Manhattan, N.Y. City - thru Tuesday, April 1st - Some ongoing migration did occur overnight from Monday into Tues, April 1st, even with storms and heavy rains pushing in to the N.Y. City region over early Monday night. Some of Mondays lingering migrants or other birds were able to move out, as well as some fresh incoming migration occurring here.
Once again, Louisiana Waterthrush was a popular sighting at Central Park, with other warblers still including numbers of Palm, Pine, and small numbers of Myrtle-form Yellow-rumped Warblers, with the last 3 warbler species also being found in a number of other parks and greenspaces of Manhattan. Also seen around Manhattan again we're good numbers of Golden-crowned Kinglets, and of various other migrants, Yellow-shafted Flickers, E. Phoebes, a small influx of additional Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers besides those which overwintered, more Hermit Thrushes and Chipping as well as Swamp and Field Sparrows, and some reinforcements for Dark-eyed Juncos, with multiple other expected Sparrow species also ongoing, at least a few Savannah Sparrows and Red Fox Sparrows among those. E. Towhees were ongoing in multiple locations. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher while still scarce here, was present in the southern end of Central Park, likely a new or very recent arrival, although not the first of this spring. The Ruby-crowned Kinglets being seen very recently in Manhattan may include some which wintered locally but also perhaps some having come in from farther south. Rusty Blackbirds were continuing at Central Park in particular thru April 1, as were several Green-winged Teal along with some other waterfowl, Wood Duck included. Purple Finch was seen again, as more American Goldfinch are also passing through. The 3 swallow species being seen lately were all ongoing, with more than one of Barn, while N. Rough-winged and Tree Swallows each showed modest increases. In New York State, all 6 of the expected-breeding species of swallows and martin have been reported as-of April 1. The very-rare martin presumed to be a Gray-breasted Martin by almost all by now, was ongoing as reported from the same locality on Staten Island - Richmond County, NY which is a part of N.Y. City, and is the southernmost county of all of N.Y. State. Many more species were seen all around Manhattan, and sightings and reports came in from more than 50 distinct locations on this one island, by many, many observers. In some places, organized guided bird walks were held with very high participation, all of these walks made with and for not-for-profit organizations dedicated to science and conservation and education, including multiple walks made on the first day of April. Good birding to all, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
