Central Park NYC Friday September 16, 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Northern Pintail, Sora, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Marsh Wren, Lincoln's Sparrow, Cape May and Other Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 60-70 Northern Shoveler - 5 Harlem Meer (Deb - early) Gadwall - 5 at the Pool Mallard - 50-60 Northern Pintail - 1 Harlem Meer with N. Shovelers (Deb - early) Mourning Dove - 8-10 Chimney Swift - 4 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Harlem Meer in Jewelweed (Deb - after walk) Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult at the Pool Great Horned Owl - continues (David Barrett) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 at the Loch Northern Flicker - 5 or 6 Peregrine Falcon - 1 low flyover near Conservatory Garden Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3 Least Flycatcher - 1 near Plant Nursery Red-eyed Vireo - 1 at the Pool Blue Jay - 3 or 4 American Crow - flyover Wildflower Meadow, others mobbing Great Horned Owl Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 at the Loch House Wren - 3 Marsh Wren - west side of the Pool near Sora Carolina Wren - heard at the Loch Gray Catbird - 6-8 Brown Thrasher - 2 at the Loch Swainson's Thrush - 8-10 Wood Thrush - 1 south side of the Loch American Robin - 10-15 House Finch - 1 Plant Nursery American Goldfinch - 4 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 west edge of West Blowdown north of the Pool (Deb- after walk) Common Grackle - 2 Ovenbird - 1 Loch (Rich Vitale) Northern Waterthrush - 2 at the Pool Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 12 (Mary Kate Horbac) American Redstart - 17-20 Cape May Warbler - 2 at the Loch Northern Parula - 4 Magnolia Warbler - 3-4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female at the Loch Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 female at the Pool Scarlet Tanager - 1 at the Loch Northern Cardinal - 8-10 (including 2 juveniles still being fed by their parents) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (Pool & Loch) -- Enrico Leonardi reported a Wilson's Warbler at Balancing Rock of the North (between the Pool and the West Blowdown). Ron Lugo and Ruben Giron reported a Red-headed Woodpecker along the Loch. -- 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/ --
