Central Park NYC - North End Friday, September 1, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 19 species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Tennessee, & the first-of-season Orange-crowned Warbler. The Orange-crowned Warbler, found by Bob at the Green Bench early this morning ties the record early date for Central Park set in 1939 by Billy Norse and Irving Cantor. Canada Goose - at least 18 Meer Mallard - at least 40 Meer Mourning Dove - 9 Chimney Swift - 5 Meer Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 (3 Loch, Fort Clinton) Herring Gull - 4 flyovers Great Blue Heron - immature Loch (Bob - 7am) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 perched south of Nutter's Battery, 2 circling overhead (David Barrett)) Eastern Wood-Pewee - at least 5 (the first below Fort Clinton (David Barrett)) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - west side of Wildflower Meadow (seen earlier by Stefan Passlick) Empidonax Flycatcher - Loch (Willow/Alder) Warbling Vireo - 4 or 5 (Fort Clinton, Grassy Knoll (singing), East Blowdown, 1 or 2 at the Pool) Red-eyed Vireo - at least 5 (Wildflower Meadow (Tom Ahlf) & elsewhere) Blue Jay Barn Swallow - flyover Meer (Bob - early a.m.) White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Grassy Knoll House Wren - Grassy Knoll Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Fort Clinton (David Barrett) American Robin Gray Catbird - still fairly common Cedar Waxwing - flock of around 20 over the Conservatory Garden, 7 perched at Wildflower Meadow (Frank Rutella) House Finch - a few American Goldfinch - female Loch Baltimore Oriole - 3 (2 Wildflower Meadow (Bob - early a.m.), 1 Loch) - no adult males Common Grackle - a few Ovenbird - Jug Handle north of Pool Northern Waterthrush - 3 (E. side of the Loch & Willow west side of the Pool (Peter Haskel)) Black-and-white Warbler - 9 (including birds spotted by Sally Kopstein & Alex Ross) Tennessee Warbler - 2 west side of the Pool (Deb) Orange-crowned Warbler - Green Bench (Bob - early a.m.) Nashville Warbler - Meer below Fort Clinton (Bob - early a.m.) Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Loch (David Barrett), Lily Ponds) American Redstart - 25-30 (3-4 adult males) Cape May Warbler - 1 (Fort Clinton (Deb), 2 Grassy Knoll (David Barrett), West side of Pool) Northern Parula - west side of Pool (David Barrett) Magnolia Warbler - at least 9 Baypoll Warbler (Blackpoll/Bay-breasted) - Fort Clinton Yellow Warbler - Meer below Fort Clinton Chestnut-sided Warbler - at least 5 Pine Warbler - Green Bench (thanks to Stefan Passlick) Yellow-rumped Warbler - west side of the Pool (FOS) - EARLY (Bob) Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 Canada Warbler - west side of the Pool Wilson's Warbler - Meer below Fort Clinton (Bob - early a.m.) Northern Cardinal - female with 2 fledglings Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Loch (Deb) David Barrett reported the first-of-season Eastern Phoebe at the North Meadow Ball Fields at a little before 1pm. 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/ --
