Central Park and several other Manhattan locations.
- Virginia Rail - present thru last week, at Bryant Park.-
Killdeer - few, in traditional locations.
American Woodcock - decreasing sightings.
Spotted Sandpiper - multiple, but not many yet.
Solitary Sandpiper - recently photographed at Central Park, also seen elsewhere.
Laughing Gull - increasing, multiple locations including some visiting Central Park.
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull - no ongoing sightings, recently seen at Central Park reservoir.
Red-throated Loon - fewer and fewer.
Common Loon - many have departed.
Double-crested Cormorant - increasing.
Black-crowned Night Heron - the only night-heron species known for Central Park so far this year, with numbers occasionally to ten or more, esp. at dusk and pre-sunrise.
Snowy Egret - mostly as flybys, including over Central Park.
Green Heron - ongoing, esp. for Central Park with sightings in multiple areas.
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture - few, but ongoing reports.
Turkey Vulture - regular.
Osprey - regular.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk - several recent sightings. Peak spring migration of this species.
Red-tailed Hawk
multiple Owl species.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- - - Red-headed Woodpecker - one was noted as mostly-heard, but unconfirmed.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern -Yellow-shafted- Flicker - many passing through.
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe - still passing thru in Manhattan.
Great Crested Flycatcher - scant, and a bit early for now. At Central Park.
White-eyed Vireo - Central Park recently, not noted Tuesday.
Blue-headed Vireo - more than all other vireo species, for now.
Eastern Warbling Vireo - small numbers , slightly early arrivals.
Blue Jay - lots of diurnal migration as well as some on territories.
American Crow
Fish Crow - at this season, told in part by vocalizations.
Common Raven - regular in multiple areas.
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Bank Swallow - multiple reports, this species eludes some seekers almost every year.
Tree Swallow - regular.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - increased all around, including double-digit numbers for Central Park.
Barn Swallow - increased all around.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - increased.
Golden-crowned Kinglet - decreasing.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper - decreased.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - ongoing.
Northern House Wren - very slight uptick. Central Park had at least several.
Winter Wren - decreasing.
Marsh Wren - including at Central Park.
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird - still few and mostly represented by successful overwinterers still around.
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird - recent sighting came to light, at Central Park.
- Veery - few reports, possibly valid - better would have been photos or audio files.
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush - few, especially for Central Park.
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit - recently for Central Park, an under-recognized annual Manhattan migrant, mainly found by knowing calls well.
Purple Finch - ongoing in low numbers around Manhattan, regular in Central Park lately.
House Finch
American Goldfinch - fair to better numbers lately.
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - very few, and very-slightly early.
Indigo Bunting - photographed at Central Park, and elsewhere.
Chipping Sparrow - numerous.
Field Sparrow
Red Fox Sparrow - still a few, but rapidly diminished.
Dark-eyed -Slate-colored- Junco - many have left.
White-crowned Sparrow - early, but not particularly so.
White-throated Sparrow - many migrants in all parts of Manhattan.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole - small numbers so far, also a bit of singing, Central Park included.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird - mainly thru the past weekend but some more are likely to come thru.
Common Grackle
- a minimum of 17 American warbler species in Manhattan, all also occurring within Central Park and many, or most, also being seen in other parks and greenspaces, with 2 additional warbler spp., likely and so most-likely a tally of at least 19 warbler species for Manhattan, as well as for Central Park, in recent days.
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Ovenbird - multiple, in very low numbers, some singing at times.
Worm-eating Warbler - 2, but more than one week ago.
Louisiana Waterthrush - many over this month, some singing at times.
Northern Waterthrush - small numbers so far, some singing at times.
Blue-winged Warbler - at least several, and Central Park has had singing individuals.
Black-and-white Warbler - multiple sites all around Manhattan, many singing.
Nashville Warbler - few, in past week, and especially at Central Park, also singing.
Common Yellowthroat - few that appear to be freshly arrived migrants, some singing.
Hooded Warbler - at least several in Central Park, including 2 in one day, and singing.
American Redstart - report thus far not confirmed, but hard to mistake a breeding plumaged male that is displaying the typical tail and wing fanning.
Northern Parula - multiple, in multiple locations and most of all at Central Park.
Northern Yellow Warbler - multiple, by now singing from many sites in Manhattan.
Black-throated Blue Warbler - report not yet confirmed, but nearly impossible to mistake a breeding plumaged male.
Palm Warbler - many hundreds have passed, some still seen daily.
Pine Warbler - large numbers have passed thru, some still around daily.
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler - large numbers are ongoing, some migrations of this species up to nearly 1,000 per single-morning-flight this month.
Yellow-throated Warbler - multiple reports, of which two or more certainly valid, from at least 2 parks in Manhattan - none seen on Tuesday of this week.
Prairie Warbler - very few so far, at least one singing as well for Central Park.
