Thursday, 31 March, 2016 -
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Among the new (or at least, very recent) arrivals this morning were
Palm Warblers (not that many), along with Pine, & a (very few) Yellow-
rumped Warblers (latter seen in rather drab plumage; one Pine seen was
a female, perhaps even a first-spring female in grey-ish tones), and a
smattering of other fairly typical and expected migrants not limited
to the following - (with 'Louie' Waterthrushes having made it to
points 50-100+ miles north of NYC as of today, the species is expected
in our area, obviously) - but these all found this Thursday morn. in
Central ....
American Woodcock (1 at Upper Lobe area, ~ 10 a.m.)
Great Egrets (at least one IN the park, was at Turtle Pond & may stick
there, as well as multiples flying over the north end- in typical
fashion- in a.m. hours)
Black-crowned Night-Herons (multiples in a few locations)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (in small numbers)
Yellow-shafted Flicker (modest number, in many locations)
Eastern Phoebe (still modest numbers)
Winter Wren (a few noticed, various locations, including Ramble &
Ravine areas)
Brown Creeper (in at least several locations)
Kinglets (both species, with Golden-crowned predominating but more
than a couple of Ruby-crowned also; multiple locations)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (perhaps same individual as seen recently, n.
end near the NW side of the Pool, at W. 103 St. park entrance area)
Hermit Thrush (more than several, esp. in the n. woods & vicinity)
Eastern Towhee (many more males arrived, a lot were singing in early
a.m., various locations)
Chipping, (at least several), Field, (red) Fox, Song, Swamp, & (many
many hundreds of -) White-throated Sparrows, & Dark-eyed Junco (in
modest but greater numbers)
and surely at least a few additional migrant species, along with many
lingering wintering or resident birds. Many of the ducks & various
waterbirds at the reservoir were still present & in similar numbers as
had been over the past week +.
Some Tree Swallow fly-overs were also noted, quite early and more
swallows could be looked for - along with a lot of possible if less-
likely species (such as the potential of "over-shoots", or birds that
ride southerly & now southwesterly winds somewhat or even well beyond
their typical destinations, either by date, or more significantly, by
normal range...
Good last-day-of-March birding (& thanks to multiple observers for
their sightings & reports, 1st/2nd/3rd-hand, etc.)
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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