Wednesday, 18 May, 2016 Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City A female SUMMER Tanager was enjoyed by observers in the heart of the Ramble, and there were also multiple Scarlet Tanagers, a preponderance of females but also some males around. This most recent of the park's Summer Tanagers was found by R. Pasquier, a long-time park birder & doctor of ornithology.
Vireos of at least 5 species were still being found with a Philadelphia Vireo in the n. end being seen well by at least a few observers, & slightly late Blue-headed & Yellow-throated Vireos also hanging in. Red-eyed & Warbling Vireos are both common. Overall, somewhat similar to the previous day & thus again, at least 25 Warbler species were found in the park, including MOURNING Warbler in multiple locations. Also seen again by many was a singing Tennessee Warbler at close range in the n. end of the Ramble (with a couple others of the species in scattered locations), & multiples of Bay-breasted & Cape May including males & females of each and in locations including but not limited to the southeast part of the park, the north end, the bridle path on south, & north sides of reservoir, and around the Ramble area. An Orange-crowned Warbler was reported by some, & also seen were Hooded, Blackburnian (multiple & still some males), several late Palm (the latter species being found lately from all 5 of NYC's boros/counties, indicating a late batch of these), Prairie (female) & still very good numbers of N. Waterthrush, Ovenbird, Black-and-white, N. Parula, Common Yellowthroat, Black- throated Blue, Chestnut-sided, Wilson's, Canada, American Redstart, & Magnolia, with Blackpoll again in double-digit numbers - but still not the big push of that species. Multiple observers birding on their own as well as with small informal groups were able to tally 20 warbler species on the day, some finding that number even without visiting the Ramble or the north woods. Flycatchers again include multiple Empidonax [genus] species and more Yellow-bellied as well as Least & now Alder have been identified by call &/or song, with some Willow also found, & others of the group which were silent, all these occurring in many corners of the park, including the Ramble, s. end and north end. Olive-sided also continued, as did Great Crested Flycatchers, & E. Kingbirds (some on nest territories). Sparrows being found continue to include Lincoln's in multiple areas, some Savannah in a few places, as well as Swamp, White-throated, Field, Chipping, Song, & most remarkably, Dark-eyed Junco (with a few also being found in other boroughs so there is a "late" trend in a number of migrants in the area, despite a majority of the early-spring migrants having moved on), & also E. Towhee still around (and a rare nester in Central). Other species being seen widely include Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole, Swainson's Thrush, Veery, Gray Catbird, and House Wren. There are still Ruby-crowned Kinglets in some numbers although they've been dwindling. Also being seen are Gray-cheeked & that type of Thrush (some singing Gray-cheeked song) as well as Wood & still a modest no. of Hermit Thrushes. Cuckoo sightings dropped off but some were still being found, esp. of Yellow-billed. At least a few Common Nighthawks are still in the park, & some intrepid observers have found there either before or after true-daylight hours in a couple of locations. There are plenty of additional migrant & resident species, some of which may be reported on in the next day or two. good observing, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
