Date: 9/1/25 12:46 am From: Tom Fiore <tomfi2...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sat.-Sun., 8/30-31 - 25+ Warbler spp., and many more migrants
Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City - sightings in the collective from this weekend, to Sunday.
Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31st -
More species of birds were reported from Saturday than on Sunday, however there were a few new-for-the-season birds by Sunday, and a slightly different mix of migrants overall in Central Park. This was likely reflected as well in many other parks both in Manhattan and to some extent in some surrounding locations, in and outside of New York County or of N.Y. City.
At least 9 species of flycatchers, at least 5 species of vireos, at least 25 spp. of migratory American warblers, and an increase of many of all of these as well as of some of the other migrants of the southbound-season.
Far-greater numbers of Red-breasted Nuthatches are now occurring, a rather rapid increase in the past week or so. - - - While very far to the north of this N.Y. City region, it is perhaps worth noting that a very early Redpoll was photographed in Lewis County, NY, on 31 August - yesterday, in other words - so whether an outlier, or a hint of something to come, remains to be seen. As most of you will know, all Redpolls forms are lumped now as a single species by the molecular studies which had been recently completed.
The find of Connecticut Warbler at Central Park is somewhat concurrent with multiple others of the species now starting to show in the local area. These birds may give calls, but not song and as is typical, one just-found in Central was excessively skulking, in thick weedy vegetation. Seen in a fenced area, exact location not given. By Sunday, there were still at least 21 species of warblers at Central Park, and being found throughout all of the park, not in only one area, by many observers. More warbler spp were present in Central Park on Saturday, a few of the species not noted again on Sunday.
Migrants are also appearing in all parks and in many smaller greenspaces of this county, including at small gardens, pocket parks, and in some street plantings or trees, with even some much-smaller parks receiving a dozen-plus migrant species on some recent days. Morning-flight, while lighter than midweek of this past week, is ongoing each morning. Nocturnal passages are great, and many many birds have been passing by in the night, literally millions by now in this southbound-season. The Common Nighthawks are continuing each night at some locations in Manhattan, with some also available at Central, while seeming to be more passing by n. Manhattan.
Sightings from 2 days, Aug. 30 and Aug. 31, at Central Park in Manhattan -
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
feral Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - fairly small numbers were continuing.
Common Nighthawk - all of the past week, mostly dawn and dusk hours.
Chimney Swift - many every day now.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - multiple.
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper - regularly at The Pool.
Laughing Gull - still showing.
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret - all as flyovers.
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk - few, but still-early.
Red-tailed Hawk
Owl species. No locations.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - possibly still summered-over individuals, but a few new arrivals may have shown.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker - increasing a bit into the weekend.
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
feral Budgerigar - escaped or released.
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Olive-sided Flycatcher - both Sat and Sunday and in several locations.
Eastern Wood-Pewee - substantially increasing.
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - multiples on all recent days,
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder-Willow Flycatcher also sometimes known as Traills-type Flycatcher, or simply Empidonax-genus flycatcher, of either one of the 2 species.
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe - small increases.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird - fewer by Sunday but still in the multiple.
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Yellow-throated Vireo - slight increases.
Blue-headed Vireo - arrivals here by Saturday 8-29, with some also showing by then in several other Manhattan parks, such as Inwood Hill and Riverside-north.
Philadelphia Vireo - arrivals from Friday on thru this weekend.
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo - modest increases.
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Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - still scarce and still a bit early.
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 15-plus occurred by Sunday at Central Park, a rising number of this potentially-irruptive species.
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Veery - increased further for this entire past week into this weekend.
Gray-cheeked Thrush - small numbers thus far.
Gray-cheeked or Bicknell's Thrush - a small number of thrush sightings by now for which this assignation may be best.Swainsons Thrush - slight increases.
Hermit Thrush - very few, but some are showing, a very very early arrival of any of this species here, before September.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing - good numbers on passage, not all that many lingering? This species can be seen into winter here, however, as many show on very late passage, and some then may stay.
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch - scarce, but both Sat. and Sunday.
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow - very low numbers of arriving migrants, in addition to lingering-summering individuals.
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Bobolink - in numbers, in early morning passages.
Orchard Oriole - much scarcer by now.
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
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Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler - to at least Saturday, 8-30.
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler - to at least Saturday, 8-30.
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler - still increasing thru Sunday.
Connecticut Warbler - some notes are at top, first known-of from Sunday.
Mourning Warbler - multiple each day of this past week and through now.
Common Yellowthroat - ongoing in numbers.
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart - about the most numerous warbler species recently.
Cape May Warbler - fairly good numbers were continuing to be found.
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler - still numerous, especially on passage.
Chestnut-sided Warbler - still in numbers.
Blackpoll Warbler - to at least Saturday, 8-30.
Pine Warbler
Myrtle form of Yellow-rumped Warbler - very slight increase into Sunday.
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilsons Warbler - to at least Saturday, 8-30.
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Scarlet Tanager - ongoing in modest numbers.
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - slight further increases.
Indigo Bunting - multiple.
Thanks to the many quiet, courteous observers and photographers, some in groups led by and for not-for-profit organizations, and many independent bird-seekers, for finds, and reports in non-x alerts and on eBird alerts with reports, including media placed in the Macaulay Library where both visual and audio may be archived.
Good birding to all,
Tom Fiore
manhattan
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