New York County (in N.Y. City), including Manhattan - with Central Park - and Randall’s and Governors Island[s] into Saturday, May 6:
The 2 (differently-plumaged individuals) Summer Tanagers both occuring at Morningside Park were seen on May 5th; the brightly-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker has continued on in that park by now delighting many hundreds of observers over its’ stay there. Scarlet Tanagers also have shown, with more and more of the latter on about every day of this month so far. A Yellow-throated Warbler was well-described from the teardrop park sector of Battery Park City Park (just SW of the west end of Chambers St. in lower-west Manhattan, next to the Hudson River walkway of that park), on May 6th, which is of course a different individual to the singing bird of same species ongoing in the northern end of Central Park (which has by now been observed by 100++ birders on multiple days since first being discovered). Common Nighthawk, photographed flying over the Ramble in late morning, Saturday May 6th. By Friday, May 5th, both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos were found in N.Y. County, including both of the cuckoo species seen in Central Park on that date. The Virginia Rail at the n. end of that park has been present now for many days, and was continuously there, not leaving for any other area[s] and returning; by now, many many quiet, patient observers have had views. An Eastern Meadowlark was a nice sighting for Governors Island on Sat., May 6th. Common Terns have again been starting their return there. A later-day sighting came on Saturday, 5/6 of at least 22 Glossy Ibis from Randall’s Island; a Monk Parakeet or two have been sighted & heard there in the past few days, and also a female-type or plumaged Blue Grosbeak. A modest number of White-crowned Sparrows were ongoing in the county, including at least one in Central Park for Saturday. White-throated Sparrows have diminished a bit in recent days, and much-diminished numbers are around the county as compared with for-example, two weeks prior there. A good listening experience on the first-light to 7 am period of Sat., May 6th at the n.-w. sector of Central Park was that of 4 Catharus-type thrush species giving songs - all audible from one point in that park for a while: Gray-cheeked, Wood, and Swainson’s Thrushes plus Veery. There have still been at least a few Hermit Thrushes about and, in some observers opinions, the possibilty is that some of the thrushes seen very recently with some gray on cheeks may have been Bicknell’s - although none of those seem to have been detected singing in N.Y. County yet this spring (while Gray-cheeked have been at times). It was good to find so many able to get on to the bright male Evening Grosbeak in Central Park to Friday, May 5th (and note that this was of course not the same bird seen by many a short while earlier this month in that same area; whereas at least 2, male and female-plumaged, had been around, possibly more than just the 2 of that species in the start of the species’ occurrence of these recent days). Purple Finches were ongoing for Manhattan and elsewhere in the county into May 6th, with multiples of the species in Central Park for that day. Also passing lately and continuing in no’s. have been American Goldfinches. >From all observers for the date, a minimum of 27 Warbler species were seen for >Manhattan and all of those species also in Central Park, on Saturday, May 6th. >Many of same also were seen on Friday in Central and other parks, and a fair >number of the more-numerous species were seen on Randall’s and Governors >Island[s] as well. Below is a listing of all these warbler species, and for >some a note on abundance, applicable to N.Y. County. As many as 16 warbler >spp. were noted from Governors Island alone on Saturday, 5/6. Ovenbird (near-common) Worm-eating Warbler (multiple) Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush (multiple) Blue-winged Warbler (multiple) Black-and-white Warbler (multiple) Tennessee Warbler (multiple) Nashville Warbler (multiple) Common Yellowthroat (multiple) Hooded Warbler (multiple) Cape May Warbler (multiple) Northern Parula (multiple) Magnolia Warbler (multiple) Bay-breasted Warbler Blackburnian Warbler (multiple) Yellow Warbler (multiple) Chestnut-sided Warbler (multiple) Blackpoll Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple) Palm Warbler (multiple) Pine Warbler Myrtle/Yellow-rumped Warbler (common) Yellow-throated Warbler (multiple! - see above) Prairie Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Green Warbler (multiple) Canada Warbler (multiple) Wilson's Warbler Thanks to the many many quiet and keen observers out and about at all hours, in so many locations, offering reports of the vast many bird sightings thru the GroupMe app and also via Ebird reporting and by word-of-mouth for some of the many sightings. 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