From my Manhattan Window (1 Viewer)

[Pinewood]

Hello,

The last week of May is usually the end of the warbler season but today I did see a Canada warbler, a bay breasted warbler and Blackburnian warblers. I can report that last week I did see a Baltimore Oriole and an Osprey. The latter is hardly common in Central Park.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[KC Foggin]

Sounds like you've had a couple good birding weeks Arthur

 

[MKinHK]

If you're not going to see many then you might as well see some quality! Canada, Blackburninan and Bay-breasted Warblers definitely fit that bill!

And congratulations on the Osprey. They're breeding in my area here in Sydney and I've seen up to six together elsewhere in the last month, but certainly always enjoy them.

Cheers
Mike

 

[Pinewood]

@MKinHK
Hello,

This time of the year, I am on the lookout for flycatchers. Last week, I saw an Eastern kingbird and an olive sided flycatcher.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[KC Foggin]

Nice images Arthur !!!

 

[Pinewood]

Nice images Arthur !!!

Hello KC,

Yes, the images were painted for Eaton's Birds of New York, 1912-1914, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, the preeminent America ornithological artist of the early twentieth century. He was on the faculty of Cornell University.

Stay safe,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

New York is being baked in a heat wave: today's high temperature was in excess of 33ºC. Nevertheless, I did go out and saw nothing new. In the last week, I did see an unseasonable white throat sparrow, perhaps a straggler from the south, and finally spotted a wood thrush which has a nest in Central Park.

Happy bird watcher,
Arthur

 

[MiddleRiver]

Hello,

The last week of May is usually the end of the warbler season but today I did see a Canada warbler, a bay breasted warbler and Blackburnian warblers. I can report that last week I did see a Baltimore Oriole and an Osprey. The latter is hardly common in Central Park.View attachment 1582445View attachment 1582446

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

I would never have expected Canada's in CPark! We get them in the Shenandoah Valley, but always at altitude, in the mountains 3k ASL or more?

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

Still in the summer doldrums but there were three encounters which perked my interest. Last week, I saw a male great blue heron, then an hour later a female, alone in the same spot. Yesterday and today, I saw cedar waxwing chicks in a nest. The chicks resembled this juvenile.
Also yesterday, I saw a black crowned night heron catch and consume a fish, previously, I had only seen them go after crustaceans or similar lake denizens.



Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

I have been hearing Carolina wrens, but my only actual sighting of an early migrant was a on Thursday. At Azalea Pond, I saw a northern waterthrush. Others have seen American redstarts. Although today, I did see a great egret on Turtle Pond.




Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Zipper]

I am amazed at the variety of birds you have identified just from your window. The thrushes around here (Atlanta, GA) always seem to play hide-and-seek. The Northern Flicker likes to eat ants and other small "bugs"...the reason for the ground foraging. Cheers.

 

[Pinewood]

I am amazed at the variety of birds you have identified just from your window. The thrushes around here (Atlanta, GA) always seem to play hide-and-seek. The Northern Flicker likes to eat ants and other small "bugs"...the reason for the ground foraging. Cheers.

Hello Zipper,

For many years, I could not make excursions. Then except for the height of Covid, I have made frequent excursions to Central Park. Currently, "My Manhattan Window," is metaphorical. However, all sorts of birds do turn up in my building's large garden.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

A few early migrants have turned up: Canada warbler, American redstarts, yellow warbler, American goldfinch and maybe even a black throated blue.



Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

I have been remiss in my reporting from New York City. Black and white warblers, have become common. I did see a worm eating warbler, a northern flicker and even an American Kestrel sitting atop a building. Chestnut sided warblers have also arrived.
More to come.


Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

Let me catch up with my new seasonal sightings. Great crested flycatcher, blue gray gnat catcher, a yellow billed cuckoo, which stayed around for a couple of days, a white breasted nuthatch, and a northern parula.


Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

Since my last post, I have seen an ovenbird, a red eyed vireo, a wood thrush, a cooper hawk, which has been scaring birds from a favourite spot, and an eastern wood pewee.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

Since my last posting, I have seen a red breasted nuthatch, a , a Maryland yellow, aka common yellowthroat, a veery and a ruby throated hummingbird.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[MiddleRiver]

Never heard a Common Yellowthroat called a Maryland Yellow... interesting ;-)

 

[Pinewood]

Never heard a Common Yellowthroat called a Maryland Yellow... interesting ;-)

Hello Middle River,

My go to ornithological authority is Birds of New York by Eaton, 1912-1914; from which I obtain illustrations, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, for this thread. In it, the common yellowthroat is called a Maryland yellow. I find the usage of "common" to be somewhat derogatory, so I use the older name.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur

 

[Pinewood]

Hello,

In the last week, I have seen Swainson's thrushes, a common nighthawk, a winter wren and a female scarlet tanager.

Happy bird watching,
Arthur