[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 May 2018

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 18, 2018
* NYNY1805.18

- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
KIRTLAND'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Cattle Egret
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}org.

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 18th 2018
at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are KIRTLAND'S WARBLER,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, BICKNELL'S
THRUSH, LARK SPARROW, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and much more.

Thankfully for hundreds of birders the wonderful KIRTLAND'S WARBLER found
Friday afternoon in Central Park did remain in the same general area for
all of Saturday and into Sunday morning. Attracting quite a crowd the
KIRTLAND'S lingered in oaks around the northwestern corner of the reservoir
until sometime after 10am on Sunday morning when it moved off and could not
be relocated. This constitutes the first confirmed downstate record for New
York and only the fourth overall.

This exemplified by Central Park and other city parks. It was a good week
for migrants in general despite some rather unfriendly and unseasonal
weather, a couple of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen in Central Saturday,
one also Sunday and that park also produced KENTUCKY WARBLER and a few
arriving MOURNING WARBLERS plus a CERULEAN WARBLER Monday. Also noteworthy
but on the unfortunate side a number of migrants were found dead Tuesday
beneath a glass building at 110th Street in the northwestern corner of
Central Park. One that might fortunately survive was a YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER.

Central Park is a large migrant trap and thus a good barometer on regional
migration did feature an expected variety of warblers with some in
pleasantly high numbers including CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S and
others, one or two or more SUMMER TANAGERS and BLUE GROSBEAKS, a full
complement of flycatchers featuring OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and
YELLOW-BELLIED. A variety of thrushes including a singing BICKNELL'S and
even PHILADELPHIA VIREO attest to the strategic value of locations like
Central and our other major city parks but even the scattered vest pocket
parks can be quite productive. For instance, birds reported at Madison
Square Park Wednesday and Thursday included PROTHONOTARY, KENTUCKY,
MOURNING and HOODED and Bryant Park addend another MOURNING.

Another nice surprise this week was a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK spotted
Wednesday morning in a flock of Brant grazing on the ballfields at Calvert
Vaux Park in Brooklyn. Shortly thereafter the flock was flushed and the
WHISTLING-DUCK has not been relocated.

Today a LARK SPARROW was found at Shore Road Park in Brooklyn.

A CATTLE EGRET photographed on Governors Island last Sunday may be the same
one showing up at Croton Point Park in Westchester today.

A seawatch from Robert Moses State Park this morning counted 19 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS and 27 NORTHERN GANNETS as well as a continuation of the spring
buildup of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but about 15 of these, mostly
immatures, also noted there.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was present at the Rye Nature Center Wednesday
morning, a KENTUCKY WARBLER was found at Watch Hill on Fire Island Tuesday
and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.

Unfortunately the pelagic trip scheduled to leave Brooklyn Sunday evening
has been canceled due to lack of participation. It seems rather shocking
that given our birding populace we cannot generate enough enthusiasm to
take advantage of these wonderful opportunities to get well offshore.

To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

- End transcript

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NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] NYC Area RBA: 18 May 2018

[Ben Cacace]

- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* May. 18, 2018
* NYNY1805.18

- Birds mentioned
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK+
BICKNELL'S THRUSH+
KIRTLAND'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)

Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet
Cattle Egret
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Lark Sparrow
Summer Tanager
Blue Grosbeak

- Transcript

If followed by (+) please submit documentation of your report
electronically and use the NYSARC online submission form found at
http://www.nybirds.org/NYSARC/goodreport.htm

You can also send reports and digital image files via email to
nysarc44(at)nybirds{dot}org.

If electronic submission is not possible, hardcopy reports and photos or
sketches are welcome. Hardcopy documentation should be mailed to:

Gary Chapin - Secretary
NYS Avian Records Committee (NYSARC)
125 Pine Springs Drive
Ticonderoga, NY 12883

Hotline: New York City Area Rare Bird Alert
Number: (212) 979-3070

Compilers: Tom Burke and Tony Lauro
Coverage: New York City, Long Island, Westchester County

Transcriber: Ben Cacace

BEGIN TAPE

Greetings. This is the New York Rare Bird Alert for Friday, May 18th 2018
at 10pm. The highlights of today's tape are KIRTLAND'S WARBLER,
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, BLUE GROSBEAK, BICKNELL'S
THRUSH, LARK SPARROW, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER and much more.

Thankfully for hundreds of birders the wonderful KIRTLAND'S WARBLER found
Friday afternoon in Central Park did remain in the same general area for
all of Saturday and into Sunday morning. Attracting quite a crowd the
KIRTLAND'S lingered in oaks around the northwestern corner of the reservoir
until sometime after 10am on Sunday morning when it moved off and could not
be relocated. This constitutes the first confirmed downstate record for New
York and only the fourth overall.

This exemplified by Central Park and other city parks. It was a good week
for migrants in general despite some rather unfriendly and unseasonal
weather, a couple of PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS were seen in Central Saturday,
one also Sunday and that park also produced KENTUCKY WARBLER and a few
arriving MOURNING WARBLERS plus a CERULEAN WARBLER Monday. Also noteworthy
but on the unfortunate side a number of migrants were found dead Tuesday
beneath a glass building at 110th Street in the northwestern corner of
Central Park. One that might fortunately survive was a YELLOW-THROATED
WARBLER.

