Central Park NYC Friday May 3, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Green-winged Teal, Osprey, Bald Eagle, Clay-colored Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Warblers including Blackpoll and Black-throated Green Warblers.
Canada Goose - 4 including pair nesting at Harlem Meer Gadwall - pair continues at the Pool Mallard - 10 Green-winged Teal - pair continues at the Pool Mourning Dove - a dozen Chimney Swift - 2 Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at the Pool Herring Gull - several flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - a few flyovers Great Egret - 5 or 6 flyovers, one perched at the Meer Osprey - 1 fishing at the Harlem Meer at around 8am Bald Eagle - 1 flyover 4th-year bird with head and tail not completely white Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Northern Flicker - 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 High Meadow Warbling Vireo - 1 Green Bench (Scott Brevda) Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - 1 flyover Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 or 2 at the Loch (Chris) House Wren - heard in 4 locations Gray Catbird - 5 or 6 Hermit Thrush - 1 Children's Glade American Robin - 20-30 House Finch - 5 American Goldfinch - 2 at the Loch Chipping Sparrow - 7 Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 continued at Strawberry Fields Field Sparrow - 1 Green Bench (Scott Brevda) White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Loch Eastern Towhee - 1 male North Woods Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Rusty Blackbird - 1 at the Pool Common Grackle - 4 Ovenbird - 3 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Caren Jahre) Black-and-white Warbler - 6 or 7 Common Yellowthroat - 1 female at the Pool (Anindya Seng) American Redstart - 1 High Meadow Northern Parula - 10-12 Yellow Warbler - 1 High Meadow (Caren Jahre) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male High Meadow Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10-15 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male High Meadow Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- 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/ --