Central Park NYC Monday May 23, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 8am and 9am.
A bit slow today, but at 7:30 am this morning before the walk Bob DeCandido, Ben King, Betsy Barlow Rogers, Will Papp, and Robert Ruvolo saw six species of Wood Warblers: Black-and-white, Wilson's, Magnolia, American Redstart, Blackpoll, and Common Yellowthroat. Walk List: Red-tailed Hawk - Warbler Rock (Tom Ahlf) Chimney Swift Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - Strawberry Fields Eastern Kingbird - pairs Turtle Pond and East of Warble Rock (Jeff Ward) Warbling Vireo - pairs various locations Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Mayra & Noa Cruz) Maintenance Field & Summer House White-breasted Nuthatch - Azalea Pond Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - south of King of Poland Gray Catbird - many Cedar Waxwing - 6 passing hackberries Captain's Bench Black-and-white Warbler - 2, one in Strawberry Fields Common Yellowthroat - 3 Warbler Rock American Redstart - Summer House Northern Parula - female Iron Railing near Gill Overlook Magnolia Warbler - Summer House, Swampy Pin Oak,the Point Blackpoll Warbler - 2 Warbler Rock Canada Warbler - Swampy Pin Oak (Jeff Ward) Eastern Towhee - heard Red-winged Blackbird - male & female Turtle Pond Baltimore Oriole - female at Maintenance field nest, 2 or 3 males Warbler Rock House Finch - 2 Belvedere Overlook (Carine Mitchell) 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/ --