Central Park NYC Monday September 4, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Northern Shoveler, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler*, and Wilson's Warbler. Canada Goose - 31 Wood Duck - 1 male flying low over the Reservoir (Deb - early) Northern Shoveler - 6 Gadwall - 4 Mallard - 7 Mourning Dove - 35-45 Chimney Swift - 4-6 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden Herring Gull - 41 Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 adult west side of the Lake Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 heard Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 4 Peregrine Falcon - 1 flyover Shakespeare Garden Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 King of Poland (Paul Curtis) Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Upper Lobe Lawn Warbling Vireo - 2 singing at around 7am (Wagner Cove (Bob-early), NE Reservoir (Deb-early)) Red-eyed Vireo - 9-12 Blue Jay - 6 or 7 American Crow - 1 flyover Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Belvedere Castle Cedar Waxwing - flock of 6-8 Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 9-12 American Robin - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 1 north end of Reservoir (Deb-early) Common Grackle - 18-25 Ovenbird - 3 or 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 9-12 Cape May Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields (Bob-early) Northern Parula - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Swampy Pin Oak) Magnolia Warbler - 2 or 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Oak Bridge) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 on the Point (Mary Kate Horbac & Caren Jahre-after lunch* Canada Warbler - 2 Ramble Wilson's Warbler - 1 Wagner Cove (Bob-early) Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 in Jewelweed at the Oven -- *Early but not a record early date for Central Park for the fall. -- A Bay-breasted Warbler was at Azalea Pond Sunday (Sandra Critelli & Andrea Hessel). -- For real-time reports of Central Park and NY County birds check the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintaned by David Barrett on Twitter. -- 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/ --