Central Park is a large migrant trap and thus a good barometer on regional
migration did feature an expected variety of warblers with some in
pleasantly high numbers including CAPE MAY, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S and
others, one or two or more SUMMER TANAGERS and BLUE GROSBEAKS, a full
complement of flycatchers featuring OLIVE-SIDED, ACADIAN and
YELLOW-BELLIED. A variety of thrushes including a singing BICKNELL'S and
even PHILADELPHIA VIREO attest to the strategic value of locations like
Central and our other major city parks but even the scattered vest pocket
parks can be quite productive. For instance, birds reported at Madison
Square Park Wednesday and Thursday included PROTHONOTARY, KENTUCKY,
MOURNING and HOODED and Bryant Park addend another MOURNING.

Another nice surprise this week was a BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK spotted
Wednesday morning in a flock of Brant grazing on the ballfields at Calvert
Vaux Park in Brooklyn. Shortly thereafter the flock was flushed and the
WHISTLING-DUCK has not been relocated.

Today a LARK SPARROW was found at Shore Road Park in Brooklyn.

A CATTLE EGRET photographed on Governors Island last Sunday may be the same
one showing up at Croton Point Park in Westchester today.

A seawatch from Robert Moses State Park this morning counted 19 SOOTY
SHEARWATERS and 27 NORTHERN GANNETS as well as a continuation of the spring
buildup of LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS but about 15 of these, mostly
immatures, also noted there.

A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was present at the Rye Nature Center Wednesday
morning, a KENTUCKY WARBLER was found at Watch Hill on Fire Island Tuesday
and a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER continues at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum.

Unfortunately the pelagic trip scheduled to leave Brooklyn Sunday evening
has been canceled due to lack of participation. It seems rather shocking
that given our birding populace we cannot generate enough enthusiasm to
take advantage of these wonderful opportunities to get well offshore.

To phone in reports on Long Island call Tony Lauro at (631) 734-4126 or
call Tom Burke at (914) 967-4922.

This service is sponsored by the Linnaean Society of New York and the
National Audubon Society. Thank you for calling.

- End transcript

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NYSbirds-L List Info:

[nysbirds-l] Bicknell's Thrush, NYS-protected species (in Central Park NYC, & to 5/18/'18)

[Thomas Fiore]

Also, a 'last-minute' note that all 5 eastern-breeding swallow species are 
current (as of p.m./Friday, 5/18) on the C.P. reservoir, esp. as seen from east 
& northeast portions of the surrounding running-walking track.  It’s also worth 
noting that in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, these ‘5' swallows had been appearing 
at the Lake in Prospect (King’s County - Brooklyn, N.Y. City) as found & 
reported & documented by multiple Kings Co. birders afield;  in addition, 
Prospect & their regular & keen observers have had excellent migrants in the 
past week, with a lot of similar species as widely-reported to this list in 
Manhattan, also in Brooklyn’s best birding areas; similarly a lot has been 
found in each of the other N.Y. City boroughs, all of which are individual 
counties - Queens, Bronx, & Staten Island a.k.a. Richmond Co. and as found esp. 
by fine birders of each respective county; a collective tally of the hundreds 
of species seen in the past week in ALL of N.Y. City alone would be mightily 
impressive indeed, that is, as seen by hundreds & hundreds of quiet & keen 
observers and well-documented by many. (Tip ‘o’ the hat to Tom Stephenson & all 
of the B’klyn birders who came out to see many birds in rain & coolth, Thursday 
in Prospect/Kings County.)

There are some super sightings from a number of smaller parks & green-spaces in 
Manhattan (& surely in other boroughs / counties, also) lately, with some being 
seen by many many birders, & other, shyer species only at intervals & with 
luck, patience, & a degree of skill, of course… it is very much worth some time 
at any smaller greenspace, in particular if any migrant species at all are 
being found, to “investigate” for additional, & potentially, unexpected birds, 
at this time of the year, & with the recent type of weather in the (esp., as 
noted, in southeast N.Y.S.) region.

-  -  -  -
Friday, May 18th, 2018.  Central Park (Manhattan) N.Y. City - a Bicknell’s 
redux, & etc.

