Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Sat. & Sunday, 16 & 17 May, 2015
It was a good weekend for migrants and hundreds of birders were out
seeking them. A sampler of sightings includes reports of up to 31
warbler species, all five eastern-breeding Empidonax flycatchers, the
five most-regularly-seen vireo species, the five most-frequent
Catharus thrushes, & an assortment of other migrants that included a
few modestly-late laggards. (there were a couple of reports of rarer
warblers, including Prothonotary & Kentucky- I have no details
regarding those reports.)
At least 29 warbler species in addition to those rarities were found,
among them Cerulean on both days, as well as fairly late Pine, Palm,
and Louisiana Waterthrush (none unprecedentedly late, but notable).
Thrushes were singing at dusk on Sun. evening, & on that note, it's
worth mention that a singing Bicknell's Thrush was reported in
Brooklyn's Prospect Park late Sunday by at least a couple of
observers. Also being heard were flycatchers, with a much more robust
arrival of Eastern Wood-Pewee, and the identifications of 5 species of
Empidonax flycatchers partly by calls &/or songs.
A (certainly-incomplete) list for the 2 days:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Brant (fly-overs)
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo (a bit late)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (a bit late)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush (& singing)
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush (a bit late)
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler (late)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler (a bit late)
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (late)
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Canada Warbler
Summer Tanager (ongoing)
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
good ongoing migration to all, thanks to the many who contributed to
this list.
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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