Central Park NYC Sunday May 10, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, et al
Highlights from the Ramble & Turtle Pond: Fewer birds than Friday and Saturday, but still a good day with Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow-throated & White-eyed Vireos and a nice selection of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 2 flying around the Ramble Mallard - flyover Mourning Dove - around 10 Cuckoo species - flyover Ramble (David Barrett) Chimney Swift - a few Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Ramble (Sandra Critelli) Double-crested Cormorant - several flyovers Great Egret - Upper Lobe Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk - 2 together overhead Red-bellied Woodpecker - a few Downy Woodpecker - 2 including a pair at the east end of Turtle Pond Northern Flicker - female Gill Overlook Great Crested Flycatcher - Gill Overlook Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond Empidonax Flycatcher - Turtle Pond near Castle (Karen Evans & Tom Ahlf) White-eyed Vireo - NE Maintenance Field (Ryan Serio) Yellow-throated Vireo - Gill Overlook (Karen Evans) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 or 4 Warbling Vireo - 2 Blue Jay - 2 or 3Crow Species -silent flyover Humming Tombstone House Wren - 2 Winter Wren - reported by Ryan Serio Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Tupelo Field Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5-10 Veery - the Gill Hermit Thrush - the Gill Wood Thrush - 3 or 4 American Robin - a few nests Gray Catbird - 25-30 House Finch - 3 at Evodia Field feeders American Goldfinch - 2 or 3 Song Sparrow - Tupelo Field Lincoln's Sparrow - reported by Linda La Bella at Tupelo Field, & other reports White-throated Sparrow - around 20 Baltimore Oriole - 5 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Brown-headed Cowbird - 6 or 7 males Common Grackle - around 15 east of Azalea Pond Yellow-breasted Chat - continued at Tupelo Field (thanks Ryan Serio) Ovenbird - around 15 Northern Waterthush - 3 (Swampy Pin Oak, Turtle Pond, Upper Lobe) Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10 Nashville Warbler - 2 or 3 (Persimmon Slope & Turtle Pond) Common Yellowthroat - 5-10 Hooded Warbler - continued near Turtle Pond Dock (Karen Evans) American Redstart - male south side Turtle Pond near Castle Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 3 males Blackburnian Warbler - male Persimmon Slope Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 males (Gill Overlook & East of Azalea Pond) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5-10 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 Wilson's Warbler - south side Turtle Pond near Castle Northern Cardinal - 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males (Persimmon Slope, Azalea Pond (S. Critelli) Indigo Bunting - female Tupelo Field, heard near Bow Bridge (Karen Evans) seen later by Jeff Ward In addition, Mary Beth Kooper tweeted a Blue-winged Warbler at the Mall, and Ruben Giron posted a photo of a Worm-eating Warbler at the Loch. For these and many other Central Park bird reports see David Barrett's Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. Seeing some trendy-looking masks, bandanas, and neck gaiters - all good. 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/ --
