Friday, 2nd June, 2017 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Taking advantage of excellent overnight conditions for moving on Thursday night (6/1), many migrants did just that, leaving Central Park much quieter (as to migrants) Friday, than the day prior. Even with as many as 7 warbler species, led (in number) by American Redstart, the park seemed to have lost the far more migrants (in number) that had been present just 24 hrs. & less prior. Still present were a few Empidonax flycatchers, with Acadian & Yellow-bellied positively identified by voice (song in the 2 Acadians heard), and of course the annually-breeding in Central Park Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, and Eastern Kingbird (although there seemed fewer of the first 2 species today, in comparison with Thursday). There is still the chance for further migration, of land-birds, in the next 2 weeks or so, but some birds that may appear within this time-frame in a place such as Central could be either simply summering (non-breeding) lingerers, or visitors that are wandering a bit, & could be far less-likely to breed this year (for various possible reasons); however some land-birds may also still be headed onward towards a breeding area. One species that was a modest surprise, again this Fri. morning was a single Purple Finch at (near) the W. 100 St. park entrance, which at one point seemed to be out-competing a nearby Warbling Vireo in song, although much later on, the vireo was still going. Some American Goldfinch also were present in that area near The Pool.
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