Central Park, NYC Sunday June 4, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Hairy Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Field Sparrow, 7 Wood Warbler Species including Black-throated Green Warbler. Canada Goose - 17 Gadwall - 3 flyovers Mallard - 10-15 Mourning Dove - 50-60 Chimney Swift - 4 or 5 Herring Gull - 18 Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Double-crested Cormorant - 12-15 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Deb 6:30am) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Upper Lobe Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Hairy Woodpecker - 1 female Azalea Pond (spotted by Junko Suzuki) American Kestrel - 1 female perched on flagpole Belvedere Castle Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 (1 Belvedere Castle, 1 Ramble) Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond, one chasing Am. Kestrel Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Gill Overlook Warbling Vireo - 5 or 6 Red-eyed vireo - 6 or 7 Blue Jay - 3 or 4 Barn Swallow - 1 apparently nesting north end Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Cedar Waxwing - 4 or 5 Carolina Wren - 1 Maintenance Field Gray Catbird - 8-10 Northern Mockingbird - 1 heard Wood Thrush - pair, one on nest in Ramble (thanks to Alice Deutsch) American Robin - 25-30 including nest inside Summer House (Abby) House Finch - 8-10 including female feeding to juveniles at Belvedere Castle Field Sparrow - 1 Belvedere Castle (late in season, but not a record date for location) Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 6 or 6 Common Grackle - 10-15 including juveniles Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle (Dan Stevenson and Karen Evans) Common Yellowthroat - 2 or 3 females American Redstart - 4 or 5 including 1 adult male Northern Parula - 3 (1 male, 2 females) Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 or 4 Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 King Of Poland (late in season, but not a record date for location) Northern Cardinal - 6-8 -- 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/ --