Central Park NYC Thursday May 12, 2016 Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walks at 9am and 6pm starting from the dock on Turtle Pond
Fifteen species of wood warblers, but none common today. Plenty of Baltimore Orioles. Gadwall - Turtle Pond Great Egret - Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond Barn Swallow - Turtle Pond Black-capped chickadee House Wren - nesting Ruby-crowned Kinglet Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird - many Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Black-and-white Warbler - more females than males Common Yellowthroat Cape May Warbler - the Point Northern Parula - males & female multiple locations Magnolia Warbler - various locations including Upper Lobe Chestnut-sided Warbler - Tupelo Field & Azalea Pond Blackpoll Warbler (spotted by Nancy Shamban) Black-throated Blue Warbler - a couple of locations Yellow-rumped Warbler - Turtle Pond Prairie Warbler - Turtle Pond Black-throated Green Warbler Canada Warbler - the Point Wilson's Warbler - the Point White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male Turtle Pond Red-winged Blackbird Baltimore Oriole - many including 5 in the flowering Tuliptree between Captain's Bench & the Point House Finch - cypress at Turtle Pond American Goldfinch Others reported Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the Ramble and Black-billed Cuckoo at the Upper Lobe. 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/ --
