Central Park - North End, NYC Friday September 2, 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Black-billed Cuckoo, Northern Shoveler, Least Flycatcher, 8 Species of Wood Warblers. Thanks to Scott Brevda, Mary Kate Horbac, and Kate Wollin, Gloria & Cliff for the excellent bird spotting. Canada Goose - 32 Northern Shoveler - 1 over the Harlem Meer 8:06am - first-of-season for Central Park Gadwall - 4 at the Pool (3 more on the Reservoir later) Mallard - around 20 Mourning Dove - around 20 Black-billed Cuckoo - 1 hatch-year bird at the Loch Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool (Pyul Horbelt) Ring-billed Gull - at least 300 at the Reservoir after lunch Herring Gull - several flyovers plus at least 50 at the Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 flyover Conservatory Garden, others at the Reservoir Great Blue Heron - 1 Reservoir after lunch Great Egret - 1 flyover, 2 at the Reservoir later Red-tailed Hawk - 1 immature Nutter's Battery Great Horned Owl - 1 continues (David Barrett) Downy Woodpecker - 2 (male & female) at the Loch Northern Flicker - several American Kestrel - 2 (male & female) circling together over the Conservatory Garden Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (Loch & Pool) Eastern Kingbird - 1 at the Oven in the Ramble after lunch Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 at the Loch Least Flycatcher - 1 west end of the Pool Red-eyed Vireo - 3 or 4 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - 4 flyovers Carolina Wren - 2 at the Loch Gray Catbird - 6-8 Northern Mockingbird - hatch-year bird at Plant Nursery Veery - 1 Great Hill, 2 more at the Maintenance Field after lunch American Robin - around a dozen Song Sparrow - 2 Compost Heap Baltimore Oriole - 1 at the Loch (Sabina Schumacher) Common Grackle - 6 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Loch & Pool - Patricia Klein) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 4 or 5 American Redstart - 20-25 Northern Parula - 1 west end of the Pool Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1or 2 males at the Loch Canada Warbler - 1 at the Loch (others later in the Ramble) Northern Cardinal - 8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 in Jewelweed at the Loch (2 more at the Oven later) -- 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/ --