Black-throated Green Warbler - few so far, and singing, including at Central Park.
- and very likely some additional migrants in the pulses of recent migrations.
Thanks to many hundreds of independent observers and photographers, and to all those leading for or supporting not-for-profit guided bird walks, many of those non-profit walks being made almost every day now in Manhattan and also in the wider NYC area. Reports and alerts all in non-x apps such as the Discord birding app, and in eBird with the Macaulay library for media, and many reports also by good old word-of-mouth.
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org.
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
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Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 17th, 2026*, at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, an extralimital NEOTROPIC CORMORANT, TUFTED DUCK, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, PROTHONOTARY and YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS, SUMMER TANAGER, arriving Spring migrants, and more.
In a week featuring a rather confusing set of conditions for northbound migrants, one birder was lucky enough to look up in time to spot one of the world's great birds, a SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, as it soared high over Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket this morning, even snapping a nice photo before the KITE moved on. A late-day report from northeastern Westchester also needs to be checked out, and on a slightly extralimital note, a NEOTROPIC CORMORANT was spotted Tuesday on the Hudson River in Newburgh, likely the same bird returning for a 5th year. It was also noted Wednesday on the Beacon side of the river.
A drake TUFTED DUCK visiting Cammann's Pond Park off Lindenmere Drive in Merrick was seen there several days this week through today.
A couple of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS appeared this week, the first at Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn on Tuesday followed by one at Crocheron Park in Bayside Queens on Thursday while several reports of YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS featured one near the dam at Cross River Reservoir in Westchester from Saturday through Monday followed by one in Central Park Wednesday and singles Thursday appearing in Prospect Park and Inwood Hill Park and another prized Spring migrant was a male SUMMER TANAGER found Thursday in Prospect Park.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen most days this week to Friday at Bush Terminal Piers Park in Brooklyn. One or two ICELAND GULLS noted there several days, and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL also there Wednesday.
A few AMERICAN BITTERNS this week featured one in Prospect Park Tuesday and two at Mount Loretto on Staten Island Wednesday.
The adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continued all week at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye.
A Gambel's type WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW was still being seen in Green-wood Cemetery to Tuesday, and a VESPER SPARROW visited Central Park last Sunday.
A long list of Spring migrants this week included RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, COMMON GALLINULE, WILLET, TRICOLORED and GREEN HERONS, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, CLIFF SWALLOW, NORTHERN HOUSE WREN and MARSH WREN, SEASIDE SPARROW, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, and among the warblers OVENBIRD, WORM-EATING, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, BLUE-WINGED, NASHVILLE, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, HOODED, NORTHERN YELLOW, and BLACK-THROATED GREEN.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
Date: 4/19/26 1:14 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - Saturday, 4/18 - more arrivals
Manhattan, N.Y. City - to Saturday, April 18th -
At Central Park there were at least these new arrivals by Saturday - Bonapartes Gull, Great Crested Flycatcher, Bank Swallow, Indigo Bunting, Nashville Warbler, and White-crowned Sparrow. All of these species excepting that gull species also were noted from other locations in Manhattan as well. Other species of note seen again included more Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and at least 13 warbler species in addition to Nashville. Hooded Warbler was again seen and heard singing, at Central Parks n. end. At Central Park alone, the number of warbler species so far this year, and this month has grown to at least sixteen, and for all Manhattan, at least 17 species of warblers, with a few additional species needing to be confirmed.
A Lesser Black-backed Gull noted at the Central Park reservoir is a reminder that interesting and less-expected birds may show up at that reservoir into late spring.
There was a bit of an uptick in Chimney Swift numbers for Saturday, including over Central Park, but any big numbers are yet to arrive for Manhattan and this county. We continue to have the 3 first-arriving swallows of this county, Barn, N. Rough-winged, and Tree Swallows including all 3 species daily at Central Park. Both The Meer and reservoir in Central Park are worth watching. Swallows or martins could show up almost anywhere around Manhattan, and in some instances, certain inclement weather may find the hirundines to be massed or in better closer view than in fairest-weather days. There also can be some foggy or rainy mornings which may turn out to be exceptional for all sorts of migrant birds- or rather for finding them.
More and more migrants have started showing in multiple locations in Manhattan, from the southern tip to the northern edge. Modest migration has generally been the rule at the other islands of N.Y. County, just lately. In nocturnal movement, large numbers of migrants have moved north on most nights of the past week, to Friday night- with a vast majority continuing, not stopping off at Manhattan sites, which is not at all unusual for spring migrations.
Thanks to hundreds of observers and photographers for so many reports, and alerts, all via non-x birding apps and other sites, as well as by word-of-mouth.
Date: 4/18/26 1:11 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sat. April 18, 2026: Blue-headed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, N. Waterthrush and other Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC
Saturday. April 18, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a sunny and cool morning: Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Blue-headed Vireo, Fish Crow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Waterthrush, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Chris Cooper reported a Northern Yellow Warbler at the east end of Turtle Pond.
