Central Park NYC Sun. Apr. 30, 2017 Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle Pond at 9am.
Highlights: Least Bittern (many, many observers today of the 3rd Central Park Record), Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-headed Woodpecker, Monk Parakeets, and 18 species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - pair & interloper Turtle Pond Mallard - 9 Turtle Pond Rock Pigeon - pair Evodia Field Mourning Dove - residents Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Turtle Pond & flyovers Least Bittern - above the Gill near Azalea Pond from around 8am onwards Great Egret - Turtle Pond Green Heron - flyover Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult Turtle Pond (Andrea Hessel) Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers Red-headed Woodpecker - continuing adult at feeders Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Hairy Woodpecker - Summer House (Meredith Barges) Northern Flicker - territorial displays Summer House & near the Gill & lone birds Monk Parakeet - 2 birds flying west Oak Bridge American Kestrel - 2 flyovers (Adam Fasciolo) Great Crested Flycatcher - Warbler Rock (Jo Fasciolo), Summer House, Evodia Field White--eyed Vireo - Upper Lobe Yellow-throated Vireo - Shakespeare Garden Blue-headed Vireo - 6 Warbling Vireo - Shakespeare Garden Red-eyed Vireo - Maintenance Field Blue Jay - residents Black-capped Chickadee - the Gill Tufted Titmouse - feeders & heard here & there Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (2 Captain's Bench, Upper Lobe, Mugger's Woods) House Wren - Shakespeare Garden Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Tupelo Field, Mugger's Woods (Andrea Hessel) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - fairly common Veery - Warbler Rock (Andrea Hessel) Hermit Thrush - at least 5 Wood Thrush - 3 (pair Maintenance Field, 1 Tupelo Field) American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - fairly common House Finch - at least 6 (Turtle Pond & Feeders) American Goldfinch - 5 (3 feeders, Tupelo Field, Shakespeare Garden) Ovenbird - 4 Louisiana Waterthrush - Oak Bridge Northern Waterthrush - Upper Lobe, Laupot Bridge, Tupelo Field Blue-winged Warbler - Swampy Pin Oak Black-and-white Warbler - 12 Nashville Warbler - Summer House Common Yellowthroat - fairly common Hooded Warbler - Upper Lobe (Emilie Storrs) American Redstart - one or two at several locations Northern Parula - singing everywhere Magnolia Warbler - Summer House Yellow Warbler - at least 8 (Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden, Upper Lobe, Mugger's Woods) Black-throated Blue Warbler - just males so far Palm Warbler - 3 Turtle Pond Pine Warbler - female Swampy Pin Oak Yellow-rumped Warbler - too many Prairie Warbler - male Upper Lobe Black-throated Green Warbler - males Shakespeare Garden, Upper Lobe, Warbler Rock Eastern Towhee - Turtle Pond Chipping Sparrow - 2 Summer House in Oak (Adam Fasciolo) White-throated Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - female Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Red-winged Blackbird - Turtle Pond & Feeders Common Grackle - residents Brown-headed Cowbird - feeders Baltimore Oriole - female Maintenance Field Emilie Storrs showed me a photo of a male Eastern Bluebird she had taken Saturday (4/29) at the Locust Grove. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
