Central Park NYC - Saturday Sept. 24, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 7:30am & 9am.
Highlights: Lincoln's Sparrow (2), Cape May Warbler (2) plus 13 other species of Wood Warblers, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Bald Eagle, Ospreys (5), and Sharp-shinned Hawk. Canada Goose - 7 Lake near Bow Bridge Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench (Randall Rothenberg) Chimney Swift - flock of 30 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 (1 Tupelo Field, 2 Oven) Herring Gull - Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Reservoir Osprey - 5 flyovers (Strawberry Fields carrying a fish, Warbler Rock, & Maintenance Field) Bald Eagle - flyover Warbler Rock Sharp-shinned Hawk - flyover Warbler Rock Red-tailed Hawk - flyover Tupelo Field Belted Kingfisher - male Oven Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - hatch-year Strawberry Fields (Adam from the UK) Downy Woodpecker - residents Eastern Wood-Pewee - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Blue-headed Vireo - Summer House Swamp Red-eyed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - residents Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch - female Strawberry Fields White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 House Wren - 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Swainson's Thrush - 5 American Robin Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher - 10 Cedar Waxwing - 6 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob before walk) House Finch - Strawberry Fields American Goldfinch - in cup plant east side of Maint field parking lot (Deb alter lunch) Ovenbird - Strawberry Fields Northern Waterthrush - Strawberry Fields, Cherry Hill Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Tennessee Warbler - feeding on aphids in Jewelweed at Oven (Deb after lunch) Common Yellowthroat - 4 American Redstart - 18 (incl. 2 adult males) Cape May Warbler - 2 Strawberry Fields Northern Parula - 10 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Barbara Green & George Beckwith) Yellow Warbler - Strawberry Fields Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Palm Warbler - eastern Strawberry Fields (Mitchell Horowitz) Pine Warbler - pine at Willow Rock Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 Strawberry Fields Eastern Towhee- at least 3 Song Sparrow - 3 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 (Wagner's Cove & Strawberry Fields) White-throated Sparrow Scarlet Tanager - 2 (uphill from Boathouse/Balancing Rock) Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 Tupelo Field Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - 2 (Tupelo Field, Balancing Rock) Janet Wooten reported a Yellow-throated Vireo at the Oven. Anne Shannahan reported a Nashville Warbler at Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench. Elise Boeger reported a Black-billed Cuckoo. 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/ --
