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 -- 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/ --
