[nysbirds-l] Birding the Barrier Beach

[Shaibal Mitra]

Birding the Long Island barrier beach this morning was poignant for Pat and me. 
Having just lost a singular mentor, Tony Lauro, we were especially tuned in to 
appreciating the company of many newer friends, including some just now 
learning the barrier beach magic, with us.

We anticipated a flight this morning based on simple experience—it’s late 
August, and a cold front had finally broken a prolonged sultry period of hot, 
humid weather with southwesterly winds. All the radar data and meteorological 
minutiae acknowledged, we knew anyway that birds would be moving, and so it was.

If anything, the flight was slower than we had hoped—especially in terms of 
nocturnal, Neotropical migrants. Part of the problem was the premature swing to 
northeast from northwest winds—seemingly the prevalent pattern after cold 
fronts in recent years—which disrupts the usual east to west morning flight 
dynamic for many species.

But there were, as always, things to be learned. Twenty-four (or more) 
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers launching their tiny selves from east to west with 
personality were far more than I’ve ever seen here in a day, but warblers and 
other Neotropicals were fewer than expected. The swallows, counted in good 
numbers yesterday, continued pressing westward, and these took on a good 
portion of the attention of the assembled talent (nine people at the Field 2 
toll booths).

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59226701

I couldn’t help but remember the immense flight that led Pat and me to discover 
our now go-to vantage near the Field 2 toll booths, back on 10 May 2002. On 
that morning, overwhelmed by a Tadoussacian blitz of Neotropicals, we hunted 
around until we found the sweet spot for surveying the east to west flux. In 
those early days of digital connectivity, we managed to get Manny Levine down 
to Jones Beach and Joan Quinlan and Tony Lauro to join us at the tolls.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S22010106

As it happened, Joan was with us on Thursday night, with Manny’s widow Mickey, 
in Baldwin, celebrating Mickey's 96th birthday, when we learned of Tony’s 
passing. The point is, having taught us how to bird the barrier beach, Tony 
went on to learn from us, too, and the process continues.

Besides the Gnatscratchers, our highlights this morning were a very impressive 
tally of 39 Cliff Swallows passing east to west, and a count of 71 Royal Terns 
on the inlet bars—by far the most I’ve ever seen here in Fire Island Inlet.

Birds will migrate tonight, too.

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Birding the Barrier Beach

[Shaibal Mitra]

Birding the Long Island barrier beach this morning was poignant for Pat and me. 
Having just lost a singular mentor, Tony Lauro, we were especially tuned in to 
appreciating the company of many newer friends, including some just now 
learning the barrier beach magic, with us.

We anticipated a flight this morning based on simple experience—it’s late 
August, and a cold front had finally broken a prolonged sultry period of hot, 
humid weather with southwesterly winds. All the radar data and meteorological 
minutiae acknowledged, we knew anyway that birds would be moving, and so it was.

If anything, the flight was slower than we had hoped—especially in terms of 
nocturnal, Neotropical migrants. Part of the problem was the premature swing to 
northeast from northwest winds—seemingly the prevalent pattern after cold 
fronts in recent years—which disrupts the usual east to west morning flight 
dynamic for many species.

But there were, as always, things to be learned. Twenty-four (or more) 
Blue-gray Gnatcatchers launching their tiny selves from east to west with 
personality were far more than I’ve ever seen here in a day, but warblers and 
other Neotropicals were fewer than expected. The swallows, counted in good 
numbers yesterday, continued pressing westward, and these took on a good 
portion of the attention of the assembled talent (nine people at the Field 2 
toll booths).

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S59226701

I couldn’t help but remember the immense flight that led Pat and me to discover 
our now go-to vantage near the Field 2 toll booths, back on 10 May 2002. On 
that morning, overwhelmed by a Tadoussacian blitz of Neotropicals, we hunted 
around until we found the sweet spot for surveying the east to west flux. In 
those early days of digital connectivity, we managed to get Manny Levine down 
to Jones Beach and Joan Quinlan and Tony Lauro to join us at the tolls.