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Canada Goose - 10
Mallard - 9
Bufflehead - 1 male Reservoir (Deb-early)
Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mourning Dove - 20-25
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - around 50
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 female Shakespeare Garden
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Weather Station (Bob and Deb - early)
Northern Flicker - 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Mugger's Woods
Blue Jay - 10-15
Fish Crow - 1 flyover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9-12
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 southeast of Turtle Pond
Brown Thrasher - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Hermit Thrush - 5-10
American Robin - 25-30
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Eastern Towhee - 4 or 5 including 1 female (Annie Plum)
Red-winged Blackbird - 4 or 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 including 1 female
Common Grackle - 10-12
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Date: 4/17/26 3:02 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 17, 2026: Blue-headed Vireo, Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes
Central Park NYC
Friday, April 17, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Green-winged Teal, Osprey, Blue-headed Vireo, Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
In addition, a Hooded Warbler was reported in the Ramble, and a Virginia Rail continued in Bryant Park.
Canada Goose - 16
Mallard - 3
Green-winged Teal - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Mourning Dove - 5
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Great Egret - 1 Harlem Meer
Osprey - 1 Harlem Meer (Tom Cowieson)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 North Woods (Andrea Hessel)
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (male and female) at the Pool
Northern Flicker - 2 Lily Ponds, another heard
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5 (1 Loch (Caren Jahre), 3 or 4 Pool)
Blue Jay - 8
American Crow - 2 or 3
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 at the Pool (Scott Brevda)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9 or 10
Hermit Thrush - 3 (Paul Curtis)
American Robin - around a dozen, and nests (Kathleen Massey)
American Goldfinch - 2 (Harlem Meer, Loch) (Anindya Seng)
Field Sparrow - 2 Grassy Knoll
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Loch and Pool (Dan Stevenson))
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 12
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool (Dan Stevenson)
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Palm Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15
Northern Cardinal - 6
Date: 4/17/26 11:33 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Friday, 4/17 - more arrivals
Within one mile of the south edge of Central Park at Bryant Park in mid-Manhattan, a Virginia Rail is ongoing on Friday, with many admirers again. A bit of patience may be needed at times, to view this rail.
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At Central Park, Manhattan -in N.Y. City- already on Friday, April 17th, multiple newly arrived migrants or returning breeders have been found. At least one-dozen species of warblers are present, likely a few more species also to be reported, these today including Hooded, Black-throated Green, Northern Yellow and other warblers already seen over this month in Central Park. At least 3 species of vireos are in, including Eastern Warbling Vireo which breed in Central and elsewhere in Manhattan, and also White-eyed Vireo which is a breeder in some areas of N.Y. City, and more of Blue-headed Vireos which do not breed in N.Y. City. The very few -so far- Chimney Swifts continued into Friday. A number of species of migrants have increased from the day before and prior days this week. More reporting for all Manhattan and all of N.Y. County in some few days…
Thanks to many observers and photographers for updates all in either the Discord birding app, in eBird alerts and reports, and via good old word-of-mouth.
Date: 4/17/26 1:51 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - additional for Thurs., 4/16 - Ch.Swift, YTWA redux
Manhattan, N.Y. City - Thursday, April 16th -
At least one Chimney Swift has been reliably seen and reported, noted over Central Park on Thursday. And as for reliably reported Yellow-throated Warblers in Manhattan, there was one for Thursday at Inwood Hill Park, in n. Manhattan. Close listening and further watching may reveal a few more of those, given the regional influx in fair numbers. The Chimney Swift is a nice species to indicate the more general movements of many other new tropical-wintering birds, some obviously now in our area, some already even well north of the local area.
Good birding and thanks to always-keen observers for reports.
Date: 4/16/26 4:22 pm From: Thomas Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - to 4/16 - Pileated WP, V. Rails, rapid-migration ongoing
Prothonotary Warblers have arrived by now in at least 3 of New York Citys five counties and certainly should be watched for elsewhere, as well as watching out for multiple other so-called overshoot type of neotropical-wintering migrant birds, and also possible vagrants from yet farther-out.
Sightings of multiple Yellow-throated Warblers in N.Y. City by now include a fine sighting-find by a few hearty observers in the Bronx, at Franz Sigel Park which its fair to say has been visited by not-many NYC birders, that Yellow-throated was noted on April 11, and possibly not since then. Other Yellow-throated Warbler sighting-reports in Manhattan, etc. may require some further documentation to be confirmed. Yellow-throated Warbler reports from Central Park in Manhattan began on Wednesday, April 15, in eBird, and -not- on any x-app, and not in other non-publicly viewable apps.
The Glossy Ibis passing around Governors Island -in N.Y. County, NYC- and likely visible at times from Manhattan this week are now also confirmed by photos as-of Wednesday, thanks in part to L. Wong for those. This ibis is an uncommonly found species in the country, particularly so for on-the-deck sightings over the decades. It has become slightly more regular in recent decades, as the species also expanded breeding range a bit northward.
