A surprise Pileated Woodpecker continuing at Governors Island was again noted and documented by multiple observers however, the last of such sightings for Sunday appeared to come only in earliest hour past noon, and not later in the day despite some seeking. There were again finds of Purple Sandpiper at Governors Island, up to 4 of that latter species, at a usual location on the rocky shore of that island, with at least several observers, photos. Governors Island overall saw some nice migration passage thru the weekend, with a variety of species - in mostly-modest numbers. Some of the migrants seen were new to the year at Governors Isalnd, which is within New York County and lies a bit south of the south tip of Manhattan island, and just west of western Brooklyn. ... Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sunday, April 28th -
At least one adult-spring-male Summer Tanager was seen and heard in the park by some experienced observers on Sunday, with Scarlet Tanagers in the multiple. Again noted amongst the flycatcher tribe were E. Kingbirds - seen reliably, Great Crested Flycatchers, Least Flycatchers, E. Phoebes, and possibly other flycatcher species - not heard vocalizing. Both Orchard and Baltimore Orioles were seen and heard in the multiple, as were Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. Indigo Buntings continued to be relatively uncommon so far, and with some having moved-on. A minimum of 25 species of migratory American warblers were found in Central Park on Sunday, collectively seen by many hundreds of observers. New arrivals -apparently- by this weekend just-past were Blackburnian and Canada Warblers, and there were at least slightly more of a few recently-arrived species of warbler such as Tennessee, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, American Redstart, and Black-throated Blue Warblers. The lingering Yellow-throated Warbler which continued singing regularly was the least-common species seen for the weekend amongst all of these warblers on recent days here. Firstly below, a list of warblers known to have occurred for this Sunday, many also seen on Saturday as well. Following the listing of warblers, a list that includes many of the other species seen on Sunday at Central Park by many, many observers. Blue-winged Warbler - multiple. Tennessee Warbler - multiple. Nashville Warbler - multiple. Northern Parula - multiple. Yellow Warbler - multiple. Chestnut-sided Warbler - multiple. Magnolia Warbler - multiple. Cape May Warbler - multiple. Black-throated Blue Warbler - multiple. Myrtle -a.k.a. Yellow-rumped- Warbler - multiple, with many females and-or drabber individuals also pushing thru. Black-throated Green Warbler - multiple. Blackburnian Warbler - multiple, but not many as of Sunday. Yellow-throated Warbler - the one singing bird moving and had-moved slightly, within the Ramble area of the Park, with vast numbers of observers. Pine Warbler - multiple, lately with more and more females and-or drabber birds, but still some adult-spring males about. Prairie Warbler - multiple. Palm Warbler - multiple. Black-and-white Warbler - many. American Redstart - multiple. Worm-eating Warbler - multiple. Ovenbird - many. Northern Waterthrush - multiple. Louisiana Waterthrush - multiple, but the preceding waterthrush species now is the more-common of these. Common Yellowthroat - multiple, with females also showing well. Hooded Warbler - multiple, but not many. Canada Warbler - few, so far. N.B. - There were some likely hybrid-types among the Blue-winged Warbler sightings and this also is prime-time for the possible appearances of Golden-winged Warbler passage and arrivals, and that species, and-or its hybrid-mixed forms, ought to be watched for. An Orange-crowned Warbler was seen on Sat. April 27th, at Central Park, perhaps still present to Sunday. There were a few reports of still-other warbler species which may be anticipated for coming days. Golden-crowned Kinglet was still present in Central Park at-least thru Saturday, as was Brown Creeper, and both might have been ongoing into Sunday. A few additional Swainsons Thrushes were showing by Sunday, that also so of elsewhere in New York County. The most-regular of the brown-backed thrush species was still Hermit Thrush, with Wood Thrush and Veery also around in lower numbers. Other species in or passing-over Central Park on Sunday included - Common Loon - flyovers on some early-mornings passages including on Sunday, 28th. Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret - including multiple, regular flyovers, more often seen from the northern half of Central Park as flyovers. Snowy Egret - flyovers which are rather regular, esp. for the northern half of Central Park and adjacent neighborhoods. Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Turkey Vulture Canada Goose Wood Duck Gadwall Mallard Northern Shoveler Green-winged Teal - still ongoing at The Pool, in the parks n-w quadrant. Bufflehead - at the reservoir with multiple observers. Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Sharp-shinned Hawk Coopers Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Solitary Sandpiper - at n. end of Central Park. Spotted Sandpiper - few. Laughing Gull - few in Central Park, becoming more numerous for New York County in the most-expected locations. Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull feral Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo - several, but not-yet a peak arrival at all. Chimney Swift - increasing almost-daily. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - increased passages. Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - decreased. Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe - slightly decreased numbers this past week. Great Crested Flycatcher - increased. Eastern Kingbird - increased a bit. -- White-eyed Vireo - multiple, but not many. Blue-headed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo - still low numbers, and not yet the peak arrival-passage. -- Northern Raven Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Swainson's Thrush - relatively few so far. Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Veery - relatively few. American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling House Sparrow Cedar Waxwing Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird - still around but scarcer by now. Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch - fair numbers of these have been passing, some lingering, generally rather-few in any one location. House Finch American Goldfinch - increased numbers and certainly not-and-never most-common at any bird-feeders in mid to late spring - here. Summer Tanager - as noted at top of this report. Scarlet Tanager - multiple but still not-yet the major-arrival. Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - increased. Indigo Bunting Eastern Towhee - decreasing passages. Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow - increased a bit with multiple sightings, these no-longer only applying just to wintered individuals in this county. Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow - a good push of this species has been underway, with many on-passage, besides those many which annually and successfully overwinter in this park and in Manhattan more generally. White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco - still some pushing thru and perhaps a very few lingerers too. and surely some additional species for Central Park alone... with still more species for all of New York County. Many other parks and greenspaces have had a lot of migration, and some locations were finding good species-diversity over the weekend. Thanks to many keen observers out and about at all hours, and a special thanks to many leaders of not-for-profit guided bird walks done all around the county -also regularly now in Central Park- which help to benefit science-based conservation and education for the birds, some of the orgs such as the NYC Bird Alliance - was formerly known as NYC Audubon - and the Linnaean Society of New York, and the American Museum of Natural History just to name 3 large well-regarded not-for-profit organizations. There are other non-profit orgs that also organize guided bird walks in Central Park and around New York County in the spring and other seasons. 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