Friday, May 7th -
So many birds, and so many birders... and lots of highlights so only a sampler here: Purple Sandpipers & Evening Grosbeak on Governors Island (both photo’d, respectively, by J. Suzuki and a single Eve.-beak by C. Weiner in separate tours of that island, with 2 hen Blue-winged Teal also ongoing there & many other birds of interest including small numbers of Bobolinks; in Central Park, an adult-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker seen by many in the Ramble; Black Vulture sightings by many, with at least 29 warbler species on the day for the county (at least 25 of those within Central Park alone), and many other sightings from before first-light through at least dusk. Migrant birds could be - and were - found in even the smallest patches of habitat and in even some small parks or green spaces, good diversity was sometimes found.
An attempt to list all of the species seen in N.Y. County on Friday 5/7 will surely miss some of them:
Canada Goose
[Atlantic] Brant (still in fairly good numbers, which is as expected)
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (multiple, but not that many)
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (as noted above, the 2 females on Governors Island were continuing)
Northern Shoveler (fairly late, even for very few)
Ruddy Duck (one still in Central Park)Red-throated Loon
Common Loon (both loon species listed have been migrating north daily, recently)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture (many observers, several locations & likely more than one bird overall)
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile, i.e. first-spring bird, lagging not much for May movement)
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey (continuing at a known location)
American Coot (1 continued, Central Park)
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper (few and not lingering, Central Park)
Purple Sandpiper (excellent find of 2 on Governors Island, J. Suzuki photo’d.)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern (several, N.Y. Harbor areas)
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning DoveAmerican Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (multiple, but probably not that many)
multiple owls
Common Nighthawk (few, & most or all crepuscular)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker (adult seen by many in Central Park, Ramble area)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (still lingering in multiple locations, including in Central Park)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (several sightings, likely several individuals)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (still in low numbers)
Empidonax [genus] flycatchers (multiple quiet individuals not ID’d to species)
Willow Flycatcher (seen singing / calling)
Least Flycatcher (seen singing / calling)
Eastern Phoebe (bit late, not common in the county by breeding-season for these)
Great Crested Flycatcher (multiple locations)
Eastern Kingbird (multiple arrivals to breeding territories in the county, plus many migrating)
White-eyed Vireo (few, including the often vocal Central Park n. end individual continuing)
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
[Philadelphia Vireo - several recent reports, awaiting any photographed sightings for spring]
Red-eyed Vireo (fair increases on Friday)
Blue Jay
Common Raven
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow (few, on migration)
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee (still some migration occurring)
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (continue their return north, in numbers)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren (quite late now for this county)
Marsh Wren (several locations including Inwood Hill Park)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (late)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush (a few reports with some photos)
Swainson's Thrush (increasing)
Hermit Thrush (decreasing, but still in numbers)
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (still very limited)
Summer Tanager (continuing male in Central Park’s n.e. sector)
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee (less numerous, females are more regular now)
Slate-colored Junco (rather late)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (multiple locations)
[Fox Sparrow - reported, but by now any forms of this should be photo’d/video’d and notes made]
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow (increased)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (still many locations)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (numerous)
[Blue Grosbeak - reports, seeking some details; potential for confusion with the next species]
Indigo Bunting (near-common now, many locations)-Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler (still some passing thru)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler (modest numbers now)
Bay-breasted Warbler (multiple locations all around the county, not common however)
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler (at least one reported singing in Central Park’s north end)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler (multiple locations)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (rather late now!)
Common Yellowthroat (becoming common)
Hooded Warbler (multiple locations, both sexes)
Wilson's Warbler (multiple)
Canada Warbler (multiple)
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Bobolink (continuing on Governors Island near Fort Jay, and some others on passage)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole (many)
Purple Finch (ongoing passage north)
House Finch
Pine Siskin (at least a few, still passing thru)
American Goldfinch (good increases lately)
Evening Grosbeak (one photographed on Governor’s Island, C. Weiner, and some other locations continued to have this irruptive finch returning from the huge movements south of last fall and early winter)
... and surely some additional species, on the biggest day yet of this spring’s migration regionally.
good listening to the birdsong and the rest of their languages to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
So many birds, and so many birders... and lots of highlights so only a sampler here: Purple Sandpipers & Evening Grosbeak on Governors Island (both photo’d, respectively, by J. Suzuki and a single Eve.-beak by C. Weiner in separate tours of that island, with 2 hen Blue-winged Teal also ongoing there & many other birds of interest including small numbers of Bobolinks; in Central Park, an adult-plumaged Red-headed Woodpecker seen by many in the Ramble; Black Vulture sightings by many, with at least 29 warbler species on the day for the county (at least 25 of those within Central Park alone), and many other sightings from before first-light through at least dusk. Migrant birds could be - and were - found in even the smallest patches of habitat and in even some small parks or green spaces, good diversity was sometimes found.