For at least a third day in a row (N.B. - also present in the same wider area 
have been, & still are: Gray-cheeked Thrush C. minimus, as well as Swainson’s 
THRUSH, Veery, Wood Thrush, & even [quite late for here, now] Hermit Thrush, as 
was a 'globally-threatened' species, a (single) BICKNELL'S Thrush, Catharus 
bicknelli — which nests in NY state, in the Catskill Mountains (at high 
elevation spruce-fir habitat there, for the southern-most global breeding-range 
of the species) and more regularly and somewhat more widely-distributed in the 
Adirondack Mountain region of New York state - a single (singing) male of this 
species, Catharus bicknelli (which also winters ONLY in Caribbean / Greater 
Antillean islands, esp. in Hispaniola - Dominican Republic & Haiti, as well as 
on Cuba, Puerto Rico, & sparingly anywhere else as found in research, new & 
older) - had been seen singing at a location within the Central Park (NYC) 
Ramble, & observed & documented by several hundred observers this week.  A 
majority of these aural-observational records took place on Thursday, 17th.  
Rain is, or can be “useful” in the singing of thrushes for daytime listening, 
and in locations where in a sunny day, hearing-of might be minimal to 
nonexistent.  Obviously as with many songbirds, the first & last hours of light 
are regularly best for the hearing of many songbird species, shy or less-shy.  
It’s also fairly regular to have Bicknell’s and other Catharus-genus (& other) 
thrush, & songbird species, sing from perches during night-time, all the more 
so in the breeding range[s].   It is fairly uncommon / rare to hear Bicknell’s 
give extended song in non-breeding areas, with exceptions - such as this recent 
example that so many serious & quiet observers were able to enjoy.  Comparisons 
with a nearby Gray-cheeked, & other more-often seen Catharus thrush migrants 
were made, quite nice to have that opportunity and more so with no aural 
disturbances, in a “noisy” NYC public park as is sometimes found.  Rain serves 
its purposes to birders & also to birds, at times.

The Bicknell's is, like it’s close congener Gray-cheeked Thrush, a 
later-migrating songbird for the region’s ‘passages' of neotropical birds into 
the northern breeding areas (especially into Canada) where so many of these 
species / individuals go for the summer's breeding season.  The Bicknell’s in 
particular, as a restricted-range, globally-threatened - a "NY State Species of 
Special Concern” - (some would even refer to it as near-endangered for, in 
particular, concerns for climate-change effects / losses of good habitat in 
wintering & also in summering areas, & potentially in parts of migratory 
stopover areas, & etc.) should be given as much space - & ZERO PLAYBACK or 
other audio-playing! - to feed, rest, recover, & move about as is possible 
within a heavily-visited - by many birders & others - space, as is Central 
Park, NYC.  (the individual in the Ramble has sung of its’ own volition 
unprovoked & quietly 

[nysbirds-l] Bicknell's Thrush, NYS-protected species (in Central Park NYC, & to 5/18/'18)

[Thomas Fiore]

Also, a 'last-minute' note that all 5 eastern-breeding swallow species are 
current (as of p.m./Friday, 5/18) on the C.P. reservoir, esp. as seen from east 
& northeast portions of the surrounding running-walking track.  It’s also worth 
noting that in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, these ‘5' swallows had been appearing 
at the Lake in Prospect (King’s County - Brooklyn, N.Y. City) as found & 
reported & documented by multiple Kings Co. birders afield;  in addition, 
Prospect & their regular & keen observers have had excellent migrants in the 
past week, with a lot of similar species as widely-reported to this list in 
Manhattan, also in Brooklyn’s best birding areas; similarly a lot has been 
found in each of the other N.Y. City boroughs, all of which are individual 
counties - Queens, Bronx, & Staten Island a.k.a. Richmond Co. and as found esp. 
by fine birders of each respective county; a collective tally of the hundreds 
of species seen in the past week in ALL of N.Y. City alone would be mightily 
impressive indeed, that is, as seen by hundreds & hundreds of quiet & keen 
observers and well-documented by many. (Tip ‘o’ the hat to Tom Stephenson & all 
of the B’klyn birders who came out to see many birds in rain & coolth, Thursday 
in Prospect/Kings County.)

There are some super sightings from a number of smaller parks & green-spaces in 
Manhattan (& surely in other boroughs / counties, also) lately, with some being 
seen by many many birders, & other, shyer species only at intervals & with 
luck, patience, & a degree of skill, of course… it is very much worth some time 
at any smaller greenspace, in particular if any migrant species at all are 
being found, to “investigate” for additional, & potentially, unexpected birds, 
at this time of the year, & with the recent type of weather in the (esp., as 
noted, in southeast N.Y.S.) region.

-  -  -  -
Friday, May 18th, 2018.  Central Park (Manhattan) N.Y. City - a Bicknell’s 
redux, & etc.

For at least a third day in a row (N.B. - also present in the same wider area 
have been, & still are: Gray-cheeked Thrush C. minimus, as well as Swainson’s 
THRUSH, Veery, Wood Thrush, & even [quite late for here, now] Hermit Thrush, as 
was a 'globally-threatened' species, a (single) BICKNELL'S Thrush, Catharus 
bicknelli — which nests in NY state, in the Catskill Mountains (at high 
elevation spruce-fir habitat there, for the southern-most global breeding-range 
of the species) and more regularly and somewhat more widely-distributed in the 
Adirondack Mountain region of New York state - a single (singing) male of this 
species, Catharus bicknelli (which also winters ONLY in Caribbean / Greater 
Antillean islands, esp. in Hispaniola - Dominican Republic & Haiti, as well as 
on Cuba, Puerto Rico, & sparingly anywhere else as found in research, new & 
older) - had been seen singing at a location within the Central Park (NYC) 
Ramble, & observed & documented by several hundred observers this week.  A 
majority of these aural-observational records took place on Thursday, 17th.  
Rain is, or can be “useful” in the singing of thrushes for daytime listening, 
and in locations where in a sunny day, hearing-of might be minimal to 
nonexistent.  Obviously as with many songbirds, the first & last hours of light 
are regularly best for the hearing of many songbird species, shy or less-shy.  
It’s also fairly regular to have Bicknell’s and other Catharus-genus (& other) 
thrush, & songbird species, sing from perches during night-time, all the more 
so in the breeding range[s].   It is fairly uncommon / rare to hear Bicknell’s 
give extended song in non-breeding areas, with exceptions - such as this recent 
example that so many serious & quiet observers were able to enjoy.  Comparisons 
with a nearby Gray-cheeked, & other more-often seen Catharus thrush migrants 
were made, quite nice to have that opportunity and more so with no aural 
disturbances, in a “noisy” NYC public park as is sometimes found.  Rain serves 
its purposes to birders & also to birds, at times.

