Thursday, 20 April, 2017 - Central Park & elsewhere, Manhattan, N.Y. City
An interesting overnight & day of observed migration, with a number of apparently-new for 2017 arrivals to Central Park, & perhaps new to Manhattan this year as well. Among these newest migrant arrivals are: Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs (a vocal fly-over only as far as known, early morning in n. end by the Meer), E. Kingbird (Meer), & at least singletons of (at least) these warblers - Blue-winged Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Prairie Warbler, & Common Yellowthroat, with multiples of the following warbler species: Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, as well as species seen in the multiple previously: Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Louisiana Waterthrush, & many Palm and Myrtle (a.k.a. Yellow-rumped) Warblers…. Also apparently new to Central just today was Rose-breasted Grosbeak, & I’ve heard of 2 “orioles” mentioned which may have been of either expected species, but sounded to me like female & young male Orchard were being described. In addition to above were Pine Warbler, more House Wrens, many Yellow-shafted Flickers, at least a few Chimney Swifts, & a nice assortment of at least 7 sparrow species (Field, Chipping, Savannah, Swamp, Song, White-throated, & still a now-late [Red] Fox Sparrow) plus many new E. Towhee arrivals, and a number of Rusty Blackbirds in high plumage (some with barely a tint of rust remaining, most not - up to seven of this usually-uncommon in Central species). There was also a pretty good further push of Hermit Thrush and with that, some of the calls made (of ID, that is: ‘proposed' identifications) for other Catharus-genus thrush species, besides Hermit, which may or may not be quite here just yet. There was a good mix of other species arriving, as well as some movement to be detailed later or the next day. ……. I also had a fairly short run thru some of the downtown (lower Manhattan) small parks & church yards, & while I did not find any extraordinary birds in them, there were migrants, more so at Battery Park City Park as distinct from Battery Park itself; I did not stop off at West 28th St. to check up on the status (yes/no) of a Manhattan Cattle Egret so far today. There is ongoing activity with the not-so-cool weather & insect activity, so an after-work look for those who can (and for any sorts of migrants, in the region) may be at least somewhat productive. Red-headed Woodpecker, & Red-necked Grebe: each in same places as they’ve been in C.P. for some time now, and details later or next day. Thanks to many of the ethical & responsible birders in Central, those who respect the birds & their other observers. Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
