Central Park NYC Monday, May 1, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob., on bird walks starting from Strawberry Fields at 8 & 9:00am.
Highlights: 16 species of Wood Warblers including Blackpoll, Cape May, and Magnolia Warblers. An increase in numbers of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrushes, and Common Yellowthroats.. Canada Goose - pairs Turtle Pond & Lake Mallard - Turtle Pond & Lake Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - 3 Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - at least 5 (Turtle Pond & Lake) Great Egret - Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond Red-tailed Hawk - adult taking nesting material to San Remo Red-bellied Woodepcker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - residents - 2 Strawberry Fields, 3 heard in Ramble White-eyed Vireo - Upper Lobe Blue-headed Vireo - 4 Warbling Vireo - Maintenance Field Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Maintenance Field & Strawberry Fields) Blue Jay - residents Black-capped Chickadee - feeders Tufted Titmouse - calling in Ramble House Wren - 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 30 to 50 Hermit Thrush - 10 Wood Thrush - Ramble American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - residents on territory Purple Finch - 3 (one male & two females Strawberry Fields (Mayra & Noa Cruz)) American Goldfinch - a few in Strawberry Fields feeding on elm seeds Ovenbird - 25 Northern Waterthrush - 15 to 20 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 Upper Lobe Black-and-white Warbler - 10 (7 male & 3 females) Common Yellowthroat - 8 (6 males & 2 females) American Redstart - 8 (7 males & 1 female) Cape May Warbler - male Ladies Pavillion Northern Parula - 20 Magnolia Warbler - male Summer House Yellow Warbler - 5 including a male & 2 females Strawberry Fields Blackpoll Warbler - male Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock (Carine Mitchell) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5, all males, including 2 in Strawberry Fields Palm Warbler - 3 (Turtle Pond, Strawberry Fields, Captain's Bench) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 50 to 75 Prairie Warbler - 2 males (Strawberry Fields & Upper Lobe) Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 males (Strawberry Fields & Captain's Bench) Eastern Towhee - 5 (3 males & 2 females) Chipping Sparrow - 5 Strawberry Fields Swamp Sparrow - Ladies Pavillion White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - female Ramble Red-winged Blackbird - Turtle Pond & Ramble Common Grackle - residents Brown-headed Cowbird - heard in Ramble Baltimore Oriole - 2 (Delacorte Theater & Captain's Bench) Deb Allen For info on bird walks: www.birdingbob.com -- 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/ --
