Central Park NYC - North End, Reservoir, and the Pond Friday June 30, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & others
Highlights: Worm-eating Warbler (2), Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart (2). Canada Goose - 22 (Reservoir & Pond) Mallard - Meer, Pool, Reservoir, Pond including hen with 2 ducklings at mudflat N. of the Pond Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - 8 getting drinks at the Meer, others elsewhere Herring Gull - around 65 Reservoir & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 36 Reservoir & flyover Double-crested Cormorant - 10 (Meer, Reservoir, Pond) plus flyovers Great Egret - 3 (Meer, Pool, Pond) plus flyovers Snowy Egret - flyovers mostly over the Meer, Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow Black-crowned Night Heron - 5 (2 Meer Island, 3 at the Pond) Red-tailed Hawk - pair of adults circling over SW Reservoir Red-bellied Woodpecker - Residents, great looks at a male at the Blockhouse Downy Woodpecker - east of North Meadow Ballfields Northern Flicker - 5 (4 North End, 1 at the Pond) Warbling Vireo - 8 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 pairs (Great Hill & Blockhouse) Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - 5+ (2 N. Meadow Ballfields, 3 (Mayra Cruz early) Reservoir & nestlings at N. Gate House) White-breasted Nuthatch - Blockhouse House Wren - 1 or 2 singing Grassy Knoll & Wildflower Meadow Carolina Wren - 2 Wildflower Meadow (one singing) American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - 2 juveniles with adult SE Meer, others elsewhere Northern Mockingbird - singing Compost Area, pair at nest SE of N. Meadow Ballfields (Deb after lunch) Cedar Waxwing - 2 Conservatory Garden Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (NW Loch & NE Pool - Bob early), bird NE of Pool also seen later Common Yellowthroat - male singing at Cons. Garden, Grassy Knoll & Wildflower Meadow & chasing Carolina Wren American Redstart - 2 (Conservatory Garden & NE of the Pool) Chipping Sparrow - heard Grassy Knoll Song Sparrow - 2 singing (Conservatory Garden & the Pond) Northern Cardinal - residents including juv. female s. of Nutter's Battery in Buckthorn Red-winged Blackbird - 3 west side of Meer Common Grackle - including juveniles Baltimore Oriole - 4 including juvenile with adult male at Blockhouse 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/ --
