Central Park NYC - North End Friday Sept. 9, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9am.
Highlights: Hot & humid again today, but the group saw Hooded, Cape May & 9 more species of Wood Warblers, Green Heron, & a flyover Osprey Gadwall - 5 Meer Mallard - 15 Meer Chimney Swift - 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 East side of Great Hill, 2 west side Wildflower Meadow (RDC before walk) Green Heron - immature bird wooden dridge west side of Loch (found by Jack Rothman) Black-crowned Night-Heron - island in Meer Osprey - flyover Great Hill Red-tailed Hawk - hatch-year (juvenile) Green Bench Red-bellied Woodpecker - a couple Downy Woodpecker - a couple Norther Flicker - 2\American Kestrel - 3 (1 male & 2 females) over Great Hill Eastern Wood-Pewee - Blockhouse Emipidonax Flycatcher - Blockhouse Eastern Kingbird - Blockhouse Warbling Vireo - NE side of Great Hill Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 (2 NE Great Hill, 1 pines above Lasker Pool) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4 Swainson's Thrush - 2 (conservatory Garden & NE Great Hill) American Robin - fewer Gray Catbird - fewer Northern Mockingbird - 4 or 5 (3 at Green Bench) House Finch American Goldfinch - heard Conservatory Garden Blue-winged Warbler - NW Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 3 (2 Meer Island, 1 North woods) Hooded Warbler - male NE Loch American Redstart - 25 (including 2 adult males) Cape May Warbler - hatch-year NE side of Great Hill Northern Parula - 5 Magnolia Warbler - 2 north side of Loch Yellow Warbler - 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Loch Blackpoll Warbler - Conservatory Garden & NE Great Hill And finally, from Emmet Logan: Corvus oculum corvi non eruit 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/ --
