Central Park NYC Sunday May 15, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Turtle Pond at 9am.
Tuliptrees and Black Cherries are in bloom attracting warblers, vireos, and orioles. Reservoir (south end only) and Summit Rock birds seen before the walk (DA), others as noted. Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond Gadwall - pair SW Reservoir, male Turtle Pond Mallard Double-crested Cormorant - more than 25 Reservoir, flyovers Upper Lobe (Carine Mitchell) Great Egret - 2 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond Green Heron - flyby turtle Pond (Alexi Kalogerakis) Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult Reservoir, adult Turtle Pond, adult Upper Lobe Red-shouldered Hawk - circling over Tupelo Field (Matthieu Benoit) Herring Gull - 4 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir Mourning Dove - 2 Maintenance Field, Turtle Pond Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Humming Tombstone (Matthieu Benoit) Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond White-eyed Vireo - the Point Yellow-throated Vireo - Mugger's Woods, Upper Lobe Blue-headed Vireo - Humming Tombstone Warbling Vireo - Reservoir, Maintenance Field, Turtle Pond, Capt's Bench Red-eyed Vireo - Summit Rock Blue Jay - various locations Barn Swallow - Reservoir, 4 Turtle Pond Wood Thrush Swainsons's Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin - feeding fledgling Tanner's Spring Cedar Waxwing - not sure how many Humming Tombstone Ovenbird - Reservoir, Upper Lobe, Humming Tombstone, south side of Captain's Bench Northern Waterthrush - heard Gill Overlook, Turtle Pond Black-and-white Warbler - female on the Point, 2 Turtle Pond (Alexi Kalogerakis), female Upper Lobe, male & female, Humming Tombstone (Matthiew Benoit), Maintenance Field, south side of Captain's Bench, male Capt's Bench, at least 2 the Point Common Yellowthroat - male Reservoir, male Shakespeare Garden, Upper Lobe, 4 the Point American Redstart - male Summit Rock, female Turtle Pond, male Shakespeare Garden, west side Mugger's Woods, male & female Humming Tombstone, male & female Tupelo Field, 2 at least 2 the Poin Cape May Warbler - female Capt's Bench (CArine Mitchell) Northern Parula - Reservoir, Upper Lobe, female Tupelo Field, male Maintenance field, south side of Captain's Bench, the Point Magnolia Warbler - 1st-cycle male Reservoir, male Iphigene's Walk, 3 males Upper Lobe, 2 males west side Mugger's Woods, Humming Tombstone, male Tupelo Field, male Maintenance Field, south side of Captain's Bench, Capt's Bench, 2 on the Point Bay-breasted Warbler - male Turtle Pond (Alexi Kalogerakis) Blackburnian Warbler - Castle (Bob before walk) Yellow Warbler - male Upper Lobe Chestnut-sided Warbler - Humming Tombstone, south side of Captain's Bench, Capt's Bench Blackpoll Warbler - male Reservoir, male Summit Rock, 2 Turtle Pond, male Humming Tombstone, south side of Captain's Bench Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Maintenance Field Yellow-rumped Warbler - male Reservoir, 2 males Turtle Pond Prairie Warbler - heard Reservoir Black-throated Green Warbler - heard Reservoir, Humming Tombstone (Matthieu Benoit) Canada Warbler - south side of Captain's Bench, 3 the Point Wilson's Warbler - male Turtle Pond, south side of Captain's Bench Eastern Towhee - heard south of Maintenance Field Scarlet Tanager - male (Matthieu Benoit) & female west side Mugger's Woods Northern Cardinal - various locations Rose-breasted Grosbeak - (Bob before walk) Common Grackle - 3+ Reservoir, 2 Turtle Pond Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Turtle Pond Brown-headed Cowbird - male Evodia Field Baltimore Oriole - male Tupelo Field, male Turtle Pond, male & female Upper Lobe, Capt's Bench Matthieu Benoit reported a Lincoln's Sparrow, Prairie Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, and Indigo Buntings (including 4 females) in Strawberry Fields before the walk. Also, on Saturday afternoon (5/14) he saw 2 Wilson's Warblers and a Yellow-throated Vireo at the Gill. Signe Hammer reported a male Northern Shoveler on the Reservoir Saturday (5/14). Doug Kurz reported Tennessee Warbler, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Black-billed Cuckoo. Renee Sasaki showed us photos of this morning's Common Nighthawk at the north end. My apologies if I've failed to include any of the birds we saw on today's walk. 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/ --
