Central Park NYC Friday and Saturday, August 7-8, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Saturday Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Northern Waterthrush, blue-winged Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Cerulean Warbler, Northern Yellow Warbler. Saturday List: Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Gadwall - 3 Mallard - 2 dozen Mourning Dove - 30-35 Chimney Swift - 3-5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Oak Bridge Laughing Gull - 3 Ring-billed Gull - 1 American Herring Gull - 18 Great Black-backed Gull - 12 Double-crested Cormorant - 6 Red-billed Woodpecker - 4-6 including 2 hatch-year birds Eastern Warbling Vireo - 2 east of Azalea Pond Red-eyed Vireo - 2 at the Oven Blue Jay - 4 or 5 Barn Swallow - 4 Gray Catbird - 10-12 Northern Mockingbird - 1 flyover Wood Thrush - 1 Evodia Field American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 1 Summer House White-throated Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 2 Reservoir Baltimore Oriole - 8-10 Common Grackle - 10-12 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Oven, Evodia Field) Blue-winged Warbler - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 American Redstart - 3 Cerulean Warbler - 1 south end of Maintenance Field (continuing) Northern Yellow Warbler - 4 Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- Highlights Friday, Aug. 8th: Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Empidonax Flycatcher (probable Least), Fish Crow (flyover flock), Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Yellow Warbler. In addition, Wolfgang Demisch reported a Spotted Sandpiper at the Reservoir. -- Deb 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 --