There has been a great deal of migrant passage with birds flying past, and many well-past, N.Y. City or nearby, so that for example by Thursday 4-16 Indigo Bunting has landed up to 240 straight-line miles from mid-Manhattan, at Nantucket Island, a well-known site for vagrant and all manner of migrant birds. There are many many more examples right now for overshoot-migrants having reached the north-of-NYC sites, especially by Thursday. Another fine example is the male-plumaged Hooded Warbler which has been seen and photographed by many just outside Halifax -Nova Scotia, Canada- starting on April 10, if not even before.
At minimum, 12 species of warblers were within Central Park alone on April 16th. A few more possible species need some further confirmation, for such a date-arrival. It might be worth noting however, some of the strong-overshoot-type migration of a variety of songbirds has been from as early as April 10th, in North America - and this includes Canada.
In warblers alone, there are at-least the following species already found on territories -north of- N.Y. City, some for some days, some just found on 4-16, by many other observers - Ovenbird, Worm-eating Warbler, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, Hooded Warbler, Northern Yellow Warbler, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped -Myrtle form- Warbler, Prairie Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler, some ON territories in various states, or Canadian provinces. And likely at least a few more warbler species than these are also occurring in locations north of N.Y. City.
Prothonotary Warbler and Yellow-throated Warbler have each been seen by now in areas not far from N.Y. City, or in potential habitat in NYC, for possible or likely breeding attempts. More of these two particular species are, not surprisingly being seen in southern New Jersey and points south or west of there, in appropriate habitat, than in more-northerly areas for potential breeding.
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Manhattan, N.Y. City - to Thursday, April 16 -
A more thorough report, for all areas in N.Y. County may be forthcoming in just a few days.
A Pileated Woodpecker has continued at least into Wed., 4-15 at Inwood Hill Park, recently around the Clove area in that parks near-northern wooded portion, a bit southwest of the small sports meadow and lagoon walkway. Of course this bird may move about at times, in its feeding. This is clearly a good time of year to see the species in NYC - also noted in Queens County and Richmond County of N.Y. City recently. The species is also a likely semi-resident or permanent resident of Bronx County in N.Y. City, which is the only county of that city which is on and part-of the N. American mainland, all the other counties are, or are part of, islands - Kings and Queens Counties each being a part of much-larger Long Island.
A Virginia Rail was reported separately at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, additional to the bird picked up for rehab-evaluation elsewhere already. Other rail species are also migrating lately thru the region. The Bryant Park Virgina Rail was found by N. Flowers in that park on Wed., and by Thursday, 4-16, was being seen and photographed by large numbers of people thru the day - it may take some patience to observe - as with most rails… It is a rail!
With so many trees and shrubs showing some leaves or leaf-buds, or in bloom recently, as well as all manner of other plant life reawakening, there are also more plentiful arthropods for hungry arriving migrant birds to find and consume, and the leaf cover thats been increasing daily with the very warm weather also is providing a bit of cover for the smaller migrant and other birds.
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Some but probably not all of new arrivals to the island of Manhattan and, with so many observers in the one park -Central Park- a good percentage of the newly found birds being noted from that location, indeed all that are in this paragraph - are listed here - Spotted Sandpiper - at multiple sites on Manhattan as well as in N.Y. County by now, including several in Central Park, as well as Inwood Hill Park, and elsewhere, Solitary Sandpiper, Green Herons - multiple birds, two of which seen and photographed in Central Park in the same area, plus others elsewhere, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Blue-winged Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Indigo Bunting, and Baltimore Oriole. There are some additional -other- reports for various migrants that as-of late-day on Thursday were still not confirmed. All of the species noted above and below have also occurred elsewhere in the region, and some already well north of N.Y. City. The sandpipers were also photographed or videotaped by multiple observers including at Central Park.
Still present in Central Park on Thursday was a male-plumaged Hooded Warbler, and at least 9 additional warbler species that were all present in earlier days. Those other warblers included Ovenbird, Louisiana Waterthrush - multiple, Black-and-white Warbler - multiple, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Parula - at least 8 in Manhattan by Thursday after several were already seen at Central Park, one there seen by more than 100 observers and photographers by today, Northern Yellow Warbler - multiples of this species have arrived in Manhattan seen from lower Manhattan to northern Manhattan, and by now with dozens of observers and photos from several parks, Palm Warbler - many of both sexes, Pine Warbler - both sexes present in numbers, and Yellow-rumped Myrtle-form Warblers, the last the most numerous warbler species in Central on mourning flights this week and the same all around Manhattan and all of N.Y. County, although a lot of day-only observers were reporting Palm Warbler as their most-seen warbler spp, this week.
