Central Park NYC Saturday May 7, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30 and 9:00am until around noon.
Bob & I split the group today, so the list combines all sightings for the morning. Reservoir birds were seen before 8am. Canada Goose - pair with 3 goslings, another still sitting Gadwall - pair NE Reservoir, pair Turtle Pond Mallard - 10 + flyovers Reservoir Bufflehead - 3 males & 3 females Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - at least 26 Reservoir Great Egret - low flyover Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult NE Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - circling over the Point Ring-billed Gull - Reservoir Herring Gull - 6 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Reservoir one of them chasing a Herring Gull with a small fish Mourning Dove - many locations Chimney Swift - around 20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Upper Lobe Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair at Oven Downy Woodpecker - male Armando's Place, male feeders Northern Flicker - female lawn near Boathouse, Azalea Pond, elsewhere Blue-headed Vireo - N. Reservoir, the Point, Riviera (Alexander Kalogerakis) Warbling Vireo - NE Reservoir, Maintenance Meadow, King of Poland Red-eyed Vireo - Maintenance Meadow Blue Jay - many locations Northern Rough-winged Swallow - at least 2 Reservoir Barn Swallow - 10 Reservoir - nest on NE pumphouse exterior under construction Black-capped Chickadee - Gill Overlook Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble White-breasted Nuthach the Gill (Diane) House Wren - bridge near tennis courts Reservoir, Warbler Rock, heard west of Gill Overlook Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - the Point, 2 Humming Tombstone (Carine Mitchell) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - the Point, Bow Bridge, Humming Tombstone (Carine Mitchell), bathing in rivulet S of Azalea Pond Veery - Gill (Bill Heck), east of Gill Overlook (Bill Heck) Hermit Thrush - many various locations Wood Thrush - Locust Grove, Evodia Field, east of Gill Overlook American Robin - many locations with nests Gray Catbird - many locations incl. 2 Evodia Field Ovenbird - S. Reservoir, Gill (Alexander Kalogerakis) Northern Waterthrush - Bow Bridge Island (Diana), The Gill, Upper Lobe Blue-winged Warbler - Stone Arch, Upper Lobe Black-and-white Warbler - 2 Oven (Diana), 2 on the Point, etc. Nashville Warbler - Maintenance Meadow Cape May Warbler - female in willow south of Oven Northern Parula - NW Reservoir, Oven (Carine Mitchell), 2 or 3 the Point, Riviera, Upper Lobe Yellow Warbler - the Point (Bill Heck), Bow Bridge Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Bow Bridge, heard north of Riviera Palm Warbler - 2 or 3 on the Point (Mary & Emmett Logan), Bow Bridge Prairie Warbler - the Point (Carine Mitchell), Upper Lobe willow (Diane) Yelow-rumped Warbler - at least 3 Reservoir, 3 on the Point, 2 Bow Bridge Black-throated Green Warbler - Maintenance Meadow, west of Weather Station Eastern Towhee - 4 Reservoir, 1 Locust Grove, male near Boathouse (Carine Mitchell), Gill Overlook Song Sparrow - NE Reservoir, Bow Bridge Swamp Sparrow - Azalea Pond (Emmet Logan), Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow (Frank Rutella) White-crowned Sparrow - adult Locust Grove White-throated Sparrow - still quite a few around Northern Cardinal - many locations Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male singing in elm Point near Boathouse Indigo Bunting - source of the Gill Red-winged Blackbird - the Point, female at feeders Orchard Oriole - male west of Gill Overlook, north Maintenance Meadow Baltimore Oriole - male west of Gill Overlook Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 males Armondo's Place, male Warbler Rock Miriam Rakowski reported a Scarlet Tanager at Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock. Light winds out of the south and south-southeast predicted for tonight into Sunday morning. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
