Date: 4/19/25 4:39 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, N.Y. City - Sat., 4/19 - more arrivals, migration increases
Manhattan, N.Y. County - into Saturday, April 19th -
Further migrant bird arrivals have included 4 species of Vireo - White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Warbling, and Blue-headed Vireos with all 4 species being found in Central Park, and at least the latter 3 vireo species in other locations as well. Also showing in addition to Wood Thrush were Veery, and by now a full-on push of Hermit Thrushes the latter having been on the move here for weeks and still numerous.
There have been first arrivals for Ruby-throated Hummingbird and as they show, so have more Chimney Swifts. Some observers at Central Park enjoyed a new, further find of Vesper Sparrow on Saturday, a species that has been appearing in a number of locations in this county, including recently as well and again at Inwood Hill Park, and in a multitude of other sites around the county.
In American Warblers, at a minimum, further arrivals included Hooded Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, and American Redstart, with further sightings of Common Yellowthroat plus many -most- of other species noted from the previous day and some species still moving over recent weeks. Central Park again had at least 14 of the migrant warblers by Saturday, with some migrants also showing in various other locations all around Manhattan. Some relatively recent arrivals are showing slight increase such as, for one example, Prairie Warbler, and as another example, Ovenbird.
There also are concurrent increases for more expected arrivals such as Chipping Sparrow, Eastern Towhee, and dozens of other species which typically move thru in mid April in this area and specifically, thru Manhattan and N.Y.County. Purple Finches, with some singing nicely, have continued to move thru and are being found a bit more widely here as of Saturday. Flights of both loon species - Common and Red-throated Loon - have been ongoing.
This most recent push of migrants has been interesting for the leapfrogging we have seen where we are finding many typical and expected early-spring migrants and then in the midst of that are smaller, generally much-smaller, numbers of nootropical wintering migrants some of which have been moving far-north, a modest number even just reaching breeding areas at latitudes north of N.Y. City. Not something new to this year, of course but a seeming indicator for incremental phenological change or transition, or what might be termed shifting. Weather of just the past month in the eastern U.S., to say nothing of weather south of the U.S. mainland, has been rather active with interruptions and then bursts in the movements of migrating birds. Again, nothing altogether new, but possibly with greater intensity at certain places and times in terms of effects on observed migration.
Vastly more migrant species besides those remarked-on above have been showing Into Saturday and further reports will be coming.
Thanks to many observers and photographers for many sightings and reports via non-x alerts and thru EBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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