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S22010106

As it happened, Joan was with us on Thursday night, with Manny’s widow Mickey, 
in Baldwin, celebrating Mickey's 96th birthday, when we learned of Tony’s 
passing. The point is, having taught us how to bird the barrier beach, Tony 
went on to learn from us, too, and the process continues.

Besides the Gnatscratchers, our highlights this morning were a very impressive 
tally of 39 Cliff Swallows passing east to west, and a count of 71 Royal Terns 
on the inlet bars—by far the most I’ve ever seen here in Fire Island Inlet.

Birds will migrate tonight, too.

Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay
Bay Shore

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Aug. 24, 2019: Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Prairie, Worm-eating Warblers & More

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Saturday August 24, 2019
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. 

Highlights: Twelve Species of Wood Warblers including Black-throated Blue, 
Blackburnian, Worm-eating, & Prairie Warblers. Two additional species reported: 
Wilson's and Hooded Warblers. 


Canada Goose - 4
Mallard - 20
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 18
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - hatch-year female Mugger's Woods (Eva Yaa Asantewaa)
Herring Gull - 8
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 circling over Strawberry Fields
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - Maintenance Field
Northern Flicker - 2 or 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - Maintenance Field
Eastern Kingbird - 4 plus southbound flyovers
Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (prob. Least & poss. Yellow-bellied)
Warbling Vireo - 2 (Weather Station & Oak Bridge)
Red-eyed Vireo - Humming Tombstone (Karen Evans)
Blue Jay - 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - SE of Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Carolina Wren - Maintenance Field
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6 or 7
Wood Thrush - east of feeders (Bob - early)
American Robin - 20
Gray Catbird - 11
Song Sparrow - Strawberry Fields
White-throated Sparrow - Bow Bridge (Bob - early)
Baltimore Oriole - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 to 5 flyovers
Common Grackle - 5
Ovenbird - 2 (Evodia Field & west of Warbler Rock (Bob - early))
Worm-eating Warbler - Swampy Pin Oak (Bob - early)
Northern Waterthrush - heard Gill Overlook
Black-and-white Warbler - 5
American Redstart - 20 (including 2 adult males)
Northern Parula - SE of Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Blackburnian Warbler - Gill Overlook (later w. of Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli))
Yellow Warbler - male Strawberry Fields
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 7
Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Humming Tombstone (Gillian Henry)
Prairie Warbler - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans)
Canada Warbler - 5 to 7
Northern Cardinal - 4 including a female feeding a juvenile
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Gina Goldstein reported a Wilson's Warbler at Strawberry Fields.

Carine Mitchell reported an Eastern Wood-Pewee (heard-only) at Maintenance 
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[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sat. Aug. 24, 2019: Black-throated Blue, Blackburnian, Prairie, Worm-eating Warblers & More

[Deborah Allen]

Central Park NYC
Saturday August 24, 2019
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. 

Highlights: Twelve Species of Wood Warblers including Black-throated Blue, 
Blackburnian, Worm-eating, & Prairie Warblers. Two additional species reported: 
Wilson's and Hooded Warblers. 


Canada Goose - 4
Mallard - 20
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 18
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - hatch-year female Mugger's Woods (Eva Yaa Asantewaa)
Herring Gull - 8
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 circling over Strawberry Fields
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - Maintenance Field
Northern Flicker - 2 or 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - Maintenance Field
Eastern Kingbird - 4 plus southbound flyovers
Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (prob. Least & poss. Yellow-bellied)
Warbling Vireo - 2 (Weather Station & Oak Bridge)
Red-eyed Vireo - Humming Tombstone (Karen Evans)
Blue Jay - 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - SE of Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Carolina Wren - Maintenance Field
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6 or 7
Wood Thrush - east of feeders (Bob - early)
American Robin - 20
Gray Catbird - 11
Song Sparrow - Strawberry Fields
White-throated Sparrow - Bow Bridge (Bob - early)
Baltimore Oriole - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 to 5 flyovers
Common Grackle - 5
Ovenbird - 2 (Evodia Field & west of Warbler Rock (Bob - early))
Worm-eating Warbler - Swampy Pin Oak (Bob - early)
Northern Waterthrush - heard Gill Overlook
Black-and-white Warbler - 5
American Redstart - 20 (including 2 adult males)
Northern Parula - SE of Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Blackburnian Warbler - Gill Overlook (later w. of Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli))
Yellow Warbler - male Strawberry Fields
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 7
Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Humming Tombstone (Gillian Henry)
Prairie Warbler - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans)
Canada Warbler - 5 to 7
Northern Cardinal - 4 including a female feeding a juvenile
--

