[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sun., May 28, 2017 - Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpiper, 11 species of Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC Sunday, May 28, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many others Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, 11 species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir Mallard - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir (on nest at Upper Lobe - John Day) Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - a few Spotted Sandpiper - Turtle Pond Herring Gull - flyovers & around 40 birds on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon Great Black-backed Gull - around 20 on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon Double-crested Cormorant - Lake & flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe (near Mallard nest) (David Barrett) Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers including w over Sparrow Rock with Peregrine Falcon Belted Kingfisher - Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - still a male hanging around Black Locust appropriated by squirrel Peregrine Falcon - swooping at one of the Red-tailed Hawks over Sparrow Rock Eastern Wood-Pewee - at least 3 (2 Shakespeare Garden - Ally & Louise Burns), Warbler Rock, others heard Empidonax Flycatchers - see note below Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4 (Turtle Pond, Humming Tombstone, near Summer House, heard elsewhere) Eastern Kingbird - (Warbler Rock & nesting at Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - at least 7 Blue Jay - residents Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond & Reservoir Barn Swallow - Reservoir (see note below) Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - adult female Gill Overlook (early morning - Deb) Veery - Source of the Gill (early morning - Deb) Swainson's Thrush - one or two at gill Overlook American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - residents Cedar Waxwing - at least 15 (a few eating cherries in Shakespeare Garden) Northern Waterthrush - nice views at Turtle Pond Black-and-white Warbler - female Tanner's Spring Mourning Warbler - male west of Pinetum near West Drive (thanks to John & Deborah Antory) - mid-afternoon Common Yellowthroat - first-spring male singing in Shakespeare Garden American Redstart - 6 Northern Parula - female Tanner's Spring Magnolia Warbler - Tanner's Spring (Barbara Green), Upper Lobe Blackburnian Warbler - male Summer House Chestnut-sided Warbler - Tanner's Spring Blackpoll Warbler - Tanner's Spring & the Point, others heard Wilson's Warbler - the Point White-throated Sparrow - Upper Lobe Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - still nesting in Willow Oak at Turtle Pond Baltimore Oriole - 4 Empidonax Flycatchers: David Barrett heard an Acadian Flycatcher at Warbler Rock and saw a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Humming Tombstone. Another bird at Humming Tombstone may have been a Least Flycatcher. Pat Dubren reported 4 Barn Swallows collecting mud (nesting material) north of the Reservoir Sunday afternoon (5/27). John Day reported crows nesting on a building at 64th Street and Central Park West. Renee Sasaki sent photos of a Marsh Wren at the Loch taken Saturday May 20. 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC - Sun., May 28, 2017 - Belted Kingfisher, Spotted Sandpiper, 11 species of Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC Sunday, May 28, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many others Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher, 11 species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir Mallard - Turtle Pond, Lake & Reservoir (on nest at Upper Lobe - John Day) Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - a few Spotted Sandpiper - Turtle Pond Herring Gull - flyovers & around 40 birds on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon Great Black-backed Gull - around 20 on the Reservoir in mid-afternoon Double-crested Cormorant - Lake & flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe (near Mallard nest) (David Barrett) Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers including w over Sparrow Rock with Peregrine Falcon Belted Kingfisher - Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - still a male hanging around Black Locust appropriated by squirrel Peregrine Falcon - swooping at one of the Red-tailed Hawks over Sparrow Rock Eastern Wood-Pewee - at least 3 (2 Shakespeare Garden - Ally & Louise Burns), Warbler Rock, others heard Empidonax Flycatchers - see note below Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4 (Turtle Pond, Humming Tombstone, near Summer House, heard elsewhere) Eastern Kingbird - (Warbler Rock & nesting at Turtle Pond) Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - at least 7 Blue Jay - residents Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Turtle Pond & Reservoir Barn Swallow - Reservoir (see note below) Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - adult female Gill Overlook (early morning - Deb) Veery - Source of the Gill (early morning - Deb) Swainson's Thrush - one or two at gill Overlook American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - residents Cedar Waxwing - at least 15 (a few eating cherries in Shakespeare Garden) Northern Waterthrush - nice views at Turtle Pond Black-and-white Warbler - female Tanner's Spring Mourning Warbler - male west of Pinetum near West Drive (thanks to John & Deborah Antory) - mid-afternoon Common Yellowthroat - first-spring male singing in Shakespeare Garden American Redstart - 6 Northern Parula - female Tanner's Spring Magnolia Warbler - Tanner's Spring (Barbara Green), Upper Lobe Blackburnian Warbler - male Summer House Chestnut-sided Warbler - Tanner's Spring Blackpoll Warbler - Tanner's Spring & the Point, others heard Wilson's Warbler - the Point White-throated Sparrow - Upper Lobe Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - still nesting in Willow Oak at Turtle Pond Baltimore Oriole - 4 Empidonax Flycatchers: David Barrett heard an Acadian Flycatcher at Warbler Rock and saw a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher at Humming Tombstone. Another bird at Humming Tombstone may have been a Least Flycatcher. Pat Dubren reported 4 Barn Swallows collecting mud (nesting material) north of the Reservoir Sunday afternoon (5/27). John Day reported crows nesting on a building at 64th Street and Central Park West. Renee Sasaki sent photos of a Marsh Wren at the Loch taken Saturday May 20. 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/ --
