Central Park - North End & Reservoir, NYC Friday April 30, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: - 17 Species of Wood Warblers, 4 Species of Vireos, Veery, Purple Finch, Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager. Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 6 Chimney Swift - around 15 Herring Gull - 6 Double-crested Cormorant - around 8 Great Egret - 4 Snowy Egret - 2 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (both nests active) Great Horned Owl - Wildflower Meadow Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 North Woods Downy Woodpecker - 1 east of Blockhouse Northern Flicker - around 6 White-eyed vireo - 2 (Loch & Jughandle at east side of the Pool) Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Loch Warbling Vireo - 6 (pairs squabbling near Conservatory Garden) Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 4 American Crow - 3 flyovers Barn Swallow - 4 over North Meadow Ball Fields Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 south of Blockhouse House Wren - east side of Great Hill Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 female North Woods Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 20 Veery - 1 Loch Hermit Thrush - 5 Wood Thrush - south side of the Pool American Robin - 50-75 Gray Catbird - 10-20 House Finch - 5 Purple Finch - 6 American Goldfinch - 10-20 Chipping Sparrow - 5 White-throated Sparrow - 25-50 Swamp Sparrow - 3 Eastern Towhee - 1 male east side of Great Hill Baltimore Oriole - 2 males (Green Bench & east of Blockhouse) Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 5 Common Grackle - 10 Ovenbird - 3 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 west side of Loch Northern Waterthrush - 5 Black-and-white Warbler - 9 (8 males, 1 female) Nashville Warbler - 2 (Loch & Jughandle) Common Yellowthroat - 8 males Hooded Warbler - 2 (male & female at the Loch) American Redstart - 3 males Northern Parula - 9 (7 males, 2 females) Magnolia Warbler - 2 males Loch Yellow Warbler - 4 (3 males, 1 female) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 male Loch (first-of-season) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 males Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow" Yellow-rumped Warbler - 7 Prairie Warbler - 1 male Green Bench (Gillian Henry) Black-throated Green Warbler - 5 males Scarlet Tanager - 2 males west sid of the Loch Northern Cardinal 5 including a nest with young along the Loch -- Other notable reports: Solitary Sandpiper at the Pool, Great Crested Flycatcher at the Blockhouse, Blue-winged Warbler at the Lily Ponds (Benny Romero) and Evening Grosbeak near the Blockhouse. For real-time Manhattan bird reports see the Manhattan Bird Alert maintained by David Barrett on twitter @BirdCentralPark. -- 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/ --
