Central Park, NYC - North End & Reservoir Friday, June 23, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen and many other observers
Highlights: Male Indigo Bunting, singing male Common Yellowthroat, female Northern Parula, Male Yellow Warbler, Singing Male Chipping Sparrow & breeding birds. Canada Goose - 15 Reservoir Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mallard - 25 adults & 2 ducklings at the Pool, others at the Meer & Reservoir Mute Swan - 3 Reservoir at around 1pm, gone by 1:30pm (Deb with Mayra Cruz) Mourning Dove - residents - 2 juveniles at Compost Area Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir Herring Gull - 18 Reservoir, flyovers several locations Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - at least 6 (Meer & Reservoir) plus flyovers Great Egret - 2 (Pool & Meer) plus at least 10 flyovers Snowy Egret - flyover flock of 5 (Bob - early) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (Pool & Meer) Red-bellied Woodpecker - Loch Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Loch & Pool) Northern Flicker - 5 Warbling Vireo - singing several locations Blue Jay - juvenile with 2 adults west side of the Loch American Crow - pair mobbed at the Meer Barn Swallow 3 (Meer, 2 Reservoir including active nest on building) White-breasted Nuthatch - south of Blockhouse (Bob - early) House Wren - Wildflower Meadow American Robin - nests & juveniles Gray Catbird - common, nice look at a juvenile West Blowdown/Children's Glade near singing adult Northern Mockingbird - heard Wildflower Meadow Cedar Waxwing - pairs & small groups House Finch - pair Compost Area American Goldfinch - adult male below Grassy Knoll Common Yellowthroat - singing male continues at the Wildflower Meadow Northern Parula - female south of Blockhouse (Bob - early) Yellow Warbler - male Nutter's Battery Chipping Sparrow - singing male Green Bench Song Sparrow - singing male Conservatory Garden Northern Cardinal - pairs Indigo Bunting - male Green Bench disappeared in thick shrub (nesting?) Red-winged Blackbird - several males at the Meer, plus a juvenile with downy feathers on the head Common Grackle - adults & juveniles together Baltimore Oriole - 3 pairs & one juvenile 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/ --
