Central Park NYC Saturday October 10, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Fourteen Wood Warbler Species including Cape May & Tennessee Warbler. Canada Goose - 2 dozen Mallard - male Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 10 chimney Swift - 7 Herring Gull - 4 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover (local bird) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10-12 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male at the Pinetum Northern Flicker - 4 Eastern Phoebe - 1 West Drive at 80th Street Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Near Boathouse (Paul Curtis) Blue Jay - 10 American Crow - 3 Black-capped Chickadee - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 20-25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - 10 Carolina Wren - 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - near Boathouse (Paul Curtis) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 near Boathouse ruby-crowned Kinglet - 30 Swainson's Thrush - 1 Shakespeare Garden Hermit Thrush - 3 American Robin - 25 Gray Catbird - 7-10 Pine Siskin - 5 American Goldfinch - 1 Shakespeare Garden Eastern Towhee - 5-7 Song Sparrow - 5 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Common Grackle - around 20 Ovenbird - 1 Maintenance field Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (near Boathouse, Maintenance Field) Tennessee Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 3 including 1 adult male south side of Turtle Pond Cape May Warbler - 2 Pinetum Northern Parula - 3 Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Oak Bridge (Carine Mitchell), Maint. Field (S. Critelli) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Tupelo field, female near Boathouse) Palm Warbler - 2 (Pinetum, Maintenance Field) Pine Warbler - 2 (male & female) Shakespeare Garden Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 (Sandra Critelli) Northern Cardinal - 5 -- Adam Cunningham @abclooksatbirds reported the continuing Barred Owl at the Loch (seen by many observers yesterday and today), and a Marsh Wren at the Pool via the Manhattan Bird Alert, @BirdCentralPark. A male American Wigeon at the Pool was also reported. -- 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/ --