Dian Kriz from Rhode Island reported a male Hooded Warbler between the north 
end of Evodia Field and the Persimmon Slope early this morning. 

Gina Goldstein reported a Wilson's Warbler at Strawberry Fields.

Carine Mitchell reported an Eastern Wood-Pewee (heard-only) at Maintenance 
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday correction

[Janis Hurley]

American Avocet still present, feeding on the West side of Mecox Bay @ 12:30pm. 
 Small group of Black -bellied Plovers joining at times.

Janis Hurley

> On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:07 AM, Queensgirl30  wrote:
> 
> Southampton parking permit required AFTER 9am & BEFORE 6pm. !!! You know what 
> I meant. 
> 
> Donna Schulman 
> Forest Hills, NY
> 
> Sent from my birding device
> 
> On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Queensgirl30  > wrote:
> 
>> The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east 
>> side! Feeding. 
>> 
>> Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after 
>> 6pm. 
>> 
>> Sent from my birding device
>> 
>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma > > wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern 
>>> side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head 
>>> tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence. 
>>> There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling, 
>>> Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an 
>>> adult Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring 
>>> Gulls.:
>>> 
>>> I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward 
>>> flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw 
>>> nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various 
>>> stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach, 
>>> found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.
>>> 
>>> Doug Futuyma
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Re: [nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday correction

[Janis Hurley]

American Avocet still present, feeding on the West side of Mecox Bay @ 12:30pm. 
 Small group of Black -bellied Plovers joining at times.

Janis Hurley

> On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:07 AM, Queensgirl30  wrote:
> 
> Southampton parking permit required AFTER 9am & BEFORE 6pm. !!! You know what 
> I meant. 
> 
> Donna Schulman 
> Forest Hills, NY
> 
> Sent from my birding device
> 
> On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Queensgirl30  > wrote:
> 
>> The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east 
>> side! Feeding. 
>> 
>> Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after 
>> 6pm. 
>> 
>> Sent from my birding device
>> 
>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma > > wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern 
>>> side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head 
>>> tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence. 
>>> There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling, 
>>> Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an 
>>> adult Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring 
>>> Gulls.:
>>> 
>>> I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward 
>>> flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw 
>>> nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various 
>>> stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach, 
>>> found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.
>>> 
>>> Doug Futuyma
>>> --
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[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird Croton: YES 8/24

[sophiesaid]

Just as we entered landfill from ball field, we saw Western Kingbird in tree 
line. It did fly down and perch  in landfill 9:15.

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 On Sunday, August 18, 2019, Adrian Burke  wrote:

Western Kingbird was present (may very well still be) when I and others were 
last looking (maybe 2:45?) at northwest end of landfill west of ballfields. It 
repeatedly returned to bare snags on north side of the road there. 
At the landfill, a skittish Upland Sandpiper continues, occasionally flying 
around giving good looks and listens to flight calls, but hard to see on the 
ground. It's been ranging over most of the area of the landfill, seemingly not 
faithful to any particular spot. Generally the western/southern part of the 
landfill.
Good birding,
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[nysbirds-l] Western Kingbird Croton: YES 8/24

[sophiesaid]

Just as we entered landfill from ball field, we saw Western Kingbird in tree 
line. It did fly down and perch  in landfill 9:15.

