southeast-NY birders, take a lunch-birding break or after-work break
if you can...
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Wednesday, 25 May, 2016
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT found by Chris Cooper at Strawberry Fields in
the early morning was still present there about 2 hrs. later. This
almost certainly tops the list of a minimum of 22 additional Warbler
species still moving thru &/or lingering in the park this 25th of May,
with a very strong push of migrants of many kinds having been on the
move last night into this a.m. Among the other warblers, & how
relatively numerous some still are, is suggested from the 4 &1/4 hrs.
I took walking & fast-walking (where bird activity was limited) from
106th to 60th Sts. & from C.P. West to Fifth Ave. & back again, the
most time being put in at the Ramble areas, the reservoir-bridle path
section, esp. the n.w. parts, & the n. end of the park, esp. the far
NW "corner" of. A Philadelphia Vireo was still at an area of the NW-
most part of the Ramble where seen on other days the past week. It was
singing & moving a bit, west of the Belvedere Castle. (n.b., there are
multiple Red-eyed Vireos throughout the park, including singing at the
same area). Other species of note this morning (so far!!) have
included some Empidonax flycatchers of various kinds & Olive-sided
Flycatchers in a couple of places, including the Ramble.
It's reasonable to think that more species of all kinds of (at least)
land-bird migrants may turn up this day in late May. The below are
merely what I was able to observe, & there have been far more of some
species seen in various locations by other active birders.
Yellow-breasted Chat (Strawberry Fields, & thanks to Chris Cooper!)
Tennessee Warbler (non-singing, n. woods)
Northern Parula (at least 5 heard, a few add'l. seen)
Yellow Warbler (multiple males & females, seen & h.)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (modest no's. of fem. & male)
Magnolia Warbler (good double-digit no's. of each sex)
Cape May Warbler (female, NW reservoir-bridle path - N.B. - males are
still being seen by other birders)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (more females than male - but males still
being seen in no's.)
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (scarce but still around)
Black-throated Green Warbler (at least 2, each sex)
Blackburnian Warbler (female, n. woods - N.B. - multiple males are
being seen elesewhere)
Prairie Warbler (female, Great Hill, west edge, 9:15 a.m.)
Bay-breasted Warbler (females, N. End n. of Blockhouse - N.B. - males
are still being seen elsewhere)
Blackpoll Warbler (multiple in many locations, both sexes)
Black-and-white Warbler (I noticed just 2, one of each sex)
American Redstart (prob. most numerous warbler of day = 100 +++)
Worm-eating Warbler ("late" but not unprecedently, Ramble, SE sector)
Ovenbird (not a whole lot & many, not all were silent, presumed females)
Northern Waterthrush (singing at "oven", & seen in a few other
locations)
Mourning Warbler (Strawberry Fields, also definitively at Loch-
W'flower Meadow - NB - also being seen elsewhere, by others!!)
Common Yellowthroat (prob. 2nd-most numerous warbler species this day;
many females & 1st-year males, adult males also!)
Wilson's Warbler (at least several, some quite high - 15-20 ft. while
foraging - Ramble, n. woods, etc.)
Canada Warbler (multiple but not all that many, both sexes)
Other migrant & "visiting" species present today Wed. 5/25:
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Snowy Egret (the usual n. end fly-overs)
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk (including the adult sitting in center of Sheep Meadow
lawn, as a CP mower-machine driver had to circle around it)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper (reservoir)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (reservoir)
Great Black-backed Gull (reservoir)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (at least one, n. woods, n. of Blockhouse)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (several, Ramble & n. woods areas)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (still in extremely minimal numbers, we will see if
more show in Central)
Empidonax [genus] Flycatchers (more than several, including Acadian
Flycatcher heard in the Ramble, n. section, but mostly not heard, or
not studied well this a.m., however some that were 'likely' included
Least and "Willow-Alder types".)
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird (nest areas & etc.)
Warbling Vireo (many, nest areas etc.)
Philadelphia Vireo (west of the Castle, seen singing & moving about a
bit)
Red-eyed Vireo (many, a fresh "push" of these, again in all areas of
the park this day)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (esp. at reservoir)
Barn Swallow (over Sheep Meadow, N. Meadow, Meer, & esp. reservoir)
Black-capped Chickadee (several on several territories)
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren (1, heard)
House Wren (at many nesting territories)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (at nest territories)
Veery (2 seen, Ramble & n. woods)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (multiple, at least 1 singing -
with a possibility at this time of Bicknell's, but none fully
definitive which would entail hearing one sing)
Swainson's Thrush (many, including 15+ in Ramble, & 40+ in n. end,
esp. n. woods)
Wood Thrush (several on nest territories)
American Robin
Gray Catbird (many)
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (in nest areas)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (multiple in small to modest flocks)
Scarlet Tanager (multiple males seen & heard, incl. at: Hallett
Sanctuary area, Pinetum center area, n.w. part of res./bridle path, n.
woods; also multiple females)
Eastern Towhee (location undisclosed, a poss. nester - scarce as such
in C.P.)
Chipping Sparrow (near nest territories)
Song Sparrow (several, regular nester)
Lincoln's Sparrow (1 seen)
Swamp Sparrow (1 seen)
White-throated Sparrow (several, a scarce 'summering' species in
Central & other NYC locations)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (modest no's. including at least a few singing
males)
Indigo Bunting (1 male seen)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole (lingering 1st-year male, will be watched in coming days)
Baltimore Oriole (many including multiple at nest areas)
House Finch
American Goldfinch (uncommon but still present)
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow
...........
Priorly, the past 2 days featured far fewer species or numbers of
individual migrants, although up to 15 species of warblers were found
on Monday 5/23, and at least one dozen warbler species on Tuesday,
5/24. Many but not all of this variety were found along the bridle
path areas.
Good late-May birding, & thanks to many quiet observers of so many
great migrants,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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