The Bicknell's is, like it’s close congener Gray-cheeked Thrush, a 
later-migrating songbird for the region’s ‘passages' of neotropical birds into 
the northern breeding areas (especially into Canada) where so many of these 
species / individuals go for the summer's breeding season.  The Bicknell’s in 
particular, as a restricted-range, globally-threatened - a "NY State Species of 
Special Concern” - (some would even refer to it as near-endangered for, in 
particular, concerns for climate-change effects / losses of good habitat in 
wintering & also in summering areas, & potentially in parts of migratory 
stopover areas, & etc.) should be given as much space - & ZERO PLAYBACK or 
other audio-playing! - to feed, rest, recover, & move about as is possible 
within a heavily-visited - by many birders & others - space, as is Central 
Park, NYC.  (the individual in the Ramble has sung of its’ own volition 
unprovoked & quietly 

[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., May 18, 2018 - 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Yellow-throated & Blue-headed Vireos & more

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End
Fri., May 18, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.

Highlights: 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Yellow-throated & Blue-headed Vireos, 
Least Flycatcher (2), and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

Mallard - 5 Harlem Meer
Mourning dove - 2 or 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Jughandle north of the east side of the Pool
Spotted Sandpiper - Loch (found by Frank Rutella)
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 on the Meer & flyovers
Great Egret - Harlem Meer
Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult on island in Meer
Red-tailed Hawk - adult flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Loch
Downy Woodpecker - male west side of Loch
Eastern Wood-Pewee - calling in the Loch
Least Flycatcher - 2 (west side Wildflower Meadow & Great Hill)
Yellow-throated Vireo - Jughandle north of east side of the Pool
Blue-headed Vireo - Crab Apple Knoll south side of Great Hill
Warbling Vireo - singing at 110th Street and 5th Avenue + others
Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay residents
American Crow - calling flyover Blockhouse
Black-capped Chickadee - east Wildflower Meadow
House Wren - 3 (1 Green Bench, 2 Wildflower Meadow)
Veery - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & Loch)
Swainson's Thrush - 5+
American Robin - residents present thoughout
Gray Catbird - resident pairs
Cedar Waxwing - 4 west side of the Harlem Meer
House Finch - in elm on west side of Harlem Meer
American Goldfinch - male Fort Clinton
White-throated Sparrow - west side of the Loch
Baltimore Oriole - 3 pairs
Red-winged Blackbird males singing along the Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - male heard wildflower Meadow
Ovenbird - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (east & west sides of the Loch)
Black-and-white Warbler - a dozen (11female, 1 male)
Nashville Warbler - adult male Great Hill
Common Yellowthroat - 15 (3 male, 12 female)
American Redstart - 10 (2 adult males, 8 females/imm. males)
Northern Parula - 25 (20 females)
Magnolia Warbler - 10 (6 male, 4 female)
Yellow Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (male & female Fort Clinton)
Black-throated blue Warbler - 3 (1 male, 2 female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - west side of Wilflower Meadow (Andrew)
Canada Warbler - 2 (male & female Wildflower Meadow - Bob - early)
Wilson's Warbler - 8, all males
Northern Cardinal - residents
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - female in elm near the Meer

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Sandra Critelli reported 2 male Wood Ducks at the Pond (59th Street) and via 
twitter @alexcritelli7 a Scarlet Tanager at Hallett. 

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Fri., May 18, 2018 - 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Yellow-throated & Blue-headed Vireos & more

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC - North End
Fri., May 18, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.

Highlights: 15 Species of Wood Warblers, Yellow-throated & Blue-headed Vireos, 
Least Flycatcher (2), and Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 

