Central Park NYC Thursday April 30, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob Highlights on a cool, damp morning: Chimney Swift, Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Cedar Waxwing, Wood Thrush, Orchard Oriole, 13 Wood Warbler Species including Worm-eating, Hooded, Prairie and Black-throated Green Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
In addition, a Kentucky Warbler was reported moving between the Gill Overlook and mouth as reported on the ever-useful @mbalerter. -- Canada Goose - 6 (3 pairs) Mallard - 8-10 (only 2 ducklings left on the Lake) Mourning Dove - 35-45 Chimney Swift - 3-5 American Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 4 or 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Ramble Northern Flicker - pair at the Oven Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Maintenance Field Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Warbling Vireo - 1 Shakespeare Garden Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Gill Overlook Blue Jay - 12-14 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 or 3 Turtle Pond Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 or 5 Cedar Waxwing - 4 or 5 in Tuliptree west of Captain's Bench Northern House Wren - 2 (SE side of Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden) Gray Catbird - 15-20 Hermit Thrush - 8-10 Wood Thrush - 1 Indian Cave American Robin - 35-40 House Finch - 3 or 4 Turtle Pond Dock White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 Orchard Oriole - 1 adult male west of Captain's Bench Baltimore Oriole - 5 Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 males Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 3 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Stone Arch Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6 Nashville Warbler - 2 Ramble Common Yellowthroat - 2 west side of Ramble Hooded Warbler - 2 males Gill Overlook Northern Parula - 2 or 3 Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond, Bow Bridge) Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" oak just east of Belvedere Castle Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8-10 Prairie Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 southeast side Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4 -- Still alive, Deborah Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org --
