Central Park NYC Thursday October 26, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob
Highlights on an unseasonably warm and sunny day: Hooded Merganser, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Tennessee, Cape May, Black-throated Green, and other Warblers. Canada Goose - flock of 19 Wood Duck - 1 male southeast Reservoir (Deb - 8am) Northern Shoveler - 33 Mallard - around 30 Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir (Deb - 8am & after lunch - First-of-season for Central Park) Ruddy Duck - 10 Mourning Dove - around 60 Chimney Swift - 1 over the Ramble Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (1 male, 1 female) Shakespeare Garden* American Coot - 1 Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Herring and Ring-billed Gulls - around 300 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover Pinetum Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 9-12 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Eastern Phoebe - 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Willow Rock American Crow - 26 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 30-40 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Locust Grove, Northwest Great Lawn) Brown Creeper - 1 south side of Turtle Pond Carolina Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Winter Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 Brown Thrasher - 2 or 3 Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Turtle Pond, Sparrow Rock) Hermit Thrush - 20-30 American Robin - 30-40 Dark-eyed Junco - 12-16 White-throated Sparrow - 75-100 Song Sparrow - 5 or 6 Eastern Towhee - 1 south side of Turtle Pond Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 upper Shakespeare Garden (rept. A. Fishwick, S. Shamilzadeh, E. Paredes, et al.) Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 20-25 Tennessee Warbler - 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe Cape May Warbler - 3 Northern Parula - 2 or 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male east of Azalea Pond (Bob - early) Palm Warbler - 5 or 6 Pine Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20-25 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 north of Conservatory Water (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- *Still plenty of Salvia around for the hummingbirds. -- 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/ --