Mallard - 5 Harlem Meer
Mourning dove - 2 or 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Jughandle north of the east side of the Pool
Spotted Sandpiper - Loch (found by Frank Rutella)
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 on the Meer & flyovers
Great Egret - Harlem Meer
Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult on island in Meer
Red-tailed Hawk - adult flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Loch
Downy Woodpecker - male west side of Loch
Eastern Wood-Pewee - calling in the Loch
Least Flycatcher - 2 (west side Wildflower Meadow & Great Hill)
Yellow-throated Vireo - Jughandle north of east side of the Pool
Blue-headed Vireo - Crab Apple Knoll south side of Great Hill
Warbling Vireo - singing at 110th Street and 5th Avenue + others
Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay residents
American Crow - calling flyover Blockhouse
Black-capped Chickadee - east Wildflower Meadow
House Wren - 3 (1 Green Bench, 2 Wildflower Meadow)
Veery - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & Loch)
Swainson's Thrush - 5+
American Robin - residents present thoughout
Gray Catbird - resident pairs
Cedar Waxwing - 4 west side of the Harlem Meer
House Finch - in elm on west side of Harlem Meer
American Goldfinch - male Fort Clinton
White-throated Sparrow - west side of the Loch
Baltimore Oriole - 3 pairs
Red-winged Blackbird males singing along the Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - male heard wildflower Meadow
Ovenbird - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (east & west sides of the Loch)
Black-and-white Warbler - a dozen (11female, 1 male)
Nashville Warbler - adult male Great Hill
Common Yellowthroat - 15 (3 male, 12 female)
American Redstart - 10 (2 adult males, 8 females/imm. males)
Northern Parula - 25 (20 females)
Magnolia Warbler - 10 (6 male, 4 female)
Yellow Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (male & female Fort Clinton)
Black-throated blue Warbler - 3 (1 male, 2 female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - west side of Wilflower Meadow (Andrew)
Canada Warbler - 2 (male & female Wildflower Meadow - Bob - early)
Wilson's Warbler - 8, all males
Northern Cardinal - residents
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - female in elm near the Meer

--
Sandra Critelli reported 2 male Wood Ducks at the Pond (59th Street) and via 
twitter @alexcritelli7 a Scarlet Tanager at Hallett. 

Deb Allen
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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret croton Point

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Breeding plumaged CE at NE corner of ball field (by soccer goal) found this 
a.m. by K. Lamb continues at 2 pm. 

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining 

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[nysbirds-l] Cattle Egret croton Point

[Larry Trachtenberg]

Breeding plumaged CE at NE corner of ball field (by soccer goal) found this 
a.m. by K. Lamb continues at 2 pm. 

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[nysbirds-l] Sooty Shearwaters+, Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County

[Shaibal Mitra]

Seawatching has been slow during the past two weeks. Seaducks have been 
diminishing in numbers, and the loon migration has been unimpressive in terms 
of numbers and diversity (= no Pacific Loon--yet). Thus, it was satisfying to 
find a movement of Sooty Shearwaters this morning (I counted 19 between 9:50 
and 11:30), along with a decent late push of immature Northern Gannets (27). 
Also of note recently has been the now-expected spring build up of Lesser 
Black-backed Gulls. Counts of ca. 15 at RMSP on recent mornings have exceeded 
the paltry numbers of Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls present lately:

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[nysbirds-l] Sooty Shearwaters+, Robert Moses SP, Suffolk County

[Shaibal Mitra]

Seawatching has been slow during the past two weeks. Seaducks have been 
diminishing in numbers, and the loon migration has been unimpressive in terms 
of numbers and diversity (= no Pacific Loon--yet). Thus, it was satisfying to 
find a movement of Sooty Shearwaters this morning (I counted 19 between 9:50 
and 11:30), along with a decent late push of immature Northern Gannets (27). 
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Black-backed Gulls. Counts of ca. 15 at RMSP on recent mornings have exceeded 
the paltry numbers of Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls present lately:

https://flic.kr/p/24teaJd

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thu. May 17, 2018 - 19 Species of Warblers, Cliff Swallows, Y-b Cuckoo, Poss. Bicknell''s Thrush

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Thursday, May 17, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen with Pennsylvania Birders & others

Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers, Cliff Swallows (2), Yellow-billed 
Cuckoo, Lincoln's Sparrow, & possible Bicknell's Thrush.

