Central Park NYC Saturday August 31, 2019 OBS: Deborah Allen, Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Twelve Species of Wood Warblers including Prairie Warbler. Canada Goose - 4 Lake Mallard - 5 Mourning Dove - 6 Chimney Swift - 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Azalea Pond & Shakespeare Garden) Herring Gull - flyovers Cooper's Hawk - Azalea Pond (Bob) Red-bellied Woodpecker - one or two Azalea Pond Downy Woodpecker - Oak Bridge Northern Flicker - 2 (Humming Tombstone, Swampy Pin Oak, others heard) Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 (the Point (Gilliam H. & Ryan S.), Tupelo Field, Gill Overlook (Sandra C.) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 (Azalea Pond (Gillian Henry), Summer House & Humming Tombstone (Bob) Empidonax Flycatcher - at least 2 (one 80% Least at Azalea Pond (Ryan Serio) Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - at least 3 Blue Jay - 4 Crow species - 4 perched at E. 138th Street (Bob & Deb - early) Carolina Wren - 3 (1 heard at the Point, pair Shakespeare Garden) Blue Gray-Gnatcatcher - 2 (Summer House (Bob), SE Azalea Pond (Ryan Serio)) Veery - 5 American Robin - 30+ Gray Catbird - around 10 Cedar Waxwing - 12 (Swampy Pin Oak & Gill Overlook) House Finch - 4 (2 males in Ash at Oven, male & female at the Point) White-throated Sparrow - north side of Swampy Pin Oak (Bob) Baltimore Oriole - 2 (adult male, immature male) Common Grackle - 2 or 3 Ovenbird - 2 (Balancing Rock & Gill Overlook (Jessica Newman)) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Oak Bridge (Ryan Serio), the Point (Bob & Deb - early) Black-and-white Warbler - 6 Common Yellowthroat - 2 (male Azalea Pond, female Tupelo Field) American Redstart - 27 (3 adult males) Northern Parula - Humming Tombstone Magnolia Warbler - 6 Yellow Warbler - 2 on the Point (Bob & Deb - early) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 11 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (3 male, 1 female) Prairie Warbler - SE of Azalea Pond Canada Warbler - 3 (1 Gill Overlook, 2 on the Point) Northern Cardinal - 8 incl. adult male feeding female juv. Azalea Pond 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/ --