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Western Kingbird was present (may very well still be) when I and others were 
last looking (maybe 2:45?) at northwest end of landfill west of ballfields. It 
repeatedly returned to bare snags on north side of the road there. 
At the landfill, a skittish Upland Sandpiper continues, occasionally flying 
around giving good looks and listens to flight calls, but hard to see on the 
ground. It's been ranging over most of the area of the landfill, seemingly not 
faithful to any particular spot. Generally the western/southern part of the 
landfill.
Good birding,
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday correction

[Queensgirl30]

Southampton parking permit required AFTER 9am & BEFORE 6pm. !!! You know what I 
meant. 

Donna Schulman 
Forest Hills, NY

Sent from my birding device

> On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Queensgirl30  wrote:
> 
> The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east side! 
> Feeding. 
> 
> Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after 
> 6pm. 
> 
> Sent from my birding device
> 
>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern 
>> side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head 
>> tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence. 
>> There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling, 
>> Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an adult 
>> Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls.:
>> 
>> I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward 
>> flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw 
>> nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various 
>> stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach, 
>> found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.
>> 
>> Doug Futuyma
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Re:[nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday correction

[Queensgirl30]

Southampton parking permit required AFTER 9am & BEFORE 6pm. !!! You know what I 
meant. 

Donna Schulman 
Forest Hills, NY

Sent from my birding device

> On Aug 24, 2019, at 9:04 AM, Queensgirl30  wrote:
> 
> The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east side! 
> Feeding. 
> 
> Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after 
> 6pm. 
> 
> Sent from my birding device
> 
>> On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern 
>> side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head 
>> tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence. 
>> There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling, 
>> Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an adult 
>> Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls.:
>> 
>> I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward 
>> flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw 
>> nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various 
>> stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach, 
>> found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.
>> 
>> Doug Futuyma
>> --
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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday

[Queensgirl30]

The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east side! 
Feeding. 

Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after 
6pm. 

Sent from my birding device

> On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern 
> side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head 
> tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence. 
> There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling, 
> Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an adult 
> Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls.:
> 
> I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward 
> flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw 
> nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various 
> stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach, 
> found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.
> 
> Doug Futuyma
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[nysbirds-l] Mecox Avocet (Suffolk) Saturday

[Queensgirl30]

The American Avocet at Mecox inlet continues, on west side. Now on east side! 
Feeding. 

Remember that a Southampton parking permit is required before 9am and after 
6pm. 

Sent from my birding device

> On Aug 23, 2019, at 11:52 AM, Douglas Futuyma  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> The American Avocet was still present at 7:30 this morning, on the eastern 
> side of the (sometime) cut from Mecox Bay to the ocean. It had its head 
> tucked while I was there, despite birders' relatively close presence. 
> There were a very few other shorebirds (Piping Plover, Sanderling, 
> Semipalmated Sandpiper, both Yellowlegs), and Chris Gangemi spotted an adult 
> Lesser Black-backed Gull amid the Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls.:
> 
> I returned via Shinnecock Inlet and Dune Road. Other than a strong westward 
> flux of Barn Swallows and a large Tree Swallow flock at Triton Lane, I saw 
> nothing notable, either during a short sea watch at the inlet or at various 
> stops to the west. Neither I nor Eileen Schwinn, whom I met at Tiana Beach, 
> found the Avocet that had been there earlier this week.
> 
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[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC Friday 8/23 - Y.-br. Chat, many more migrants

[Thomas Fiore]

As noted partly below, there is a major migration underway for Saturday,
-by actual birds that are moving and observations of millions of migrants,
through all of the northeast of the North American continent. (radar, too.)

 - - - - 
Friday, 23 August, 2019 -
Manhattan, N.Y. City - including Central, Riverside, & multiple other parks

Modest migration detected both in new / overnight arrivals, and in diurnal 
flight past Manhattan points. Numbers of individuals were good for a small no. 
of rather common-widespread species, most migrants were in small or very small 
no’s., as noted.

