Central Park NYC Saturday May 21, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30 and 9am.
A bit slower than last week, but still good birds around including a female Summer Tanager near Humming Tombstone. Birds at the Reservoir were seen before the walk (Deb). Canada Goose - pair with 2 Goslings & pair with 3 goslings Reservoir, pair with 5 goslings Lake, etc. Gadwall - between 3 and 5 Reservoir Mallard - 11 Reservoir, huge brood of half-grown ducklings Turtle Pond Bufflehead - male Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant- 51 Reservoir, flyovers in Ramble Great Egret - 6 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - 6 Reservoir, 1 Upper Lobe (Carine Mitchell) Spotted Sandpiper - at least 2 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - 63 Reservoir Herring Gull - 18 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 11 Reservoir Chimney Swift - (7:30 walk) Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Tuliptree in Shakespeare Garden, Humming Tombstone Red-bellied Woodpecker - several Locations Downy Woodpecker - male Stone Arch (Chris Tipton) Northern Flicker - 2 calling vociferously near Boathouse Olive-sided Flycatcher - near King of Poland Warbling Vireo - 3 Castle Walk, Warbler Rock Red-eyed Vireo - Humming Tombstone, Warbler Rock Blue Jay - many locations Barn Swallow - Reservoir & Flyover Black-capped Chickadee - Summer House House Wren - singing Indian Cave Veery - Weather Station (Deb) Swainson's Thrush - Source of Gil American Robin - Gray Catbird - many locations Brown Thrasher - east of Azalea POnd (7:30 walk) Cedar Waxwing - Humming Tombstone Ovenbird - East of Azalea Pond (7:30 walk) Black-and-white Warbler - male, female, Castle Walk Common Yellowthroat - males & females - Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden, male Upper Lobe, female Summer House American Redstart - female near Boathouse, 2 female & 1 immature male near King of Poland, Castle Walk (Chris Tipton), Summer House Northern Paula - female Humming Tombstone, Summer House Magnolia Warbler - ner King of Poland - (Carine Mitchell), Humming Tombstone, Summer House Blackburnian Warbler - male near King of Poland Yellow Warbler - the point (7:30 walk) Blackpoll Warbler - 3 heard Reservoir, at least 2 near King of Poland, male Turtle Pond Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 females near King of Poland, female Indian Cave (Adam Rudt) Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 males near King of Poland Canada Warbler - male Upper Lobe Eastern Towhee - male at least 2 males singing west of Azalea Pond, singing male Summer House Meadow Summer Tanager - female Mugger's Woods near Humming Tombstone (7:30 walk) Scarlet Tanager - male Humming Tombstone (7:30 walk) Common Grackle - 15 plus 2 fledglings Reservoir Baltimore Oriole - nest at Maintenance field (Carine Mitchell), Turtle Pond House Finch - 2 females/immatures drinking at puddle below Belvedere Castle 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/ --
