Central Park NYC Sunday May 9, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 17 Species of Wood Warblers, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher.
Canada Goose - 4 Gadwall - pair at 59th Street Pond (Deb) Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 10, plus at a nest near the Pond (Deb) Chimney Swift - 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Azalea Pond Double-crested Cormorant - 28 Great Egret - 1 at the Lake Black-crowned Night-Heron - flyover at the Lake Turkey Vulture - flyover at the Lake Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barred Owl - continuing Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - 2 in the Ramble Northern Flicker - 3 Great Crested Flycatcher - heard in Ramble Least Flycatcher - Bow Bridge island chasing Wilson's Warbler (Deb) Blue-headed Vireo - 4 Warbling Vireo - 4 (2 pairs) Blue Jay - 10-15 Black-capped Chickadee - singing at the Pond (Deb) White-breasted Nuthatch - Warbler Rock House Wren - 1 Balcony Bridge Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 east side of Turtle Pond Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 Veery - 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe Hermit Thrush - 1 near Azalea Pond Wood Thrush - 2 singing in the Ramble American Robin - 30-50 Gray Catbird - 40-60 House Finch - 3-5 American Goldfinch - 5-10 White-crowned Sparrow - adult Wagner Cove (Deb) White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 1 Wagner Cove Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Weather Station Eastern Towhee - 3 heard-only Orchard Oriole - female Summer House (Deb)* Baltimore Oriole - 15-20 Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 10-15 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 south side of the Pond (Deb) Northern Waterthrush - 1 Upper Lobe Black-and-white Warbler - 4-6 Nashville Warbler - 1 Laupot Bridge Common Yellowthroat - 10-15 American Redstart - 5-7 Northern Parula - 5 Magnolia Warbler - 7-10 Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 males Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 males Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 turtle Pond Prairie Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 Canada Warbler - 2 (Balcony Bridge, Oak Bridge) Wilson's Warbler - male Bow Bridge island (Deb) Northern Cardinal - 10-15 -- Sandra Critelli reported a young (first-spring) male Orchard Oriole at Laupot Bridge after lunch. At the north end a cooperative male Summer Tanager at the Great Hill was the star attraction with many photos posted on the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. -- Happy Mother's Day to all nesting birds and human mothers too, 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/ --
