Below is a full list from my three hours (6:30-9:30) in Central Park this morning, mostly spent with Morgan Tingley. Diversity was still good, but not as impressive as the last few days, and total numbers have decreased as well. I'm sure the next big push will bring plenty more to see though. Noticeably absent was Black-throated Green Warbler, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets and White-throated Sparrows have all but vanished to points farther north. Hermit Thrush numbers are way down as well.
Common Loon - 2 flyovers (early AM at the Castle) Double-crested Cormorant - several flyovers Spotted Sandpiper - 1 at Turtle Pond RED-HEADED WOODPECKER- 1 adult seen well for ~30 mins with M. Tingley. First observed near the stone arch uphill from the Upper Lobe, then later seen moving towards Azalea Pond to avoid the harassment of a pugnacious male Red-bellied. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Least Flycatcher - 1 Great-crested Flycatcher - 1 Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Blue Jay - 7 House Wren - 2 Veery - 3 Hermit Thrush - 2 Wood Thrush - 2 Gray Catbird - 10 Nashville Warbler - 2 Northern Parula - 14 Yellow Warbler - 1 Cape May Warbler - 2 (1 in larger Tulip tree behind Captain's Bench, 1 at Castle early) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 10 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 45 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 (castle) Bay-breasted Warbler - 1, possibly 2 - seen very briefly in mixed flock on path between Humming Tombstone and Upper Lobe Blackpoll Warbler - 10 Black-and-White Warbler - 8 American Redstart - 5 Ovenbird - 4 Northern Waterthrush - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 2 Wilson's Warbler 1 - (singing in Maintenance Meadow) Canada Warbler - 1 (wooded slope north of the Boathouse) Scarlet Tanager - 3 Eastern Towhee - 1 Swamp Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 2 Indigo Bunting - 1 Common Grackle - 25 Baltimore Oriole - 6 Best, Scott Haber -- Scott Haber Department of Ornithology American Museum of Natural History 79th St. at Central Park West New York, NY 10024 (212)-769-5788 Email: scotthab...@gmail.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
