A highlight bird for the county even when seen - and photographed - by a sole observer, is the probable first -photo-documented- of its species for New York County, a Tricolored Heron, seen on May 25th and nicely photod in flight, as it passed over Randalls Island and reported by A. Cunningham, one of a modest number of birding regulars at all seasons to that island location in recent years. A photo set of that heron is now archived in the Macaulay Library, via the eBird report of same.
... Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, May 25th - At least 18 species of migratory American warblers were found in the park on the day, with an approximation of order of abundances per species shown just below in a list of those warblers. Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos were seen again, as both have been over the recent weeks of this month at this park, and elsewhere in N.Y. County. Warblers in a rough listing of abundances for Saturday at Central Park - American Redstart, Blackpoll, Yellow, Magnolia, Bay-breasted, Tennessee, Black-throated Blue, Canada, Ovenbird, Chestnut-sided, Northern Parula, Blackburnian, Wilsons, Northern Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Blue-winged, Black-throated Green, and last-listed but hardly least of the many sightings from far more than 200 total observers over the entirety of the park and thru all of the day, Mourning Warbler. Many of the warblers are and recently have been females, quieter and not quite as colorful to stand out in all the lush, dense foliage of the final weekend of the month. There certainly might have also been a few additional species of other warblers still working thru for the day, and not noted above. The entire range of expected Empidonax-genus flycatchers were being found, some only calling rather than giving what passes for sping-territorial songs, and some as is typical here mostly-silent. Among most vocal in recent days have been the multiple Acadian Flycatchers within all of Central Park, for which any pairs of the latter ought to be watched, if lingering long as a pair in the park, or anywhere in the county. Many more migrants are continuing to pass through. Thanks to all of the quiet, keen, courteous birders, including a number of bird walk leaders on not-for-profit guided walks, and also many independent observers and photographers not with organized group walks, for so many good sightings. Good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
