Central Park NYC Tuesday, May 22, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob Highlights: 15 Species of Wood Warblers including Blackburnian and Bay-breasted Warblers, Philadelphia Vireo, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, and Green Heron.
Canada Goose - 4 (2 Turtle Pond, 2 Great Lawn) Wood Duck - male Reservoir Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - 5 (3 Turtle Pond, 2 Reservoir) Mourning Dove - 4 or 5 Chimney Swift - 4 over Turtle Pond Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 females in the Ramble Herring Gull - 5 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 13 (11 Reservoir, 2 Turtle Pond) Green Heron - north end of the Upper Lobe (David Barrett) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 males (west side of Great Lawn & the Point) Downy Woodpecker - 2 males (Ramble & Upper Lobe) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 heard in Ramble Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - SW Great Lawn Great Crested Flycatcher - heard in Ramble Eastern Kingbird - 2 Turtle Pond Philadelphia Vireo - SW Reservoir (David Barrett) Warbling Vireo - pair Turtle Pond Dock Red-eyed Vireo - 5 to 10 various locations Blue Jay - residents (silent during nesting season) Northern Rough-winged Swallow - turtle Pond Barn Swallow - 7 (2 Turtle Pond, 5 Reservoir) Veery - 2 Ramble Swainson's Thrush - 3 Ramble American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - 4 pairs (Turtle Pond & Ramble) Cedar Waxwing - 5 over Turtle Pond House Finch - 3 in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock Baltimore Oriole - 3 pairs (Turtle Pond, Gill Overlook, the Point) Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males (Ramble & Turtle Pond) Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 females in the Ramble Common Grackle - 5 (2 male, 3 female) Turtle Pond Ovenbird - heard only in Ramble orthern Waterthrush - 2 (Ramble & Upper Lobe) Black-and-white Warbler - 4, all females on the Point Common Yellowthroat - 6 (1 male, 5 female) American Redstart - 15 or 16 (adult male, 4 or 5 immature males, 10 females) Northern Parula - 14 (2 male, 12 female) Magnolia Warbler - 16 (4 male, 12 female) Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 females SW Reservoir (Bob - early) Blackburnian Warbler - female SW Great Lawn Yellow Warbler - 6 (3 male, 3 female) Chestnut-sided Warbler - first-spring male SW Reservoir Blackpoll Warbler - 25 (10 male, 15 female) Black-throated Blue Warbler - female top of the Point Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 SW Reservoir Canada Warbler - male in Pinetum (Peter Haskel) Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male SW Great Lawn (Peter Haskel) -- Cliff Swallow was reported from the SE Reservoir by @Adrianb70B on twitter. Mourning Warbler was reported from three locations: the Bridle Path south of the Reservoir, the Gill in the Ramble, and the Upper Lobe Lawn. See @BirdCentralPark, maintained by David Barrett, for the relevant tweets on the Mourning Warbler, Cliff Swallow and many other birds seen in Central Park today. 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/ --
