April Targets

March turned out to be not so good for migrants. The same thing happened last year. I only added 8 (+1) new species. The highlight was definitely the Bald Eagle seen yesterday. Guess I don't have to wait till September! If things play out like I think they will, April will be slower than normal, but many migrants will still come through. The weather forecast also called for lots of great migration winds early in the month, so hopefully that will put us back on schedule. Since I don't know how it will go, I'm setting the goal for 15-25 species.

Year List To Date: 2014:88   <   2015: 93

Added so far this month: 30

Probable
Double-Crested Cormorant ( migrants start to arrive)*
Barn Swallow (migrants at Turtle Pond)*
Gray Catbird (nesters arrive)
Brown-Headed Cowbird (migrants arrive, often at feeders)
Pine Warbler (migrants arrive)*
Palm Warbler (migrants arrive)*
Prairie Warbler (migrant arrive in second half)*
Black-and-White Warbler (migrants arrive)*
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (migrants arrive)*
Blue-Headed Vireo (migrants arrive)*
Winter Wren (migrants start to arrive)*
Golden-Crowned Kinglet (migrants start to arrive)*
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (very common in second half)*
Swamp Sparrow (migrants start to arrive)*
Possible
Pied-Billed Grebe (sometimes on the Reservoir)
Great Blue Heron (wanders)*
Sharp-Shinned Hawk (some winter and migrate)*
Broad-Winged Hawk (uncommon migrant)*
Turkey Vulture (flyovers)*
American Kestrel (many resident)*
 Spotted Sandpiper (may show up in April)
Cedar Waxwing (migrants)*
Tree Swallow (migrants at Turtle Pond)*
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (migrants at Turtle Pond)
House Wren (second half of month)*
Blue-Grey Gnatcactcher (migrants arrive)
Eastern Kingbird (second half of month)
White-Eyed Vireo (second half of month)*
Red-Eyed Vireo (second half of month)
Louisiana Waterthrush (migrants arrive)*
Northern Waterthrush (migrants arrive in second half)
Yellow-Throated Warbler (overshoots)
Prothonotary Warbler (overshoots)
Worm-Eating Warbler (end of month migrants)
Ovenbird (end of month migrants)
American Redstart (end of month migrants)
Common Yellowthroat (end of month migrants)
Yellow Warbler (end of month migrants)
Black-Throated Green Warbler (end of month migrants)
Blue-Winged Warbler (end of month migrants)
Northern Parula (end of month migrants)
Other Warblers
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (end of month migrants)
Rusty Blackbird (migrants come through)*
Baltimore Oriole (end of month migrants)
Field Sparrow (migrants)*
White-Crowned Sparrow (migrants?)*
Savannah Sparrow (reports at Turtle Pond at a few other places)

Longshots
Northern Pintail (annual)
Common Merganser (a few each year)
Common Loon (annual)
Red-Shouldered Hawk (a few winter around the city, early migrants)*
Merlin (sometimes wanders into the park)*
Any kind of owl (annual)*
Red-Headed Woodpecker (Can appear in winter and spring)*
Common Raven (flyovers have been reported)
Eastern Bluebird (one could turn up)*
Cerulean Warbler (rare but regular migrants)

Surprises! (all seen this month)
Chuck-Will's-Widow (Bryant Park)
Fish Crow (Cal Schurz Park)
Marsh Wren (The Pond, Central Park)