Central Park NYC Saturday, May 6, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 7:30am & 9:00am.and birds at the Reservoir before the walks.
Highlights: 17 species of Wood Warblers including Bay-breasted, Tennessee, and Cape May Warblers. Also Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and Yellow-throated Vireos. Canada Goose - Reservoir & Turtle Pond Gadwall - pair SW Reservoir Mallard - around 20 Reservoir & Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - residents Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Locust Grove (Jeff & Deb), later Maint. Field (Jeff Ward) Chimney Swift Herring Gull - 5 Reservoir & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Reservoir, others Turtle Pond & flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - adult flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - residents Great Crested Flycatcher - Shakespeare Garden (Ally) Yellow-throated Vireo - Upper Lobe & Swampy Pin Oak (both Jeff Ward) Blue-headed Vireo - Upper Lobe, Swampy Pin Oak, Evodia Field Warbling Vireo - 2 Upper Lobe, both singing (Jeff Ward) Red-eyed Vireo - Locust Grove Blue Jay - residents Swallows - mixed flock of more than 2 dozen foraging over Reservoir (mostly Barn Swallows with a few N. Rough-winged) Tufted Titmouse - heard Red-breasted Nuthatch - SE Turtle Pond Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Maintenance Field, Evodia Field Veery - Ramble 7:30 walk Wood Thrush - 5 or 6 Gray Catbird - residents House Finch - 2 males at feeders American Goldfinch - 5 Ovenbird - several including Maintenance Field, Azalea Pond, etc. Worm-eating Warbler - east of Azalea Pond Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe (Jeff Ward), Azalea Pond (Linda Yuen) Black-and-white Warbler - fairly common Tennessee Warbler - singing SE Turtle Pond (at this location for several days) Common Yellowthroat - Turtle Pond, the Point Hooded Warbler - south of Azalea Pond - 7:30 walk American Redstart - Mugger's Woods, 3 Turtle Pond Cape May Warbler - male Summit Rock Northern Parula - common Magnolia Warbler - males at Maintenance Field, Tanner's Spring/Summit Rock, 2 Upper Lobe (Linda Yuen) Bay-breasted Warbler - east side Greywacke Arch Yellow Warbler - Belvedere Castle, SE Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden (Jeff Ward) Chestnut-sided Warbler - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock 7:30 walk Black-throated Blue Warbler - males - East side Greywacke Arch, 2 Turtle Pond, Yellow-rumped Warbler - common Prairie Warbler - 4 Chipping Sparrow - Greywacke Arch Swamp Sparrow - Oven White-throated Sparrow - fairly common Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male Shakespeare Garden Stover Bench (Audrey) Common Grackle - residents Baltimore Oriole - many locations including the Point, Greywacke Arch (female), Turtle Pond, etc. Deb Allen For info on bird walks: www.birdingbob.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
