Central Park NYC Friday & Saturday April 21-22, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob
Highlights: 14 Wood Warbler Species including American Redstart, Northern Parula, Nashville, Blue-winged and Prairie Warblers, Painted Bunting, Evening Grosbeak, Rusty Blackbird, Warbling Vireo. Friday April 21, 2023 - led by Deborah Allen Canada Goose - 5 Mallard -8 Mourning Dove Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Great Hill Eurasian Eagle-Owl - 1 zoo-escape continued "Flaco" Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Great Hill Downy Woodpecker - 1 Loch Northern Flicker - 1 at the Pool Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Conservatory Garden (Paul Curtis) Blue Jay - several American Crow - at least 8 Tufted Titmouse - 1 Loch Tree Swallow - 1 Harlem Meer Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 at the Pool Carolina Wren - 1 Conservatory Garden Winter Wren - 1 Loch Hermit Thrush - 3 American Robin Evening Grosbeak - female found by Benny Romero at the Loch (many obs. and photos) House Finch - 5-6 American Goldfinch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 4 Field Sparrow - 1 Great Hill White-throated Sparrow - 20-30 Song Sparrow - 1 Great Hill Swamp Sparrow - 1 Pool (Scott Brevda) Eastern Towhee - 2 (Loch (Madeline), Pool) Red-winged Blackbird - 7 Rusty Blackbird - 1 at the Pool (Kate Wollin) Common Grackle Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (Pool (David Barrett), Loch) Northern Waterthrush - 1 Pool (Scott Brevda) Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Pool (Kate Wollin) Nashville Warbler - 1 Great Hill (David Barrett) Common Yellowthroat - 1 male Loch Yellow Warbler - heard at the Great Hill (David Barrett) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Northern Cardinal - several Painted Bunting - 1 in elm near cliff at the Loch (same tree as Evening Grosbeak)* -- *The Painted Bunting was originally found at the Loch by Brad Balliett on April 18th. Later in the day on Friday a possible Tennessee Warbler was reported at the Wildflower Meadow, not sure who found it, but a quick check of a camera-back photo confirmed a first-of-season Warbling Vireo. -- At Inwood Hill Park Teri Tynes @TeriTynes photographed a male Pileated Woodpecker Saturday morning in the Clove near the "Sacred Circle," as reported on her blog birdsofinwood.com. -- Saturday April 22, 2023 - led by Robert DeCandido Canada Goose - pair with nest at Turtle Pond Wood Duck - 1 male Mouth of the Gill (Ryan Serio) Mallard - 5-10 Mourning Dove - 35-40 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 15-20 Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 on the Point Great Horned Owl - 1 continued "Geraldine" Belted Kingfisher - 1 over the Point Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4-6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4-6 Blue-headed Vireo - 4-5 Warbling Vireo - 1 Delacorte Theater Blue Jay - 8-10 Tufted Titmouse - 1 east of Laupot Bridge Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-15 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Turtle Pond Carolina Wren - 1 Maintenance Field House Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Hermit Thrush - 5-7 American Robin - 25-30 House Finch - 4-6 Purple Finch - 10-15 American Goldfinch - 3-4 Chipping Sparrow - 4-5 White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 1 heard Eastern Towhee - 8-10 Red-winged Blackbird - 4-5 Common Grackle - 15-20 Ovenbird - 1 south of Evodia Field Northern Waterthrush - 1 Upper Lobe (Kris Mirasola) Blue-winged Warbler - 1 Gill Overlook Black-and-white Warbler - 3 males American Redstart - 1 adult male Warbler Rock (Kris Mirasola) Northern Parula - southeast of Evodia Field (David Barrett) Yellow Warbler - 1 male Bow Bridge Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow" Pine Warbler - 2 south side of Turtle Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12-15 Prairie Warbler - 1 Weather Station (Karen Evans) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 with 2 nests -- In addition, a female Hooded Warbler was reported at the North End Saturday morning and the Evening Grosbeak continued. Deb Allen -- Happy Earth Day today and a belated Eid Mubarak -- 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/ --
