'Cinco de Mayo', Tues., 5 May 2015 - Central & other parks, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Apparently there were NO further sightings this day of a Kentucky Warbler from Monday (in Riverside Park); the area where it had been is a fairly thick, tangled & steep slope, and a bird such as that could easily skulk there, unseen, for days on end. Excellent conditions for migrants Mon. night into Tuesday, so that a great many birds passed right by, yet so many were still moving that a good assortment also chose to stay a day (or more), with the diversity still excellent, if possibly just slightly less than seen Monday. All the larger parks no doubt had some excellent sightings; a few that merit special mention include a Yellow-throated Warbler seen in Central Park's Ramble, from the Point a little before mid-day; and a Yellow-breasted Chat found at Inwood Hill Park in the a.m. (by Joe DiCostanzo), as well as several Summer Tanagers, at least 2 individuals in Central (in differing plumages) & one first-year male at Riverside Park's n. end area, in early afternoon. Yet again there were some "first of year" sightings including Yellow- billed Cuckoo, at Central Park, with one also in Riverside below W. 110 St. later in the day. Many species showed a slight uptick in numbers, but by mid-morning it also felt as though a lot had simply passed through & there may have been fewer of some of the commonest migrants typical of the first week in May. (We're getting some Blackpoll Warblers, but the peak period for them is presumably still many days away around here.) Also yet to show up are some of the later-moving flycatchers & many very-common migrants are still not here in their full numbers, such as Red-eyed Vireo. However, it has been impressive how rapidly so many birds have moved in and thru, with the change in our weather. A very abbreviated list of some species found today is below, mainly the sightings are from 2 parks: Central, & Riverside, yet again at least some migration could be detected if sought in smaller parks and green-spaces. Common Loon (a.m. fly-overs) Snowy Egret (fly-overs on the east & west "corridor" esp. in the 100's blocks of Manhattan) Wood Duck, Bufflehead, Red-breasted Merganser (latter lingering on reservoir) Solitary Sandpiper (several moving in early a.m. & 1 or more stopping at the reservoir, a.m.) Laughing Gull Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird Acadian Flycatcher (1 singing & calling in n. end of Central Park), Least Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird White-eyed, Blue-headed, Yellow-throated, Warbling (many), & Red-eyed Vireos Red-breasted Nuthatch (several), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (reduced numbers now) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Swainson's Thrush (few), Hermit & Wood Thrushes Gray Catbird (not abundant yet), Brown Thrasher Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler (several in Central Park, also in Riverside Park near W. 114 St.) Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler (Central Park Ramble, mid-day discovery) Pine Warbler (very few) Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush (at least 1 lingering- late) Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler (several, Central Park) Canada Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat (as reported, Inwood Hill Park, a.m. - J. DiCostanzo) Summer Tanager (several, varying plumages), Scarlet Tanager (multiple) E. Towhee, Chipping, Swamp, White-throated, White-crowned Sparrow[s] Dark-eyed Junco ( a few still, v. late), Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting, Orchard & Baltimore Orioles, Purple Finch, Am. Goldfinch good warmer-weather birding, 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/ --
