Central Park NYC Saturday April 23, 2016 OBS: R. DeCandido, D. Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30am and 9am ending at around 1pm.
A bit of rain this morning made for difficult lighting at times, but there were plenty of birds around. Canada Goose - occupying Turtle Pond island Gadwall - pair Turtle Pond (Jeff Ward) Mallard Bufflehead - 2 pairs SW corner Reservoir (Deb before walk) Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond, Lake, and 12-13 Reservoir (Deb before walk) Great Blue Heron - 2 flyovers north of Upper Lobe Great Egret - low over Reservoir (Deb before walk) Green Heron - probably just one bird Turtle Pond (Matthieu Benoit) & Azalea Pond (tweeted at Turtle Pond by Ed Gaillard) Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult Turtle Pond Osprey - flyover Shakespeare Garden (Jeff Ward), flyover Willow Rock Red-tailed Hawk - San Remo (Mark Siegeltuch) Herring Gull - at least 20 Reservoir (Deb before walk) Great Black-backed Gull - 4 adults and some immatures Reservoir (Deb before walk) Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 2 over Warbler Rock (Matthieu Benoit) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Mugger's Woods Downy Woodpecker - 2 Northern Flicker - 2 American Kestrel - flyover Shakespeare Garden, flyover Tupelo, perched at willow Rock (Jeff Ward) Peregrine Falcon - flyover Riviera Yellow-throated Vireo - Willow Rock (Bob before walk) Blue-headed Vireo - at least 4 including very nice looks in Shakespeare Garden & Tupelo Field Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Warbler Rock, Tufted Titmouse - singing in several locations White-breasted Nuthatch - Gill Overlook House Wren - Iphigene's Walk, 1 or 2 Shakespeare Garden (Jeff Ward) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10+ many distracting birds in oaks with warblers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 9 more females than males - Willow Rock, Tupelo Field, Mugger's Woods, Upper Lobe, etc. Hermith Thrush - at least 7 various locations especially Upper Lobe and Azalea Pond American Robin - female on nest at Willow Rock Gray Catbird - Riviera (Mark Siegeltuch) Northern Mockingbird - Riviera Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe (Jeff Ward) and heard at Oven Black-and-white Warbler - male south side of Tupelo Field (thanks to Isaiah Wender), female on the Point (Chris) Common Yellowthroat - male on the Point Northern Parula - Upper Lobe (Jeff Ward - tweeted by Ryan Zucker) Palm Warbler - 12 various locations Pine Warbler - male and female Willow Rock (Bob before walk) Yellow-rumped Warbler - at least 20 various locations Prairie Warbler - male Tupelo Field and male south of Evodia Field Eastern Towhee - at least 5 various locations Chipping Sparrow - too many feeding in oaks with warblers Field Sparrow - Tupelo Field (very nice looks) Song sparrow - 3 Swamp Sparrow - Point White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal - nesting birds, pairs, etc. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - heard at Willow Rock Red-winged Blackbird - pair Turtle Pond (Karen Evans), male at the POint Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 Baltimore Oriole - Riviera (Mark Siegeltuch) House Finch - feeding in elms with American Goldfinches American Goldfinch - various locations It's that time of year when it's getting difficult to keep track of all the birds and birders, so my apologies if I left out anyone's name or any birds. Two reports of a Yellow-throated Warbler at Tupelo Field, also reports of Black-throated Green Warbler at two locations in the Ramble and a Worm-eating Warbler at the north end. Deb Allen -- 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/ --
