Central Park NYC - North End & Reservoir Friday, July 28, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 4 Species of Wood Warblers & Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Canada Goose - 22 Meer Gadwall - 3 (2 at the Pool, 1 Reservoir) all molting Mallard - 50+ including domestic Mallard Indian Runner Duck breed at the Meer Mourning Dove - adults & juveniles Chimney Swift - at least 6 Herring Gull - around 100 Reservoir & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - around 50 Reservoir (early this morning Mayra Cruz counted 8 - numbers vary by time of day) Double-crested Cormorant - around a dozen (1 at the Meer (Jack Rothman), at least 10 Reservoir plus flyovers) Great Egret - 4 (1 perched at the Meer Island, 3 flyovers) Red-bellied Woodpecker - juvenile Wildflower Meadow Downy Woodpecker - 5 (family of 4 Green Bench, lone bird at the Loch) Northern Flicker - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & Loch) American Kestrel - 3 perched together on building across 5th Ave. from Conservatory Garden (Mayra Cruz & Bob) Eastern Kingbird - 2 (south of Nutter's Battery, & juvenile bathing at Meer Island) Warbling Vireo - 2 (North side of Loch & in fresh basic plumage at Green Bench) Red-eyed Vireo -2 (heard Great Hill & molting bird at the Loch (Bob - early)) Blue Jay American Crow - vocal flyovers Barn Swallow - flyovers (4 over the Meer, 2 over the Conservatory Garden, 3 Reservoir) White-breasted Nuthatch - Loch (Bob - early) House Wren - heard singing between Grassy Knoll & Wildflower Meadow American Robin - many juveniles about as usual in July Gray Catbird - 11 including hatch-year at Wildflower Meadow Northern Mockingbird - adults & juveniles (one on its own NE North Meadow Ballfields, others with adults) Cedar Waxwing - 3 juveniles East Blowdown (Jack Rothman) House Finch - 3 (Loch & Wildflower Meadow) Song Sparrow - singing at north end of Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Orchard Oriole - adult female in Black Cherry Wildflower Meadow (Bob - early) Baltimore Oriole - 3 hatch-year birds (Green Bench, Meer Island, Grassy Knoll) Red-winged Blackbird - male Meer, female south of Nutter's Battery, others flushed from phragmites along the Meer Common Grackle - adult feeding young (Mayra Cruz) Louisiana Waterthrush - Loch (Bob - early) Black-and-white Warbler - hatch-year male Loch Overlook (Bob - early) American Redstart - adult female or hatch-year west side of Wildflower Meadow Yellow Warbler - 6 or 7 (Loch, NW Meer, south side of Meer, Meer Island) Northern Cardinal - males & females Rose-breasted Grosbeak - hatch-year female Loch 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/ --
