Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 18th - At least several Bicknells Thrushes, along with some dozens of Gray-cheeked Thrushes, and Wood Thrushes, Swainsons Thrushes, plus Veery were present in Central Park including in the Ramble area, on Saturday, with numbers of quiet observers listening to the calls and songs -of the actual birds- for help on confirming identifications. There also were, as is normal, a good many of the gray-cheeked type thrushes which may have pertained to bicknelli, but also may have been gray-cheeked and were left as being identified as one of those two closely related and appearing taxa.
Summer Tanagers also continued for Saturday, in Central Park, an ongoing great run for that species, with Scarlet Tanagers also ongoing there and all around the county. At least 24 species of migratory American warblers were found on Saturday, with Blackpoll Warblers coming in good numbers now, and possibly edging other of the warbler species as most numerous for Saturday. Also featuring nicely were still numbers of Bay-breasted Warblers. American Redstarts are still going in modest to fairly-high numbers. Many species of migrants were in less-than-maximum numbers for this time in the month of May. Central Park alone had well over 110 species of birds, with some of those being seen mostly as flyovers -Snowy Egret as an example- and that total number of species not even close to higher big-migration-day tallies of species already this month, in that one park. Foliage is in a state that nearly resembles summer season with native trees, shrubs, and many forbs. Thanks to all of many, many birders who are respecting the needs of migratory, breeding, and visiting birds by observing quietly at all times. 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/ --
