April Targets

These are my targets for April. Since there hasn't been a 'normal' spring since 2012, how often some of the birds show up in late April is unknown to me, Many birds on the list are birds I expect to see in May, but could arrive earlier. I expect to add 30-45 species this month if it's good.

Probable
Great Egret (Probably will take up residence at Turtle Pond)
Chimney Swift (Migrants)
Blue-Headed Vireo (Migrants)
Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (migrants over ponds)
Barn Swallow (Migrants over ponds)
Carolina Wren (Migrants/resident)
House Wren (Migrants)
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (Migrants)
Brown Thrasher (Migrants)
Northern Parula (Migrants)
Yellow Warbler (Migrants)
Yellow-Rumped Warbler (Abundant migrants)
Prairie Warbler (Migrants, will not be my nemesis bird)
Palm Warbler (Common migrants)
American Redstart (Migrants)
Black-and-White Warbler (Common migrants)
Ovenbird (Migrants)
Northern Waterthrush (Migrants near water)
Louisiana Waterthrush (Migrants near water)
Common Yellowthroat (Migrants)
Chipping Sparrow (Migrants at feeders)
Swamp Sparrow (Migrants)


Possible
Common Loon (Reservoir)
Snowy Egret (Flyover)
Turkey Vulture (Flyover)
Osprey (Flyover)
Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Mostly flyovers)
Red-Shouldered Hawk (flyover, unlikely)
Broad-Winged Hawk (flyover, unlikely)
Merlin (Central Park)
Spotted Sandpiper (Lake and Reservoir)
Solitairy Sandpiper (Lake and streams)
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Migrants)
Great-Crested Flycatcher (Migrants)
Eastern Kingbird (Migrants)
White-Eyed Vireo (Migrants)
Yellow-Throated Vireo (Migrants)
Warbling Vireo (Migrants)
Red-Eyed Vireo (Migrants)
Red-Breasted Nuthatch (Migrants)
Veery (Migrants)
Wood Thrush (Migrants)
Blue-Winged Warbler (Migrants)
Nashville Warbler (Migrants)
Chestnut-Sided Warbler (Migrants)
Magnolia Warbler (Migrants)
Black-Throated Blue Warbler (Migrants)
Black-Throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler (Migrants)
Bay-Breasted Warbler (Migrants)
Hooded Warbler (Migrants)
Worm-Eating Warbler (Migrants)
Field Sparrow (Migrants in fields)
Savannah Sparrow (Migrants in fields)
White-Crowned Sparrow (Migrants in fields)
Scarlet Tanager (Migrants)
Indigo Bunting (Migrants)
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (Migrants)
Baltimore Oriole (Migrants)
Orchard Oriole (Migrants)
Purple Finch (Migrants)
Pine Siskin (Migrants)

Longshots
Bald Eagle (Flyover)
Killdeer (On sports fields)
Wilson's Snipe (Annual in spring)
Cuckoos (Early migrants)
Belted Kingfisher (Migrants at water bodies)
Least Flycatcher (Early migrants)
Other Swallows (Scarce Migrants)
Fish Crow (Flyover)
Swainson's Thrush (Early migrants)
Yellow-Throated Warbler (Spring overshoot)
Cerulean Warbler (Rare migrants)
Prothonotary Warbler (Spring overshoot)
Kentucky Warbler (Spring overshoot)
Cape May Warbler (Early migrants)
Canada Warbler (Early migrants)

Unexpected
Glaucous Gull (Hudson River early in month)
Iceland Gull (Hudson River early in month)
Bonaparte's Gull (Reservoir briefly mid-month)
Swainson's Warbler (First NYC record in many years at Strawberry Fields)