The A Zone-tailed Hawk was photographed and seen by 2 observers in Baltimore County, Maryland on Sat., 4/17. Also of some interest in Maryland were lingering singles of Snowy Owl, White-winged Crossbill, & up to 40 Evening Grosbeaks - along with scads of neotropical migrants, many of the latter on their way towards NY...
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Recent migration in the region (and into N.Y. City) has already brought such migrants as Eastern Whip-poor-will, & Prothonotary Warbler, with the chance also of other / additional arrivals of both expected & less-expected species now, including the possibility of other southern-affinity breeders or even some real vagrants; keep eyes & ears open to the unusual or unexpected along with the many regular arrivals occurring. One bird from Brooklyn (Kings County) I will directly mention is the male Evening Grosbeak seen by many very recently there, as that is a species that could pass through any of N.Y.’s counties in coming days.
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New York County, including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, & Governors Island -
The female Western Tanager has continued at Carl Schurz Park, still coming to the area of suet & other goodies near the west edge of the park, & just n.w. of the Catbird playground, that being south of E. 86th St. Patience sometimes needed in order to find this bird, as well as an Orange-crowned Warbler also continuing at Carl Schurz Park, sometimes near Gracie mansion by the park’s north edges. Some migrants of the moment have also been showing in this park, including at least a few warblers, as well as other ‘mid-April’ migrants.
N.B. - the first reliably reported House Wren in Central Park of this year was seen on April 11, and since then, multiple observers have found others in Central Park, all prior to Mon., 4/19, when an additional arrival of the species occurred through the county, including to Central Park. The 4/11/21 report is confirmed in eBird as are others before 4/19. Marsh Wren was seen and first reported in Central Park on Sunday, 4/18, by the Lake, with multiple observers, then followed by the Monday sighting in the same park’s n. end which had many dozens of observers.
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Sat., 4/17 - A Pileated Woodpecker was still being seen at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, with dozens of observers thru the day. An adult-plumaged Bald Eagle was seen and photographed landing, perching near the Blockhouse in the n.w. corner of Central Park, then taking flight again.
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Sunday, 4/18 - Good movement of migrants overnight, although this event also carried a goodly number of passage migrants out of the county, as well as seeing many that overflew the county (& city). A ‘baker’s dozen’ (13) Glossy Ibis were seen in flight (C. Williams) over Battery Park City’s Rockefeller Park in lower Manhattan. (n.b., Glossy Ibis have been moving en masse in the region in recent days.) A Vesper Sparrow was found & photo’d. (J. Keane) on Randall’s Island (2nd of this spring for N.Y. County); additionally on Randall’s there were multiple Savannah Sparrows. A Marsh Wren was reported by the Lake in Central Park, this in keeping with further arrivals of the latter species in the city & vicinity. Among some migrants that increased slightly on the day were Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush, and Savannah Sparrow. An (early) Yellow-throated Vireo continued in the n. end of Central Park, again with multiple observers. Black Vulture was again recorded as seen from n. Manhattan, and a good number of Turkey Vultures were on the move, along with some raptors including a very few Broad-winged Hawks (which are moving in numbers in the region lately).
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Monday, 4/19 - Another good (bigger, broader) migration overnight, with as much arrival (or more) than departure, and some of the same expected species increasing in number as well as the first of some migrants for the year in N.Y. County. Already more numerous as of Sunday, by Monday Hermit Thrush could be seen in a lot of small greenspaces around the county, & the larger parks were hosting a good many more. More Marsh Wren sightings from Central Park (along with more House Wrens & Winter Wrens, as well as the year-round Carolina Wrens - yep, a 4-wren-run possible for some observers on the day, also more of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, with Golden-crowned also still around, & such species as Chimney Swift, Y.-s. Flicker, Blue-headed Vireo, Barn, Tree, and N. Rough-winged Swallows, E. Towhee, and some sparrows all coming in greater numbers...
And with a large number of warblers arriving, led by the Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) in triple-digits (indeed, just in Central Park, that quantity were passing thru, & many did simply pass through in the easy-flying weather early Monday), plus more Palm Warblers, as well as Pine (females of the latter increased a bit, too), and smaller numbers of Black-and-white Warbler, plus American Redstart, Black-throated Green, N. Parula, & Nashville Warblers, along with Common Yellowthroat and Louisiana Waterthrush.
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Interesting to see that a male Wilson’s Warbler was found at New Haven, Connecticut on Sat., 4/17 - surely a very early date for that state, & following the apparent departure of the even earlier one of that species & sex from Central Park, in Manhattan, N.Y. City. (That New Haven Wilson’s also photo’d; reported to the CT-Birds list, etc.)
