Central Park NYC Thursday October 19, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruddy Duck, Black-billed Cuckoo, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Orange-crowned and Cape May Warblers, American Redstart. Northern Shoveler - 2 Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Gadwall - 2 males Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Mallard - around 20 Ruddy Duck - 9 (thanks to Wolfgang Demisch) Mourning Dove - 25-35 Black-billed Cuckoo - 1 hatch-year east of Azalea Pond (Paul Curtis)* Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Shakespeare Garden American Coot - 2 Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Herring Gull - around 20 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Great Blue Heron - 1 low flyover Shakespeare Garden (m.ob.) Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10-15 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Top of Oven (Bob - early) Northern Flicker - 6-8 American Kestrel - 1 perched on backstop east side of Great Lawn Blue Jay - 12-16 American Crow - 15-20 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 30-40 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Cedar Waxwing - 7-10 (Alexandra Wang) Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 House Wren - 2 (Sparrow Rock & Shakespeare Garden) Winter Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 5-7 Brown Thrasher - 1 Maintenance Field Hermit Thrush - 8-10 American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 1 male Cedar Hill (Deb - after lunch) Chipping Sparrow - 1 Pinetum Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4 White-throated Sparrow - 40-50 Song Sparrow - 2 or 3 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Cedar Hill (Deb - after lunch) Eastern Towhee - 4-6 Yellow-breasted Chat - 2 (upper and lower Shakespeare Garden)** Common Grackle - 11-13 Orange-crowned Warbler - 2 Shakespeare Garden (one dull, one bright) American Redstart - 1 northwest Great Lawn Cape May Warbler - 2 Shakespeare Garden Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (female Shakespeare Garden, male & female Winterdale Arch) Pine Warbler - 2 (1 King of Poland (Paul Curtis), 1 Cedar Hill (Deb)) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8-10 Northern Cardinal - 4-6 -- *The Black-billed Cuckoo ate 3 Spotted Lanternflies in the space of around 15 minutes. **One of the Yellow-breasted Chats has strong black in the lore bordered by white above, the other has a duller lore bordered by white below, and also has less extensive white above the lore and a paler bill. -- 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/ --
