Monday, 11 April, 2016 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Further evidence that a nice migration took place Sun. night, into today:
At least 6 Warbler species present in the 'greater" Ramble area alone - this morning: Black-and-white, Northern Parula, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm, Pine, Myrtle/Yellow-rumped, & there may well be a few still to be found in the park; the day is still young... (none of these mentioned warbler species are "firsts" of this year... further explained at another time - again.) Also being seen are some migrants (warblers among them) in various smaller green-spaces & "pocket" parks in Manhattan. Additionally, there are far more (freshly-arrived) Hermit Thrush, White-throated Sparrow, and a few other regular early-April migrants that have arrived in reinforced numbers- E. Phoebe just one example of these. I am also still searching as are some others for some earlier- morning "heard" birds - of which we in Central Park must be exceedingly cautious, especially at certain times-locations, in the face of some undue playing of recordings. In observed neotropical species that might also have wintered locally, a minor extra push or "appearance" of such species as Gray Catbird, but also a few of the aforementioned "heard-only" species, which may well turn out to be real birds and not some individual's electronic 'noise-maker'. At least 9 members of the sparrow tribe are present in Central Park: (red) Fox (at least several still around or still passing thru), Field, Savannah, Swamp, Song, Chipping, & White-throated (many hundreds) Sparrows, plus E. Towhees, and Dark-eyed Juncos. enjoying the shift in weather along with the near-normalcy in arriving migrants... more birds -& certainly more birders- to be seen in the week ahead. 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/ --
