Central Park NYC Wednesday May 18, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle Pond at 9am.
Twenty species of Wood Warblers this morning, including a late Palm Warbler. The List includes some birds seen by Bob at the Reservoir and Bridle Path before the walk. Gadwall - 2 males & 1 female Reservoir, pair Turtle Pond (7:10AM) Bufflehead - male continues Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - adults & immatures Reservoir Great Egret - turtle Pond, flyovers at Upper Lobe & Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - adults Upper Lobe & Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk - adult flyover Spotted Sandpiper - 2 Reservoir (7:10AM) Herring Gull - flyovers Mourning Dove - adults & juveniles Chimney Swift - around 20 Red-bellied Woodpecker - pairs including birds at the Point Downy Woodpecker - male Castle Northern Flicker - pair Ramble Blue-headed Vireo - Captain's Bench (spotted by Signe Hammer) Warbling Vireo - pair at Turtle Pond dock, also other locations Red-eyed Vireo - several Blue Jay - adult feeding fledgling Mugger's Woods Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 5 Reservoir (7:10AM) Barn Swallow - at least 4 Reservoir (7:10AM) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 in Ramble House Wren - Humming Tombstone Swainson's Thrush - 3 Wood Thrush - heard Mugger's Woods American Robin Gray Catbird - fairly common Cedar Waxwing - 4 Tuliptree Captain's Bench Ovenbird - at least 3 Northern Waterthrush 4 - Oven, Shakespeare Garden, Turtle Pond, etc. Black-and-white Warbler - 2 males, 8 females Tennessee Warbler - adult Honeylocust at Castle (with Brian Padden) Nashville Warbler - Mugger's Woods (David Barrett) Common Yellowthroat - 8 - 2 males, 6 females American Redstart - 20, including 3 adult males and 2 second-year males Cape May Warbler - 2 females - 1 cypress at Turtle Pond Dock, 1 Tuliptree at Captain's Bench (spotted by David Barrett) Northern Parula - around 25 including 2 adult males Magnolia Warbler - 100+ (20% adult males) Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 females Bridle Path (Bob before walk) Blackburnian Warbler - adult male Turtle Pond (Bob) yellow Warbler - female Azalea Pond Blackpoll Warbler - few (5) 2 males & 3 females Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males, 8 females Palm Warlber - dock on Turtle Pond (Bob - LATE, expected departure early May) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 to 10, 3 at Turtle Pond, others Bridle Path & elsewhere Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male, 3 females Ramble Canada Warbler - 4 - all adult males - Shakespeare Garden, Turtle Pond, Bridle Path & the Point Wilson's Warbler - 5 males - south side Reservoir, Turtle Pond Duck, Point, Azalea Pond, Shakespeare Garden, Ramble Eastern Towhee - singing east of feeders Lincoln's Sparrow - Evodia Field Scarlet Tanager -3 total - female, adult male Gill Overlook (David Barrett) & another adult male elsewhere Rose-breasted Grosbeak- at least 5 - adult male Evodia Field, others elsewhere (of the 5 one making weep call, others squeaking) Red-winged Blackbird - male Turtle Pond Brown-headed Cowbird - male Humming Tombstone Baltimore Oriole - common , pairs in Ramble House Finch 4 to 6 Turtle Pond Duck American Goldfinch - adult male Castle 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/ --
