Central Park NYC - North End Friday Sept. 30, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden (9am-10:15am)
Weather conditions deteriorated quickly this morning, windy with rain arriving shortly after 10am. The best spot this morning was just north and west of Fort Clinton. Highlights: 14 species of Wood Warblers, female Green-winged Teal, & Savannah Sparrow. Gadwall - 20 Meer Mallard - Meer Green-winged Teal (American) - female Meer Ring-billed Gull - flyovers Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Osprey - flyover Red-tailed Hawk - local Red-bellied Woodpecker - local Downy Woodpecker - local Northern Flicker - 5 American Kestrel - local Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Crow species - 7 (silent) Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 in pines at Fort Clinton House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Gray Catbird - numbers increasing - some feeding on Yew berries in Conservatory Garden Northern Mockingbird - 4 Green Bench House Finch - 5-7 Fort Clinton Ovenbird - along the Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Nashville Warbler - brushy area south of Fort Clinton Common Yellowthroat American Redstart Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - Green Bench Bay-breasted Warbler - east slope of Fort Clinton Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 various locations Palm Warbler (Eastern) Yellow-rumped Warbler Prairie Warbler - adult male Fort Clinton Black-throated Green Warbler - Fort Clinton Savannah Sparrow - Green Bench 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/ --
