Date: 4/30/25 3:23 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - 4/30: L.Yellowlegs, Summer Tanager, Y-thr. Warbler + 25 more warbler spp., etc.
Manhattan, N.Y. City - to Wed., April 30th -
Three Lesser Yellowlegs were found on Tues., 4-29 at the Inwood Hill Park mudflats in northernmost Manhattan. A SUMMER Tanager was noted from the north end of Central Park on Wed., 4-30 where a Yellow-throated Warbler was seen by even more observers, the latter at The Loch area in the n. end of the park. All were alerted in non-x birding apps and also appeared quickly in eBird hourly alerts.
Other American migrant warblers passing thru by now include Canada and Tennessee Warblers, as well as multitudes of other species a few of which species are still a bit early for arrival dates here. The Prothonotary Warbler at Central Park on Tuesday was photographed and is confirmed via eBird, with that days photo of that bird in the Macaulay Library archives now. Most of over one hundred Prothonotary Warbler observers at Central Park saw that species on Monday at a different site in that park.
Both Black-billed and Yellow-billed Cuckoos occurred by Wednesday, and incidentally, both of the cuckoo species have also now shown in counties in the region including in some where breeding is plausible for one or both species. These 4-30 Manhattan cuckoos included sightings in Central Park.
Some Greater Yellowlegs were flying thru multiple parks in Manhattan and at least a few had likely landed for a while in some areas, which is less regularly noticed over many decades than the flyover occurrences of this species for Manhattan or the county-overall.
The surge in migration for Wed., the final day of April has included a broad variety of expected or very-slightly early migrants. More Least Flycatchers have come in, with other flycatchers again including E. Kingbirds, Great Crested Flycatchers and still some E. Phoebes passing thru. More White-crowned Sparrows have shown in multiple locations, and some Lincolns Sparrows have been noticed by now. A large number of other expected sparrows also were on the move. More Indigo Buntings, many more Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Scarlet Tanagers, and both Orchard and Baltimore Orioles have been arriving. Some Bobolinks also were again passing on the morning of 4-30, as on some other mornings. A hen Wild Turkey was still being seen at the Battery at the south end of Manhattan.
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Its worth a note that Golden-winged Warblers were starting to show up in local-region breeding areas, recently. A Mississippi Kite was confirmed in eBird from Putnam County, NY on April 25th.
Good birding to all, with thanks to all reporting in non-x alerts and as-always via eBird with the Macaulay Library for media.
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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