Date: 4/19/25 3:28 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] N.Y. County, NYC - Fri., 4/18 & prior days - new arrivals, various lingerers
New York County -in N.Y. City- including Manhattan, Randalls, Governors and Roosevelt Islands -
Thru Friday, April 18 -
At least 14 species of American warbler showed in the county by Friday, among them several new arrivals for the year. Cape May Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler were among newly arrived species. Other species which had been seen but in low numbers, showing again included more Northern Parula, Prairie, and Yellow Warblers, Northern Waterthrushes, and Ovenbirds. Warblers continuing to be found included Orange-crowned which also had overwintered in multiple sites in the county, plus Black-and-white, Pine, Palm, Myrtle form of Yellow-rumped Warblers, as well as Louisiana Waterthrushes. In the interesting mix of arriving species for 4-18, there well may have been further species of warbler which came in.
Also arriving were Orchard Oriole and a few more Wood Thrushes, in the scattered mix of migration into the county for Friday. Eastern Meadowlarks showed in at least several locations, one of the latest at the lawn areas of Riverside south, an area south of Riverside Park proper, with part of the Hudson River greenway of Manhattans west shore alongside, as well as having a long pier west of West 70th Street which can be interesting at various seasons for migrants or visiting birds.
Although rather belated now, a Purple Sandpiper sighting is worth noting from April 13, at Roosevelt Island just east of mid-Manhattan. That island has had that shorebird species before in other years. A more recent sighting was of 2 Greater Yellowlegs off Inwood Hill Park in northern Manhattan on 4-17, with multiple observers.
For the overall wider region, the big migrations of Broad-winged Hawk were underway by Friday with many thousands of that species getting closer to and also reaching eastern Canada by days end, some of the Lake Ontario watch-sites showing excellent numbers for the day. Far more birds could be mentioned, with a lot of species hanging in as well for Friday, including such ducks as Hooded Merganser and Green-winged Teals at Central Park.
Thanks to many for reports and photos via non-x alerts and as always via eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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