Central Park NYC Sunday, July 23, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Louisiana Waterthrush (2), Northern Waterthrush, Magnolia Warbler, Yellow Warbler (10), & Wood Thrush. Canada Goose - Lake Wood Duck - 2 males (Turtle Pond & the Pond) Mallard - hatch-year birds swelling the ranks with 45 just at the Pond Mourning Dove - several locations, a new nest in Shakespeare Garden Chimney Swift - 3 Herring Gull - flyovers Ring-billed Gull Double-crested Cormorant - the Pond & flyovers Great Egret - 2 (Turtle Pond & the Pond) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 at the Pond (2 adults, 1 juvenile) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker - several including juvenile at Gill Overlook Northern Flicker - 2 Great Crested Flycatcher - Tupelo Field Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond Warbling Vireo - 4 Barn Swallow - 2 flyovers Maintenance Field Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Turtle Pond Tufted Titmouse - 2 Summer House Meadow (east side) White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 House Wren - Hallett Sanctuary Carolina Wren - Triplet's Bridge Wood Thrush - singing male Hallett Sanctuary American Robin - everywhere Gray Catbird - common House Finch - a dozen (Shakespeare Garden (Jeff Ward) & the Pond (Mayra Cruz)) Song Sparrow - 2 (singing male & juvenile at the Pond) White-throated Sparrow - 2 in Ramble Baltimore Oriole - 3 including adult male at Oak Bridge (Jeff Ward) Red-winged Blackbird - several small flocks of southbound migrants, 2 or 3 Turtle Pond (Andrea Hessel) Common Grackle - adult feeding juvenile at Hallett Sanctuary Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Oven and mudflat at the Pond) Northern Waterthrush - Balcony Bridge/Triplet's Bridge (Jeff Ward) Magnolia Warbler - adult male in basic plumage east side of Summer House Meadow (Jeff Ward) Yellow Warbler - 10 (4 locations, especially Turtle Pond) Northern Cardinal - common In the Bronx this morning: flock of 21 Fish Crows flying over Bronxdale Avenue (very early) - Bob. Very nice to see that the Yellow Warblers are right on schedule, Deb Allen P. S. There's a Woodchuck at the Maintenance Field, spotted by Jeff Ward, seen again after lunch by Sandra Critelli. -- 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/ --
