Central Park, NYC Sunday August 21, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 9am.
Highlights: Six species of Wood Warblers including Hooded Warbler & Magnolia Warbler at Tupelo Field, Belted Kingfisher at Turtle Pond, Great Crested Flycatcher at Upper Lobe. Canada Goose - 5 Lake Mallard - Lake Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - 10 Herring Gull - flyovers Belted Kingfisher - Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Great Crested Flycatcher - in remains of the willow at Upper Lobe Warbling Vireo - Strawberry Fields Blue Jay Barn Swallow - 10 - some low over Great Lawn & flyovers Carolina Wren - Strawberry Fields American Robin Gray Catbird - several locations Northern Mockingbird - Turtle Pond House Finch American Goldfinch - Summer House Swamp Ovenbird - Summer House Swamp (Sandra Critelli) & south of Azalea Pond Black-and-white Warbler - Tupelo Field, Shakespeare Garden, Summer House Swamp Common Yellowthroat - Tupelo Field, Strawberry Fields Hooded Warbler - Tupelo Field American Redstart - 8 Magnolia Warbler - Tupelo Field Song Sparrow - Shakespeare Garden (Andrea Hessel) Northern Cardinal Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - adult males near Boathouse & at Upper Lobe Looking forward to NW winds tomorrow, 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/ --