A Yellow-breasted CHAT appeared in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields; it was 
still in that area into mid-afternoon, although very elusive most of the time 
BUT many observers have viewed it as of mid-p.m. on Friday.   A male Mourning 
Warbler was seen well at Central Park’s northwest corner, but only in a.m. 
hours, not re-found by mid-afternoon in that area. Arrivals of warbler species 
also include Black-throated Blue in a few locations including in Central Park’s 
Ramble and n. end.Uncommon for N.Y. County generally, a pair of Blue-winged 
Teal made their way down the East River, from north of E. 108 St, possibly 
headed southeast, in a.m. rain-showers; at the Sherman Creek & Swindler Cove 
Park on the Harlem river off the e. end of Dyckman St., Manhattan, a flock of 
Semipalmated Plovers were again seen, with some of other species that have been 
there recently - and at least 1 Semipalmated Plover also appeared at Inwood’s 
mudflats at the far northern edge of Manhattan. For some of the passerine 
migrants, there was a sense of slow-moving, ongoing movement, thru all the 
showers & drizzles - which went on partially to after noon.

Also, there were more than 50 warbler “sp.”, some of which were likely American 
Redstarts, high in the sky at first-light; however, some also were other 
species of Parulidae, our American warblers. And some sounded as though 
possibly more of the boreal-breeding group that includes Cape May & 
Bay-breasted as well as Blackpoll. One of the preceding was found very late in 
the day in Central Park’s n. end.   The flight from Thursday evening into 
Friday was very likely just a ‘vanguard’ of a somewhat heavier, broader 
migration for the weekend’s cool-to-cold front.

Thanks to the 35-40+ folks who were out on the prowl for migrants & all manner 
of birds to see and to quietly enjoy on a changing-weather day.

Other species; migrants, fly-overs as well as stop-ins, & resident or summering 
birds included (and were hardly limited to these):

Cape May Warbler (brilliant adult male, Central Park - Great Hill, ~ 7 p.m., 
with slight sun on east slope)
Tennessee Warbler (at least several)
Northern Parula (at least several)
Worm-eating Warbler (at least several)
Ovenbird (several)
Northern Waterthrush (multiple; a few far from water in a.m.)
Louisiana Waterthrush (at least 2)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (several)
Black-throated Green Warbler (several)
Blackburnian Warbler (at least 3 in 3 distinct sites)
Prairie Warbler (at least several)
Blue-winged Warbler (at least several, likely more)
Yellow Warbler (multiple, in various parks)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (at least several)
Magnolia Warbler (at least 2, 2 locations)
Black-and-white Warbler (multiple)
American Redstart (numerous in some locations)
Mourning Warbler (male, Central Park’s northwest woods, a.m.-only)
Common Yellowthroat (multiple but not very many)
Hooded Warbler (at least several, in both male & female plumages)
Wilson's Warbler (at least 2)
Canada Warbler (multiple - in multiple parks)
&
Pied-billed Grebe (early-ish; not at all unprecedented for date/NYC)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal (fly-by pair, as noted above)
Northern Shoveler (also fly-bys at East River)
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk (3 fly-bys mid-afternoon)
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover (Sherman Creek area, Manhattan, as noted above)
Greater Yellowlegs (fly-bys, a.m.)
Lesser Yellowlegs (fly-bys, calling as were their congeners)
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Common Tern (thank you to all observers of these fine NY County birds)
Laughing Gull (few noted)
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Kestrel
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (several locations; 3 parks)
Chimney Swift (some flocks & some seemed to be moving on; over 50 were counted, 
by ones, in the later afternoon over just Central Park’s NW quadrant)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (increased and some in southbound diurnal migration 
seen from near both the East, & Hudson rivers along Manhattan island)
Belted Kingfisher (several in 2 parks, & likely more are around by now)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker

[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC Friday 8/23 - Y.-br. Chat, many more migrants

[Thomas Fiore]

As noted partly below, there is a major migration underway for Saturday,
-by actual birds that are moving and observations of millions of migrants,
through all of the northeast of the North American continent. (radar, too.)

