Central Park NYC Sunday October 10, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD Highlights: Belted Kingfisher, Twelve Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May Warbler, Scarlet Tanager. See the end of the list for info about Saturday's Dickcissel. Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 15 Mourning Dove - 15-25 Chimney Swift - 20-30 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 2 in Ramble Belted Kingfisher - hatch-year female Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 15-20 Downy Woodpecker - 2 in Ramble Northern Flicker - 5-10 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - 2 in Ramble Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 4 Winter Wren - 3 Carolina Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20-30 Swainson's Thrush - 5-10 Hermit Thrush - 3 Wood Thrush - 1 east of Boathouse Cafe (Bob - early) American Robin - 10-15 Gray Catbird - 5-10 Brown Thrasher - 3 House Finch - 5-10 flyovers Dark-eyed Junco - 6 White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 1 Lake Swamp Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Dock Eastern Towhee - 3 Common Grackle - 5 Ovenbird - 1 Ramble Black-and-white Warbler - 1 King of Poland Common Yellowthroat - 2 west of Belvedere Castle American Redstart - 3 Cape May Warbler - 2 Pinetum Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 2 west of Castle Blackpoll Warbler - 1 west of Castle Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Palm Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden Pine Warbler - 4-6 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Scarlet Tanager - adult male King of Poland Northern Cardinal - 4-6 -- On Saturday, October 9th Karen Evans found a Dickcissel in a pocket park, Mathews-Palmer Playground, on 46th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues in Manhattan. As is typical of Dickcissels, it was foraging with House Sparrows. Unlike the House Sparrows it had a white throat, distinct, black malar stripes, white eye rings, rusty wing coverts, a yellow wash in the submoustachial stripes, as well as a sand-colored back with heavy, black streaks. -- Deb Allen
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