Canada Goose - 4 (2 pairs Great Lawn)
Wood Duck - male continues on the Reservoir
Gadwall - 2-4 (one or two pairs on the Reservoir)
Mallard - at least 20 (residents)
Ruddy Duck - male & female Reservoir
Mourning Dove - residents
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Sparrow Rock
Chimney Swift - 16 together over Swampy Pin Oak
Ruby--throated Hummingbird - Warbler Rock
Spotted Sandpiper - 6 or 7 Reservoir
Herring Gull - small numbers Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Reservoir
Double-crested cormorant - 17 Reservoir
Green Heron - adult Triplet's Bridge
Red-tailed Hawk - adult with 2 three-week-old chicks visible in 5th Avenue nest
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (pair at top of the Oven, male Warbler Rock)
Downy Woodpecker - Tupelo Field and the Point
Northern Flicker - male Gill Overlook
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Delacorte Theater
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Shakespeare Garden
Warbling Vireo - Swedish Cottage
Red-eyed Vireo - 4
Blue Jay - pairs
Tree Swallow - at least 2 Reservoir
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Reservoir
Cliff Swallow - 2 Reservoir around north Gate House (probably a pair)
Barn Swallow - 8 to 12 Reservoir with some nest building
Tufted Titmouse - heard Maintenance field
White-breasted Nuthatch - Gill Overlook
House Wren - Ramble
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Sparrow Rock & Swedish Cottage)
Veery - Gill Source
Bicknell's Thrush - Gill Source - POSSIBLE- thanks Ryan Zucker)
Swainson's Thrush - at least 10
American Robin - several nests observed
Gray Catbird - resident pairs, nest building at the top of the Point (thanks 
Gail & Charles Persky)
Cedar Waxwing - 4 perched above Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
House Finch - 3 in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock
Lincoln's Sparrow - Tanner's Spring (Deb - late afternoon)
White-crowned Sparrow - between Evodia Field & Gill Source (thanks Ryan Zucker)
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Orchard Oriole - Turtle Pond Dock
Baltimore Oriole - 4 (males & females in Tuliptree Balancing Rock/Captain's 
Bench)
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males (Gill Source & Oven)
Common Grackle - residents
Ovenbird - 5 or 6
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 12
Common Yellowthroat - 10 to 12
American Redstart - 10
Cape May Warbler - 4 (Tuliptrees in bloom are favorites of this bird)
Northern Parula - 20, mostly females
Magnolia Warbler - 10 (50/50 mix of males & females)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 4 (3 male, 1 female)
Blackburnian Warbler - 5 (3 mlaes, 2 females - the Pinetum a good spot today)
Yellow Warbler - 8 (50/50 male/female)
Chestnut-sided - 6
Blackpoll Warbler - 3 including female
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Prairie Warbler - female Warbler Rock
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3 west side of Great lawn
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Canada Warbler - 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Wilson's Warbler - 10, all males
Scarlet Tanager - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Northern Cardinal - residents including pair with nest in Shakespeare Garden
Indigo Bunting - singing male in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Thu. May 17, 2018 - 19 Species of Warblers, Cliff Swallows, Y-b Cuckoo, Poss. Bicknell''s Thrush

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Thursday, May 17, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen with Pennsylvania Birders & others

Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers, Cliff Swallows (2), Yellow-billed 
Cuckoo, Lincoln's Sparrow, & possible Bicknell's Thrush.

Canada Goose - 4 (2 pairs Great Lawn)
Wood Duck - male continues on the Reservoir
Gadwall - 2-4 (one or two pairs on the Reservoir)
Mallard - at least 20 (residents)
Ruddy Duck - male & female Reservoir
Mourning Dove - residents
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Sparrow Rock
Chimney Swift - 16 together over Swampy Pin Oak
Ruby--throated Hummingbird - Warbler Rock
Spotted Sandpiper - 6 or 7 Reservoir
Herring Gull - small numbers Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Reservoir
Double-crested cormorant - 17 Reservoir
Green Heron - adult Triplet's Bridge
Red-tailed Hawk - adult with 2 three-week-old chicks visible in 5th Avenue nest
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (pair at top of the Oven, male Warbler Rock)
Downy Woodpecker - Tupelo Field and the Point
Northern Flicker - male Gill Overlook
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Delacorte Theater
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Shakespeare Garden
Warbling Vireo - Swedish Cottage
Red-eyed Vireo - 4
Blue Jay - pairs
Tree Swallow - at least 2 Reservoir
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Reservoir
Cliff Swallow - 2 Reservoir around north Gate House (probably a pair)
Barn Swallow - 8 to 12 Reservoir with some nest building
Tufted Titmouse - heard Maintenance field
White-breasted Nuthatch - Gill Overlook
House Wren - Ramble
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Sparrow Rock & Swedish Cottage)
Veery - Gill Source
Bicknell's Thrush - Gill Source - POSSIBLE- thanks Ryan Zucker)
Swainson's Thrush - at least 10
American Robin - several nests observed
Gray Catbird - resident pairs, nest building at the top of the Point (thanks 
Gail & Charles Persky)
Cedar Waxwing - 4 perched above Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
House Finch - 3 in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock
Lincoln's Sparrow - Tanner's Spring (Deb - late afternoon)
White-crowned Sparrow - between Evodia Field & Gill Source (thanks Ryan Zucker)
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Orchard Oriole - Turtle Pond Dock
Baltimore Oriole - 4 (males & females in Tuliptree Balancing Rock/Captain's 
Bench)
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males (Gill Source & Oven)
Common Grackle - residents
Ovenbird - 5 or 6
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 12
Common Yellowthroat - 10 to 12
American Redstart - 10
Cape May Warbler - 4 (Tuliptrees in bloom are favorites of this bird)
Northern Parula - 20, mostly females
Magnolia Warbler - 10 (50/50 mix of males & females)
Bay-breasted Warbler - 4 (3 male, 1 female)
Blackburnian Warbler - 5 (3 mlaes, 2 females - the Pinetum a good spot today)
Yellow Warbler - 8 (50/50 male/female)
Chestnut-sided - 6
Blackpoll Warbler - 3 including female
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Prairie Warbler - female Warbler Rock
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3 west side of Great lawn
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Canada Warbler - 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Wilson's Warbler - 10, all males
Scarlet Tanager - 4 (2 male, 2 female)
Northern Cardinal - residents including pair with nest in Shakespeare Garden
Indigo Bunting - singing male in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bryant Park (no mourning) and croton point (cattle egret)

[Larry Trachtenberg]

No luck for me anyway  w Mourning between 745 and 815. Quite windy so not very 
birdy in the London Planes although there are oodles of common yellowthroats, 
ovenbirds, catbirds and white throats skulking. Caretaker found and buried this 
morning a dead magnolia warbler (had pic).

