Central Park NYC Sunday May 22, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Turtle Pond at 9am.
Some birds seen before the walk by Deb from the south side of the Reservoir and Bob in the area of Turtle Pond are included. A slow day but we tallied 12 warbler species including 4 Blackburnian Warblers with another (Northern Waterthrush) seen after the walk by Tom Walsh. Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond, 3 Lake Gadwall - pair SW Reservoir, pair turtle Pond (Noa Cruz) Mallard - a few at the south side Reservoir, a few on the Lake, 17 half-grown and 2 very young ducklings & a few adults Turtle Pond Bufflehead - male with bill deformity continues SW Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - at least 48 Reservoir & flyovers in the Ramble Great Egret - 6 Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 Reservoir,1 Lake then perched near island (Dorothy Lourdou) Herring Gull - 19 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 10 Reservoir Mourning Dove - various locations Chimney Swift - 11 Reservoir Northern Flicker - heard SW Reservoir Peregrine Falcon - flyover (Bob) Red-bellied Woodpecker - Mouth of Gill, etc. Downy Woodpecker - female south of Azalea Pond Eastern Kingbird - calling SW Reservoir, 2 Turtle Pond (Noa Cruz) Warbling Vireo - heard SW Reservoir, Upper Lobe, near King of Poland (Will Papp), singing n. of Tupelo Field, singing Warbler Rock Blue Jay - multiple locations Northern Rough-winged Swallow - flyover (Bob) Barn Swallow - flyover (Bob) Black-capped Chickadee - pair, one singing Mugger's Woods American Robin - 45 Great Lawn Gray Catbird - several including one with nesting material Warbler Rock/Summer House Brown Thrasher - north of Tupelo Field Ovenbird - Upper Lobe, Mouth of Gill Black-and-white Warbler - male Turtle Pond, female near King of Poland (Jim Massey), female Willow Rock, female Point Common Yellowthroat - Turtle Pond (Noa/Mayra Cruz), north of Tupelo Field, male singing Mouth of Gill (Noa Cruz), female Willow Rock (Nancy Shamban), female Point American Redstart - near King of Poland (Bob before walk) Northern Parula - near King of Poland, Summer House (Alexi Kalogerakis), 2 Mugger's Woods Magnolia Warbler - Shakespeare Garden, west side Mugger's Woods, Warbler Rock, male & female Point Blackburnian Warbler - male near King of Poland (male found by Bob at 7:30am & seen later with the group), female K of P (Will Papp), female west side Mugger's Wood (Carine Mitchell), male near Gill Overlook (Mayra Cruz) Yellow Warbler - female willow on Point (Deb) Blackpoll Warbler - 3 heard Reservoir, 2 males & female nr King of Poland, female Warbler Rock, male 2, 1 or 2 females Point Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Upper Lobe (Deb before walk) Canada Warbler - male east end of Turtle Pond Wilson's Warbler - male Warbler Rock (Bob) Eastern Towhee - Humming Tombstone (Nancy Shamban), singing male 1 or 2 Warbler Rock/Summer House, singing Azalea Pond Song Sparrow - heard Upper Lobe White-throated Sparrow - Upper Lobe Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird - male Turtle Pond (Noa Cruz), adult male Chez Armando Common Grackle - several Reservoir, building nest Turtle Pond (Carine Mitchell) Baltimore Oriole - male Turtle Pond (Carine Mitchell), male Shakespeare Garden, male Humming Tombstone, 2 males & female Warbler Rock, male & female Willow Rock American Goldfinch - flyover Lake Tom Walsh reported a Northern Waterthrush near the feeders after lunch. 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/ --
