Central Park NYC Sunday May 1, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Lincoln's Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, Nashville Warbler, American Redstart and other Wood Warblers. Most birds were high up in the treetops early this morning, with noticeably more bird activity after 11am, especially Scarlet Tanagers. Canada Goose - 24 Northern Shoveler - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early) Gadwall - 4 Mallard - 20 Bufflehead - 3 Ruddy Duck - 1 female Reservoir (Deb-early) Mourning Dove - 20-30 Chimney Swift - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 5 Herring Gull - 40 Double-crested Cormorant - 25-30 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 on the Point (Bob-early) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 over the Ramble Great Horned Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 4-6 Northern Flicker - 2 Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Upper Lobe Lawn (Andrea Hessel) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 3-4 Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 3 Barn Swallow - 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-20 Cedar Waxwing - 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 female Maintenance Field Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Top of the Point (Kris Mirasola) House Wren - 2 Ramble Gray Catbird - 10-15 - pairs forming Brown Thrasher - 1 Tupelo Field Hermit Thrush - 3-5 American Robin - 70-80 House Finch - 5-10 American Goldfinch - 4-7 Chipping Sparrow - 5-10 White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Swamp Sparrow - 1 Oven Eastern Towhee - 3-5 Orchard Oriole - 1 second-year male Humming Tombstone Baltimore Oriole - 1 heard Tupelo Field Red-winged Blackbird - 10-15 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Evodia Field feeders Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 1 Swampy Pin Oak Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10 Nashville Warbler - 1 Maintenance Field (David Barrett) American Redstart - 3 Northern Parula - 5-8 Yellow Warbler - 6-10 Palm Warbler - 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 25-30 Scarlet Tanager - 3-5 (all seen after 11am) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen
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