Central & Riverside Parks, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Saturday, Aug. 14th -
A bright Prothonotary Warbler has continued at Central Park, unsurprisingly having moved a bit, to the n.-w. portion of The Lake (as of at least first-light on Saturday, and as suggested in my prior reports) - and other movements around the lake, or elsewhere within the park, will be possible as per past sightings of that species there (including this past spring’s migrations). In addition to the Prothonotary (present at Central Park since Wed. 8/11), there were at least 15 additional warbler species in Central Park on Sat., and at least 8 species of warblers at Riverside Park, with Yellow Warbler, American Redstart, and Black-and-white Warblers among the most numerous. Also on the move, & in numbers, were E. Kingbirds as well as Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, & some Bobolinks along with Baltimore Orioles. Several Yellow-billed Cuckoos were seen both on Sat. as well as Friday, 8/14 & 8/13 in Central Park, & one noted for Riverside as well on Sat. Numbers of other migrants also, to be noted in a further report at some point. A Lesser Yellowlegs was photo’d. at the flats of Inwood Hill Park’s lagoon, at the n. end of Manhattan on 8/13. There were additional confirmed sightings of hirundines on migration from Aug. 9th, passing along the Manhattan-side of the Hudson river, which included Purple Martins, Cliff, Bank and other swallow species, numbers of Barn as expected the highest. Good numbers of Chimney Swifts also continue, on the move, although also seen in occasionally-large aerial feeding-flocks. Of flocking migrants visible in daylight, Red-winged Blackbird continues as the most numerous, and there are also some Cedar Waxwings that appear to be on the move lately, including on 8/14. In the coming days - and even now, the start-up of Common Nighthawk migration may be on, as per their typical southbound movements. Raptor movement has already begun, slowly for now. More than 75 species of birds in total were noted for Central Park alone Saturday, 8/14. More in a future report… Good birding to all, Tom Fiore N.Y. City & beyond -- 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/ --
