Central Park NYC Monday May 17, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Flyover Osprey, Nest-building Eastern Kingbirds, Yellow-throated Vireo, 19 Species of Wood Warblers including the continuing Prothonotary Warbler.
Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 5-10 Mourning Dove - 15-20 Chimney Swift - 8 Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Osprey - flyover Great Lawn Red-tailed Hawk - 2 flyovers Shakespeare Garden Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Upper Lobe Northern Flicker - 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 south of Belvedere Castle Eastern Kingbird - 2 pairs with nesting material (Turtle Pond, SW corner of Lake) Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Balancing Rock Warbling Vireo - 6 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 3-5 Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Tupelo Field Veery - 5 American Robin - 50-75 Gray Catbird - 20-30 House Finch - 1 male Turtle Pond Dock White-throated Sparrow - 3 Orchard Oriole - second-year male turtle Pond Dock Baltimore Oriole - 6-10 Red-winged Blackbird - 3-5 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Turtle Pond Dock Black-and-white Warbler - 5 (1 male, 4 females) Prothonotary Warbler - female continuing at Oak Bridge Common Yellowthroat - 5 American Redstart - 10-15 Cape May Warbler - 2 males (Turtle Pond, Warbler Rock) Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 5-7 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male Balancing Rock Blackburnian Warbler - 5 (1 female, 4 males) Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Humming Tombstone, Strawberry Fields) Blackpoll Warbler - 5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (2 males, 2 females) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Canada Warbler - 2 males (turtle POnd, Upper Lobe) Wilson's Warbler - 1 male Strawberry Fields (Paul Curtis) Scarlet Tanager - 1 male Balancing Rock Northern Cardinal - 5-10 Adding to the warbler count, David Barrett observed a singing Tennessee Warbler at the Locust Grove. For up-to-the-minute reports on Central Park birds see the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark on twitter. -- Deb Allen -- 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/ --
