Central Park NYC - Ramble Sunday June 19, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle Pond at 9am.
Highlights today included four species of Wood Warblers and a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Reservoir birds seen before the walk (Deb). Canada Goose - 35 plus 2 families with 3 goslings each Reservoir Gadwall - 3 males & 2 females Reservoir Mallard - at least 6 Reservoir, others Turtle Pond Double-crested Cormorant - around 20 Reservoir, 2 Turtle Pond Great Egret - 4 Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult in flight Reservoir (spotted by Wolfgang Demisch) Red-tailed Hawk - Reservoir Herring Gull - 4 or 5 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 7 Reservoir Chimney Swift - 3 Castle collecting twigs Ruby-throated Hummingbird - adult male Shakespeare Garden Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker - family Weather Station Circle with adult feeding young (Sandra Critelli), imm. Shakespeare Garden Northern Flicker - Azalea Pond Great Crested Flycatcher - pair Azalea Pond Eastern Kingbird - pair nesting at Turtle Pond Warbling Vireo - several heard/singing (Reservoir, Warbler Rock, Azalea Pond, Maintenance Field) Red-eyed Vireo - east of Evodia Field (Bob before walk) Blue Jay - several locations Barn Swallow - 2 adults Reservoir, 4 adults & fledgling Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - several locations White-breasted Nuthatch - immature male molting (black feathers coming in on head) Gill Overlook House Wren - 2, one singing Mugger's Woods American Robin Gray Catbird - several locations Black-and-white Warbler - female Upper Lobe American Redstart - immature male Warbler Rock (Sandra Critelli) Northern Parula - male Summer House Yellow Warbler - adult female Upper Lobe Eastern Towhee -male singing east of Evodia Field (Bob before walk) Red-winged Blackbird - singing male Turtle Pond Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - several locations House Finch - Upper Lobe, Balancing Rock Tom Walsh reported another Black-crowned Night-Heron in the Ramble. 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/ --
