Date: 5/2/25 2:11 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - multiple RHWPs, YTWAs, etc. Wed., 4/30 & Thursday 5/1
Manhattan, N.Y. City -
to Thursday, May 1st -
Red-headed Woodpeckers have been arriving or passing thru with at least one seen by many observers and photographers for May 1st in Central Park, and another at Fort Tryon Park on April 30th, adding to some previous reports of this species in Manhattan, including reports from in Central Park.
One of the newest sightings of Yellow-throated Warbler comes from Tompkins Square Park in lower-east Manhattan, for May 1st. The north end of Central Park had one of that species from 4-30, which was photographed as well as having multiple observers.
In the passages of migrant warblers thru Manhattan it is likely that several Cerulean Warblers have already come thru, including one noted at Central Park on April 29th, and earlier reports from other parks, with a number of that species already on breeding territories in the region with the spate of overall migration.
Vastly more migrant species are occurring thru Manhattan and all around the county it is part of, and of course thru all of the region to most of the entire northeast of North America - welcome to May. Central Park alone was host to over 100 species of wild birds even by noon of the first of May, and that number will be greatly surpassed for all of New York County.
Manhattan had at least 5 vireo species, excepting Philadelphia in the annually-occurring vireos of passage, and was seeing Veery, Swainsons, Wood, and Hermit Thrushes as well as the first reports of gray-cheeked type thrush by May 1st. Flycatcher diversity may be seeing a slight increase, although a majority of the Empidonax-genus flycatchers being found so far are still Least Flycatcher.
A hen Wild Turkey continued on at Battery Park in lower Manhattan on May 1, and many other birds including migrants of various kinds are being seen there, as they also are in virtually all greenspaces, gardens, and parks of any size in Manhattan.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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