Central Park NYC Thursday September 21, 2023 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: 11 Wood Warbler Species including Cape May and Blackburnian Warblers. Canada Goose - 25-30 Gadwall - pair Reservoir (Bob-early a.m.) Mallard - 10-15 Mourning Dove - 15-20 Chimney Swift - 25-35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 Herring Gull - 6-8 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early) Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 flyovers Cooper's Hawk - 1 Ramble Broad-winged Hawk - 1 near Belvedere Castle (Bob-around 8am) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 heard Northern Flicker - 10-15 American Kestrel - 1 south side of the Reservoir (Bob-early) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Shakespeare Garden Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Willow Rock Eastern Phoebe - 1 Captain's Bench (Paul Curtis) Red-eyed Vireo - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - flyover flock of 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Cedar Waxwing 3 flock totaling 30-35 birds Carolina Wren - 2 or 3 House Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 18-25 Brown Thrasher - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 35-45 Wood Thrush - 1 east of Oak Bridge American Robin - 20-30 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Azalea Pond Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 3 or 4 American Redstart - 10-15 Cape May Warbler - 3 Belvedere Castle Northern Parula - 6-9 Magnolia Warbler - 8-12 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 male Turtle Pond Dock (Bob-early) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field (Dan Stevenson), Tupelo field) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle Overlook Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 or 5 Scarlet Tanager - 2 upper Shakespeare Garden Northern Cardinal - 7-9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 or 5 -- On Wednesday September 20 Dan Stevenson, Karen Evans and Peter Haskel saw 3 White-eyed Vireos (1 at Swampy Pin Oak, 2 at Strawberry Fields), and a Blue-headed Vireo at Strawberry Fields. At the north end of the park on Wednesday, birders waiting patiently for a look at the Marsh Wren reported earlier at the Pool also saw a male Wood Duck, 2 Green-winged Teal, one or two Wilson's Warblers, and a Tennessee Warbler (thanks Jean Shum), and other more common warblers, as well as a Solitary Sandpiper. I heard about a Connecticut Warbler at the Children's Glade from Felipe Pimentel and Paul Curtis who both saw it. -- 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/ --
