Central Park NYC - Ramble Sunday July 30, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9am.
Heavy rain at times made for difficult viewing conditions on today's bird walk. No sign of yesterday's Blue-winged Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Red-eyed Vireo or Orchard Oriole, but increasing numbers of Yellow Warblers & American Redstarts. Mallard - Turtle Pond Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Kingbird - 3 together (2 adults & juvenile) Turtle Pond Carolina Wren - 2 Upper Lobe American Robin Wood Thrush - Warbler Rock Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing - flock of 10-15 over Humming Tombstone Ovenbird - first-of-season (found by Sandra Critelli) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 American Redstart - 25 Yellow Warbler 15 Eastern Towhee - south end of Maintenance Field Red-winged Blackbird - flyover flocks Baltimore Oriole - 2 or 3 Others reported a Northern Waterthrush at the Upper Lobe. Deborah 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/ --