Saturday, 24 September, 2016 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City Birds observed thru morning hours; including 22 species of warbler reliably noted by quiet observers, and a start of a decent raptor flight, plus some fresh sparrow arrival & many other typical migrants, with dozens of observers. Also moving today were some Monarch butterflies on their way to[wards] Mexico, not that aII we see now make it there.
Common Loon (1 flyover) Pied-billed Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron (multiple fly-overs) Great Egret (north end fly-overs) Snowy Egret (north end fly-overs) Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron Canada Goose Wood Duck (several locations) Gadwall (many) American Black Duck Mallard Northern Shoveler (multiple) Ruddy Duck (reservoir) Nice raptor flight, best observed from locations with wide sky views, esp the North Meadow's south-centraI edge rock outcrops - a dedicated raptor watch but not for more than 2 hours, in mid-morning - Osprey (15++ - likely more - with various sightings & times established) Bald Eagle (at least 4 adults, and 1 sub-adult - and these before noon) Sharp-shinned Hawk (30+ and likely far more, as a nice flight was starting) Cooper's Hawk (1) Northern Harrier (2) and these species (which are often seen in & near Central Park on any day): Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Spotted Sandpiper (reservoir) Laughing Gull (reservoir) Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo (several locations) Common Nighthawk (7:15 am fly-by) Chimney Swift (200+++ in migration) Ruby-throated Hummingbird (several in migration as well as some feeding) Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (8+ including 4 at Pinetum area) Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Yellow-shafted Flicker (80+++, very good early flight, very typical of time of year on a good front) Eastern Wood-Pewee (multiple) Empidonax [genus] Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe (multiple) White-eyed Vireo Blue-headed Vireo (multiple) Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo (multiple) Philadelphia Vireo (maintenance field) Red-eyed Vireo (multiple) Blue Jay (many) American Crow Tree Swallow (multiple fly-overs) Barn Swallow (multiple fly-overs) Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch (multiple) White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper (several) Carolina Wren House Wren Winter Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet (first of season in Central) Ruby-crowned Kinglet (multiple) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1, upper lobe area) Veery Gray-cheeked [-"type"] Thrush Swainson's Thrush (multiple) Wood Thrush (multiple) American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Cedar Waxwing Tennessee Warbler (several) Nashville Warbler (several) Northern Parula (multiple) Yellow Warbler (multiple) Chestnut-sided Warbler (several) Magnolia Warbler (multiple) Cape May Warbler (8+, including 4 just at Pinetum's east & west) Black-throated Blue Warbler (multiple) Myrtle [ex-Yellow-rumped] Warbler (multiple) Black-throated Green Warbler (multiple) Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler (1) Palm Warbler (multiple) Bay-breasted Warbler (1) Blackpoll Warbler (several) Black-and-white Warbler (multiple) American Redstart (many) Ovenbird (multiple) Northern Waterthrush Connecticut Warbler (Strawberry Fields before too much noise ensued) Common Yellowthroat (multiple) Wilson's Warbler (multiple) Scarlet Tanager (multiple) Eastern Towhee (multiple) Chipping Sparrow (multiple) Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow (multiple) Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow (multiple) Swamp Sparrow (multiple) White-throated Sparrow (multiple) Dark-eyed Junco (several) Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak (multiple) Indigo Bunting (several) Bobolink (multiple early fly-overs) Red-winged Blackbird Common Grackle (many fly-overs) Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole (multiple) Purple Finch (several) House Finch American Goldfinch (common now) House Sparrow "A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise." - Aldo Leopold (1887–1948), U.S. wildlife biologist, conservationist, professor, author, best known for his book "A Sand County Almanac" (1949), which has sold more than two million copies. good birding, & thanks to the many who observe with genuine respect for the birds and aII other users of the busy park, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- 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/ --