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Of recent warblers this week, a few species represented by individual birds may have already moved on, in the highly-favorable weather conditions for onward passage. Those additional warblers of this week included Worm-eating Warbler and Prairie Warbler. At least a few other species just seen this week may also have moved on. See the 4th paragraph of this report above, for a very few of many examples - some migrants have far-overshot the expected-anticipated early dates or northern-most breeding locations of their species by some days, weeks or considerable distances. We might not expect much more of this by this weekend and next week - however, quite a few migrants have likely arrived and some which are on the early side, or are uncommon or even rare for our region or the local sites, may well be found by birders in coming days. Whip-poor-will has already arrived, and not all that early, on territories to the north of N.Y. City. Other examples await...
Of birds at Central Park, multiple Rusty Blackbirds have been on going, many observers finding two or even more at a go, and the Green Herons have been observed there by over 100 people just in one area on Thursday. Possibly the least-expected of ducks still being seen at Central Park, into Thursday, were 2 Red-breasted Mergansers. Many other ducks at Central such as multiple Green-winged Teal have been lingering on and on, while some overwintered or rapid-migrant ducks also have moved on to more-northerly places, by now. Purple Finches have been seen in many locations in Manhattan recently, but mostly in very modest numbers, while American Goldfinches are also moving thru in greater numbers.
All of the species seen at Central Park, and most other areas within N.Y. County, have been reported or alerted first in the Discord birding-app, and on eBird with alerts there arriving in a short time, after the rapid Discord local alerts have been issued. Media including photos, videos, and audio files are also being placed in the Macaulay Library, with many eBird reports.
Thanks to vast numbers of independent birders and photographers all around Manhattan and also multiple leaders and supporters with the ongoing not-for-profit guided bird walks held in multiple locations thru this spring, led for such institutions and organizations as the American Museum of Natural History, the NYC Bird Alliance, the Linnaean Society of New York, and many more not-for-profit organizations, for many bird sightings, alerts and reports all in never-x apps. Also valued as-ever, reports via others by direct word-of-mouth.
Date: 4/16/26 12:37 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 16, 2026: Am. Kestrel, Blue-headed Vireo, Purple Finch, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park NYC
Thursday, April 16, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on an unseasonably warm day with most oaks already in full bloom: American Kestrel, Blue-headed Vireo, Purple Finch, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
In addition, Benny Romero reported a Yellow-throated Warbler in the North Woods and a Green Heron at the Loch, and Caren Jahre reported a Rusty Blackbird at the Loch. For details see @mbaleter on "X" maintained by David Barrett.
Canada Goose - 12
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mallard - 11
Bufflehead - 5 (3 males, 2 females)
Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Ruddy Duck - 2 females Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mourning Dove - 25-30
American Herring Gull - 100+
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult Azalea Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 or 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Ramble
Northern Flicker - 3 or 4
American Kestrel - 1 Humming Tombstone
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 12-25
Tufted Titmouse - 2 or 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6
Hermit Thrush - 8-10
American Robin - 35-40
Purple Finch - 1 Tupelo Field (David Barrett)
Chipping Sparrow - 2 or 3
Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4
Swamp Sparrow - 3
Eastern Towhee - 8-10 including 2 females
Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 Ramble feeders
Common Grackle - 15-20
Palm Warbler - 5-7 "Yellow"
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 25-30
Northern Cardinal - 3 or 4
Date: 4/15/26 12:58 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Mon.-Tues. 4/13 & 4/14 - arrivals incl. 13+ warbler spp. (V. Rail, midtown pickup)
Prothonotary Warbler has arrived in N.Y. City and ought to be on-the-radar for all birders of the area now, and also same regarding Yellow-throated Warbler with arrivals into our region by now. Quite a lot of other birds of neotropical-wintering status have been showing up in our region, and more are reasonably likely in the current warm weather pattern regionally.
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In other-than-Manhattan but within N.Y. County birds, an American Oystercatcher or two were just noted from Governors Island, and still being seen offshore there were Bonapartes Gull, and some other lingerers. All of the islands of N.Y. County have been experiencing influxes of migrants, and further observations will be revealing more at those sites, including from Randalls and Roosevelt Islands, as well as Governors Island, and certainly from the length and breadth of Manhattan island. The waters and some smaller islands, as well as the skies, also offer more possibly-interesting birds, this week of warmer weather.
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Central Park and all-Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Monday, April 13, and Tuesday, April 14 -
Some new arrivals for the year here include Northern Waterthrush, Worm-eating Warbler, Hooded Warbler, and Prairie Warbler, among at least 9 additional warbler species present. Other migrant species increased a bit, some by more than a bit. There were actually at least a dozen warbler species in some total-species tallies but a couple of these may need confirmations. A Northern Parula seen by many at Central Parks north end was just one of several, and seen by most on the 2nd day after an arrival. A Northern Yellow Warbler was ongoing but was not reported by many.
