Wed.-Thursday, 25-26 May, 2011  -  Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City

Thursday, 5/26 - While not much more than the day before dropped in to  
the park, there was clearly some movement and among the influx were  
still more flycatchers, including a fair number vocalizing -  
highlighted by singing &/or calling Olive-sided Flycatchers (north  
end, & reported in Ramble), Empidonax of at least 4 (that is, no Least  
of which i was aware) eastern-breeding species: Alder (calling),  
Willow (singing a bit & calling), Yellow-bellied (calling) and Acadian  
(in at least 2 locations in the north end, & at least one active bird  
reported in the Ramble) Flycatchers, E. Wood-Pewees (in multiple  
locations, many calling &/or singing at times), Great Crested  
Flycatcher (ongoing) and E. Kingbird (ongoing, with a seeming influx  
as well as those already on territories).  In addition with a bit of  
work, it was possible to find more than a dozen warbler species, with  
Blackpoll, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Canada, and Yellow Warblers, plus  
N. Parula, American Redstart and Common Yellowthroat among those more  
readily found, at least in the north end. A couple of Mourning  
Warblers were noted, including at least one female (and a male) in the  
n. end, and at least one reported in the Ramble. Gray-cheeked and  
Swainson's Thrushes, plus Veery, and a few summer-resident Wood Thrush  
were found.

Wed., 5/25 - A bit less filled with migrants than the previous day,  
although still fairly good diversity noted.  A number of "Ramblers"  
got looks at a male Mourning Warbler.  The park's north end seemed  
somewhat less active.  The exodus of Atlantic Brant from the local  
area and points south was noted again, as it was up north (as fly- 
overs, many in early a.m., while the highest numbers - in five digits!  
- were noted well north of the city, over the Hudson R. in the  
evening, still streaming north.)  At least one Summer Tanager was  
found in the Ramble; it's been quite a month for them, in general,  
area-wide.  On the nesting front - "Pale Male" the red-tailed hawk, a  
dad yet again... with a new-this-year mate, and still at the same  
ritzy Fifth Ave. nest site...

Riverside Park (in Manhattan) has also had an influx of flycatchers.  
The "drip" was apparently shut off, at least in 2 brief visits I made  
and so there were no birds at all coming into that specific location.  
Elsewhere, including the nearby sanctuary section of woods, had some  
migrants. Interesting to me is a male Scarlet Tanager that seems to be  
lingering a long while.
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Along with a good number of migrants of other species, a singing male  
Prothonotary Warbler was reported from Willowbrook Park, Staten Island  
(NYC) by Richard Veit, with at least 4 additional observers; also  
reported were Gray-cheeked Thrush and Hooded Warbler and other  
migrants - from Wednesday, 5/25. The Prothonotary was not seen again  
by at least one other observer trying the area on Thursday, but an  
update from R. Veit for Wed. said that 2 Protho's. may have been  
present.
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"Down-east" as they say there, in Maine, or rather well off the coast,  
a male Red-billed Tropicbird has returned, with a report from Wed.,  
here in the Maine Birds list -
http://groups.google.com/group/maine-birds/browse_thread/thread/2c3003e91b3192f7#

Good birding,

Tom Fiore,
Manhattan
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