Central Park NYC Saturday Aug. 20, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30 & 9:00am
Today's Highlights: - 10 species of Wood Warblers including a first-fall Mourning Warbler originally found by Emily Peyton at Strawberry Fields. Also Eastern Wood-Pewee, Great Crested Flycatcher & Empidonax flycatchers. The best location today was Strawberry Fields. Mallard - around a dozen - Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - including a flock of a dozen at the Oven (RDC before walk) Chimney Swift - 10 over the Ramble Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 Ring-billed Gull - flyovers Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult south side Turtle Pond (Castle Walk) Downy Woodpecker - few Northern Flicker - several Hatch-year birds Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Strawberry Fields & Humming Tombstone) Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (including a possible Acadian at Strawberry Fields) Great Crested Flycatcher - Humming Tombstone Warbling Vireo - 6 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 in the Ramble Blue Jay Barn Swallow - 2 over Ramble Tufted titmouse - 2 hatch-year birds White-breasted Nuthatch - family of 3 or 4 Carolina Wren - 2 at Indian Cave Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 American Robin - fewer Gray Catrbird - mostly hatch-year's Northern Mockingbird - Humming Tombstone House Finch Ovenbird - 3 (2 in the Ramble, 1 Strawberry Fields) Northern Waterthrush - 5 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field & Strawberry Fields) Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Mourning Warbler - hatch-year/first-fall Strawberry Fields (see note above - photo by Kenny Miller) Common Yellowthroat - Strawberry Fields American Redstart - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - Maintenance Field (RDC before walk) Yellow Warbler - 2 (Castle Walk & Strawberry Fields) Canada Warbler - fall male Strawberry Fields Northern Cardinal Baltimore Oriole - 3 including one adult male 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/ --
