Saturday, 19 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City A modestly-early Prairie Warbler in the Ramble this morning (maybe same one that was reported a week earlier- when a bit more surprisingly early, or - today's perhaps a more recently-arrived bird) was among rather few migrants (for the after-mid-April date) noticed in Central this day - also a lingering (& early-ish to have arrived already) male Common Yellowthroat, at least a few male Pine Warblers, a scattering & smattering of Palm Warblers, a lingering Black-and- white Warbler in the Ramble, & a few kinglets and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, mainly in the Ramble & w. side of park, 70's/80's street "latitudes". Seemingly very (very!) quiet in the north end, this a.m. There is a report of a male B.-t. Blue W., from the Ramble... & reports of (what would be) such extremely early arrivals, lacking any comment at all on the earliness, keep such "interesting",; many such "early-birds" may remain (and thus be found by others, as well, in a place like the Ramble, etc., of this particular park...) A few other reports have also filtered in - including some that suggest a very subtle movement of "overshoot" birds had taken place (or not all that subtle, to certain fortuitous observers).
Very few Hermit Thrushes (not the many that are expected by around this far into April), & a relative dearth of migrant sparrows, even White-throated Sparrow NOT in the abundant numbers that are still anticipated to pass thru, in the next 2 weeks or so... A single Dark- eyed Junco was seen at the Blockhouse, a species that is usually hard to come by in Central by around May 1st. Recent (& brief) swallow activity at the Meer & elsewhere seems to have hit a lull, today... a whole lot more of that group of migrants are also anticipated... and soon - in a typical year, anyhow... beware the overdone volume... good and responsible birding, 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/ --
