Thursday, 8 May, 2014 - [a.m.] The overnight weather situation in the southeast NY State region and from points south-southwest allowed a very strong push of migrants into many areas, with fresh arrival that borders on* a "fall-out"- like situation in Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City) this early morning. One caveat to this is that many thousands of migrants were also visibly continuing onwards (northerly) in these first several hours of daylight, the phenomenon observed even to about 9 a.m. and quite possibly still ongoing now.
Many migrant songbirds were singing. A vast majority of the identified fly-by species were, or seemed to be, Yellow-rumped Warblers, however some other species of warblers and such birds as Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, and others, were also identifiable and detected. The number & variety of thrushes and sparrows about on the ground & on the move was very impressive, and with the conditions prevailing now, many thrushes were, & could continue to, sing, through the day &/or later today. Incidentally at least some of the recently-reported/observed species were still in place in addition to the excellent flow of new arrivals; an example is that an Orange-crowned Warbler was again singing in the Maintenance Meadow of the eastern part of the Ramble. A male Hooded Warbler was again in the north woods ridge area. And etc. (at least a few other birders also out in the rain in this region have reported some good arrivals & migrant activity...) *the description of a "fall-out" may vary from one observer to another and can also depend on what number of years, and where, one may have been observing bird migrations. A major "fall-out" in this month in this region is likely to include many, many thousands of individuals. Smaller & sometimes extremely localized fall-outs may also be noticed, in some conditions. Both might be found today in a variety of locations, for those out and about. Good luck, and keep ears as well as eyes open. Tom Fiore Manhattan - - - - - - - - PS, some may enjoy reading the blogging about birds: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/category/bird-week/?module=BlogCategory&version=Blog%20Post&action=Click&contentCollection=N.Y./Region&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Header -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
