Central Park NYC Monday May 1, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights on a blustery morning: Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Osprey, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Wood Thrush, Wood Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Canada Goose - 5-10 Mallard - 10-15 Bufflehead - 3 Mourning Dove - 20-25 Chimney Swift - 4-6 over the Ramble Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Azalea Pond (Azaleas in bloom now) Herring Gull - 5-7 Double-crested Cormorant - 10-15 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir Osprey - 1 flyover Strawberry Fields (Paul Curtis) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 female Mugger's Woods Downy Woodpecker - 4-5 Northern Flicker - 3 White-eyed Vireo - 1 singing at SW Reservoir Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 9-12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 12-15 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Gill Overlook Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 NW Great Lawn Carolina Wren - 2 South of Maintenance Field Gray Catbird - 4-6 Hermit Thrush - 2-3 Wood Thrush - 1 singing at Tupelo Field American Robin - 10-15 Chipping Sparrow - 2-3 Strawberry Fields White-throated Sparrow - 10-15 Song Sparrow - pair north of Wagner Cove Eastern Towhee - 4-5 Baltimore Oriole - 3 males Red-winged Blackbird - 4-5 Common Grackle - 5-10 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 including 1 female Northern Parula - 3 males Yellow Warbler - 2 in the Ramble Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields Northern Cardinal - 4-6 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - 2 (south of Maintenance Field (Caren Jahre), Summit Rock) Indigo Bunting - heard -- 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/ --