Central Park NYC Thursday, September 28, 2023 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob
Highlights: Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided and other Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 32 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 8 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift - 25-35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Herring Gull - 35-40 Black-crowned Night-Heron - reported near Hernshead (Arthur) Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3 or 4 Cooper's Hawk - a adult Top of the Point Red-bellied woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 1 in the Ramble Northern Flicker - 9-12 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Shakespeare Garden Eastern Phoebe - 3 or 4 Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Summer House) Red-eyed Vireo - 5-7 Blue Jay - 8-10 American Crow - 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 Cedar Waxwing - 3 Sparrow Rock (Deb - early) Carolina Wren - 2 (Maintenance Field, Shakespeare Garden) House Wren - 2 or 3 Gray Catbird - 35-45 Brown Thrasher - 5-7 Northern Mockingbird - 3 Swainson's Thrush - 15-20 Wood Thrush - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Alexandra Wang) American Robin - 15-20 Song Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 4 Black-and-white Warbler - 2 or 3 Common Yellowthroat - 6 or 7 American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden Northern Parula - 5 or 6 Magnolia Warbler - 2 or 3 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Paul Curtis) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" west side of the Great Lawn (Bob - early) Pine Warbler - 1 Shakespeare Garden Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 or 3 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/ --