Central Park NYC Tuesday, May 9, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob., on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle Pond at 9am.
Highlights: 16 species of Wood Warblers on a day that got very quiet after noon, except for a Common Nighthawk found by Francois Portman mid-afternoon. Canada Goose Mallard Mourning Dove Common Nighthawk (Deb late afternoon, see note above) Chimney Swift - around 15, especially over Summit Rock Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - flyovers Great Egret - Turtle Pond Green Heron - flyover seen from Warbler Rock Red-tailed Hawk - pair San Remo Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker White-eyed Vireo - singing at Humming Tombstone from early morning Blue-headed Vireo - the Point Warbling Vireo - 6 to 8 singing, with a pair at north end of Maint. Field Red-eyed Vireo - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Blue Jay Barn Swallow- 2 flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Tufted Titmouse - Azalea Pond White-breasted Nuthatch - Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow House Wren - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Ruby-crowned Kinglet - the Point & Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow Veery - Tupelo Field Swainson's Thrush - the Point Wood Thrush - 4 American Robin Gray Catbird House Finch - dock on Turtle Pond American Goldfinch - 2 dock on Turtle Pond Ovenbird - 8 (seen & heard) Worm-eating Warbler - SE of Maintenance Field (Ken Grille) Northern Wterthrush - 2 (Tupelo Field & Upper Lobe) Black-and-white Warbler - 14 (50/50 males & females) Tennessee Warbler - heard at Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (thanks to Roger Pasquier) Common Yellowthroat 3 males American Redstart - 9 (5 adult males, 3 first-spring males, 1 female) Cape May Warbler - male Humming Tombstone Northern Parula - 13 (12 males, 1 female) Magnolia Warbler - 5 Yellow Warbler - 3 males Blackpoll Warbler - 4 males Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6 (4 males, 2 females) Palm Warbler - "Yellow" Upper Lobe Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8 mostly female (6 females, 2 males) Prairie Warbler - Summit Rock White-throated Sparrow Scarlet Tanager - female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male & female at the Point Common Grackle Orchard Oriole - 2 first-spring males (odd bird with rusty wash Captain's Bench, usu. plumage Warbler Rock) Baltimore Oriole - 12 in Tuliptrees (4 Warbler Rock, 8 Captain's Bench) Roger Pasquier reported an Indigo Bunting at Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock. 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/ --