None of the warblers were record-early although several are certainly earlier than their species peak-arrival periods, which is always a bit, or a lot later in spring than first-arrival dates. This is a sometimes misunderstood or even misconstrued aspect of the phenology of migrants, in particular with some birds which have medium to longer distance migrations to make in passing into, or arriving in, our region. And some species are less prone to have ultra-early spring arrival dates, although this is less and less so in modern-recent years. Ex, some flycatcher species, and a very few sparrow spp, and perhaps Mourning Warbler. There are other examples in the array of migrants we find in spring.
On the 13th, an American Pipit was noticed as it flew over at Central Park. That species is a bit more regular on migration than is realized even over Manhattan, and is perhaps an absolutely-annual migrant, but often overlooked. Knowing the flight calls well is a big help in deducing the presence of this species. Also reported recently and in keeping with other sightings regionally, Glossy Ibis, this a Manhattan sighting…
The first -very few- Wood Thrushes were arriving this week, and by now, these are surely actual migrant-arrivals, not individual birds that somehow overwintered here and escaped detection all thru the winter. Also early, but not unprecedented, a Rose-breasted Grosbeak came in and visited a feeder which is rather little watched in northern Manhattan. Almost all of thrush species in the brown-backed, mainly Cathrarus genus set of migrators are still Hermit Thrush, which have been coming thru in high numbers and are still coming thru.
Monday had brought a heavier overflight of migrants than may have been realized as many birders could not be, or were not out in the first hours of day, or before first light for migration-observations. The multiple species which made good showings - and heard-from-below - included a fair number of Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warblers as well as many Pine, Palm, and much smaller numbers of other American Warblers, such as Black-and-white, N. Parula, and some others. Also in very nice numbers were Hermit Thrushes, Golden-crowned -and lower nos of Ruby-crowned- Kinglets, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and sparrows which especially included Chipping, White-throated, Swamp, and lesser nos of Swamp and Field, as well as more Red Fox Sparrows in migration, all joined with more Dark-eyed Juncos which of course have been moving for weeks by now. Another species on the move for some weeks, but showing a fair increase were N. Yellow-shafted Flicker. By Tuesday there were increases of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, with a definite fresh influx.
The only definitively-identified Night-Herons at Central Park so far this year have all been Black-crowned Night Herons, in varying stages of plumage. Any heron suspected of being a possible Yellow-crowned at Central or elsewhere on Manhattan might be photo-documented for definitive ID.
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Elsewhere in Manhattan, a goodly amount of migration was also being observed - and the possibly season-first Virgina Rail was found, with a pickup in mid-town and then brought to the Wild Bird Fund for at least an evaluation. If that individual is then released and is found in Central Park, thats the bird out of midtown, perhaps - however this and other rallids are certainly pushing thru in the region so more arrivals are very possible. This V. Rail was photographed in situ before it was taken to the rehab center for evaluation.
A modest flight of Common Loon occurred in the early hours of Monday, with most birds noted seeming to exit out of Long Island - Sound or Atlantic waters, and move towards the northwest as they flew and climbed. The Wild Turkey at Battery Park in lower Manhattan was ongoing.
Below are birds noted at Central Park on Monday and Tuesday.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck hybrid
Green-winged Teal - ongoing for many months.
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Pied-billed Grebe
Common Loon - good passage on Monday.
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Snowy Egret - flybys only so far.
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture - still a rarer species but a few on the wing over Manhattan and Central Park recently, to this week.
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk - at least one, Monday flyover.
Red-tailed Hawk
Owl species but some of these have departed now.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - bit of increase for this week.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern -Yellow-shafted- Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe - still numerous.
Blue-headed Vireo - increasing.
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow - safely-heard as well as seen.
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow - increasing a bit.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - fresh arrivals esp. by Tuesday.
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch - multiple fresh passage-migrants by Monday.
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - regular now.
Northern House Wren - few so far.
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush - many, near-common now.
Wood Thrush - scant.
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit - Monday, confirmed, flyover heard.
House Finch
Purple Finch - modest numbers moving thru.
American Goldfinch
Northern Cardinal
Chipping Sparrow - increasing daily.
Field Sparrow
Red Fox Sparrow - still here for now.
Dark-eyed -Slate-colored- Junco
White-throated Sparrow - good increases of passage-migrators lately.
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird - multiple in recent days.
Common Grackle
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Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler - slightly early.
Louisiana Waterthrush - in multiple parks of Manhattan.
Northern Waterthrush - first photos apparent by Tuesday.
Black-and-white Warbler - more arriving, now in multiple parks of Manhattan.
Common Yellowthroat - several. Early, but not unprecedented.
Hooded Warbler - male, with some singing.
Northern Parula - males.
Northern Yellow Warbler
Palm Warbler - numerous all around.
Pine Warbler - numerous with more females also around.
Yellow-rumped -Myrtle- Warbler - good arrival and passage on Monday.
