Central Park NYC Monday Sept. 26, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Strawberry Fields at 9am & pre-walk birding at Strawberry Fields.
Highlights: Philadelphia Vireo, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Bay-breasted Warbler & First-of-season Golden-crowned Kinglet in Strawberry Fields. Canada Goose Mallard Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - the usual 20 overhead Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 Oven Double-crested Cormorant - V of about 20 southbound overhead Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - several reorienting birds flying north over park in early morning Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 3 (2 at eye level Strawberry Fields, 1 Humming Tombstone) Philadelphia Vireo - eye level south side of Strawberry Fields Red-eyed Vireo - 7 Blue Jay Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12 (Strawberry Fields, Shakespeare Garden) House Wren - 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 or 2 south side Strawberry Fields 8:15am Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Gray-cheeked Thrush - Upper Lobe south of Oak Bridge in shrub with red berries (Bob Ruvolo) Swainson's Thrush - 5 American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher - 5 House Finch - 10 American Goldfinch - south side Strawberry Fields Ovenbird - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Nashville Warbler - south side Strawberry Fields Common Yellowthroat - 5 American Redstart - 10 Northern Parula - 20 Magnolia Warbler - 3 Bay-breasted Warbler - north side Strawberry Fields Chestnut-sided Warbler - adult male north of Azalea Pond Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (adult male Strawberry Fields, female Belvedere Castle) Pine Warbler - 3 (Strawberry Fields, Pinetum, E. of Belvedere Castle) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (King of Poland 2, Strawberry Fields 1) Eastern Towhee - north side Strawberry Fields Swamp Sparrow - south side Strawberry Fields White-throated Sparrow - 5 at 5 locations (increasing numbers) Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (male south side Strawberry Fields, 2 others heard) Common Grackle - flock of 60 north side Strawberry Fields Baltimore Oriole - 2 south side Strawberry Fields 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/ --
