Date: 10/15/25 2:34 pm From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Manhattan, NYC - 10/15 - V. Rail, Y.-br. Chat, CT Warbler, other migrants
Manhattan, N.Y. City - into Wednesday, Oct. 15th -
A Virginia Rail was presumed re-found and has been seen by many into Wednesday at Number Three Bryant Park, a narrow plaza just west of Sixth Ave. between 42nd and 41st Streets, thus west of the actual Bryant Park. A Yellow-breasted Chat was also lingering as it has been at the same small plaza, this bird by now with far more than 1,000 total observations by many many hundreds of observers and photographers.
A Connecticut Warbler was still lingering at the Trinity church yard in lower Manhattan, main entry there at Broadway, thru Wednesday - this also a bird with by now hundreds of total observers and many photographers. A very modest number of other migrants were also found in that churchyard recently.
Among many still passing-thru other migratory American warblers in Central Park, and in some other Manhattan parks and green-spaces are American Redstarts, Wilsons, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Tennessee, Blackpoll, Magnolia, and other warblers totaling at least 18 warbler species at Central Park alone to Wednesday and at least 19 species of warblers for Manhattan to October 15th.
Thrushes being seen have still included Gray-cheeked, Wood, and Swainsons Thrushes, while Hermit Thrush can still increase and will increasingly be the likeliest of Catharus-genus thrush species to be found in coming weeks or months. Any presumptive sightings of Veery from now going forward ought to be photo or video documented, including by phone-photos, to try to confirm that early-fall migrator if still being seen. Much the same of almost any flycatcher species seen from now thru all of autumn and the remainder of the year, other than sightings of E. Phoebe. A small number of Eastern Wood Pewee are still showing in some locations. Of vireos, there are diminished numbers of Red-eyed Vireos, and Blue-headed Vireos are the most-likely to continue a while for this month.
Marsh Wren, a regular biannual migrant in this county including in Manhattan, had been seen by multiple observers at a lowerManhattan Hudson river waterside pier and park this week. A just modestly-late-ish Blue-gray Gnatcatcher was among the many birds seen on Wednesday at Central Park with a not-for-profit guided bird walk, one of the scores of such walks which are continuing on thru this month. Red Fox Sparrows continue to be detected in Central Park, and elsewhere, all now just slightly earlier than the typical peak arrivals in autumn for that species here. The latest sightings were also during a scheduled not-for-profit guided bird walk at Central Park. At least 8 species of native sparrows have been fairly regular in some locations including at Central Park, with Lincolns and White-crowned Sparrows still being found to Wednesday.
A bit belated by now, a good count of nine Rusty Blackbirds seen as passage-migrants was recoded by two keen observers on a morning-flight-watch at Central Park on October 9th. On some occasions that species will make stopovers in higher-than-average numbers in Manhattan, while individuals of that species that linger long into winter tend to show, or arrive by later in this autumnal migration season.
Many observers have enjoyed the increased numbers of Wood Ducks and other duckage just lately in Central Park, obvious increases for N. Shoveler and still modest increases of Ruddy Ducks. A Pied-billed Grebe was ongoing at the Central Park reservoir.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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