Date: 4/29/25 1:51 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - to 4/29 - Kentucky W., early E.W. Pewee, other migrants, etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - to Tues., April 29th -
A singing male Kentucky Warbler was ongoing to Tuesday at Central Park in the area just east of approx. W. 76-77th Streets, with again many, many observers. A Prothonotary Warbler had virtually all reports come in for Monday, 4-28, with one yet-to-be-confirmed report so far for the latter from a different part of Central Park for Tuesday. While Mondays widely-observed Prothonotary by the lake in Central Park might possibly have lingered it is equally possible that it moved on after it's one-day visit there.
Many migrants have been arriving nightly and daily with such species as Canada Warbler appearing, as well as more of such species as Bay-breasted Warblers and Scarlet Tanagers, and increased numbers of scores of other mid-spring migrants. Veery, Swainsons Thrush, and Wood Thrush have each been seen and photo or video documented in multiple parks of Manhattan in recent days and not just at the popular site known as Central Park, where those thrush species also have been occurring. The most numerous thrush among the brown-backed types has continued to be Hermit Thrush as more were passing thru over the past week.
With arrivals of some more Wilsons Warblers in addition to such species noted above and also some previously noted Blackpoll Warblers, as well as rarer but annually-seen spring migrant warblers, this county and Manhattan in particular are close to completing the round of regular and annually occurring warblers already this year, with still one day remaining in the month of April. The warblers noted have all been documented including multiple sightings that were photographed. We also have a report which -may- pertain to possible Cerulean Warbler from Inwood Hill, a good site for that latter species in spring, and a species which regularly breeds within less than 40 miles of that park, which is at the north end of Manhattan island.
A very early E. Wood Pewee was seen singing - found by N. Sourgi - at Inwood Hill Park on the remarkably early date of April 27, and was also seen still vocalizing later and again this week at that park by additional observers. Any confirmed find of this species in April is notable, and over the many decades there are hundreds of reports for pewees in April in the northeast which are unconfirmed and a majority of which were initial misidentifications, as pewees in the northeast have long been a rather late-arriving migrant for the spring calendar in the region. In conditions where possible, any April pewee sightings should be documented with audio and-or video or photos, or at least with extensive textual notes as this mentioned sighting has been. The April 27 find has been confirmed in eBird, as was a subsequent report of that one early individual pewee at Inwood Hill.
A female Wild Turkey came to Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan and was thought by at least one of the observers to be the bird which recently had explored a bit of east and central Manhattan including Central Park, after having departed from Roosevelt Island just-east of Manhattan and which is a part of the same county with Manhattan. However it is also plausible the Turkey appearing at the Battery may be a new and different individual unless there are definitive identifying physical markings that could be compared via photos or video. Wild Turkey has been seen at the Battery in past years but again for any part of Manhattan is unexpected and very uncommon.
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Elsewhere in New York County, Common Terns were found off and at Governors Island, in N.Y. Harbor, and a multitude of migrants are also being seen each day on the other islands of N.Y. County besides Manhattan.
Thanks to many observers and photographers for sightings and reports to non-x bird alerts and via eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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