Monday, May 2, 2016

May Targets

These are my target birds for May. Because the last two weeks of April were so successful (around 30 new species), my expectations for this month are a bit lower than before, but I still hope to find 20-35 new year birds this month.

Probable
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Migrants)
Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher (Migrants)
Willow/Alder Flycatcher (Migrants)
Least Flycatcher (Migrants)
Great-Crested Flycatcher (Migrants)
Red-Eyed Vireo (Common migrants/Nesters)
Carolina Wren (Somehow haven't gotten)
Swainson's Thrush (Common migrants)
Magnolia Warbler (Common migrants)
Blackburnian Warbler (Migrants)
Blackpoll Warbler (Common migrants)
American Redstart (Common migrants)
Canada Warbler (Common migrants)
Wilson's Warbler (migrants)

Possible
Spotted Sandpiper (Lake/Reservoir)
Solitairy Sandpiper (Lake/Reservoir)
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (Migrants)
Black-Billed Cuckoo (Migrants)
Olive-Sided Flycatcher (Migrants)
Gray-Cheeked Thrush (Migrants)
Tennessee Warbler (Migrants)
Bay-Breasted Warbler (Migrants)
Hooded Warbler (Migrants)
Mourning Warbler (Migrants)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Migrants)
White-Crowned Sparrow (Migrants)

Longshots
Common Nighthawk (Migrants)
Red-Headed Woodpecker (Sometimes one will show up)
Other Swallow Species (Scarce)
Marsh Wren (Scarce migrants)
Prothonotary Warbler (Spring overshoot)
Cerulean Warbler (Scarce migrants)
Yellow-Breasted Chat (Scarce migrants)
Summer Tanager (Spring overshoot)

Unexpected
Hermit Warbler? (Triplets Bridge 5/1)
Seaside Sparrows (Hudson River Greenway, 5/5)
American Bittern (The Oven, 5/8)
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron (The Point, 5/8)
Chuck-Will's-Widow (Mugger's Woods, 5/8)
Philadelphia Vireo (Belvedere Castle and Great Hill, 5/16)

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