Central Park NYC Sunday April 15, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Cold and windy today and a bit slower overall than Friday & Saturday, but we were fortunate to find the Yellow-throated Wabler on the Point between 8:40 & 8:45am this morning, though it was not being seen there an hour later. Other warblers: Louisiana Waterthrush on the Point, and several each of Yellow-rumped and Palm Warblers. The Barn Owl was easy to see early this morning, but moved to another spot in the same pine later on. A Green Heron continued at the Oven.
Canada Goose - nesting on island in Lake, only one seen at Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 12 Turtle Pond Mallard - Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - 12 Evodia Feeders Double-crested Cormorant - 6 (3 Turtle Pond, 3 Bow Bridge) Green Heron - Oven Black-crowned Night-Heron - Point Red-tailed Hawk - 3 over Turtle Pond (residents from east & west side) Barn Owl - continuing Red-bellied Woopecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 (males & females) Downy Woodpecker - 2 pairs Northern Flicker - pair at Laupot Bridge Crow - flying over west side Blue Jay - pairs building nests at the Gill Overlook & Point Northern Rough-winged Swallow- pair Turtle Pond Brown Creeper - Summer House Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Tupelo Field (thanks to Wolfgang Demisch) Golden-crowned Kinglet - one - moved from Wagner Cove to Bow Bridge Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Hermit Thrush - 10 American Robin Cedar Waxwing - 14 in cedar (juniper) on the Point House Finch - 6 all at feeders American Goldfinch - 14 Eastern Towhee - 4 males Mugger's Woods Chipping Sparrow - 20 (feeders, Cedar Hill & Ramble) Field Sparrow - east of feeders Song Sparrow - 5 (feeders, Upper Lobe & Turtle POnd) Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Upper Lobe & Turtle Pond) White-throated Sparrow - 30 to 50 Dark-eyed Junco - 10 (feeders & Cedar Hill) Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Oven Common Grackle - 6 various locations Brown-headed Cowbird - male heard Louisiana Waterthrush - Point Palm Warbler - 3 (Ramble, Upper Lobe, Point) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 (Point & Bow Bridge) Yellow-throated Warbler - Point Northern Cardinal - residents Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
