Central Park NYC Saturday September 14, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Numbers were lower overall compared to Friday, but diversity wasn't bad with fourteen species of Wood Warblers and Yellow-bellied and Great Crested flycatchers. Canada Goose - 47 Gadwall - 1 Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 6 Mourning Dove - 6 Chimney Swift - 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - at least 4 Herring Gull - several Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 10 Reservoir Green Heron - west side of the Point Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 (heard-only) Downy Woodpecker - 3 or 4 (1 at the Oven, 2 or 3 e. of Azalea Pond) Northern Flicker - 5 American Kestrel - flyover Turtle Pond Great Crested Flycatcher - Shakespeare Garden Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Belvedere Castle Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (Balcony Bridge (Sandra Critelli), west Great Lawn) Wood Thrush - east of Azalea Pond American Robin Gray Catbird - 4 Cedar Waxwing - 6 Summer House (Sandra Critelli) House Finch - 8 Common Grackle - 1 Ramble Ovenbird - Riviera (Tom Walsh) Northern Waterthrush - 4 (3 Turtle Pond, 1 Oven) Black-and-white Warbler - 8 Common Yellowthroat - 2 King of Poland American Redstart - 15 to 20 Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 Yellow Warbler - Turtle Pond Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 or 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Humming Tombstone Prairie Warbler - King of Poland Black-throated Green Warbler - Shakespeare Garden Canada Warbler - 2 (Warbler Rock & Balancing Rock) Wilson's Warbler - King of Poland (Sandra Critelli) Northern Cardinal - adult feeding juvenile in two locations Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 heard-only 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/ --
