Saturday, 16 June thru Friday, 22 June, 2018 Manhattan (esp. Central Park & Riverside Park), N.Y. City
As would be expected by now, migrants have thinned to a very few remaining or passing through. Starting at first-light on most days, visting Central Park, & then other parks including but not limited to Riverside & Morningside Parks; at least 11 warbler species were in Central Parlk thru the past week, but by Friday, 6/22 I detected only 6 species in all, 5 of those being ‘singeltons’ in Central. The dawn-chorus has been quieter now, with so many birds on nests, while some fledgings have also happened. Very lightly-annotated list, for 6/16-22: Double-crested Cormorant (common) Great Egret (multiple, mainly as fly-overs) Snowy Egret (fly-overs) Green Heron (multiple/nests) Black-crowned Night-Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck (2 drakes, both in eclipse plumage now) Gadwall (pair on CP reservoir, 6/20) Mallard Osprey (several fly-over sightings) Red-tailed Hawk (now rather common NYC nester) Ring-billed Gull (rather uncommon) [American] Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull ['feral'] Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove (common) American Kestrel (widespread NYC nesting residents) Peregrine Falcon (less-common NYC nesting residents) Black-billed Cuckoo (2, Central Park, separate days & locations) Yellow-billed Cuckoo (1, north end of Central Park) Chimney Swift (small numbers remain) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (several sightings, w/no adult males) Red-bellied Woodpecker (nesting) Downy Woodpecker (nesting) Yellow-shafted Flicker (nesting) Eastern Wood-Pewee (regular) Acadian Flycatcher (to Friday, 6/22) Empidonax [genus] Flycatcher (several unid. to species to at least 6/18) Great Crested Flycatcher (regular) Eastern Kingbird (regular) Warbling Vireo (regular) Red-eyed Vireo (several, nesting) Blue Jay (fairly common, & quiet!) American Crow (nesting) Tree Swallow (very few) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (few) Barn Swallow (common, some nesting) Black-capped Chickadee (very scarce) Tufted Titmouse (scarce) White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren (resident) House Wren (multiple, nesting) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (scarce nester) Gray-cheeked / Bicknell's Thrush (several, last seen 6/20) Swainson's Thrush (1 to 6/20) Wood Thrush (several nesting pairs) American Robin (very common) Gray Catbird (common, nesting) Northern Mockingbird (multiple) Brown Thrasher (‘rare’ nester) European Starling (ubiquitous) Cedar Waxwing (fairly widespread, some nesting) - Northern Parula (to 6/18, at least) Yellow Warbler (several, Friday 6/22) Black-throated Blue Warbler (6/19) Black-throated Green Warbler (very ‘late' in June, singing male near W. 86 St. / Pinetum area, 6/22) Blackpoll Warbler (to 6/18, at least) Black-and-white Warbler (1 female, to 6/22) American Redstart (several, to 6/22) Ovenbird (to 6/22) Northern Waterthrush (to 6/22) Common Yellowthroat (scant, last noticed 6/21) Canada Warbler (to 6/17, at least) - Eastern Towhee (very scarce nester) Chipping Sparrow (scarce nester) Song Sparrow (nesting) Swamp Sparrow (lingering) White-throated Sparrow (few, lingering) Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1st-year male, to 6/20, Central Park) Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole (2 pairs) Baltimore Oriole (fairly common, nesting + “helpers” near nests in a few locations) House Finch (widespread, but scattered) American Goldfinch (sparse & scattered) House Sparrow (ubiquitous, pestiferous) - - - - - - - - - "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” “I have the audacity to believe that all people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Good and ethical birding to all, 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/[email protected]/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/ --