Same no luck yesterday at lunch hour in Madison Sq. Park w Prothonotary and KY 
(but did have the female hooded and several other warblers).

I just got a very reliable report of a breeding cattle egret ball field Croton 
Point this a.m.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining.



Sent from my iPhone

On May 18, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Jonathan Perez 
> wrote:

Mourning warbler still being seen this morning at the SW corner of Bryant Park 
by a few birders - near the colored chairs and the “southwest porch coffee 
cabin.”

Please excuse my brevity.  Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2018, at 2:25 PM, gabriel willow 
> wrote:

I led a bird walk in The Battery (formerly known as Battery Park), the 
southernmost point in Manhattan, this morning. I think this park has a ton of 
potential, even more so than other pocket parks in NYC: it's fairly large (at 
25 acres, much larger than Bryant, Madison Square, or Washington Square Park) 
and even better, has an excellent mix of mature native trees, mostly the oaks 
that are so beloved by migrating warblers. It also has extensive lawns that are 
often fenced off to the public and to dogs, and it overlooks the harbor, 
providing sea-watching opportunities and possible storm-blown vagrants. For 
anyone who works in lower Manhattan, it could be a really productive patch.

This morning was my personal best day in the park out of maybe a dozen birding 
visits total: 42 species in about three hours, which would be a respectable 
morning in Central Park to say nothing of the Battery! Six of these were new 
for the park according to eBird. The oaks were fairly crawling with warblers of 
a dozen species, and there were 6-8 Scarlet Tanagers fly-catching around the 
park (there was some sort of small brown flying ant hatch-out happening).

Additional highlights included:

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (a very cooperative individual perching low in a 
Willow Oak near the Battery Tunnel air exchange tower vent at the SW corner of 
the park)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler (several)
Bay-breasted Warbler (one male)
Canada Warbler (2 or 3)
Wilson's Warbler (2)

Here's the whole list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax sp. (likely Least)
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

Good late spring migration!

Gabriel Willow
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Bryant Park (no mourning) and croton point (cattle egret)

[Larry Trachtenberg]

No luck for me anyway  w Mourning between 745 and 815. Quite windy so not very 
birdy in the London Planes although there are oodles of common yellowthroats, 
ovenbirds, catbirds and white throats skulking. Caretaker found and buried this 
morning a dead magnolia warbler (had pic).

Same no luck yesterday at lunch hour in Madison Sq. Park w Prothonotary and KY 
(but did have the female hooded and several other warblers).

I just got a very reliable report of a breeding cattle egret ball field Croton 
Point this a.m.

L. Trachtenberg
Ossining.



Sent from my iPhone

On May 18, 2018, at 7:15 AM, Jonathan Perez 
mailto:jonathan.ape...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Mourning warbler still being seen this morning at the SW corner of Bryant Park 
by a few birders - near the colored chairs and the “southwest porch coffee 
cabin.”

Please excuse my brevity.  Sent from my iPhone

On May 15, 2018, at 2:25 PM, gabriel willow 
mailto:gabrielwil...@yahoo.com>> wrote:

I led a bird walk in The Battery (formerly known as Battery Park), the 
southernmost point in Manhattan, this morning. I think this park has a ton of 
potential, even more so than other pocket parks in NYC: it's fairly large (at 
25 acres, much larger than Bryant, Madison Square, or Washington Square Park) 
and even better, has an excellent mix of mature native trees, mostly the oaks 
that are so beloved by migrating warblers. It also has extensive lawns that are 
often fenced off to the public and to dogs, and it overlooks the harbor, 
providing sea-watching opportunities and possible storm-blown vagrants. For 
anyone who works in lower Manhattan, it could be a really productive patch.

This morning was my personal best day in the park out of maybe a dozen birding 
visits total: 42 species in about three hours, which would be a respectable 
morning in Central Park to say nothing of the Battery! Six of these were new 
for the park according to eBird. The oaks were fairly crawling with warblers of 
a dozen species, and there were 6-8 Scarlet Tanagers fly-catching around the 
park (there was some sort of small brown flying ant hatch-out happening).

Additional highlights included:

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (a very cooperative individual perching low in a 
Willow Oak near the Battery Tunnel air exchange tower vent at the SW corner of 
the park)
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blackburnian Warbler (several)
Bay-breasted Warbler (one male)
Canada Warbler (2 or 3)
Wilson's Warbler (2)

Here's the whole list:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax sp. (likely Least)
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

Good late spring migration!

Gabriel Willow
NYC Audubon

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Re: [nysbirds-l] Birdy morning in The Battery (Battery Park) NYC

[Jonathan Perez]

Mourning warbler still being seen this morning at the SW corner of Bryant Park 
by a few birders - near the colored chairs and the “southwest porch coffee 
cabin.”  

