Central Park NYC - North End Friday, May 19, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, and many others
Highlights: Bicknell's Thrush, Yellow-billed Cuckoo (2), Lincoln's Sparrow, & 16 species of Wood Warblers Canada Goose - 4 Meer Mallard - Meer & Loch Gadwall- male Meer Mourning Dove - residents Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 (foot of Fort Clinton (Kathy Miller), North Woods) Chimney Swift - 10 together over the Meer Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Meer & flyovers Great Egret - Meer & flyovers Snowy Egret - flyovers and landed in two places at the Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - group of 3 flying west Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - pair North Woods Empidonax Flycatcher - Green Bench Great Crested Flycatcher - heard Loch Eastern Kingbird - below Fort Clinton White-eyed Vireo - heard Wildflower Meadow - late (David Barrett) Warbling Vireo - several pairs around including 2 o3 3 at the Meer Red-eyed Vireo - 10 Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - a few flyovers White-breasted Nuthatch - Loch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - female south of the Green Bench Veery - Loch Gray-cheeked Thrush - Loch (calling & singing) Bicknell's Thrush - Loch (calling & singing) (David Barrett) Swainson's Thrush - NE Great Hill American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - residents Ovenbird - heard Loch Northern Waterthrush - 3 (2 Loch, 1 Meer Island) Black-and-white Warbler - 2 or 3 females Common Yellowthroat - 6 (2 males & 4 females) (Mayra Cruz) Hooded Warbler - female woods south of Blockhouse American Redstart - 14-16 (2 adult males, 8 females, 4-6 first-spring males) Northern Parula - 15-20 (1 male, the others females and first-spring males) Magnolia Warbler - 15 (including 5 adult males) Bay-breasted Warbler - male west side of Wildflower Meadow Yellow Warbler - 6 (2 males & 4 females) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (female s. of Green Bench, male (early morning Bob) Blackpoll Warbler - 35 (including 10 adult males) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 females Yellow-rumped Warbler - female Green Bench (Deb) Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 females (north of Green Bench & Great Hill) Wilson's Warbler - male west side of Wildflower Meadow (early morning Bob) Lincoln's Sparrow - NE Great Hill Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard Wildflower Meadow (David Barrett & Peter Haskel), male Loch (Bob early a.m.) Indigo Bunting - female Loch (Bob, early morning) Red-winged Blackbird - a pair or two at the Meer Common Grackle - residents Brown-headed Cowbird - male Baltimore Oriole - 8 males & 8 females, incl. a female collecting plant fibers at the Wildflower Meadow David Barrett's ebird checklist with his remarks on the Bicknell's Thrush: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36985158 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/ --
