Central Park NYC Sunday April 23, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights on a rainy morning: First-of-Season Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Gray Catbird, eight species of Wood Warblers including Prairie Warbler.
Canada Goose - pair nesting at Turtle Pond plus 8-10 others Gadwall - pair Lake Mallard - 7-10 Mourning Dove - 15-20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male just north of King Jagiello of Poland (FOS) Herring Gull - 4-5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 10-15 Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (adult, 2nd-year) Lake Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4-6 Downy Woodpecker - pair in Ramble Northern Flicker - 4-6 Blue-headed Vireo - 5-6 Blue Jay - 5-7 Tufted Titmouse - 2 (Castle, Ramble) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-12 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 10-12 Carolina Wren - 2 (Maintenance Field, Humming Tombstone) House Wren - 1 west of Belvedere Castle Gray Catbird - 3 Hermit Thrush - 4-5 American Robin - 15-20, several nests House Finch - 4-5 Purple Finch - 6 females Chipping Sparrow - 3-4 Dark-eyed Junco - 1-2 White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Eastern Towhee - 8-10 mostly males Baltimore Oriole - 1 male Belvedere Castle - FOS Red-winged Blackbird - 4-5 Common Grackle - 15-20 Northern Waterthrush - 2 singing in Ramble Black-and-white Warbler - 3 males American Redstart - 1 male Warbler Rock Yellow Warbler - 4-5 Palm Warbler - 3-4 "Yellow" Pine Warbler - 5-6 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10-15 Prairie Warbler - 1 East Drive latitude of 79th Street Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- Deb Allen For up-to-the-minute reports on New York County birds see @BirdCentralPark on twitter maintained by David Barrett. -- 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/ --
