Central Park NYC Thursday May 4, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo (FOS), Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 4 Vireo Species, Veery, 11 Wood Warbler Species. See the end of the list for additional reports.
Canada Goose - 5-10 Mute Swan - 2 Reservoir Mallard - 10-15 Bufflehead - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 15-20 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Summit Rock - First-Of-Season Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 flyover Maintenance Field Herring Gull - 6-8 Double-crested Cormorant - 5-10 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 on the Point Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-4 Downy Woodpecker - pair east side of Turtle Pond Northern Flicker - pair with possible nest Tupelo Field White-eyed Vireo - 1 SW Reservoir Bridge Blue-headed Vireo - 7-10 Warbling Vireo - 1 Upper Lobe Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 5-10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-15 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Carolina Wren - pair Maintenance Field House Wren - pair Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 1 Azalea Pond (Dan Stevenson) Hermit Thrush - 2 Stone Arch American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 3-4 American Goldfinch - 4-5 Ramble White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 Song Sparrow - 1 Ramble Eastern Towhee - 1 male Tupelo Field Orchard Oriole - 1 second-year male Upper Lobe Lawn Baltimore Oriole - 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 4-5 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 2 Ramble Northern Waterthrush - 1 Swampy Pin Oak Black-and-white Warbler - 5-7 males Nashville Warbler - 1 male Delacorte Common Yellowthroat - 2 males (Turtle Pond Dock, Bow Bridge) American Redstart - 2 males (Azalea Pond, Summer House) Northern Parula - 3 males Magnolia Warbler - 2-3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Summer House Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4-5 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male Delacorte Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- At the North End an Evening Grosbeak was reported at the Great Hill, a Least Flycatcher was reported at the Pool along with a continuing Spotted Sandpiper, and the Virginia Rail continued at the Loch. See @BirdCentralPark and @mbalerter on Twitter maintained by David Barrett for these and numerous other NY County bird reports. -- 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/ --
