Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - Monday, April 18th - In addition to the ongoing male Prothonotary Warbler (seen by 150++ birders by now (and double/triple that for all observers!), for its 3rd day in a row, with alerts going out immediately via local GroupMe notice) at the Loch (a.k.a. “the Ravine”) in Central’s n. end, a male Hooded Warbler also continued, as well as (near E. 72 St.) a Worm-eating Warbler, with a N. Parula (again in the area n.e. of The Pond), & other warblers including Black-and-white, Palm, Pine, [Myrtle] Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Louisiana Waterthrush; and also still present by the Meer’s path, an occasionally singing Yellow Warbler. Finally, an Ovenbird continued on in the Ramble - for 11 warbler species again noted on the day in Central, with over half of those being found in the park’s n. end, while also more than half that number from the Ramble thru s. end of the park. Also still visible (and seen by multiple others) from the Ramble, on the Lake, 2 drake Wood Ducks. Purple Finches also were found again (including at least 2 in the Ramble) as were numerous American Goldfinches.
Three Swallow species - Tree, N. Rough-winged, and Barn all have been seen again, and all in the multiple - but late in the day, by (over) the Meer, I also found a female Purple MARTIN & 2 Bank Swallows, along with at least 8 Barns, 5-6+ Trees, and a few N. Rough-wingeds - some, esp. that Martin, were quite high (8+ stories) mostly over the Meer’s east half, and the 2 Bank Swallows seemed not to stay around, or anyhow I viewed them, together, only at about 4:40 pm and not seen again watching another 1/2-hour or so and a further look from the Meer’s SW side (all watching was from higher points, not at the shoreline). I kept the vigil of course hoping the Banks in particular would show again; they were last seen rising up over the far NE edges & possibly moving off east or north. The female P. Martin was still present mostly high over both the Meer itself & nearby land to the south, as I moved on westward. Also seen as part of the 45+ minutes sky-watch were 3 Snowy & 8 Great Egrets flying over (as is typical thru the summer there) as well as the several Gr. Egrets giving views on the shore. At the Central Park reservoir, I’d noticed just a few Tree, Barn & N. Rough-winged Swallows a bit earlier - all from eastern and s. side there. The C.P. reservoir also still held one Hooded Merganser in female-plumage, & at least 1 American Coot, as well as 10 or more Bufflehead AND the drake Wood Duck with its’ lady-Mallard companion again. At least 2 Ruddy Ducks remained at the Meer. And N. Shovelers were on at least 3 waterbodies of Central, thru Monday. Plenty of Double-crested Cormorant action (in all directions) thru the day and early in the day there were a few Loons moving, of which I noted only Common Loons. Many other migrant & resident species also seen, even on a less-than stellar migratory-movement day. The male Prothonotary Warbler was still giving joy to many observers at the Central Park Loch, thru the end of the day, with some of the other bright &/or boldly-marked warblers also still active. Good, quietly-observed 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/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/ --
