Central Park, NYC Saturday, June 3, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, and many other observers
Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings Riviera Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond (Deb around 8:20am) Mallard - Reservoir, Turtle Pond, & Lake Mourning Dove - residents Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Humming Tombstone Black-billed Cuckoo - Humming Tombstone Chimney Swift - at least 30 Reservoir, a few at other locations Herring Gull - around 20 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Reservoir & flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - below willow on the Point (Mayra Cruz) Red-tailed Hawk - adult flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - pair persisting at Gill Overlook Peregrine Falcon - 5 (2 adults, 3 young ready to fledge) Central Park West (Bob & Deb after lunch) Eastern Wood-Pewee - Humming Tombstone Acadian Flycatcher - Upper Lobe (Bob - early) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Upper Lobe Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4 Eastern Kingbird - 2 (Warbler Rock & Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 7 Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - 6 (4 Reservoir, 2 Great Lawn) Tufted Titmouse - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob - early) White-breasted Nuthatch - Humming Tombstone American Robin - residents - plenty of active nests Gray Catbird - residents Cedar Waxwing - 6 in shadbush near Gill Overlook (Drew Stadlin) House Finch - 4 together in mulberry Turtle Pond Ovenbird - singing Mugger's Woods Black-and-white Warbler - female Upper Lobe Common Yellowthroat - male Upper Lobe American Redstart - 6 Northern Parula - 2 males (Humming Tombstone & Upper Lobe - Bob - early) Magnolia Warbler - female Upper Lobe Blackpoll Warbler - female on the Point Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 females (Humming Tombstone & Gill Overlook) Red-winged Blackbird - male Turtle Pond Common Grackle - adults feeding juveniles & fledglings Brown-headed Cowbird - pair Humming Tombstone Baltimore Oriole - 6 adults - including nest with eggs Maintenance Field (Alison Schondorf) 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/ --