Central Park NYC Friday September 22, 2023 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Yellow, and Prairie Warblers. Canada Goose - 25 Northern Shoveler - 1 Harlem Meer (Deb-early) Gadwall - around 20 Mallard - around 40 Green-winged Teal - 2 at the Pool Mourning Dove - 20-25 Chimney Swift - a few overhead in several locations Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda) Solitary Sandpiper - 1 continuing at the west end of the Pool Herring Gull - a dozen flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 island in Harlem Meer (Deb-early) Great Egret - 1 at the Pool Red-tailed Hawk - 2 along the Loch (1 adult, 1 immature) Eurasian Eagle Owl - 1 "Flaco" zoo escape in Oak at East Drive and 102nd Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 3 flyovers Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4 Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 probable Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at the Pool (Paul Curtis) Eastern Phoebe - 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Great Hill (Dan Stevenson) Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 4, others heard American Crow - flock of 23-24 Carolina Wren - heard Compost and Harlem Meer House Wren - 2 (Loch, Great Hill) Gray Catbird - a dozen Brown Thrasher - 2 at the Pool (Caren Jahre) Northern Mockingbird - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 3 American Robin - around 20 House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 3 Song Sparrow - 1 Grassy Knoll Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 2 heard at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Nashville Warbler - 1 Compost (Scott Brevda) Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 19 or 20 Northern Parula - 4 or 5 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Mary Kate Horbac) Yellow Warbler - 1 Grassy Knoll (Scott Brevda) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Grassy Knoll (Dan Stevenson) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Pool Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male (Loch) Palm Warbler - 1 "Western" Plant Nursery (Caren Jahre) Prairie Warbler - 1 male Grassy Knoll Scarlet Tanager - 1 adult male Great Hill Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8 including a begging juvenile 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/ --
