Central Park NYC Monday April 25, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, m.ob. on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields 8:00am to around noon.
Gadwall - pair on the Lake Great Egret - flyover Red-tailed Hawk - pair carrying many sticks to San Remo Belted Kingfisher - flyover with fish in bill Upper Lobe (Patricia Essler reported 2 on the same branch at Turtle Pond) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 Blue-headed Vireo - 10 total (3 or 4 Strawberry Fields, 1 Shakespeare Garden, Weather Station Circle, Mugger's Woods, 2 Warbler Rock, etc.) Black-capped Chickadee - pair east side of Oven hand fed by Mayra Cruz Tufted Titmouse - 2 Laupot Bridge Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 150+ (Strawberry Fields, Shakespeare Garden, Warbler Rock, etc) Hermit Thrush - not many Ovenbird - east side of the Point (Tom Ahlf) Louisiana Waterthrush - east shore of the Point (near Boathouse) Northern Waterthrush - Triplet's Bridge, Oven Black-and-white Warbler - 10 - 8 males & 2 females (Upper Lobe, Mugger's Woods, Warbler Rock, etc.) Blue-winged Warbler - 1 or 2 Strawberry Fields (found by Doug Kurz & Ben King) one singing a partial song Northern Parula - Gill Overlook Palm Warbler - 40-50 (5 Upper Lobe, Oven, etc.) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 100-150 various locations males & females in roughly equal numbers Prairie Warbler - male Weather Station Circle, male on the Point Black-throated Green Warbler - male Weather Station Circle, male Oven Eastern Towhee - 5 Chipping Sparrow - 50-60 foraging in elms Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Red-winged Blackbird Rusty Blackbird - Upper Lobe (found by Jeff Ward, i.d. by Doug Kurz) House Finch - heard Purple Finch - female Laupot Bridge, female top of the Point American Goldfinch - around 50 feeding in elms Yesterday's Cape May Warbler was seen again today at the Oven by Doug Kurz and others. Others reported Black-throated Blue Warblers. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