An attempt to list all of the species seen in N.Y. County on Friday 5/7 will surely miss some of them:
Canada Goose
[Atlantic] Brant (still in fairly good numbers, which is as expected)
Mute Swan
Wood Duck (multiple, but not that many)
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal (as noted above, the 2 females on Governors Island were continuing)
Northern Shoveler (fairly late, even for very few)
Ruddy Duck (one still in Central Park)Red-throated Loon
Common Loon (both loon species listed have been migrating north daily, recently)
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture (many observers, several locations & likely more than one bird overall)
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile, i.e. first-spring bird, lagging not much for May movement)
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey (continuing at a known location)
American Coot (1 continued, Central Park)
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper (few and not lingering, Central Park)
Purple Sandpiper (excellent find of 2 on Governors Island, J. Suzuki photo’d.)
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
[American] Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern (several, N.Y. Harbor areas)
['feral'] Rock Pigeon
Mourning DoveAmerican Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (multiple, but probably not that many)
multiple owls
Common Nighthawk (few, & most or all crepuscular)
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker (adult seen by many in Central Park, Ramble area)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (still lingering in multiple locations, including in Central Park)
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Olive-sided Flycatcher (several sightings, likely several individuals)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (still in low numbers)
Empidonax [genus] flycatchers (multiple quiet individuals not ID’d to species)
Willow Flycatcher (seen singing / calling)
Least Flycatcher (seen singing / calling)
Eastern Phoebe (bit late, not common in the county by breeding-season for these)
Great Crested Flycatcher (multiple locations)
Eastern Kingbird (multiple arrivals to breeding territories in the county, plus many migrating)
White-eyed Vireo (few, including the often vocal Central Park n. end individual continuing)
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
[Philadelphia Vireo - several recent reports, awaiting any photographed sightings for spring]
Red-eyed Vireo (fair increases on Friday)
Blue Jay
Common Raven
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow (few, on migration)
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee (still some migration occurring)
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch (continue their return north, in numbers)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren (quite late now for this county)
Marsh Wren (several locations including Inwood Hill Park)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (late)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush (a few reports with some photos)
Swainson's Thrush (increasing)
Hermit Thrush (decreasing, but still in numbers)
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (still very limited)
Summer Tanager (continuing male in Central Park’s n.e. sector)
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee (less numerous, females are more regular now)
Slate-colored Junco (rather late)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow (multiple locations)
[Fox Sparrow - reported, but by now any forms of this should be photo’d/video’d and notes made]
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow (increased)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (still many locations)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (numerous)
[Blue Grosbeak - reports, seeking some details; potential for confusion with the next species]
Indigo Bunting (near-common now, many locations)-Blue-winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped [Myrtle] Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler (still some passing thru)
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler (modest numbers now)
Bay-breasted Warbler (multiple locations all around the county, not common however)
Blackpoll Warbler
Cerulean Warbler (at least one reported singing in Central Park’s north end)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler (multiple locations)
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush (rather late now!)
Common Yellowthroat (becoming common)
Hooded Warbler (multiple locations, both sexes)
Wilson's Warbler (multiple)
Canada Warbler (multiple)
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Bobolink (continuing on Governors Island near Fort Jay, and some others on passage)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole (many)
Purple Finch (ongoing passage north)
House Finch
Pine Siskin (at least a few, still passing thru)
American Goldfinch (good increases lately)
Evening Grosbeak (one photographed on Governor’s Island, C. Weiner, and some other locations continued to have this irruptive finch returning from the huge movements south of last fall and early winter)
... and surely some additional species, on the biggest day yet of this spring’s migration regionally.
good listening to the birdsong and the rest of their languages to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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