Central Park NYC Friday, September 6, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Thirteen Species of Wood Warblers, including season-high count of American Redstart. Canada Goose - 11 Reservoir Gadwall - 3 Reservoir Mallard - 7 reservoir Mourning Dove - 7 Chimney Swift - flyover Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 along the Loch Herring Gull - 10 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 4 reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Great Blue Heron - Harlem Meer Great Egret - flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 3 circling together over the Blockhouse Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 North Woods Northern Flicker - 8 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Warbling Vireo - 2 Red-eyed Vireo - 8 Blue Jay - 2 Conservatory Garden American Crow - flyover of 3 Conservatory Garden House Wren - 6 Carolina Wren - 1 at the Loch Veery - 3 American Robin - many Gray Catbird - many (still some juveniles around) Northern Mockingbird - 2 Conservatory Garden Cedar Waxwing - around 4 Fort Clinton (David Barrett - early) Chipping Sparrow - molting juvenile at Green Bench Common Grackle - flock of 11 flying north over 86th & Madison (Bob - early) Ovenbird - 2 (Loch & North Woods) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Conservatory Garden (tom Ahlf), Meer Island) Blue-winged Warbler - 2 at the Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 9 Common Yellowthroat - 8 American Redstart - 65 including 7 adult males Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 5 Yellow Warbler - 9 (7 of these at the island in the Meer) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 5 Canada Warbler - 3 Northern Cardinal - a few Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard-only Fort Clinton (David Barrett & Bob - early) 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/ --