Central Park NYC Friday April 23, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Kentucky Warbler, Lousisiana Waterthrush, Warbling Vireo (FOS).
Canada Goose - nesting east side of Reservoir at 92nd Street Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mallard - around 20 Bufflehead - 3 Mourning dove - 5 Herring Gull - 7 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Great Egret 9 (4 flyovers) Snowy Egret - 1 flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 perched at the Pool Red-tailed Hawk - 2 nesting pairs (Cardinal Cooke & E. Blowdown at West Drive) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 American Kestrel - male Conservatory Garden Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 1 singing Conservatory Garden (first-of-season) Blue Jay - 7 American Crow - flock of 5 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Loch Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 McGown's Pass White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Loch Brown Creeper - Loch (Mark Kolakowski) Carolina Wren - 1 Conservatory Garden Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Loch Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 Hermit Thrush - around 10 American Robin - 30+ Northern Mockingbird - 1 east side of North Woods House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 11 including a flock of 7 Chipping Sparrow - 5 Field Sparrow - 1 McGown's Pass Dark-eyed Junco - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 30-40 Swamp Sparrow - 2 Eastern Towhee - male Wildflower Meadow Red-winged Blackbird - 12 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 female Loch Common Grackle - around 15, some nesting at McGown's Pass Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Pool & Loch) Black-and-white Warbler - 1 male west of Blockhouse Kentucky Warbler - male at the Loch (continuing for the 3rd day) Common Yellowthroat - 3 (2 male, 1 female) Pine Warbler - McGown's Pass Palm Warbler - 2 Loch Northern Cardinal - 6 Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
