Central Park NYC Sunday August 27, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Both Cuckoos, 14 Wood Warbler Species incl. Tennessee and Blackburnian Warblers Canada Goose - 12 Gadwall - 5 Mallard - 27 Mourning Dove - 30-35 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli) Black-billed cuckoo - 1 Azalea Pond (found by E. J. Bartolazo) Chimney Swift - 5-10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 tupelo Field Herring Gull - around 40 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 low flyover of immature Maintenance Field Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 hatch-year Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4-6 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 east of Azalea Pond (David Barrett) Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 Warbling Vireo - 1 Tupelo field Red-eyed Vireo - 5-7 Blue Jay - 6-8 Black-capped Chickadee - 1 continued near Belvedere Castle Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 Ramble Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 9-12 Northern Mockingbird - 2 hatch-year continue Sparrow Rock (Deb - early) Veery - 4 or 5 American Robin - 25-35 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - Belvedere Castle (Annie Plum) Northern Waterthrush - 1 Gill near Laupot Bridge Blue-winged Warbler - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Tennessee Warbler - 2 Azalea Pond Common Yellowthroat - 1 female north end of Maintenance Field American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 2 (1 Azalea Pond, 1 Warbler Rock (Sandra Critelli)) Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Azalea Pond) Blackburnian Warbler - 1 Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 or 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Mugger's Woods Canada Warbler - 3 or 4 Wilson's Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Scarlet Tanager - 1 Ramble Northern Cardinal - 6-8, young still being fed near Azalea Pond -- Deb Allen -- 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/ --
