Wed., 23 April, 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Additional to the male Cerulean Warbler, which was essentially seen for 12+ hours, right through early evening in the area previously mentioned as well as occasionally moving east a bit in trees along the lake shore (the bird apparently remained song-less), there were both a Spotted Sandpiper & a Wilson's Snipe - this latter at least the 3rd of season in Central - each at Turtle Pond, simultaneously. A really nice sighting by Nadir Sourgi at the north end was of a male Purple Martin, a species that is not often noted from Central or Manhattan, but could easily be annual & also very scarce there. (the martin did not linger, thus no alerts were sent; it may have gone on towards the north.) Later in the day, I joined Nadir for a while and we had a Hummingbird zip by at the n. end - of course, presumed a Ruby- throated. While we found things a bit quieter at the late hour of the day up there, Nadir mentioned that there had actually been 2 male Prairie Warblers in the area where I earlier reported one singing - these 2 were counter-singing around the noon hour. We also had 3 Snowy Egrets fly over in unison on that n. end-of-the-park east-&-west-bound fly-way, as well as multiple Great Egrets. Later at the reservoir, a search for a possible "late" red-necked grebe was cut short by wind, chill, & approaching dusk... a number of Great Egrets came in there to feed.
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