N.Y. County (in N.Y. City) - with Central Park sightings esp. featured in this mini-report; into Friday, April 14th - and including a few of the additional migrants seen on Randall’s Island in the excitement for a rarity, the (mostly-morning) SMITH’S Longspur.
Highlights include: American Bittern, 3 Vireo species as detailed below, nine Warbler species (in Central Park alone) and many more migrants that arrived in a good night of arrivals for Friday by first-light, and just-prior to. An American Bittern was seen well by multiple observers and (first) as part of participation on a [non-profit org.] guided walk given by the American Museum of Natural History (New York), as well as by independent observers, and also including many members of the [non-profit org.] Linnaean Society of New York. 3 Vireo species showed in Central Park, with Yellow-throated Vireo, as well as White-eyed Vireo, and a multitude of Blue-headed Vireos which were seen not only ‘park’-wide but all across the broader NYC region. 4 Wren species for the day in Central Park - these being Marsh Wrens, Winter Wrens, House Wrens, and Carolina Wrens. Rusty Blackbirds continued in a few locations in Central Park. Northern Waterthrush, quite possibly already arrived prior to 4/14, was seen again, as were multiple Louisiana Waterthrushes. Other Warbler species found on Friday in Central Park included: Prairie (the latter 'firsts of the year', each in their locations, very-slightly early-arrivers), Northern Parula (now long-lingering Northern Parula was again around the north end of Central Park into Thursday and into Friday, 4/14), Pine, Palm, and Myrtle/Yellow-rumped Warblers, and again Hooded Warbler in a sector of Central where that species has shown regularly, over many spring-seasons past. A Black-and-white Warbler was present at Battery Park in lower Manhattan at end of day on Thursday, 4/13. Another Black-and-white Warbler was around and near Turtle Pond in Central Park’s mid-sector on Thursday; that bird not the first sighting for that park - and as of Friday, Black-and-white Warblers were found in modest numbers around Central and some other of larger Parks in Manhattan. A singing Prairie Warbler also occured on Friday in lower Manhattan. - - - Well over 90 species of birds were seen just in *morning hours* in New York County, and surely more in the full day’s efforts. There was an excellent arrival and passage of Hermit Thrush, and also of both Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets all-around, with plenty stopping in at Central Park; also increased were Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, as well as many species of sparrows and their relative, the Eastern Towhee (now being found across the county). Many other parks and green-spaces, larger and smaller (in the county) had freshly-arrived migrants and other birds in and overhead on Friday. The Northern Saw-whet Owl (in mid-town east sector) of Manhattan on Thursday, April 13th is a confirmed sighting in eBird. A Monk Parakeet was reported from a location in northern Manhattan where the species has been sighted in the past, including previous years. Perhaps the first of any Purple Martins at Randall’s Island (part of N.Y. County) was seen as the excitement over the SMITH'S Longspur was still bubbling-over. Congratulations to M.B. Kooper, for the initial finding and reporting as well as all who gave reports on the ‘groupme’ and thru eBird-alert systems, as well as the reporting to this list-serve. Among many other species on Randall’s Island for Friday were Vesper Sparrow, and a lot of other very nice birds, including Orange-crowned Warbler (still there from overwintering in that location). Thanks to all for excellent observations - and many, many reports. A further report on all of the migration for the hot-hot Friday may be offered at a later time or date. good birding, Tom Fiore manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
