Despite the drizzle that started later in the morning, Bill Kezer (visiting
from the Bay Area of California) and I had a fine morning in the vicinity of
Belvedere Castle and The Ramble from 7AM to 10AM. A full annotated list is
below:
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Chimney Swift - 3 overhead
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Great-crested Flycatcher -1: heard calling down slope from weather station
Blue-headed Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
American Crow
House Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1: very late, seen well in Shakespeare Garden amongst
warbler feeding flock
Veery - 6
Swainson’s Thrush - 1: Azalea Pond
Wood Thrush - 3
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Nashville Warbler - 2: Shakespeare Garden, Azalea Pond
Northern Parula - 9: throughout
Yellow Warbler - 4: Castle, Point
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1: Point
Magnolia Warbler - 6: Shakespeare Garden, Castle, Point, Azalea Pond
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4: throughout ramble
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6: throughout
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1: Captain's Bench
Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males: Shakespeare Garden, Evodia Field
Prairie Warbler - 1: Shakespeare Garden
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male: Point, providing excellent eye-level views in
a steady downpour around 9:30
Blackpoll Warbler - 8: throughout, at least 2 females
Black-and-White Warbler - 6: throughout
American Redstart - 5: throughout
Ovenbird - 6: throughout
Northern Waterthrush - 1: Azalea Pond
Common Yellowthroat - 4: 2 separate male/female pairs at Maintenance Meadow
and Azalea Pond
Scarlet Tanager - 2 males: Shakespeare Garden, Captains Bench
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 6
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole - 5
American Goldfinch*
House Sparrow
Best,
Scott Haber
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Scott Haber
Department of Ornithology
American Museum of Natural History
79th St. at Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
(212)-769-5788
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