Central Park NYC Sunday July 3, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting at the Boathouse at 9am
Highlights today: three species of Wood Warblers including a very early male Prairie Warbler at Iphigene's Walk (Bob), a young male American Redstart at Maintenance Field (Barbara Green), a male Black-and-white Warbler at Maintenance Field (Karen Evans), and a female Black-and-white Warbler at Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob). Reservoir birds seen by Deb before the walk. Canada Goose - 41 including 5 juveniles Reservoir Gadwall - pair Reservoir, pair Turtle Pond Mallard - around a dozen Reservoir, around 20 Turtle Pond Double-crested Cormorant - at least 33 Reservoir & flyovers later Great Egret - Reservoir, Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - juvenile near Conservatory Water (after walk Bob & Deb) Herring Gull - 5 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir Mourning Dove - several locations Chimney Swift Red-bellied Woodpecker - Maintenance Field Downy Woodpecker - several locations including a hatch-year bird in Shakespeare Garden Northern Flicker - adult male Evodia Field (Karen Evans), juvenile (Bob before walk) Great Crested Flycatcher - great looks Tupelo Field Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field, juvenile molting into first-basic plumage Iphigene's Walk, juvenile Tupelo Field Red-eyed Vireo - Evodia Field, Maintenance Field, Iphigene's Walk, Tupelo Field Blue Jay - adults & young Laupot Bridge American Crow - heard Barn Swallow - adult at nest on exterior of building Reservoir, Ramble (Bob before walk) Black-capped Chickadee - heard (Bob before walk) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 or 2 heard Gray Catbird - several locations Black-and-white Warbler - male Maintenance Field (Karen Evans), female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob) American Redstart - immature male with lots of black Maintenance Field (Barbara Green) Prairie Warbler - male Iphigene's Walk (Bob) White-throated Sparrow - Tupelo Field Northern Cardinal - several locations Red-winged Blackbird - Evodia Field Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - Maintenance Field, at least 3 Iphigene's Walk House Finch - male Maintenance Field 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/ --
