Central Park NYC - Strawberry Fields & Ramble Monday August 22, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on a bird starting from Strawberry Fields at 9am.
Today's Highlights - Wilson's Warbler at Strawberry Fields & 7 other Wood Warbler species Mallard - Turtle Pond Mourning Dove Chimney Swift - few (windy day) Ring-billed Gull - flyover Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Red-tailed Hawk - immature catching a rat in Strawberry Fields Red-bellied Woodpecker - Strawberry Fields & Oven Downy Woodpecker - (Jack Rothman) Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 in the Ramble feeding on the ground American Kestrel - flyby Strawberry Fields Eastern Wood-Pewee - Tupelo Field Great Crested Flycatcher - Maintenance Field Eastern Kingbird - Bow Bridge Warbling Vireo - 6 (family groups in Strawberry Fields & Maintenance Field) Blue Jay Barn Swallow - a few flyovers Tufted Titmouse - 2 hatch-year birds Summer House Swamp White-breasted Nuthatch - Strawberry Fields Carolina Wren - 3 (2 Strawberry Fields, 1 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 (Strawberry Fields & Oak Bridge) American Robin - some eating Hackberries Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing - Castle, others heard Captain's Bench (Gillian Henry) House Finch - 7 American Goldfinch - hatch-year Summer House Swamp Ovenbird - Weather Station (Haskel Eisenstein) Blue-winged Warbler - Iphigene's Walk (Haskel Eisenstein) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 3 (2 in Ramble, 1 Strawberry Fields (Robert Ruvolo before walk)) American Redstart - 12 including 3 adult males Magnolia Warbler - Tupelo Field (Will Papp) Yellow Warbler - hatch-year Strawberry Fields Wilson's Warbler - hatch-year Strawberry Fields (First-Of-Season) Northern Cardinal Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - 3 adult males Ginny DeLiagre reported that the Hooded Warbler found by our group Sunday morning was still at the Tupelo Field. 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/ --
