Central Park NYC Saturday April 30, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. bird walks starting at the Boathouse at 7:30 & 9:00am to around noon.
Fifteen species of warblers during the 7:30-noon time frame. Before the Walk: Upper Lobe 7:15am Ruby-throated Hummingbird. At the Reservoir 6:09 to around 8am: Horned Grebe in alternate/breeding plumage (continuing from 4/29), Gadwall pair, Bufflehead (3 males & 2 females), Ruddy Duck 9, Double-crested Cormorant at least 32, Great Egret, Spotted Sandpiper, Great Black-backed, Herring, and Ring-billed Gulls, and 2 Canada Goose nests, and Northern Rough-winged and Barn Swallows. Great Egret - flyover Boathouse Red-tailed Hawk - (Will Papp) Chimney Swift - over Warbler Rock Belted Kingfisher - female continues at Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpeckers - pair at various locations Downy Woodpecker - several Northern Flicker - several Peregrine Falcon - over the Lake (Matthieu Benoit) White-eyed Vireo - Maintenance Field Yellow-throated Vireo - east of Castle Blue-headed Vireo - 5+ Warbling Vireo - pair Iphigene's Walk Barn Swallow - over Warbler Rock (Matthieu Benoit) Black-capped Chickadee - pair & at feeders Tufted Titmouse - at least one pair in the Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - Mugger's Woods House Wren - 5 total including Upper Lobe (Nancy), Laupot Bridge, etc. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5+ Ruby-crowned Kinglet - everywhere Veery - Gill near Azalea Pond Hermit Thrush - 4 Summer House, others elsewhere Wood Thrush - Maintenance Field (Philip and Susan Sugar) Gray Catbird - 5 Ovenbird - Stone Arch, Summer House (after lunch) Worm-eating Warbler - Upper Lobe (both walks), Summer House (after lunch) Louisiana Waterthrush - Oven (Jeffrey Ward) Northern Waterthrush - Triplet's Bridge, Laupot Bridge, Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow Blue-winged Warbler - Upper Lobe (Matthieu Benoit) Black-and-white Warbler - several locations incl. Upper Lobe (Matthieu Benoit), the Point, Triplet's Bridge, Bow Bridge American Redstart - female Upper Lobe (Matthieu Benoit), Humming Tombstone Northern Parula - Upper Lobe (Matthieu Benoit), Summer House (after lunch) Cape May Warbler - first spring/first-cycle female (Orig. found by Jeff Ward) continuing at the Oven Chestnut-sided Warbler - Upper Lobe (both walks) Palm Warbler - Swampy Pin Oak/Summer House Meadow, in willow at the Point Yellow Warbler - singing male in willow at the Point Black-throated Blue Warbler - adult male with large primary patch Humming Tombstone (Carine Mitchell) also Weather Station and south end of Tupelo Yellow-rumped Warbler - fewer than last week, but many locations Prairie Warbler - male singing relentlessly at Willow Rock Eastern Towhee - less than 5 Chipping Sparrow - Tupelo Field, etc. Field Sparrow - singing between the Boathouse and Maintenance Field Song Sparrow - the Point Swamp Sparrow - 2 Triplet's Bridge, 3 along the Gill Northern Cardinal - re-nesting after a failed attempt Indigo Bunting - male Swampy Pin Oak (Jeff Ward & Tom Ahlf) Red-winged Blackbird - 2 males singing feeders Brown-headed Cowbird - male Orchard Oriole - male at the Oven (Emily Peyton & Tom Ahlf) Baltimore Oriole - female getting nesting material Tupelo Field House Finch - male singing Triplet's Bridge Pine Siskin - possible (Matthieu Benoit) American Goldfinch - several locations males & females Doug Kurz reported a Yellow-throated Warbler at the Source of the Gill. 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/ --
