Despite the drizzle that started later in the morning, Bill Kezer (visiting from the Bay Area of California) and I had a fine morning in the vicinity of Belvedere Castle and The Ramble from 7AM to 10AM. A full annotated list is below:
Double-crested Cormorant Canada Goose Mallard Mourning Dove Rock Pigeon Chimney Swift - 3 overhead Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Great-crested Flycatcher -1: heard calling down slope from weather station Blue-headed Vireo - 2 Red-eyed Vireo - 5 American Crow House Wren - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1: very late, seen well in Shakespeare Garden amongst warbler feeding flock Veery - 6 Swainson’s Thrush - 1: Azalea Pond Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin Gray Catbird European Starling Nashville Warbler - 2: Shakespeare Garden, Azalea Pond Northern Parula - 9: throughout Yellow Warbler - 4: Castle, Point Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1: Point Magnolia Warbler - 6: Shakespeare Garden, Castle, Point, Azalea Pond Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4: throughout ramble Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6: throughout Black-throated Green Warbler - 1: Captain's Bench Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males: Shakespeare Garden, Evodia Field Prairie Warbler - 1: Shakespeare Garden Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male: Point, providing excellent eye-level views in a steady downpour around 9:30 Blackpoll Warbler - 8: throughout, at least 2 females Black-and-White Warbler - 6: throughout American Redstart - 5: throughout Ovenbird - 6: throughout Northern Waterthrush - 1: Azalea Pond Common Yellowthroat - 4: 2 separate male/female pairs at Maintenance Meadow and Azalea Pond Scarlet Tanager - 2 males: Shakespeare Garden, Captains Bench Swamp Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 6 Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - 5 American Goldfinch* House Sparrow 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/ --