Central Park NYC Thursday, May 17, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen with Pennsylvania Birders & others
Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers, Cliff Swallows (2), Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Lincoln's Sparrow, & possible Bicknell's Thrush. Canada Goose - 4 (2 pairs Great Lawn) Wood Duck - male continues on the Reservoir Gadwall - 2-4 (one or two pairs on the Reservoir) Mallard - at least 20 (residents) Ruddy Duck - male & female Reservoir Mourning Dove - residents Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Sparrow Rock Chimney Swift - 16 together over Swampy Pin Oak Ruby--throated Hummingbird - Warbler Rock Spotted Sandpiper - 6 or 7 Reservoir Herring Gull - small numbers Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Reservoir Double-crested cormorant - 17 Reservoir Green Heron - adult Triplet's Bridge Red-tailed Hawk - adult with 2 three-week-old chicks visible in 5th Avenue nest Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (pair at top of the Oven, male Warbler Rock) Downy Woodpecker - Tupelo Field and the Point Northern Flicker - male Gill Overlook Eastern Wood-Pewee - Delacorte Theater Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Shakespeare Garden Warbling Vireo - Swedish Cottage Red-eyed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - pairs Tree Swallow - at least 2 Reservoir Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Reservoir Cliff Swallow - 2 Reservoir around north Gate House (probably a pair) Barn Swallow - 8 to 12 Reservoir with some nest building Tufted Titmouse - heard Maintenance field White-breasted Nuthatch - Gill Overlook House Wren - Ramble Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Sparrow Rock & Swedish Cottage) Veery - Gill Source Bicknell's Thrush - Gill Source - POSSIBLE- thanks Ryan Zucker) Swainson's Thrush - at least 10 American Robin - several nests observed Gray Catbird - resident pairs, nest building at the top of the Point (thanks Gail & Charles Persky) Cedar Waxwing - 4 perched above Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock House Finch - 3 in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock Lincoln's Sparrow - Tanner's Spring (Deb - late afternoon) White-crowned Sparrow - between Evodia Field & Gill Source (thanks Ryan Zucker) White-throated Sparrow - 2 Orchard Oriole - Turtle Pond Dock Baltimore Oriole - 4 (males & females in Tuliptree Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench) Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males (Gill Source & Oven) Common Grackle - residents Ovenbird - 5 or 6 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 12 Common Yellowthroat - 10 to 12 American Redstart - 10 Cape May Warbler - 4 (Tuliptrees in bloom are favorites of this bird) Northern Parula - 20, mostly females Magnolia Warbler - 10 (50/50 mix of males & females) Bay-breasted Warbler - 4 (3 male, 1 female) Blackburnian Warbler - 5 (3 mlaes, 2 females - the Pinetum a good spot today) Yellow Warbler - 8 (50/50 male/female) Chestnut-sided - 6 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 including female Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 (2 male, 3 female) Prairie Warbler - female Warbler Rock Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3 west side of Great lawn Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Canada Warbler - 3 (2 male, 1 female) Wilson's Warbler - 10, all males Scarlet Tanager - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Northern Cardinal - residents including pair with nest in Shakespeare Garden Indigo Bunting - singing male in Bald Cypress at Turtle Pond Dock Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
