Central Park NYC - North End Friday, September 22, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: The number of birds was down today, but diversity was still good with 16 species of Wood Warblers and a slight uptick in later fall migrants (more Eastern Phoebes today than Eastern Wood-Pewees), Winter Wrens, Lincoln's, Chipping, and White-crowned Sparrows. Canada Goose - 16 Meer (150-200 flying north from the Reservoir - Bob early this morning) Gadwall - 12 (2 at the Pool, at least 10 on the Meer) Mallard - 50+ (at least 50 at the Meer, many others at the Pool) Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - a few over the Green Bench (David Barrett) Herring Gull - flyovers Great Blue Heron - hatch-year at the Meer Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 immatures, 1 adult) Red-bellied Woodpecker - near Blockhouse Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (hatch-year south side of the Pool (David Barrett), Conservatory Garden (Bob - early am)) Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Conservatory Garden, near Blockhouse) Northern Flicker - 7 American Kestrel - 2 flying east to west (Bob - early) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Loch, Lily Ponds (David Barrett)) Eastern Phoebe - 5 (2 Loch, 1 West side of the Pool (David Barrett), 1 Children's Glade, 1 Great Hill) Blue-headed Vireo - Lily Ponds Red-eyed Vireo - at least 7 Blue Jay House Wren - 2 Lily Ponds, also 8 (Bob - early am) Winter Wren - 2 (Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow - Bob early am) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 (Gillian Henry & David Barrett) Gray-cheeked Thrush - west side of Pool (Deb) Swainson's Thrush - 5 to 10 seen well, many (50+) others American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher - 2 (west side of Pool & Children's Glade (David Barrett)) Northern Mockingbird - 5 Cedar Waxwing - 11 or 12 (1 or 2 south of Nutter's Battery, flock of 10 over Wildflower Meadow) House Finch - hatch-year male Fort Clinton American Goldfinch - 3 (Grassy Knoll & Wildflower Meadow) Chipping Sparrow - 2 (hatch-year Grassy Knoll, 1 between Pool and south Blowdown) Lincoln's Sparrow - Wildflower Meadow (Bob - early am) Swamp Sparrow - Grassy Knoll White-throated Sparrow - many White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year at McGowan's Pass (Deb) Common Grackle Northern Waterthrush - west side of the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 7 or 8 Tennessee Warbler - Meer Island Nashville Warbler - Grassy Knoll Common Yellowthroat - 3 (Meer Island, Pool, male west side of Loch (Patty Pike)) American Redstart - 15 Cape May Warbler - west side of the Pool Northern Parula - 10 Magnolia Warbler - 5 Bay-breasted Warbler - Conservatory Garden Chestnut-sided Warbler - Loch Black-throated Blue Warbler - hatch-year female Conservatory Garden Palm Warbler - McGowan's Pass & Grassy Knoll (David Barrett) Pine Warbler - 2 (Nutter's Battery, in Pine between Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 in pine at Green Bench Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 (pine near Green Bench, Children's Glade, Meer) Scarlet Tanager - 5 Lasker Pool/Rink (Bob - 6:50am) Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - hatch-year male lily Ponds ((David Barrett), another heard near the Pool -- Insects: Monarch (butterfly), Green Darner (dragonfly), and eastern Cicada killer (wasp) flying with Cicada and entering burrow at the Green Bench. Deb Allen -- 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/ --
