Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
At least 21 species of migrant warblers had been noted in the park
over the previous week. Some but not all of these were still being
seen on Froday.
Fri., 29 Aug. 2014 - Once again a modest variety of flycatchers and
warblers with rather few of most other land bird migrants noted. The
Ramble area was somewhat active in some spots, with 2 Cape May
Warblers reported by a couple of birders there - at Shakespeare Garden
- and later in the day, Prairie & a few other warblers in that area;
Wilson's, Canada & other warbler spp. in some places The park's north
end had fair variety including Cape May & Blue-winged Warbler.
Overall, numbers of individual migrants seemed lacking... A first-fall
Broad-winged Hawk was mildly harassed by a few Blue Jays, at the Loch.
Scant Veery and Scarlet Tanager were seen.
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Thursday, 28 Aug. - A fairly strong flight the night before, but
perhaps not all that many migrants stopping in at Central... an uptick
in numbers of warblers as could be expected with at least a dozen spp.
that I noted in the n. end of the park in 3 hrs. from first light,
none of them really uncommon species. The bulk of those certainly
American Redstarts, with a fair showing of Magnolia, also plenty of
Chestnut-sided. Of other birds, not too much, some R.-b. Grosbeaks, a
few more Veerys, and a single modestly early Swainson's Thrush. Blue-
gray Gnatcatcher was also around. Some Ospreys were seen moving
south, 2 as early as 7:45 a.m. Interesting land bird fly-bys included
a few Purple Finches, and more than a few Bobolinks - the latter
typically not sticking around in Central.
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Wed. 27 Aug. - At least 10 Common Nighthawks moved thru after 7 p.m. -
the conditions were fairly good for what could have been an even
larger movement of the species later in the day, & it would be
interesting to hear what other high counts were noted from various
points in the region. The Ramble had a smallish number of migrants,
that included a Worm-eating Warbler at the north side of Azalea Pond &
the Gill; this perhaps the same individual seen previously and also
the next day, by others in the Ramble. There were 2 species of
waterthrush and 2 shorebird spp. on the flats at The Pond (SE cor. of
the park), the latter the fairly regular Solitary- plus the very
regular Spotted- Sandpiper[s]. Also seen in other areas were 2 Veery,
migrants that are expected a bit ahead of the main push of Catharus
thrush migration. Flycatcher variety, esp. of Empidonax [genus] spp.
is fairly good - & E. Kingbirds are around in fairly good numbers still.
Some other reports have trickled thru, some lacking much detail, and/
or of birds not re-found & reported. A White-eyed Vireo had been in
the n. woods on Tues. 8/26. It may be a while to the next serious
cool front yet the flow of fall is underway and any day might bring
some interesting sightings. Anyone wondering if there's been that much
land-bird migration could look at records from points 100 - 1,000+
miles south/southwest of NY. Many species have been tallied in the
dozens to many hundreds.
Good birding,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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