Central Park NYC - North End Friday April 22, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9am until around noon.
The birding was a bit slow at the north end today, but with a modest increase in some species. FYI - New construction fencing is going up around the west side of the Loch. No ducks other than Mallards - Meer Great Egret - along the Meer from 7:30am Black-crowned Night Heron - Meer Island from 7:30am Ring-billed Gull - flyovers Herring Gull - flyovers Chimney Swift - 5 over the Meer Red-bellied Woodpecker - pairs in the North Woods Downy Woodpecker - female hand fed by Tom Ahlf at the Loch before the walk Northern Flicker - a few more today than yesterday Blue-headed Vireo - the Loch (spotted by Bob Ruvolo) Tufted titmouse - 2 heard White-breasted Nuthatch House Wren - heard singing in North Woods 7:30am before the walk (Bob) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Hermit Thrush - 7 slightly more than yesterday Brown Thrasher - Conservatory Garden and the Loch Northern Waterthrush - 2 singing along the Loch Palm Warbler - 5 Nutter's Battery, etc. Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20 various locations incl. Great Hill, Blockhouse, Nutter's Battery, the Loch, etc. Eastern Towhee - Nutter's Battery, several along the Loch including a female, 3 in the North Woods Chipping Sparrow - 5 Savannah Sparrow - west of Nutter's Battery, another on Meer Island Song Sparrow - 1 or 2 Swamp Sparrow - Loch White-throated Sparrow - fewer Red-winged Blackbird - resident Common Grackle - resident Brown-headed Cowbird - pair at Wildflower Meadow House Finch - male feeding on dandelion seeds on lawn at the Wildflower Meadow American Goldfinch - 10 or 20 A bird seen bathing at the Lily Ponds by a CP Conservancy worker was identified from the description by Malcolm Morris as a male Indigo Bunting. Thanks to John Wittenberg for letting us know about a Worm-eating Warbler at the Point (west side past the cut) - hope it sticks around. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