A lot of leaf-out is occurring on many trees in N.Y. County, just in time to start obscuring some of the smaller and more arboreal arriving birds, as well as being a signal for more & more insect availability to those same hungry arrivals.
good peaceful birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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Recent migration in the region (and into N.Y. City) has already brought such migrants as Eastern Whip-poor-will, & Prothonotary Warbler, with the chance also of other / additional arrivals of both expected & less-expected species now, including the possibility of other southern-affinity breeders or even some real vagrants; keep eyes & ears open to the unusual or unexpected along with the many regular arrivals occurring. One bird from Brooklyn (Kings County) I will directly mention is the male Evening Grosbeak seen by many very recently there, as that is a species that could pass through any of N.Y.’s counties in coming days.
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New York County, including Manhattan, Randall’s Island, & Governors Island -
The female Western Tanager has continued at Carl Schurz Park, still coming to the area of suet & other goodies near the west edge of the park, & just n.w. of the Catbird playground, that being south of E. 86th St. Patience sometimes needed in order to find this bird, as well as an Orange-crowned Warbler also continuing at Carl Schurz Park, sometimes near Gracie mansion by the park’s north edges. Some migrants of the moment have also been showing in this park, including at least a few warblers, as well as other ‘mid-April’ migrants.
N.B. - the first reliably reported House Wren in Central Park of this year was seen on April 11, and since then, multiple observers have found others in Central Park, all prior to Mon., 4/19, when an additional arrival of the species occurred through the county, including to Central Park. The 4/11/21 report is confirmed in eBird as are others before 4/19. Marsh Wren was seen and first reported in Central Park on Sunday, 4/18, by the Lake, with multiple observers, then followed by the Monday sighting in the same park’s n. end which had many dozens of observers.
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Sat., 4/17 - A Pileated Woodpecker was still being seen at Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan, with dozens of observers thru the day. An adult-plumaged Bald Eagle was seen and photographed landing, perching near the Blockhouse in the n.w. corner of Central Park, then taking flight again.
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Sunday, 4/18 - Good movement of migrants overnight, although this event also carried a goodly number of passage migrants out of the county, as well as seeing many that overflew the county (& city). A ‘baker’s dozen’ (13) Glossy Ibis were seen in flight (C. Williams) over Battery Park City’s Rockefeller Park in lower Manhattan. (n.b., Glossy Ibis have been moving en masse in the region in recent days.) A Vesper Sparrow was found & photo’d. (J. Keane) on Randall’s Island (2nd of this spring for N.Y. County); additionally on Randall’s there were multiple Savannah Sparrows. A Marsh Wren was reported by the Lake in Central Park, this in keeping with further arrivals of the latter species in the city & vicinity. Among some migrants that increased slightly on the day were Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Hermit Thrush, and Savannah Sparrow. An (early) Yellow-throated Vireo continued in the n. end of Central Park, again with multiple observers. Black Vulture was again recorded as seen from n. Manhattan, and a good number of Turkey Vultures were on the move, along with some raptors including a very few Broad-winged Hawks (which are moving in numbers in the region lately).
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Monday, 4/19 - Another good (bigger, broader) migration overnight, with as much arrival (or more) than departure, and some of the same expected species increasing in number as well as the first of some migrants for the year in N.Y. County. Already more numerous as of Sunday, by Monday Hermit Thrush could be seen in a lot of small greenspaces around the county, & the larger parks were hosting a good many more. More Marsh Wren sightings from Central Park (along with more House Wrens & Winter Wrens, as well as the year-round Carolina Wrens - yep, a 4-wren-run possible for some observers on the day, also more of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, with Golden-crowned also still around, & such species as Chimney Swift, Y.-s. Flicker, Blue-headed Vireo, Barn, Tree, and N. Rough-winged Swallows, E. Towhee, and some sparrows all coming in greater numbers...
And with a large number of warblers arriving, led by the Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) in triple-digits (indeed, just in Central Park, that quantity were passing thru, & many did simply pass through in the easy-flying weather early Monday), plus more Palm Warblers, as well as Pine (females of the latter increased a bit, too), and smaller numbers of Black-and-white Warbler, plus American Redstart, Black-throated Green, N. Parula, & Nashville Warblers, along with Common Yellowthroat and Louisiana Waterthrush.
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Interesting to see that a male Wilson’s Warbler was found at New Haven, Connecticut on Sat., 4/17 - surely a very early date for that state, & following the apparent departure of the even earlier one of that species & sex from Central Park, in Manhattan, N.Y. City. (That New Haven Wilson’s also photo’d; reported to the CT-Birds list, etc.)
A lot of leaf-out is occurring on many trees in N.Y. County, just in time to start obscuring some of the smaller and more arboreal arriving birds, as well as being a signal for more & more insect availability to those same hungry arrivals.
good peaceful birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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