Kirtland’s Warbler
Found by Kevin Topping on Friday, hundreds of birders got great looks at a Kirtland’s Warbler in Central Park today. Its migration path is usually up and down the Mississippi River, so this was a very rare event.
Spring Migration
The lens I use for hawk watching was in for repair the last week, so I spent my time enjoying the spring migration. Highlights included a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Prothonotary Warbler, Common Nighthawk, Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron, and a Northern Cardinal nest.
Grant’s Tomb
I finally had a chance to visit Grant’s Tomb this season. The nest is now in front of the Tomb and is much more visible than the old nest. There are two eyasses this year. I didn’t get to see a feeding, but I did get to see a Peregrine Falcon from the Riverside Church nest, hassle one of the parents.
2018 Manhattan Nest Update 8
Since the last report, we have confirmation that Grant’s Tomb has hatched and we have preliminary eyass counts coming in from various nests.
96th Street Has Two Eyasses
They youngsters are finally big enough to photograph at 96th and Lexington Avenue. It looks like we have two little ones in the nest.
Update 5/13/18: It turns out we have three eyasses this year.
2 or 3
The Fifth Avenue nest’s eyasses are still a bit too small to see clearly. It may well turn out that there are only two. This evening’s meal was gray squirrel.
Update 5/10/18: It looks like we have only two eyasses this year.
