Central Park NYC Sunday May 2, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Cerulean Warbler, Least & Great Crested Flycatchers, Yellow-throated Vireo, Rose-breasted Grosbeak & Indigo Bunting. Canada Goose - 11 Northern Shoveler - pair Reservoir (Deb - early) Gadwall - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 19 Ruddy Duck - 3 Mourning Dove - 13-18 including juvenile Chimney Swift - around 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 12-16 Herring Gull - 2 dozen Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 Barred Owl - continuing Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - male Mugger's Woods Northern Flicker - 2 (Riviera & west of Humming Tombstone) Great Crested Flycatcher - seen from Tupelo Field Least Flycatcher - south side Turtle Pond (David Barrett) Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 or 2 (Upper Lobe & Humming Tombstone) Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Warbler Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 15-20 American Crow - one southbound flyover Barn Swallow - 3 north end Reservoir (Deb - early) Black-capped Chickadee - 1 singing at Gill Overlook & Humming Tombstone Tufted Titmouse - 4-6 heard Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5 House Wren - 75th Street & Fifth Ave. (Bob - early) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Humming Tombstone Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5-10 Hermit Thrush - 5-10 Wood Thrush - heard singing just north of Balcony Bridge (Paul Curtis) American Robin - 50-100 Gray Catbird - 15-25 Brown Thrasher - 1 Maintenance Field House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 10-20 Chipping Sparrow - 4 Upper Lobe Lawn White-throated Sparrow - 25-50 Song Sparrow - 2 singing north end Reservoir (Deb - early) Eastern Towhee - 3 Baltimore Oriole - 5 males Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Belvedere Castle Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Ramble (Bob - early) Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Mugger's Woods & south side of Turtle Pond) Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10 Common Yellowthroat - 3-5 males American Redstart - 3 males Cerulean Warbler - 1 male Humming Tombstone Northern Parula - 5-10 Magnolia Warbler - 4-7 males Blackburnian Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond (Emilie Storrs) Yellow Warbler - 3 males Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 male west of Humming Tombstone Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3-5 males Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle (Deb) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8-15 Prairie Warbler - 1 singing Gill Overlook (David Barrett) Black-throated Green Warbler - 2-3 in Ramble Northern Cardinal - 5-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5-10 Indigo Bunting - molty-looking male Azalea Pond -- Xander Vitarelli @xandervit reported an Evening Grosbeak at Laupot Bridge. Many observers posted photos of another Cerulean Warbler at 79th Street & 5th Ave. See the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barret on twitter for details. -- 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/ --