Prairie Warbler - male. Early, but not unprecedented.
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And probably at least a couple more species in the waves of fresh migration.
Other parks and sites around the county will likely have a bit more of freshly arrived migrants. More reporting in due course. Thanks to many hundreds of independent watchers and photographers and to the dedicated guides and leaders on not-for-profit guided bird walks, such as for the American Museum of Natural History, the NYC Bird Alliance, the Linnaean Society of NY and multiple other not-for-profit institutions and organizations which offer guided bird walks all around NYC, some also beyond NYC, and all thru the spring - observations and reports are in-part in eBird, with alerts also from the Discord birding app, and as-always, by good old word of mouth.
Date: 4/14/26 3:01 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. April 13, 2026: Rusty Blackbird, Black-and-white, Palm, Pine, and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park NYC
Monday, April 13, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Rusty Blackbird, Black-and-white, Palm, Pine, and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Canada Goose - 8
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 20
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 or 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Evodia Field
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 10-12
Tufted Titmouse - 3 or 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 14-16
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5
American Robin - 35-40
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Field Sparrow - 1 on the Point (Karen Evans)
Dark-eyed Junco - 15
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Song Sparrow - 1 Belvedere Castle
Swamp Sparrow - 3
Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4
Rusty Blackbird - 1 male Balcony Bridge
Common Grackle - 11
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 on the Point (Dan Stevenson, Karen Evans)
Palm Warbler - 5 or 6 "Yellow"
Pine Warbler - 4 or 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Date: 4/14/26 1:01 pm From: Andrew Block (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Cross River Dam Reservoir Yellow-throated Warbler no
As of between 7am and 1030 am the warbler was not seen from the parking lot or environs.
Andrew
Andrew BlockConsulting Naturalist
Yonkers, New York www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums
Date: 4/13/26 4:16 pm From: marciaaabrahams at aol.com (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Reminder! The next Queens County Bird Club meeting featuring Craig Gibbs, Prospect Park Zoo is this Wednesday, 4/15/26!
Queens County Bird Club Monthly Meeting
Date: April 15, 2026Time: 7:30 PMPlace: Alley Pond Environmental Center, 229-10 Northern Blvd, Douglaston, NY 11362
Craig Gibbs, Assistant Director and Curator, Prospect Park Zoo/Wildlife Conservation Society presents "Bird Conservation and the Wildlife Conservation Society Parks"
Craig Gibbs is currently the Assistant Director and Curator of the Prospect Park Zoo, part of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Craig grew up in Minnesota, where he graduated from St. John's University, a private Benedictine college located on 3500 acres of forest, prairie, and wetland. Moving to NYC, WCS and the Bronx Zoo's deep commitment to conservation and stewardship were a natural fit. Starting in 1992 in the Bronx Zoo's education department, Craig was able to impart his passion for the conservation of species and their homes to all age groups. Transitioning from the educational side to the animal side of WCS, Craig has been a curator at the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo. Throughout his tenure, he has had the opportunity to work with everything from snow leopards to Andean bears, and eagles to parrots. Craig's talk will describe a bit of WCS's long history of conservation in ornithology as well as highlight some of its current programs.
Marcia AbrahamsVP/Programs CoordinatorQueens County Bird Clubhttps://qcbirdclub.org/Email: <MarciaAAbrahams...>
Date: 4/12/26 1:15 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 12, 2026: Brown Thrasher, Fox Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Palm, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday, April 12, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Brown Thrasher, Fox Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, Rusty Blackbird, Palm, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Canada Goose - 28
Mallard - 12
Bufflehead - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Mourning Dove - 35-40
Ring-billed Gull - 1 Reservoir
Herring Gull - 22
Double-crested Cormorant - 8
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 adults
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5-7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 - Turtle Pond
Northern Flicker - 7-9
Blue Jay - 15-20
Tufted Titmouse - 3 or 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 20
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Mugger's Woods (Edmund Berry)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 female Tupelo Field
Brown Creeper - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1 Maintenance Field
Hermit Thrush - 6-8
American Robin - 30-40
Chipping Sparrow - 2 or 3
Fox Sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge
Dark-eyed Junco - 10-15
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Swamp Sparrow - 5 or 6
Eastern Towhee - 4 or 5 males
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 males
Rusty Blackbird - 1 Laupot Bridge (Sandra Critelli)
Common Grackle - 10-12
Palm Warbler - 3 or 4 "Yellow"
Pine Warbler - 4 or 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 or 2 Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Date: 4/12/26 10:51 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - into 4/12 - 7 Warbler spp., etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, April 12 -
At least 7 American Warbler species were ongoing from Saturday to Sunday at Central Park, including Northern Yellow Warbler, Northern Parula, Black-and-white Warblers, Louisiana Waterthrushes, Pine, Palm and Myrtle-form Yellow-rumpled Warblers, the last 5 listed species in the multiple, and the last 3 listed above into double digits, especially so for Palm Warblers. Also ongoing at Central Park are 3 species of swallows - Barn, Tree, and N. Rough-winged Swallows. More than 75 species of native, wild birds for this park so far this weekend, as seen by hundreds of birders and photographers, all in not-for-profit guided bird walks and independently.
