Date: 4/23/25 2:42 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - to Wed., 4/23 - new arrivals, many from 4/22, incl. Y.-cr. N.-Heron, warblers aplenty, etc.
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - into Wed., April 23rd -
Many new arrivals for Tuesday, 4-22, some noted previously to this list, plus a number of others not mentioned in a previous report. These latter include Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Solitary Sandpiper, Baltimore Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and the following American Warbler species - Orange-crowned, and Magnolia Warblers. Many warbler species as well as some other migrants showed increases, and that was also a general increase across Manhattan and also for N.Y. County with its other 3 larger islands, Manhattan of course being the largest and most thoroughly-watched by birders at any season, most especially in mid to later spring. A minimum of 21 species of warblers have occurred thus far in Central Park this spring, all being seen recently.
A mostly unannotated list of birds seen in Central Park over the past 4 days is below.
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal - 2 continued this week, extraordinarily long-staying.
Hooded Merganser - slightly late, but not unprecedented for late for this part of April.
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey - the recent sightings of this were presumed by many to have been the long-staying bird from Roosevelt Island in this county, having come over to the east edge of Manhattan and worked its way a bit west again into Central, where again viewed by many.
Pied-billed Grebe
Feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Whip-poor-will - seen by many and photographed and confirmed as this annually occurring migrant nightjar species, in the north woods.
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - multiple.
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper - small numbers so far.
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull - modest numbers mainly coming to reservoir.
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon - flyovers.
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - north end of park, multiple observers.Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk - many observers.
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern - Yellow-shafted Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
- Least Flycatcher - some reported with none yet confirmed.
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher - multiple.Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
- Red-eyed Vireo - a few not-yet-confirmed reports.
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn SwallowRuby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet - few still pushing thru.
Red-breasted Nuthatch - multiple locations.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - many.
House Wren - multiple.
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Veery - still a bit early.
Hermit Thrush - most common catharus type thrush for now,
Wood Thrush - multiple but not very many yet.
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch - multiple and in many areas of the park recently.
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow - reports of rarer species in same genus need confirmations.
Field Sparrow
Red Fox Sparrow - increasingly scarce as is expected by now.
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow - several.
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco x White-throated Sparrow (hybrid)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
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Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Brewster's Warbler - hybrid.
Black-and-white Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Myrtle form of Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler - many observers, photos, audio, etc.
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler - few so far.
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Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
And there are surely some additional species of migrants which have come in with the many other migrants in recent days. Further reports and for all of the county, to follow.
Thanks to many observers and photographers of whom many are affiliated with and some guiding not-for-profit bird walks at Central Park, supporting multiple conservation, education, and science based institutions and organizations, as well as many independent observers, some in groups, some observing singly, for vast numbers of reports all via non-x bird alert apps and thru eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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