Central Park NYC Thursday, April 18, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
HIghlights: 5 Species of Wood Warblers (Black-and-white, Palm, Louisiana, Yellow-rumped, & Pine (probable)), Purple Finch, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Canada Goose - nesting at the Point Mallard - around 20 Mourning Dove - around 15 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 (Lake 2, Turtle Pond 1, flyover 5) Great Egret - 2 Lake Black-crowned Night-Heron (Wednesday) Cooper's Hawk - immature Sparrow Rock Red-tailed Hawk - pair nesting at San Remo Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 2 pairs Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - around 7 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 5 to 10 Eastern Phoebe - Upper Lobe Lawn Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Point & Warbler Rock) Blue Jay - around 10 Tufted Titmouse - 6 (many fewer) White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Summer House Brown Creeper - around 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 10 Hermit Thrush - 5 American Robin - many, 3 nests Brown Thrasher - pair Maintenance Field Purple Finch - singing male Pinetum House Finch - 5 at feeders American Goldfinch - 20 throughout Ramble, most at feeders Eastern Towhee - 3 males Chipping Sparrow - at least a dozen Maintenance field Swamp Sparrow - Oven White-throated Sparrow - many singing and chasing one another Dark-eyed Junco - 5 Red-winged Blackbird - a few Common Grackle - 15 Brown-headed Cowbird - heard Louisiana Waterthrush - between Triplet's Bridge and Balcony Bridge Black-and-white Warbler - female at the Point Palm Warbler - (Yellow) 3, a Western Palm Warbler on Wednesday Pine Warbler - probable Shakespeare Garden Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 SW Reservoir Northern Cardinal - a dozen 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/ --
