Central Park NYC Thursday May 5, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. - Bird walk led by Deb Allen starting from Turtle Pond at 9am until around noon, plus birds seen by Bob & Deb before and after the walk. Bob spent the morning with a film crew from AARP working on an upcoming segment.
Many thanks to Jeff Ward for the excellent bird spotting today including many of the vireos & warblers & the flyover Turkey Vulture & Green Heron. Canada Goose - Reservoir, Turtle Pond, and Lake - no sign of goslings yet Gadwall - pair at Reservoir, pair at Turtle Pond Mallard - Reservoir, Lake, Turtle Pond Ruddy Duck - 14 Reservoir Horned Grebe - Reservoir - before & after walk Double-crested Cormorant - more than 30 Reservoir Great Egret - perched & 2 flyovers Reservoir Green Heron - flyover Willow Rock Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult & 2nd-year Turtle Pond (Emmett Logan) Turkey Vulture - over the Point Red-tailed Hawk - Reservoir Herring Gull - at least 6 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - at least 14 Reservoir Mourning Dove - many locations Chimney Swift - flock of around 20 seen from the Point and later at the Reservoir Red-bellied Woodpecker- mouth of Gill, big snag top of the Oven Downy Woodpecker - female feeding on aphids Armando's Place & others Northern Flicker - south of Evodia Field Peregrine Falcon - chased by Red-tailed Hawk over Turtle Pond at around 5pm (Bob) Least Flycatcher - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob) White-eyed Vireo - Maintenance Field (6:45am Bob) Blue-headed Vireo - Upper Lobe (Noa Cruz), 2 mouth of Gill, Mugger's Woods Warbling Vireo - heard Reservoir, singing north end Maintenance Field Crow - flyover Boathouse, American Crow heard later Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 to 4 Reservoir Barn Swallow - at least 5 Reservoir, Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - pair at Oven, Mugger's Woods Tufted Titmouse - heard in Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - possible nest House Wren - singing Mugger's Woods Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - the Point (Chinara), Upper Lobe Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Gill Source & elsewhere Veery - Gill, south of Evodia, Oven (Tom Walsh) Hermit Thrush - Triplet's Bridge (Noa Cruz), Stone Arch, Tupelo Field, Summer House, Walrbler Rock Wood Thrush - Oven (heard), Summer House Gray Catbird - Locust Grove, Upper Lobe, Stone Arch, Tupelo Field, Iphigene's Walk Ovenbird - 2 Stone Arch, Mugger's Woods, Tupelo Field, Iphigene's Walk, Gill Source, Summer House, Warbler Rock Louisiana Waterthrush - Upper Lobe Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe, 2 or 3 Triplet's Bridge, Laupot Bridge, singing Azalea Pond Blue-winged Warbler - singing male (Emmett Logan & Peter Haskel) Common Yellowthroat - the Point (Peter Kaskel) Northern Parula - singing Willow Rock, 2 on the Point Black-and-white Warbler - 2 Upper Lobe, Mugger's Woods (Peter Haskel), mouth of the Gill, 2 the Point Blackburnian Warbler - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock 4:30pm (Bob) Yellow Warbler - singing Willow Rock Black-throated Blue Warbler - singing willow Rock Palm Warbler - Reservoir, Mugger's Woods, Willow Rock Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 Reservoir, mouth of Gill (Patty Pike), the Point Prairie Warbler - singing males Willow Rock, Oven, the Point Black-throated Green Warbler Eastern Towhee - several locations - 2 Reservoir, female Tupelo Field, a singing male at Maintenance Field (Chinara), heard Azalea Pond Song Sparrow - singing Reservoir Swamp Sparrow - Summer House Meadow/Swampy Pin Oak, Azalea Pond White-crowned Sparrow - adults Locust Grove & Armando's Place White-throated Sparrow - many locations Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male Laupot Bridge, male Gill Source, female in oak on the Point Red-winged Blackbird - singing male Turtle Pond, singing male feeders, singing male Willow Rock Common Grackle - many locations Brown-headed Cowbird - male Armando's Place Orchard Oriole - second-year male (Jeff Ward only) the Point few toward Oven House Finch - 3 males in cypress Turtle Pond American Goldfinch - Summer House Meadow Jeffrey Ward reported a Spotted Sandpiper at the Reservoir and a White-crowned Sparrow at the Locust Grove before the walk. 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/ --