Please excuse my brevity.  Sent from my iPhone

> On May 15, 2018, at 2:25 PM, gabriel willow  wrote:
> 
> I led a bird walk in The Battery (formerly known as Battery Park), the 
> southernmost point in Manhattan, this morning. I think this park has a ton of 
> potential, even more so than other pocket parks in NYC: it's fairly large (at 
> 25 acres, much larger than Bryant, Madison Square, or Washington Square Park) 
> and even better, has an excellent mix of mature native trees, mostly the oaks 
> that are so beloved by migrating warblers. It also has extensive lawns that 
> are often fenced off to the public and to dogs, and it overlooks the harbor, 
> providing sea-watching opportunities and possible storm-blown vagrants. For 
> anyone who works in lower Manhattan, it could be a really productive patch.
> 
> This morning was my personal best day in the park out of maybe a dozen 
> birding visits total: 42 species in about three hours, which would be a 
> respectable morning in Central Park to say nothing of the Battery! Six of 
> these were new for the park according to eBird. The oaks were fairly crawling 
> with warblers of a dozen species, and there were 6-8 Scarlet Tanagers 
> fly-catching around the park (there was some sort of small brown flying ant 
> hatch-out happening).
> 
> Additional highlights included:
> 
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (a very cooperative individual perching low in a 
> Willow Oak near the Battery Tunnel air exchange tower vent at the SW corner 
> of the park)
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Blackburnian Warbler (several)
> Bay-breasted Warbler (one male)
> Canada Warbler (2 or 3)
> Wilson's Warbler (2)
> 
> Here's the whole list:
> 
> Canada Goose
> Mallard
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Black-backed Gull
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> Empidonax sp. (likely Least)
> Eastern Kingbird
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Red-eyed Vireo
> Blue Jay
> Fish Crow
> Veery
> Swainson's Thrush
> American Robin
> Gray Catbird
> Northern Mockingbird
> European Starling
> Cedar Waxwing
> Ovenbird
> Black-and-white Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> American Redstart
> Northern Parula
> Magnolia Warbler
> Bay-breasted Warbler
> Blackburnian Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Black-throated Blue Warbler
> Canada Warbler
> Wilson's Warbler
> Chipping Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> Scarlet Tanager
> Northern Cardinal
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> Indigo Bunting
> Baltimore Oriole
> Common Grackle
> House Sparrow
> 
> Good late spring migration!
> 
> Gabriel Willow
> NYC Audubon
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Birdy morning in The Battery (Battery Park) NYC

[Jonathan Perez]

Mourning warbler still being seen this morning at the SW corner of Bryant Park 
by a few birders - near the colored chairs and the “southwest porch coffee 
cabin.”  

Please excuse my brevity.  Sent from my iPhone

> On May 15, 2018, at 2:25 PM, gabriel willow  wrote:
> 
> I led a bird walk in The Battery (formerly known as Battery Park), the 
> southernmost point in Manhattan, this morning. I think this park has a ton of 
> potential, even more so than other pocket parks in NYC: it's fairly large (at 
> 25 acres, much larger than Bryant, Madison Square, or Washington Square Park) 
> and even better, has an excellent mix of mature native trees, mostly the oaks 
> that are so beloved by migrating warblers. It also has extensive lawns that 
> are often fenced off to the public and to dogs, and it overlooks the harbor, 
> providing sea-watching opportunities and possible storm-blown vagrants. For 
> anyone who works in lower Manhattan, it could be a really productive patch.
> 
> This morning was my personal best day in the park out of maybe a dozen 
> birding visits total: 42 species in about three hours, which would be a 
> respectable morning in Central Park to say nothing of the Battery! Six of 
> these were new for the park according to eBird. The oaks were fairly crawling 
> with warblers of a dozen species, and there were 6-8 Scarlet Tanagers 
> fly-catching around the park (there was some sort of small brown flying ant 
> hatch-out happening).
> 
> Additional highlights included:
> 
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (a very cooperative individual perching low in a 
> Willow Oak near the Battery Tunnel air exchange tower vent at the SW corner 
> of the park)
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Blackburnian Warbler (several)
> Bay-breasted Warbler (one male)
> Canada Warbler (2 or 3)
> Wilson's Warbler (2)
> 
> Here's the whole list:
> 
> Canada Goose
> Mallard
> Double-crested Cormorant
> Great Black-backed Gull
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
> Empidonax sp. (likely Least)
> Eastern Kingbird
> Yellow-throated Vireo
> Red-eyed Vireo
> Blue Jay
> Fish Crow
> Veery
> Swainson's Thrush
> American Robin
> Gray Catbird
> Northern Mockingbird
> European Starling
> Cedar Waxwing
> Ovenbird
> Black-and-white Warbler
> Common Yellowthroat
> American Redstart
> Northern Parula
> Magnolia Warbler
> Bay-breasted Warbler
> Blackburnian Warbler
> Blackpoll Warbler
> Black-throated Blue Warbler
> Canada Warbler
> Wilson's Warbler
> Chipping Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> Swamp Sparrow
> Scarlet Tanager
> Northern Cardinal
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> Indigo Bunting
> Baltimore Oriole
> Common Grackle
> House Sparrow
> 
> Good late spring migration!
> 
> Gabriel Willow
> NYC Audubon
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