Central Park NYC Friday May 12, 2023 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Olive-sided & Least Flycatchers, Scarlet & Summer Tanagers, Bay-breasted & other Warblers. Canada Goose - 4 Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mourning Dove - 10-15 Chimney Swift - 6 or 7 Double-crested Cormorant - a few flyovers Great Blue Heron - flyover (early morning) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 at the Pool (Scott Brevda) Red-tailed Hawk - NO activity at nest on the Museum of the City of New York Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 male at the Loch, several others heard Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - heard Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Loch at west cutout Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 Loch at west cutout (thanks to Miriam Rakowski) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Great Hill Least Flycatcher - 1 Wildflower Meadow Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Great Hill (Dan Stevenson) Red-eyed Vireo - 2 seen, several others heard Blue Jay - several, also a nesting pair with at least 2 young near Conservatory Garden American Crow - 1 or 2 apparently unable to locate the renegade Eu. Eagle-Owl Tufted Titmouse - 1 Azalea Pond (seen after lunch with Melissa and Phyllis) Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - 3 Gray-checked Thrush - 1 continuing at Azalea Pond (after lunch)* Swainson's Thrush - 3 Wood Thrush - 1 at the Loch (Mark Siegeltuch) American Robin - several nesting pairs House Finch - male at the Pool American Goldfinch - 4 White-throated Sparrow - around a dozen Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Loch between the wooden bridge and the Pool Baltimore Oriole - 3 males, others heard Red-winged Blackbird - at least 3 singing males Common Grackle - half-a-dozen Ovenbird - 15 to 20, many more in the Ramble after lunch Northern Waterthrush - 4 or 5 Black-and-white Warbler - 7 or 8 Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6 including 2 females American Redstart - 7 or 8 Cape May Warbler - 2 Great Hill Northern Parula - 8-10 Magnolia Warbler - 8-10 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male Lily Ponds Blackburnian Warbler - 1 singing at Blockhouse (Paul Curtis & David Barrett) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 5 or 6 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 males Black-throated Blue Warbler - 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 2 males (Loch and Pool) Summer Tanager - 1 immature male near Azalea Pond (after lunch) Scarlet Tanager - 7 or 8 Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male bathing in the Loch (Kate Wollin) -- *I hope someone will get a sound recording of this Gray-cheeked Thrush, which had a lot of yellow on the lower mandible. -- 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/ --
