Central Park NYC Friday April 26, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Great Blue Heron, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Hooded and Yellow-throated Warblers. Liam Brock found a Little Blue Heron at the Oven, subsequently seen by many observers.
Canada Goose - around 20 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb after lunch) Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mallard - around 20 Green-winged Teal - a pair continued at the Pool Bufflehead - 3 (2 females, and 1 immature male) Mourning Dove - 20-30 Chimney Swift - at least 5 over the Harlem Meer Herring Gull - around a hundred Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Great Egret - 2 or 3 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (1 perched Loch, 1 flyover) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5, one working on a nest at Conservatory Garden Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Conservatory Garden (Paul Curtis), Green Bench) Blue Jay - half-a-dozen, but 2 pairs nesting at the north end American Crow - 4 Tree Swallow - flyover Harlem Meer Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6 Cedar Waxwing - 6 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Ramble Northern Mockingbird - 2 or 3 Hermit Thrush - 8-10 American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 4-6 American Goldfinch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - around 30 Eastern Towhee - 2 (Wildflower Meadow (Scott Brevda), Loch) Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10 including 2 females Common Grackle - 10-15 Louisiana Waterthrush - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 3 or 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 males (Pool and Loch) Hooded Warbler - 1 continuing male west end of the Loch at the Seep Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Anindya Seng) Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 ranging between Evodia and Tupelo Field (Brad Kane) Northern Cardinal - 6 or 7 including a female on a nest for at least a week - Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
