Central Park NYC Saturday, August 25, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Pine Siskin (first-of-season), Red-breasted Nuthatches (12), 9 Species of Wood Warblers including Black-throated Green, Magnolia and Blackburnian Warblers. Mallard - 5 Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 2 or 3 Chimney Swift - 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Ramble (Bob & David Barrett), Tupelo Field (Bob-early a.m.) Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - heard at Azalea Pond Northern Flicker - 5 American Kestrel - female perched on scaffolding at Belvedere Castle eating what looked like a dragonfly Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Gill Overlook & Azalea Pond) Eastern Kingbird - Warbler Rock Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field Blue Jay - 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12 (incl. 3 Maintenance Field & 5 or 6 Upper Lobe Lawn) Carolina Wren - 2 singing, probably hatch-year birds, Maintenance Field Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Ramble American Robin - mostly hatch-year birds Gray Catbird - at least 10 (adults & immatures) Cedar Waxwing - around 20 flying over Tupelo Field (early a.m. - Bob) Pine Siskin - Ginkgo Upper Lobe Lawn (first-of-season) Song Sparrow - 2 (adult & juvenile) Wagner Cove Baltimore Oriole - 2 (adult male in Red Osier Dogwood at Balcony Bridge, flyover hatch-year Ramble) Common Grackle - 3 Northern Waterthrush - Swampy Pin Oak Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Warbler Rock) Black-and-white Warbler - 3 American Redstart - 15 including 3 adult males Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Summer House & Maintenance Field) Blackburnian Warbler - hatch-year Maintenance Field (early a.m. - Bob) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - Warbler Rock Canada Warbler - 2 (Ladies Pavilion, w. side Lake between Ladies Pavilion & Wagner Cove) Northern Cardinal 5 -- Others reported Green Heron and Belted Kingfisher at Turtle Pond. -- A flyover Osprey at the North End of Central Park was inadvertently omitted from yesterday's report. Looking forward to the Winter Finch Forecast, 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/ --
