Central Park NYC 
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks staring at 9am 
from the dock on Turtle Pond & the Boathouse Cafe, with some additional birds 
earlier & later in the day.


Highlights: 18 species of Wood Warblers, Summer Tanager, Orchard Orioles

Canada Goose - nesting
Gadwall - pair Reservoir
Mallard - Reservoir, Lake, and Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove - residents
Chimney Swift - at least a dozen
Herring Gull - 8 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond & flyovers
Great Egret - Turtle Pond
Turkey Vulture - flyover Upper Lobe heading south
Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers
Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents
Downy Woodpecker - residents 
Northern Flicker - residents
Great Crested Flycatcher - calling at Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 (Captain's Bench, Humming Tombstone, The Point, Tupelo 
Field)
Warbling Vireo - 6
Red-eyed Vireo - 4 (Captain's Bench, the Point, Mugger's Woods, King of Poland)
Blue Jay - residents
Barn Swallow - with swifts at Reservoir
Tufted Titmouse - Gill Overlook & heard in Ramble
White-breasted Nuthatch - Ramble
House Wren - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (south side Turtle Pond, Captain's Bench/Balancing 
Rock)
Veery - Gill Overlook
Swainson's Thrush - Tupelo Field
Wood Thrush - calling in Ramble, seen east of Upper Lobe
American Robin - abundant residents
Gray Catbird - very common residents
House Finch - 2 males Turtle Pond
Ovenbird - at least 8
Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe and Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock)
Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Upper Lobe, Oven, and Gill Overlook)
Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock & Tanner's Spring)
Black-and-white Warbler - 15
Tennessee Warbler - 2 (Warbler Rock & Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock)
Common Yellowthroat - 10 (70/30 male/female ratio)
American Redstart - around 15
Cape May Warbler - 2 (Humming Tombstone & Shakespeare Grden)
Northern Parula - 30
Magnolia Warbler - 3 (female & 2 males)
Yellow Warbler - 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler - male Upper Lobe
Blackpoll Warbler Ramble
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 (3 males, 2 females)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Prairie Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe and south side Turtle Pond)
Wilson's Warbler - at least 4 (Azalea Pond, the Gill, the Point, south side 
Turtle Pond & dock)
Eastern Towhee - female near Boathouse
White-throated Sparrow
Summer Tanager - female Warbler Rock
Scarlet Tanager - 5 (pair Warbler Rock, pair Captain's Bench, male Gill 
Overlook)
Northern Cardinal - residents
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - residents
Orchard Oriole - 4 (2 first-spring males, 2 females) 
Baltimore Oriole - 15

Deb Allen

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