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On Saturday, 4-11, a Pileated Woodpecker was found or re-found at Inwood Hill Park, in northern Manhattan, moving from the mid-park upper woods to nearer the n. side, as seen by multiple observers in later times of day on Saturday. Elsewhere in NY County, a different Vesper Sparrow was among many migrants and other birds seen at Randalls Island on Saturday by a number of keen regulars to Randalls - the Vesper there being different to the sparrow of that species seen as well at Central Park all day Saturday by many many observers and photographers.
You can also send reports and digital image files via email to nysarc44 (at)nybirds{dot}org.
If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:
Gary Chapin - Secretary NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC) 125 Pine Springs Drive Ticonderoga, NY 12883
Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert Number: (212) 979-3070
Compiler: Tom Burke Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
Transcriber: Ben Cacace
BEGIN TAPE
Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for *Friday, April 10th, 2026*, at 11 pm. The highlights of today's tape are SANDHILL CRANE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, a deceased COMMON GROUND DOVE, EURASIAN WIGEON, TUFTED, and HARLEQUIN DUCKS, GLAUCOUS GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, RED CROSSBILL, some new Spring arrivals, and more.
A couple of interesting overhead sightings this week involved two SANDHILL CRANES moving west over the Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Westchester yesterday afternoon and a BOHEMIAN WAXWING reported migrating with a flock of Cedar Waxwings over Robert Moses State Park last Saturday morning.
Not moving by but instead delivered recently to the American Museum of Natural History was an apparently wild but deceased COMMON GROUND DOVE found in late March in Kew Gardens, Queens.
Interesting waterfowl included a drake EURASIAN WIGEON seen again Thursday on Agawam Lake off Pond Lane in Southampton, a drake TUFTED DUCK visiting Cammann's Pond Park Saturday to Monday off Merrick Road in Nassau, and 13 HARLEQUIN DUCKS counted Saturday off Montauk Point.
A GLAUCOUS GULL was spotted again today at Bush Terminal Piers Park, with another at Rockaway Beach last Sunday, while an ICELAND GULL and 3 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were at Fort Tilden on Tuesday.
The 6-hour inshore pelagic trip Saturday aboard the American Princess also recorded an ICELAND GULL plus 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, along with a RAZORBILL and well over one-thousand NORTHERN GANNETS plus some nice whales.
A CASPIAN TERN was seen moving south past Fort Tryon Park Sunday. An AMERICAN BITTERN was photographed roosting in Brooklyn's Green-wood Cemetery Saturday. A RED-NECKED GREBE was still off City Island in the Bronx last weekend, and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. A female RED CROSSBILL was seen feeding at Croton Point Park Thursday afternoon, and a late SNOW BUNTING visited Heckscher State Park field 7 last Saturday, and an apparent LARK SPARROW appeared at a Riverhead feeder Wednesday as well as an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was recorded singing at Ridgewood Reservoir in Queens last Saturday.
Among the various recent arrivals have been CHIMNEY SWIFT, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER'S TERN, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, PURPLE MARTIN, and, among the warblers, a BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER in Central Park Saturday and a NORTHERN PARULA in Prospect Park today.
To phone in reports, call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.
This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.
Date: 4/11/26 1:34 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 11, 2026: Blue-headed Vireo, Palm, Pine, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Other Spring MIgrants
Central Park NYC
Saturday April 11, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Osprey, Brown Creeper, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, Palm, Pine, and Yellow-rumped Warblers and Other Spring Migrants.
Date: 4/11/26 11:42 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, w/ Central Park, NYC - Pileated WP (Ft. Tryon), Vesper Sparrow, etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City, including Central Park and elsewhere -
Saturday, April 11th -
A Pileated Woodpecker, a special bird to see in this county, was photographed at the SE part of Fort Tryon Park this Saturday morning. One other site to possibly check would be Highbridge Park as well as all along the Harlem river park areas, as well as Inwood Hill, all in northern Manhattan. This is THE peak time for this species to wander, especially for unmated Pileateds. More on todays sighting in a future report.
A Vesper Sparrow has been seen by many at Central Park, around the northeast of North Meadow ball fields and vicinity in the parks northeast quadrant, thanks to R. Falk and M.B. Kooper for the alerts and the find. Other birds showing in Central Park on Saturday have included Blue-headed Vireos, at least 7 species of American warblers - a listing in later reporting - and nice increases of a variety of expected mid-April migrants. Three species of swallows were continuing in Central, and may be encountered elsewhere in the county, the more recent of these migrants being Barn Swallows.
