Central Park NYC Sunday, June 21, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: American Kestrel, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula, summer breeders. Canada Goose - 13 Wood Duck - 1 immature male Reservoir (Deb-early) Gadwall - 3-5 Mallard - 6 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 feeding on Spotted Lanternfly nymphs at Tupelo Field Chimney Swift - 4-6 Laughing Gull - 2 or 3 Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early) American Herring Gull - 46 Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 12 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Upper Lobe (Sandra Critelli-Saturday) Great Egret - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 on nest 5th Ave. and 74th Street Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Northern Flicker - 1 Captain's Bench American Kestrel - flyover Maintenance Field Great Crested Flycatcher - pair Maintenance Field Eastern Kingbird - 1 Maintenance Field Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Tupelo Field Eastern Warbling Vireo - 1 singing Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Tupelo Field Blue Jay - 6-8 Barn Swallow - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early) Gray Catbird - 5-7, nest approach display seen in two locations Wood Thrush - 3 (pair + 1) American Robin - 30-35, nice to see young being fed in nests House Finch - 6 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Balancing Rock Baltimore Oriole - 2 or 3 including male at the Oven (Sandra Critelli) Common Grackle - 12-14 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 immature male south side Turtle Pond Northern Parula - 1 singing adult male Tupelo Field Northern Cardinal - nest with eggs in Ramble (probable second brood for the pair) -- Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org --
