[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC (8 warbler spp., lingering & nesting species, & etc.)
Manhattan, N.Y. City - week of June 9th thru 14th, 2019 (Sunday- Friday/14th) Still hanging in at Bryant Park, in midtown Manhattan, were at least 3 warblers - Mourning (female), Ovenbird, and Common Yellowthroats (2), along with Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird (at least 3), Eastern Towhee, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and at least 5 White-throated Sparrows. There may have been a few other lingering migrants. All of these birds likely there for some time, & have been seen over the past week by multiple observers including me. There were at least several people watching on Thurs. 6/13. These birds can be in scattered areas, but the warblers, esp. the female Mourning, have often been either in the SW or the NW parts of this park, & the area on the extreme NW corner (42nd St. side) where bee-hives are located is a spot they have congregated in at times when not seen elsewhere. A few of the above-noted birds also have been on the Fifth Ave. side near the main N.Y. public library, in the minimal shrubberies there. This small-ish park is interesting for how migrants here may be ‘held’ for very long periods, while in other very nearby parks (such as Central, & others) the same species of migrants tend to move on much more readily; this at least suggests that this park truly can be a migrant-trap, in a nearly literal sense of the phrase. (And yet, multiple migrants do come - & also move on - at this location, each year. It may be that some effects are simply magnified here - or at least apparently, to we who watch.) Most common here are the 3 ‘typical’ inner-urban establsihed feral species: Rock Pigeon, European Starling, & House Sparrow. At some of Manhattan’s larger parks, such species as Great Crested Flycatcher, E. Kingbird, E. Wood-Pewee, Wood Thrush, & White-throated Sparrow continue, all in the multiple. For example there have been at least 6 Wood Thrushes in Central Park, 3 of which were calling & singing thru Thursday in separate locations. Riverside Park & at least a few other parks also have had that species continue. A drake Wood Duck is ongoing in Central Park - fairly typical for at least 1 to be around in summer. Regulars around Manhattan (mainly larger parks &/or in northern sections) include Warbling & Red-eyed Vireos, Baltimore Orioles, & (much less commonly) Chipping Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, & Yellow Warbler which (as does Common Yellowthroat) manages to nest - scantly - on Manhattan. Again, re: White-throated Sparrows - the species is common in colder months in Manhattan’s greenspaces, & at least a few are typically found summering there as well, with no evidence of any breeding attempts. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was still present, or rather late to move thru, at the north end of Central Park on Thursday 6/13. A male Scarlet Tanager was still around in Central Park to at least Sunday, 6/9 & was seen as well as heard by several observers. A Northern Waterthrush was still present through at least Wed., 6/12 in Central Park. Some of these very late individuals may not get to breeding sites this year and that situation is not too uncommon. Soon enough, there is a chance of finding species such as L. Waterthrush moving away from breeding areas. At least one Blackpoll Warbler (male) was also still present in Central Park’s north woods to Thursday, 6/13 and despite that species tendency to be among the late-movers of the spring migration, this is rather late for one there. It is actually more usual to find such warbler species (besides those that have nested in Manhattan) as N. Parula, Black-and-white, and even Blackburnian Warbler into the summer season in Manhattan parks than it is to see the “late-movers” such as Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, or a few others. And indeed, exactly those 3 species of warblers were present in Central Park early Fri. (6/14) morning: N. Parula (at least 2 males), Black-and-white (female) & Blackburnian (female). Other species that continue to be seen in & over Manhattan include - Double-crested Cormorant, Green Herons, Snowy & Great Egrets, Black-crowned Night-herons, Chimney Swifts, Downy, Hairy (scarce) & Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Yellow-shafted Flickers, Carolina & House Wrens, White-breasted Nuthatches, Fish & American Crows, Blue Jay, N. Rough-winged, Tree, and Barn Swallows, Northern Mockingbirds, Brown Thrasher (shy & scarce now), Cedar Waxwings, N. Cardinals, House Finches, Red-winged Blackbirds & Common Grackles, & assorted & sundry other regular summer / nesting species. -- There have been ongoing movements of Red Admirals, Question-marks, Lady (both American & Painted) species, & harder to quantify but certainly moving as well, American Snout, and Monarch butterflies, in addition to the dozen or so additional butterfly species that (are regular in season &) have been seen recently in Manhattan. Also showing a lot more vigor have been various odonate species (dragonflies & damselflies), some in
[nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC (8 warbler spp., lingering & nesting species, & etc.)
