Central Park NYC Monday, August 24, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Spotted Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs (continuing), Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Hairy Woodpecker (Sunday), American Kestrel, Blue-winged Warbler. Canada Goose - 16 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Gadwall - 1 Reservoir Mallard - 41 Mourning Dove - 15-20 Chimney Swift - 4 or 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3 Spotted Sandpiper - 2 (Lake (Karen Evans), Reservoir (Deb)) Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 Reservoir (continuing since found by David Ringer on 8/22 (eBird))* Sandpiper - 1 unidentified peep Reservoir Laughing Gull - around 50 Ring-billed and American Herring Gulls - around 300 Great Black-backed Gull - 24 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult 59th Street Pond (Bob) Great Blue Heron - 1 59th Street Pond (Bob) Osprey - 1 bathing at Reservoir (Deb) Cooper's Hawk - 1 female at Zoo (Bob) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ladies Pavilion Hairy Woodpecker - 1 Evodia Field (Dan Stevenson - Sunday 8/23) Northern Flicker - 6, incl. 2 investigating hole in snag at Evodia Field American Kestrel - 1 male flyover Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4 Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Ramble Eastern Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 4 or 5 Barn Swallow - 8-10 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 hatch-year Evodia Field Gray Catbird - 8-10 American Robin - 15-20 Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 6-8 Northern Waterthrush - 1 south side Turtle Pond Blue-winged Warbler - 1 north side Maintenance Field (Paul Curtis) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 American Redstart - 8-10 Blackpoll/Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- *Other observers and photographers of the Lesser Yellowlegs today included Cheryl Checkman and Brad Kane. -- 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 --
