Central Park, NYC Friday May 6, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Vireos & Thrushes, 18 Species of Wood Warblers
Canada Goose - pair Reservoir Gadwall - pair NE corner Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 1 SW Reservoir Mourning Dove - 5 Chimney Swift - 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 at the Pool Herring Gull - 5 Double-crested Cormorant - 15-20 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir Green Heron - 1 Turtle Pond (Deb) Red-tailed Hawk - 4 (2 nesting pairs) Red-headed Woodpecker - adult in oaks above the Gill (Deb after lunch)* Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Pinetum (Deb) Northern Flicker - 1 Great Hill White-eyed Vireo - 1 south Great Hill Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - Loch Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 3 Barn Swallow - 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 Veery - 2 (Jug Handle & North Woods) Swainson's Thrush - 1 at the Oven (Deb) Hermit Thrush - 1 North Woods Wood Thrush - 1 Jug Handle American Robin - around 60 House Finch - 3 Purple Finch 0 female North Woods American Goldfinch - 10-20 Chipping Sparrow - 3 White-crowned Sparrow - adult Belvedere Castle (Deb) White-throated Sparrow - around 50 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Falconer's Hill (Deb - after lunch)* Swamp sparrow - 2 (Pool & Loch) Eastern Towhee - 2 (Jug Handle & Loch) Orchard Oriole - immature male singing Turtle Pond (Deb) Baltimore Oriole - 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 6 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 10-15 Worm-eating Warbler - 2 (west side of Pool, North Woods) Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 15-20 Nashville Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 5-10 American Redstart - 5 (male, female, immature male) Cape May Warbler - 5 Falconer's Hill (Deb - after lunch) Northern Parula - 10-15 Magnolia Warbler - 5-10 Yellow Warbler - 3-5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler -5-10 (1 female) Yellow-rumped Warlber - 1 at the Pool Prairie Warbler - 7 Black-throated Green Warbler - 5 Wilson's Warbler - 1 Meer Island Northern Cardinal - 5-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 -- Sandra Critelli @alexcritelli7 posted a photo of a male Canada Warbler taken at Hallett Sanctuary, and reported a White-crowned Sparrow at Wagner's Cove, and an Indigo Bunting at Gapstow Bridge via the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark on twitter. Thanks David Barrett for maintaining the NY County alert system on twitter. Ginny de Liagre reported 2 Scarlet Tanagers at the east end of the Pool. *Janet Wooten found a Lincoln's Sparrow at Falconer's Hill, and also told me where to find the Red-headed Woodpecker along the Gill. -- 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/ --