Central Park NYC Monday Sept. 5, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Strawberry Fields at 9am
Highlights: 14 species of Wood Warblers including Hooded, Worm-eating and Prairie Warblers and a banner day for Red-breasted Nuthatches. But no Great Crested Flycatchers or Barn Swallows today. Canada Goose Mallard Mourning Dove - 10 to 12 Maintenance field Chimney Swift - 2 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob before walk) Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4 (Strawberry Fields, Tupelo Field, 2 together Shakespeare Garden) Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - small numbers Empidonax Flycatcher - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 10 Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee - 2 King of Poland Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Captain's Bench/Bal. Rock, 5 Strawberry Fields, 2 Upper Lobe, 2 Shakespeare Garden White-breasted Nuthatch - Upper Lobe House Wren - Tupelo Field (Bob Ruvolo) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Veery - 3 American Robin Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing - 2 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob before walk) House Finch - a few Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock American Goldfinch - 2 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Ovenbird - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Upper Lobe) Worm-eating Warbler - Oak Bridge at Upper Lobe (Linda) Northern Waterthrush - Triplet's Bridge (Bob Ruvolo), Upper Lobe Blue-winged Warbler - Strawberry Fields (Will Papp) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Maintenance Field, Strawberry Fields) Hooded Warbler - hatch-year female Summer House Swamp American Redstart - 20 (including 3 adult males) Northern Parula - 2 Tupelo Field (Will Papp) Magnolia Warbler - 5 Yellow Warbler - 2 Strawberry Fields Chesnut-sided Warbler - Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob before walk) Black-throated Blue Warbler - female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Bob 6:40am) Prairie Warbler - holly in Strawberry Fields (Bob Ruvolo & Will Papp) Scarlet Tanager - 2 Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Norhern Cardinal A Black-throated Green Warbler was reported in the Ramble. Jordan Spindel reported 10+ Red-breasted Nuthatches at the Pinetum. 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/ --
