Central Park NYC Monday, May 7, 2018 Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Blue Grosbeak, Summer Tanager, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Bay-breasted Warbler, Prothonotary Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler (R. DeCandido), and Palm Warbler (late).
Canada Goose Mallard Mourning Dove - pairs in the Ramble Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - perched along shore of Lake, flyover Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - adult perched in willow between Bow Bridge & mouth of the Gill (Warbler Walk) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 adults circling overhead Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair near Laupot Bridge, male Evodia Field Downy Woodpecker - 2 (male Strawberry Fields, male at feeders) Northern Flicker - pair fending off a European Starling at the Gill Overlook Great Crested Flycatcher - Maintenance Field Warbling Vireo - 2 singing (Hernshead, Wagner Cove) Red-eyed Vireo - singing at Upper Lobe Blue Jay - residents American Crow - heard south of feeders Barn Swallow - over Lake White-breasted Nuthatch - north end of Evodia Field House Wren - Strawberry Fields Winter Wren - Strawberry Fields Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Strawberry Fields (Ginny de Liagre) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 Veery - west of Azalea Pond after lunch Swainson's Thrush - 3 Hermit Thrush - 2 (Evodia Field, Upper Lobe) Wood Thrush - near Laupot Bridge American Robin - residents - some on nests, collecting nest material, collecting food for young Gray Catbird - summer residents - pairs in various locations, one collecting nesting material House Finch - near Evodia Field feeders Eastern Towhee - pair just south of Azalea Pond Swamp Sparrow - Laupot Bridge White-throated Sparrow - around 15 Baltimore Oriole - 2 males (Hernshead & Maintenance field), others early & late in the day Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males at feeders, one singing, others elsewhere Brown-headed Cowbird - south of Azalea Pond Common Grackle - residents Ovenbird - 3 or 4 Northern Waterthrush - 4 (Hernshead, Laupot Bridge, Upper Lobe, Oven/Point) Black-and-white Warbler - 8 Prothonotary Warbler - east side of the Point near the Boathouse (thanks to Bruno Boni) Common Yellowthroat - 7 American Redstart - 4 (the Point (Emmet Logan), Gill, 2 Maintenance Field) Northern Parula - 15 Magnolia Warbler - 2 males (Wagner Cove, Warbler Walk, Evodia Field) Bay-breasted Warbler - male Strawberry Fields south of mosaic 8:15-8:30am Yellow Warbler - 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Evodia Field & Bow Bridge (Jessica Newman)) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 Palm Warbler - "yellow" Wagner Cove - late Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9, but easy to ignore, so probably twice that Prairie Warbler - Wagner Cove (Ginny de Liagre) 8:45am Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 males (Strawberry Fields, the Gill after lunch) Summer Tanager - 2 (female Maintenance Field, male at the Gill) both birds after lunch Scarlet Tanager - female Maintenance Field after lunch Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male bathing at the Point (Emmet Logan) Blue Grosbeak - immature male Strawberry Fields (Kathleen Massey & James Blaney) -- Dr. Robert DeCandido reported a Red-headed Woodpecker north of Swampy Pin Oak, a male Blue-winged Warbler south of the Maintenance Field, a White-eyed Vireo at the Oven, a Blue-headed Vireo, and 2 male Indigo Buntings south of Tupelo Field. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
