Central Park, NYC Sunday, June 18, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many other observers
Highlights: Magnolia & Black-and-white Warblers, Breeding Birds Canada Goose - 22 (17 adults & 3 goslings Reservoir, 2 adults Turtle Pond) Mallard - 26 (6 adults & 6 ducklings Reservoir, 14 adults Turtle Pond) Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - 4 (over Turtle Pond & Humming Tombstone) Herring Gull - 3 Reservoir & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 (4 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) Great Egret - flyover Black-crowned Night-Heron - south of Oak Bridge Red-tailed Hawk - at least 2 adults circling overhead, juvenile near 72nd & Fifth Ave. (Wendy Miller & George Beckwith) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 including a pair at Maintenance Field Downy Woodpecker - 4 including a male feeding a juvenile at Gill Overlook Northern Flicker - 7 including 4 together at Oak Bridge Great Crested Flycatcher - pair in Ramble Eastern Kingbird - pair nesting at Turtle Pond, adult landing on the back of a flying Red-tailed Hawk south of Oven Warbling Vireo - 4 singing males Crow - silent flyover Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - 3 Reservoir including female perched on nest Tufted Titmouse - Azalea Pond & Tupelo Field White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (4 together at Azalea Pond adult feeding juvenile (Bob - early a.m.), 2 juveniles & adult seen later at the Summer House) American Robin - many juveniles around Gray Catbird - adult collecting earthworms at Upper Lobe Lawn, fluffy, short-tailed fledgling Maintenance Field (Sandra Critelli) Cedar Waxwing - pair Oak Bridge House Finch - female Reservoir Black-and-white Warbler - female Oak Bridge Magnolia Warbler - adult male in dense shrubs below Warbler Rock Song Sparrow - heard SW Reservoir Northern Cardinal - pairs Red-winged Blackbird - first-summer male Turtle Pond Common Grackle - residents Brown-headed Cowbird - Tupelo Field Baltimore Oriole - 7 (2 females, 5 males) 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/ --