Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Perhaps some fresh migration tonight / tomorrow to further liven the season... a lot of individuals passed this week (& the past weekend) but many species also were represented by just one or a few individuals at Central Park. A smattering of modestly-early arrivals, also a definite push of migrants that overshot CP and a lot more that found their way farther north. Incidentally, raptor migration has been in full swing, with Broad-winged Hawks & other spp. moving, as seen from traditional watch-sites around the region. At least a few birds were reported in addition to the list below: Glossy Ibis, Killdeer, American Woodcock, Yellowlegs [sp.!], Belted Kingfisher, Merlin, Common Raven & likely a few others. This list also leaves out some common / resident species that have been around all year along with the 3 "feral" urban species (Rock Pigeon, Euro. or "common" Starling, and House Sparrow.)
Central Park sightings from Sun. 4/12 thru today: Friday, 17 April 2015 Common Loon (reservoir; breeding plumage, present thru today 4/17) Pied-billed Grebe (seen earlier in week, reservoir) Double-crested Cormorant (many, reservoir, etc.) Great Blue Heron (singles) Great Egret (multiple) Snowy Egret (a few low flyovers & 1 or 2 at reservoir on some mornings) Green Heron (Meer, today, 4/17) Black-crowned Night-Heron (multiple) Black Vulture (at least 2 earlier in the week, and the past weekend) Turkey Vulture (multiple) Wood Duck (several still around) Gadwall American Black Duck Northern Shoveler (few remaining at reservoir) Bufflehead (fairly good no's. lingering) Red-breasted Merganser (earlier in week, res.) Hooded Merganser (several thru at least Wed.) Ruddy Duck (at least 2 lingering to today, res.) Osprey (few fly-overs) Bald Eagle (several fly-overs in the past 6 days) Sharp-shinned Hawk Broad-winged Hawk (several, & 1 in park 4/14) Red-tailed Hawk American Coot (few at reservoir earlier in week) Solitary Sandpiper (sunrise; Meer, Thurs. 4/16) Spotted Sandpiper (several sightings, reservoir) Laughing Gull (1, reservoir earlier in week, not first of year) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Mourning Dove Chimney Swift (very few, from 4/15) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Ramble Wed. 4/15) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (most passed thru now) Yellow-shafted Flicker (many thru the week) American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Eastern Phoebe (few; almost none lingering) Blue-headed Vireo (1 as of 4/14; few more today) Tree Swallow (earlier in week & prior dates) N. Rough-winged Swallow (multiple) Bank Swallow (at least 1 today, Meer, also earlier) Barn Swallow (multiple, including many fly-overs) Cliff Swallow (1 today, after missing for 5 days, Meer) Black-capped Chickadee Red-breasted Nuthatch (small numbers) White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (mostly passed thru now) Carolina Wren House Wren (1, poss. 2, Ramble & vic.) Winter Wren (at least several thru the week) Blue Jay (many) American Crow Fish Crow (pr. active across n. end recently) Golden-crowned Kinglet (few lingering) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (multiple) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (multiple) Hermit Thrush (multiple, more expected soon) Brown Thrasher (more than a few spring arrivals; few had wintered) Cedar Waxwing (small numbers, so far) Northern Parula (1 seen singing, Summit Rock, early a.m. today 4/17) [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warbler (modest no's. so far) Pine Warbler (multiple, esp. in areas in south half of park) Palm Warbler (many thru week) Black-and-white Warbler (1 or 2, north end, from 4/14-16) Northern Waterthrush (singing, from 4/15) Louisiana Waterthrush (a few continuing) Common Yellowthroat (at least 2 continuing, modestly early) Eastern Towhee (many earlier in week & continuing today) Field Sparrow (small no's. this week) Chipping Sparrow (fair no's., now diminished) Savannah Sparrow (few this week) "red" Fox Sparrow (last seen 4/13?) Song Sparrow (lingering nesters etc.) Swamp Sparrow (still modest no's.) White-throated Sparrow (many migrants, overwintered ones moved on) Dark-eyed Junco (still a few in north end, 4/17) Brown-headed Cowbird Eastern Meadowlark (Monday 4/13, one, Great Lawn) Rusty Blackbird (several thru week, & most moved on) Common Grackle Red-winged Blackbird Baltimore Oriole (adult male, early, 4/14, n. of reservoir by tennis courts) Pine Siskin (a few, earlier in week) Purple Finch (many on passage as fly-thrus, also a few in Ramble area) American Goldfinch (modest no's.) Good spring birding, Tom Fiore, Manhattan -- 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/ --
