Sunday & Monday Memorial Day, 24 & 25 May, 2015
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City -
Winding-down, with peak migration here certainly past, yet still a
fair variety; Sunday highlights included at least 4, perhaps more,
Mourning Warblers in the park, mainly heard singing, but also a few
glimpses at times... 1 was well-ensconsed in the Hallett Sanctuary
near the park's SE corner, and at least 1 around the Ramble area,
while at least 2 were in widely-separate areas in the n. end. On
Monday, there were some more sightings, including at least 1 female of
the species - & apparently sightings well away from a large park, as
well. Other migrants Sunday were still Olive-sided & some Empidonax
[genus] flycatchers, as well as some thrushes, mostly Swainson's but
also some Gray-cheeked or its close & similar-looking relative
(Bicknell's); a lot of these as well as other migrants seemed to go
onwards over Sun. night with the favorable winds & weather. It will be
harder & harder to amass a long list of migrants in the park, yet at
least for a week or more there is sure to be further influx, & after
that, stragglers will continue along with the odd lingering birds that
do not nest, but simply stay on & put in a part of the early-summer
season in the city... as an example there are regularly a few White-
throated Sparrows that stay in some of the city parks for part, or
even all, of a summer.
good birding,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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