Central Park NYC Sunday, June 3, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cool and cloudy day: American Redstarts & Magnolia Warblers, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, nesting Cedar Waxwings. Canada Goose - pair Turtle Pond, others on Reservoir Mallard - 18 (15 Reservoir, 3 Turtle Pond) Mourning Dove - residents including juvenile in Shakespeare Garden Chimney Swift - around 20 at the Reservoir at 7am Ruby-throated Hummingbird - female Summer House Herring Gull - 41 Reservoir & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 8 Reservoir Double-crested Cormornant - 9 Reservoir & flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - flying from Riviera to the Point (Peter Haskel) Red-tailed Hawk - flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 males (Swampy Pin Oak & Summer House) Downy woodpecker - heard Northern Flicker - pair Gill Overlook (starlings apparently done with the tree) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - in Honeylocust at Upper Lobe Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 (2 Tupelo Field, 1 Ramble & Upper Lobe) Eastern Kingbird - pair with nest at Turtle Pond Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - the Point Blue Jay - residents Tree Swallow - Reservoir 7am Barn Swallow - 2 Reservoir 7 am Black-capped Chickadee - singing Shakespeare Garden American Robin - residents with several juveniles around Gray Catbird - residents in many locations Cedar Waxwings - small flocks of 4 to 8 birds, pair with nest Shakespeare Garden House Finch - 2 males Gill Overlook Baltimore Oriole - 4 including female at Maintenance Field nest Red-winged Blackbird - singing male Oven Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (male & 2 females) Common Grackle - residents American Redstart - 6 or 7 (no adult males) Magnolia Warbler - 2 (female Upper Lobe, first-spring male Warbler Rock) Northern Cardinal - residents -- Sandra Critelli reported 3 more Black-crowned Night-Herons and a Great Egret at the Pond (59th St.) this afternoon. 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/[email protected]/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/ --
