Central Park NYC Bird Walks on Saturday & Sunday Aug. 23-24 We birded in the Ramble both days.
On Saturday (8/23): Ovenbird - rock wall near Stone Arch Northern Waterthrush - the Point & the Gill Blue-winged Warbler - 4, including 2 at the Upper Lobe and one bathing in the Gill Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - Upper Lobe American Redstart - various locations --- Probable Cooper's Hawk described by visiting British birder Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Oven Empidonax Flycatcher (probable Least) - Upper Lobe Great Crested Flycatcher - Warbler Rock Eastern Kingbird Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos Barn Swallows mobbing a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk over the Maintenance Field Veery - our first of the season - Mugger's Woods Cedar Waxwing Baltimore Oriole - hatch-year birds ---------------- Sunday (8/24) highlights: Northern Waterthrush - Laupot Bridge (also reported at the Oven) Black-and-white Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Common Yellowthroat - Warbler Rock American Redstart - several Magnolia Warbler - seen after lunch with Sandra Critelli & Richard Lieberman Yellow Warbler (Jane) Chestnut-sided Warbler - Laupot Bridge Canada Warbler - Point & Azalea Pond --- Ruby-throated Hummingbird seen after lunch at the Oven & Shakespeare Garden with Sandra Critelli Eastern Wood-Pewee - at least 2 on the Point - our first for the season Eastern Kingbird Great Crested Flycatcher - 7 or 8 various locations Warbling & Red-eyed Vireos Scarlet Tanager - female - the Point Baltimore Oriole Wood Ducks continue at Turtle Pond. Deborah Allen, m.ob. In addition, Karen Evans reported a first-fall Prairie Warbler on Wednesday (8/20). -- 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/ --
