At Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City on Saturday, 19 September - No fewer than 27 species of American Warblers were found, with multiple observers of all of the species. Additionally, a minimum of 25 of these species were seen in the Ramble & its immediate vicinity, defined as within 50 meters or less from the Ramble’s borders (i.e., such as the Shakespeare Garden, for one example; or the “lower lobe” for another).
Blue-winged Warblern (several) Tennessee Warbler (multiple) Nashville Warbler (multiple) Northern Parula (many) Yellow Warbler (multiple) Chestnut-sided Warbler (multiple) Magnolia Warbler (many) Cape May Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler (multiple) Prairie Warbler (multiple) Palm Warbler (multiple; both forms noted) Bay-breasted Warbler (multiple) Blackpoll Warbler (multiple) Black-and-white Warbler (multiple) American Redstart (multiple) Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird (multiple) Northern Waterthrush (multiple) Mourning Warbler (multiple) Common Yellowthroat (many) Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler (multiple) Canada Warbler (several) Vastly more migrant species were found all through New York County (of which Manhattan is a part), including within Central Park, & a further report will detail some of those many sightings from the weekend & more, as found by more than 100 observers, & all of whom who follow the recommended guidelines of ethical birding - as known now virtually world-wide. Many, many other parks & green-spaces had some excellent bird sightings on the day, including a few rarities- a few of those have also been in Central Park which are yet to be posted to this list-serve. Good 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/ --
