Central Park NYC Sunday Sept. 25, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle Pond at 9am.
Highlights: 12 species of Wood Warblers, 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Bald Eagle, and first-of-season Dark-eyed Junco. Canada Goose - 8 Mallard Mourning Dove - 2 or 3 in most locations Chimney Swift - the same 20 that have been around recently Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (Belvedere Castle, Maintenance Field, the Oven) Bald Eagle - 4th or 5th cycle over Balancing Rock (Andrea Hessel & Noa Cruz) Sharp-shinned Hawk - over mouth of the Gill (Chris Boone & Andrea Hessel) Red-tailed Hawk - 6 Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (Tupelo Field (Noa & Mayra Cruz), between Summer House Swamp & Azalea Pond) Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - at least 8 (low flyovers & 2 on Upper Lobe Lawn) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 (Oak Bridge, Summer House, Balancing Rock) Eastern Phoebe - 2 (Turtle Pond, Summer House Swamp (Mayra Cruz)) Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (near Warbler Rock (Emilie Storrs), Balancing Rock) Blue-headed Vireo - Maintenance Field, Summer House (Barbara Green) Red-eyed Vireo - 6 (Tupelo Field, Belvedere Castle, Maintenance Field, Summer House Swamp, Balancing Rock) Blue Jay -various locations Black-capped Chickadee - Maintenance Field Tufted Titmouse - Maintenance Field Red-breasted Nuthatch - 15 White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 House Wren - 2 Carolina Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden near Castle Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Maintenance Field & Oak Bridge) Swainson's Thrush - 7 American Robin Gray Catbird - various locations Brown Thrasher - 10 Ovenbird - Castle Walk Black-and-white Warbler - 5 (Stone Arch, Warbler Rock, the Point, Conservatory Water) Nashville Warbler - Sparrow Rock (Bob & Deb before walk) Common Yellowthroat - Oak Bridge American Redstart - 7 Northern Parula - 15 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Turtle Pond & Shakespeare Garden,(Chris Boone), Summer House (Andrea Hessel)) Yellow Warbler - Castle Walk Chestnut-sided Warbler - adult male Humming Tombstone Blackpoll Warbler - 5 (Turtle Pond, Maintenance Field, Humming Tombstone, Oak Bridge, Summer House Swamp) Black-throated Blue Warbler - female summer House Swamp Pine Warbler - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Castle Walk) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 Song Sparrow - 2 Warbler Rock Dark-eyed Junco - Noa Cruz before walk (first-of-season) Northern Cardinal - various locations Scarlet Tanager - 4 (Tupelo Field, Azalea Pond, Balancing Rock) Common Grackle - in areas with Pin Oak acorns Baltimore Oriole - hatch-year Tupelo Field Some tweets from the north end today included Vesper Sparrow (Tom Perlman) and Clay-colored Sparrow (Karen Fung). Deborah 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/ --
