Central Park NYC - North End Friday, August 25, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: 11 species of Wood Warblers including Lawrence's Warbler (Blue-winged x Golden-winged), and Mourning Warbler. Lawrence's Warbler seen by others later. Mallard - Harlem Meer Mourning Dove - flyover of flock of 40 Conservatory Garden Chimney Swift - 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Loch at Cardinal Flowers Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults circling overhead, one landing on Blockhouse flagpole Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Northern Flicker - 5 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (Green Bench, North of the Pool) Empidonax Flycatcher - 2 (Meer Island, Steps below Fort Clinton) Warbling Vireo - 2 (Pool, NE Great Hill) Red-eyed Vireo - 3 (1 NE Great Hill, 2 North Woods) Blue Jay Barn Swallow - 6 House Wren - 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3 (2 Loch, 1 Pool) American Robin Gray Catbird - many Northern Mockingbird - 2 House Finch - 2 American Goldfinch - 7 (ad. male, ad. female, 5 juveniles - begging calls and wing fluttering) source of the Pool Song Sparrow - 2 (SE Meer, Wildflower Meadow) White-throated Sparrow - alternate plumage west side of the Loch (Mayra Cruz) Baltimore Oriole - hatch-year male NE Great Hill (Jack Rothman) Ovenbird - steps below Fort Clinton along the Meer Northern Waterthrush - 3 (2 at the Pool, 1 at the Loch) Blue-winged Warbler - north of east side of the Pool past jug handles (Mark Siegeltuch) Lawrence's Warbler - adult male north of east side of the Pool just past jug handles (Bob) Black-and-white Warbler - 7 Mourning Warbler - hatch-year (first-fall) east side of Loch 8:50am Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Pool, west side of Loch) American Redstart - 24 Magnolia Warbler - 3 (Green Bench, Loch, Pool) Yellow Warbler - 3 (North Woods & Loch) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 Canada Warbler - 7 Northern Cardinal Fall migration is in full swing. Get out there & bird, Deb Allen P. S. Sorry for the late post, chasing Red-necked Phalaropes in the Bronx. -- 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/ --
