Central Park NYC Monday April 26, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Warbling Vireo, Wood Thrush, Gray Catbird, Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - have all the Canada Goose nests been removed? Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - 10 Bufflehead - 8 Ruddy Duck - 1 southwest corner Reservoir Mourning Dove - around 15 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 3 plus flyovers Great Egret - 1 Balcony Bridge Black-crowned Night-Heron - west side of Lake Red-tailed Hawk - 5 Barred Owl - continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 3 Warbling Vireo - 10 or 2 (Strawberry Fields & Balcony Bridge) Blue Jay - 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Willow Rock Tufted Titmouse - 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Shakespeare Garden White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Ramble House Wren - pair Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 12 Hermit Thrush - 5 Wood Thrush - 1 southwest Maintenance Field (first-of-season) American Robin - 50-100 Gray Catbird - 1 west side of Maintenance Field (first-of-season) House Finch - 10-20 American Goldfinch - 5-10 Chipping Sparrow - 5-10 Field Sparrow - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 25-50 Eastern Towhee - 1 male Shakespeare Garden Red-winged Blackbird - 3-7 Common Grackle - 10-20 nesting in area with pines Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (male & female Upper Lobe) Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" Upper Lobe Pine Warbler - female Warbler Rock Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Tanner's Spring Northern Cardinal - 5-10, including female on new nest in Ramble -- Notable birds reported on the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett: Green Heron just south of Oak Bridge, Great Horned Owl near the Blockhouse, Evening Grosbeak near the Blockhouse, Kentucky Warbler (2nd for the season) near Tanner's Spring, Hooded Warbler at the Loch. -- 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/ --