 - - - - 
Friday, 23 August, 2019 -
Manhattan, N.Y. City - including Central, Riverside, & multiple other parks

Modest migration detected both in new / overnight arrivals, and in diurnal 
flight past Manhattan points. Numbers of individuals were good for a small no. 
of rather common-widespread species, most migrants were in small or very small 
no’s., as noted.

A Yellow-breasted CHAT appeared in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields; it was 
still in that area into mid-afternoon, although very elusive most of the time 
BUT many observers have viewed it as of mid-p.m. on Friday.   A male Mourning 
Warbler was seen well at Central Park’s northwest corner, but only in a.m. 
hours, not re-found by mid-afternoon in that area. Arrivals of warbler species 
also include Black-throated Blue in a few locations including in Central Park’s 
Ramble and n. end.Uncommon for N.Y. County generally, a pair of Blue-winged 
Teal made their way down the East River, from north of E. 108 St, possibly 
headed southeast, in a.m. rain-showers; at the Sherman Creek & Swindler Cove 
Park on the Harlem river off the e. end of Dyckman St., Manhattan, a flock of 
Semipalmated Plovers were again seen, with some of other species that have been 
there recently - and at least 1 Semipalmated Plover also appeared at Inwood’s 
mudflats at the far northern edge of Manhattan. For some of the passerine 
migrants, there was a sense of slow-moving, ongoing movement, thru all the 
showers & drizzles - which went on partially to after noon.

Also, there were more than 50 warbler “sp.”, some of which were likely American 
Redstarts, high in the sky at first-light; however, some also were other 
species of Parulidae, our American warblers. And some sounded as though 
possibly more of the boreal-breeding group that includes Cape May & 
Bay-breasted as well as Blackpoll. One of the preceding was found very late in 
the day in Central Park’s n. end.   The flight from Thursday evening into 
Friday was very likely just a ‘vanguard’ of a somewhat heavier, broader 
migration for the weekend’s cool-to-cold front.

Thanks to the 35-40+ folks who were out on the prowl for migrants & all manner 
of birds to see and to quietly enjoy on a changing-weather day.

Other species; migrants, fly-overs as well as stop-ins, & resident or summering 
birds included (and were hardly limited to these):

Cape May Warbler (brilliant adult male, Central Park - Great Hill, ~ 7 p.m., 
with slight sun on east slope)
Tennessee Warbler (at least several)
Northern Parula (at least several)
Worm-eating Warbler (at least several)
Ovenbird (several)
Northern Waterthrush (multiple; a few far from water in a.m.)
Louisiana Waterthrush (at least 2)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (several)
Black-throated Green Warbler (several)
Blackburnian Warbler (at least 3 in 3 distinct sites)
Prairie Warbler (at least several)
Blue-winged Warbler (at least several, likely more)
Yellow Warbler (multiple, in various parks)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (at least several)
Magnolia Warbler (at least 2, 2 locations)
Black-and-white Warbler (multiple)
American Redstart (numerous in some locations)
Mourning Warbler (male, Central Park’s northwest woods, a.m.-only)
Common Yellowthroat (multiple but not very many)
Hooded Warbler (at least several, in both male & female plumages)
Wilson's Warbler (at least 2)
Canada Warbler (multiple - in multiple parks)
&
Pied-billed Grebe (early-ish; not at all unprecedented for date/NYC)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Blue-winged Teal (fly-by pair, as noted above)
Northern Shoveler (also fly-bys at East River)
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk (3 fly-bys mid-afternoon)
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover (Sherman Creek area, Manhattan, as noted above)
Greater Yellowlegs (fly-bys, a.m.)
Lesser Yellowlegs (fly-bys, calling as were their congeners)
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Common Tern (thank you to all observers of these fine NY County birds)
Laughing Gull (few noted)
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Kestrel
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (several locations; 3 parks)
Chimney Swift (some flocks & some seemed to be moving on; over 50 were counted, 
by ones, in the later afternoon over just Central Park’s NW quadrant)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (increased and some in southbound diurnal migration 
seen from near both the East, & Hudson rivers along Manhattan island)
Belted Kingfisher (several in 2 parks, & likely more are around by now)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker