Central Park NYC Saturday Apr. 22, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob., on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30 & 9:00am.
Highlights: On a murky morning with intermittent rain, we still had some good birds: Wild Turkey, Northern Parula, Orange-crowned Warbler (plus 5 other Wood Warbler species). Yes, the Wild Turkey originally reported at the Loch by Carolyn Smith on eBird Thursday, and spotted by David Barrett late Friday southeast of the Maintenance Field, turned up this morning near the Boathouse before the 7:30 walk. Canada Goose - on eggs at Turtle Pond (Jeffrey M. Ward) Mallard - not many - Turtle Pond & Reservoir Bufflehead - pair north end Reservoir (before walk) Wild Turkey - Boathouse/Point (Bob & Deb 6:30am), Falconer's Hill (after lunch - thanks to Ryan Zucker & Jeff Ward) Red-necked Grebe - WBF release SE Reservoir heading north 7:30am (Deb) Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - 2 over Upper Lobe (Jeff Ward) Double-crested Cormorant - 4 Turtle Pond, plus flyovers Green Heron - with orange legs at the Point (first noted today on 7:30 walk) Black-crowned Night-Heron- Turtle Pond (Jeff Ward) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (San Remo (Carine Mitchell), 2 flyovers Castle (Jeff W.)) Belted Kingfisher - 1 or 2 (female in willows near the Riviera, flyover Shakespeare Garden (Jeff Ward)) Red-headed Woodpecker - first-spring at the Dene Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - female Tupelo Field (David Barrett) Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 2 or 3 American Kestrel - male high over the Maintenance Field (Carine Mitchell) Blue-headed Vireo 3 (2 Tupelo Field (David Barrett), 1 Shakespeare Garden) Blue Jay - residents (quiet at this season) American Crow - flyover Black-capped Chickadee - at least 3 (Turtle Pond, Upper Lobe, Feeders, Point) Tufted Titmouse - very few but some singing White-breasted Nuthatch - Point (Tom Ahlf) House Wren - Shakespeare Garden (Tom Ahlf & Andrew) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 6 (3 Point, 1 Tupelo Field, 2 Shakespeare Garden) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10+ (4 Point, 2 Turtle Pond, 2 Shakespeare Garden, 2 Upper Lobe, Swampy Pin Oak) Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 Wood Thrush - west of Rock Wall (Drew) American Robin - many, some nesting Brown Thrasher - Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow House Finch - 2 males at feeders American Goldfinch - the Point (Peter Haskel) Louisiana Waterthrush - Upper Lobe (Xander Vitarelli) Northern Waterthrush - 2 (singing - Point/Oven & Upper Lobe (Jeff Ward)) Orange-crowned Warbler - the Point (7:30 walk), later at Upper Lobe (thanks to tweet from Kevin Topping) Northern Parula - Upper Lobe Palm Warbler - 4 at the Point Pine Warbler - 3 along the south shore of Turtle Pond Yellow-rumped Warbler - at least 8 (4 Point, 3 Turtle Pond, 1 Shakespeare Garden) Eastern Towhee - at least 3 (male between Rock Wall and Upper Lobe, 2 males Reservoir (before walk)) Field Sparrow - 3 Maintenance Field (Jeff Ward) Song Sparrow - Bow Bridge Island Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Oven & Point - David Barrett) White-throated Sparrow - still many Northern Cardinal - residents Brown-headed Cowbird - male & female south side Turtle Pond (Castle Walk) Common Grackle - residents nesting Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
