Central Park NYC Friday April 28, 2023 OBS:Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on an overcast, cool, and blustery morning: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Black-throated Green and six other species of Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 20 plus four goslings at the Harlem Meer (Scott Brevda) Mute Swan - pair continued Reservoir Mallard - 24 Bufflehead - 3 Ruddy Duck - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 10-12 Herring Gull - 40-45 Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 7 Great Egret - 2 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults circling overhead Eurasian Eagle-Owl - "Flaco" Central Park Zoo escapee continued at the North End Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - heard Northern Flicker - heard Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 4-6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Reservoir Barn Swallow - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 east side of Wildflower Meadow Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 East Blowdown Carolina Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 2 (Wildflower Meadow, Lily Ponds) Hermit Thrush - 1 Loch (Sabina Schumacher) American Robin - 20-25 White-throated Sparrow - around 20 Swamp Sparrow - 2 or 3 (Loch, Pool) Red-winged Blackbird - 7 including a female at Harlem Meer and leucistic male at the Pool Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Harlem Meer (Brad) Common Grackle - 8-10 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 or 2 (Loch, Pool) Northern Waterthrush - 1 or 2 (Pool) Black-and-white Warbler - 2 males (east end Wildflower Meadow, east Blowdown) Northern Parula - 1 male east end of Wildflower Meadow Pine Warbler - 1 female east end Wildflower Meadow Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 males east end of Wildflower Meadow Northern Cardinal - 5-7 -- Verbal reports: Roger Pasquier reported a Baltimore Oriole at the Pool. Benny Romero reported a Red-eyed Vireo at the Lily Ponds. Ruben Giron reported a Savannah Sparrow at the Butterfly Plantings. For other New York County reports see @BirdCentralPark on Twitter maintained by David Barrett. -- 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/ --
