Central Park NYC Friday September 1 & Saturday September 2, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 12 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Willow/Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher. Friday September 1, 2023, led by Deb Allen: Canada Goose - 21 Gadwall - 1 Pool Mallard - 24 Mourning Dove - 10-12 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 Wildflower Meadow Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Gapstow Bridge Herring Gull - a few flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 west side of Harlem Meer Snowy Egret - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 1 Wildflower meadow American Kestrel - 1 male Harlem Meer Eastern Kingbird - 2 Harlem Meer (not happy with kestrel) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Pool Willow/Alder Flycatcher - 2 (Loch, Pool) Least Flycatcher - 1 Wildflower Meadow Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Loch, Pool) Blue Jay - 6 Carolina Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 10-12 Northern Mockingbird - 3 or 4 all immature House Finch - 2 or 3 American Goldfinch - 5 (2 adults, 3 hatch-years) Wildflower Meadow White-throated Sparrow - 1 Loch Song Sparrow - 1 Loch Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 immature Compost Area (Scott Brevda) Common Grackle - a few Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Paul Curtis & Dan Stevenson) Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Compost Area Nashville Warbler - 1 Mugger's Woods (Dan Stevenson) American Redstart - 12-15 Cape May Warbler - 1 drab female west end of the Pool Magnolia Warbler - 1 Tupelo Field (Peter Haskel, Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Blockhouse Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Loch opposite the Cliff (Suze) Canada Warbler - 2 Loch Northern Cardinal - at least 8 incl. female feeding a fledgling at the Loch -- Saturday September 2, 2023, led by Robert DeCandido, PhD Canada Goose - 30 Mallard - 9 Mourning dove - 20-25 Chimney Swift - 8-10 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 or 2 in the Ramble Herring Gull - 7 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult Gill in the Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Top of the Point Northern Flicker - 2 Ramble American Kestrel - 2 Upper Lobe Lawn Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Castle, Top of the Point) Warbling Vireo - 1 Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - 5 or 6 Blue Jay - 8-10 Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Belvedere Overlook Cedar Waxwing - flock of 10 Carolina Wren - 4 Gray Catbird - 8-10 Northern Mockingbird - 2 south of Belvedere Castle Veery - 6-8 American Robin - 30-35 House Finch - 2 Maintenance Field White-throated Sparrow - 3 Common Grackle - 5-7 Ovenbird - 1 Evodia Field (Bob - early) Black-and-white Warbler - 2 or 3 Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Evodia Field, Shakespeare Garden) American Redstart - 6-8 Northern Parula - 1 female Swampy Pin Oak Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Swampy Pin Oak) Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Azalea Pond Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 east of Azalea Pond Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Scarlet Tanager - 1 Top of the Point Northern Cardinal - 8-10 including adult female feeding juvenile female Summer House Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Tupelo Field -- 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/ --
