[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thursday, 5/2 - Blue Grosbeak, 29+ warbler spp.; Summer Tanager @W.48th Street, & more
Thursday, 2nd May, 2019 - Manhattan, N.Y. City and New York County, including Central Park & other parks A Kentucky Warbler was found in the north end of Central Park - please NOTE - any & all amplified sounds without a valid permit, anywhere in this park, are prohibited by law - signage is posted. Give this, and all migrants a chance to feed and rest as they require. The Kentucky Warbler has been photographed & is sure to attract more birders' attention in the area. An adult male SUMMER Tanager is continuing at the Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street in Manhattan, located between Ninth & Tenth Avenues; this tanager was seen very early & rather easily even thru a fence (locked up at sunrise hour), & may be sought in trees near the beehive boxes at the west edge of this nice garden space. An adult male BLUE Grosbeak was found in Central Park on Thursday. Central Park alone has had at least 29 Warbler species on the day, with fairly good numbers of some expected species. A singing male GOLDEN-WINGED Warbler was continuing in the Ramble, and also seen there were YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, with a possible 2nd of that species also being reported. Other warbler species just from Central Park include these: Blue-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler (multiple), Nashville Warbler (multiple), Northern Parula (many), Yellow Warbler (many) Chestnut-sided Warbler (multiple), Magnolia Warbler (multiple), Cape May Warbler (multiple; i.e. more than 3 locations & more than 6 individuals), Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple) Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (many), Black-throated Green Warbler (multiple), Blackburnian Warbler (multiple), Pine Warbler (few, as would be expected by now), Prairie Warbler (multiple), Palm Warbler (relatively few but in double-digits), Blackpoll Warbler (at least several, not unusual in such a big push of migrants in early May), Black-and-white Warbler (many). American Redstart (multiple, but still not many), Worm-eating Warbler (mutiple; in more than 3 locations), Ovenbird (many), Northern Waterthrush (multiple, but still not that many), Louisiana Waterthrush (at least several, not yet that ‘late’ here), Common Yellowthroat (multiple), Hooded Warbler (at least several, & now including females), Wilson's Warbler (at least several), & Canada Warbler (still in low no’s.) - & there are as-yet unconfirmed reports of at least one or 2 additional spp. of Warblers in Manhattan, one of those being poss. Cerulean. At least a few PINE SISKINS continued in Central Park, with sightings in Strawberry Fields; also more of Purple Finch, in multiple locations. Other migrant species increasing included Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Empidonax [genus] Flycatchers (so far, Least being the 1 confirmed to species), swallows, 5 Vireo species with Blue-headed & Warbling Vireos still the most common, Catharus thrushes with many more Veery, & still good numbers of Hermit, plus some Wood & Swainson’s Thrushes, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, & many many others. It’s notable that already, a number of females of some species (Scarlet Tanager, just one example) are arriving. I checked out Governors Island (in New York harbor just south of Manhattan island, & politically a part of New York County) for just 90 minutes in late morning & it was busy mostly at the Nolan Park section (not far from the free-ferry landing - ferries are daily, once an hour on weekdays, every 30 minutes on weekends) with examples of migration such as 8 (eight) male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in a single large tree, & many Veery, Hermit Thrush, 14 spp. of Warblers, multiple Indigo Buntings, & etc., but NOT an island-smothering fallout. There were also some nice migrants at Battery Park, & at least a few along the Hudson River greenway, in some spots. Many migrants were being found in a lot of other sections of Manhattan from the north end of the island to the east & west edges, south to the southern tip. While hardly an historic fall-out, it’s a welcome arrival of numbers of many species. More is likely to be found in the next few days… good May birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Thursday, 5/2 - Blue Grosbeak, 29+ warbler spp.; Summer Tanager @W.48th Street, & more
Thursday, 2nd May, 2019 - Manhattan, N.Y. City and New York County, including Central Park & other parks A Kentucky Warbler was found in the north end of Central Park - please NOTE - any & all amplified sounds without a valid permit, anywhere in this park, are prohibited by law - signage is posted. Give this, and all migrants a chance to feed and rest as they require. The Kentucky Warbler has been photographed & is sure to attract more birders' attention in the area. An adult male SUMMER Tanager is continuing at the Clinton Community Garden on West 48th Street in Manhattan, located between Ninth & Tenth Avenues; this tanager was seen very early & rather easily even thru a fence (locked up at sunrise hour), & may be sought in trees near the beehive boxes at the west edge of this nice garden space. An adult male BLUE Grosbeak was found in Central Park on Thursday. Central Park alone has had at least 29 Warbler species on the day, with fairly good numbers of some expected species. A singing male GOLDEN-WINGED Warbler was continuing in the Ramble, and also seen there were YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, with a possible 2nd of that species also being reported. Other warbler species just from Central Park include these: Blue-winged Warbler, Tennessee Warbler (multiple), Nashville Warbler (multiple), Northern Parula (many), Yellow Warbler (many) Chestnut-sided Warbler (multiple), Magnolia Warbler (multiple), Cape May Warbler (multiple; i.e. more than 3 locations & more than 6 individuals), Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple) Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler (many), Black-throated Green Warbler (multiple), Blackburnian Warbler (multiple), Pine Warbler (few, as would be expected by now), Prairie Warbler (multiple), Palm Warbler (relatively few but in double-digits), Blackpoll Warbler (at least several, not unusual in such a big push of migrants in early May), Black-and-white Warbler (many). American Redstart (multiple, but still not many), Worm-eating Warbler (mutiple; in more than 3 locations), Ovenbird (many), Northern Waterthrush (multiple, but still not that many), Louisiana Waterthrush (at least several, not yet that ‘late’ here), Common Yellowthroat (multiple), Hooded Warbler (at least several, & now including females), Wilson's Warbler (at least several), & Canada Warbler (still in low no’s.) - & there are as-yet unconfirmed reports of at least one or 2 additional spp. of Warblers in Manhattan, one of those being poss. Cerulean. At least a few PINE SISKINS continued in Central Park, with sightings in Strawberry Fields; also more of Purple Finch, in multiple locations. Other migrant species increasing included Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Empidonax [genus] Flycatchers (so far, Least being the 1 confirmed to species), swallows, 5 Vireo species with Blue-headed & Warbling Vireos still the most common, Catharus thrushes with many more Veery, & still good numbers of Hermit, plus some Wood & Swainson’s Thrushes, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, & many many others. It’s notable that already, a number of females of some species (Scarlet Tanager, just one example) are arriving. I checked out Governors Island (in New York harbor just south of Manhattan island, & politically a part of New York County) for just 90 minutes in late morning & it was busy mostly at the Nolan Park section (not far from the free-ferry landing - ferries are daily, once an hour on weekdays, every 30 minutes on weekends) with examples of migration such as 8 (eight) male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in a single large tree, & many Veery, Hermit Thrush, 14 spp. of Warblers, multiple Indigo Buntings, & etc., but NOT an island-smothering fallout. There were also some nice migrants at Battery Park, & at least a few along the Hudson River greenway, in some spots. Many migrants were being found in a lot of other sections of Manhattan from the north end of the island to the east & west edges, south to the southern tip. While hardly an historic fall-out, it’s a welcome arrival of numbers of many species. More is likely to be found in the next few days… good May birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