Manhattan, N.Y. City - week of June 9th thru 14th, 2019 (Sunday- Friday/14th) Still hanging in at Bryant Park, in midtown Manhattan, were at least 3 warblers - Mourning (female), Ovenbird, and Common Yellowthroats (2), along with Hermit Thrush, Gray Catbird (at least 3), Eastern Towhee, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, and at least 5 White-throated Sparrows. There may have been a few other lingering migrants. All of these birds likely there for some time, & have been seen over the past week by multiple observers including me. There were at least several people watching on Thurs. 6/13. These birds can be in scattered areas, but the warblers, esp. the female Mourning, have often been either in the SW or the NW parts of this park, & the area on the extreme NW corner (42nd St. side) where bee-hives are located is a spot they have congregated in at times when not seen elsewhere. A few of the above-noted birds also have been on the Fifth Ave. side near the main N.Y. public library, in the minimal shrubberies there. This small-ish park is interesting for how migrants here may be ‘held’ for very long periods, while in other very nearby parks (such as Central, & others) the same species of migrants tend to move on much more readily; this at least suggests that this park truly can be a migrant-trap, in a nearly literal sense of the phrase. (And yet, multiple migrants do come - & also move on - at this location, each year. It may be that some effects are simply magnified here - or at least apparently, to we who watch.) Most common here are the 3 ‘typical’ inner-urban establsihed feral species: Rock Pigeon, European Starling, & House Sparrow. At some of Manhattan’s larger parks, such species as Great Crested Flycatcher, E. Kingbird, E. Wood-Pewee, Wood Thrush, & White-throated Sparrow continue, all in the multiple. For example there have been at least 6 Wood Thrushes in Central Park, 3 of which were calling & singing thru Thursday in separate locations. Riverside Park & at least a few other parks also have had that species continue. A drake Wood Duck is ongoing in Central Park - fairly typical for at least 1 to be around in summer. Regulars around Manhattan (mainly larger parks &/or in northern sections) include Warbling & Red-eyed Vireos, Baltimore Orioles, & (much less commonly) Chipping Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, & Yellow Warbler which (as does Common Yellowthroat) manages to nest - scantly - on Manhattan. Again, re: White-throated Sparrows - the species is common in colder months in Manhattan’s greenspaces, & at least a few are typically found summering there as well, with no evidence of any breeding attempts. A Yellow-billed Cuckoo was still present, or rather late to move thru, at the north end of Central Park on Thursday 6/13. A male Scarlet Tanager was still around in Central Park to at least Sunday, 6/9 & was seen as well as heard by several observers. A Northern Waterthrush was still present through at least Wed., 6/12 in Central Park. Some of these very late individuals may not get to breeding sites this year and that situation is not too uncommon. Soon enough, there is a chance of finding species such as L. Waterthrush moving away from breeding areas. At least one Blackpoll Warbler (male) was also still present in Central Park’s north woods to Thursday, 6/13 and despite that species tendency to be among the late-movers of the spring migration, this is rather late for one there. It is actually more usual to find such warbler species (besides those that have nested in Manhattan) as N. Parula, Black-and-white, and even Blackburnian Warbler into the summer season in Manhattan parks than it is to see the “late-movers” such as Blackpoll, Bay-breasted, or a few others. And indeed, exactly those 3 species of warblers were present in Central Park early Fri. (6/14) morning: N. Parula (at least 2 males), Black-and-white (female) & Blackburnian (female). Other species that continue to be seen in & over Manhattan include - Double-crested Cormorant, Green Herons, Snowy & Great Egrets, Black-crowned Night-herons, Chimney Swifts, Downy, Hairy (scarce) & Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Yellow-shafted Flickers, Carolina & House Wrens, White-breasted Nuthatches, Fish & American Crows, Blue Jay, N. Rough-winged, Tree, and Barn Swallows, Northern Mockingbirds, Brown Thrasher (shy & scarce now), Cedar Waxwings, N. Cardinals, House Finches, Red-winged Blackbirds & Common Grackles, & assorted & sundry other regular summer / nesting species. -- There have been ongoing movements of Red Admirals, Question-marks, Lady (both American & Painted) species, & harder to quantify but certainly moving as well, American Snout, and Monarch butterflies, in addition to the dozen or so additional butterfly species that (are regular in season &) have been seen recently in Manhattan. Also showing a lot more vigor have been various odonate species (dragonflies & damselflies), some in
