Central Park, NYC Sunday. June 27, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Northern Parula, Nesting Birds. Canada Goose - family of five at the Upper Lobe Wood Duck - 2 males Turtle Pond, one of these in eclipse plumage Mallard - 5 Mourning Dove - 5 or 6 Chimney Swift - 2 or 3 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - adult male inside east side of park at about 78th Street (Deb - early) Barred Owl - continuing Red-bellied Woodpecker - several including a male at the nest at the Top of the Oven Downy Woodpecker - 2 pairs Northern Flicker - 2 (Ramble & Locust Grove) Great Crested Flycatcher - Tupelo Field Eastern Kingbird - 3 (adult feeding young in nest at Turtle Pond, pair Oak Bridge) Warbling Vireo - 2 or 3 pairs Blue Jay - adult feeding juvenile at Top of Oven Barn Swallow - 4 low over Great Lawn and Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - 1 in Ramble Carolina Wren - singing in Shakespeare Garden American Robin - adults, juveniles, and active nests Gray Catbird - 5 or 6 White-throated Sparrow - 2 or 3 in Mugger's Woods Baltimore Oriole - pair at nest Maintenance Field Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Turtle Pond Common Grackle - 5-10 Northern Parula - singing male at the Gill (Bob - early) Northern Cardinal - 8 including female on nest 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/ --