Starr Saphir and Lenore Swenson's morning walk in the Central Park Ramble had 55 total species with high individual counts for many of them -- a birdy morning in the Park.
Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird (5, feeding on jewel-weed at Oven and Lower Lobe) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Hernshead, our first-of-season) Hairy Woodpecker (trees west of Maintenance Meadow) Northern Flicker (abundant, 20+ seen) Eastern Wood-Pewee (5) Eastern Phoebe (2) YELLOW-THROATED VIREO (Hernshead) Blue-headed Vireo (3) Red-eyed Vireo (abundant, 12+ seen) Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch (3) Carolina Wren MARSH WREN (Tupelo Meadow, very rare for Central Park) Swainson's Thrush (abundant, 20+ seen) Wood Thrush (3) Brown Thrasher (4 seen, heard often) Cedar Waxwing Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush (Azalea) HOODED WARBLER (male, Tupelo Meadow, west of Tupelo tree) Chestnut-sided Warbler (4) Blackpoll Warbler (4) Black-throated Blue Warbler (3) Black-throated Green Warbler (4) Eastern Towhee (Strawberry Fields, first-of-season) LINCOLN'S SPARROW (2, Hernshead and Tupelo Meadow) Dark-eyed Junco (first-of-season) Scarlet Tanager (2) Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5, good views at Upper Lobe) www.starrtrips.wordpress.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
