Central Park NYC Sunday, May 7, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the dock on Turtle Pond at 9am.
Highlights: 15 species of Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Indigo Buntings, and Least & Great Crested Flycatchers. Canada Goose Mallard - Turtle Pond including a female (hen) perched in a tree Mourning Dove - residents Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Turtle Pond & flyover Great Egret - Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - flyover Bevedere Castle (Bob & Deb before walk) Red-tailed Hawk - flyover Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - residents American Kestrel - chased by Common Grackle over Turtle Pond Least Flycatcher - south side Turtle Pond Great Crested Flycatcher - source of Gill, 2 Tanner's Spring (Deb before walk) Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond (also seen Saturday) Blue-headed Vireo - Shakespeare Garden, Hernshead Warbling Vireo - singing in several locations Blue Jay - residents Tree Swallow - Reservoir (Jeffrey M. Ward before walk) Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Reservoir (Jeff Ward before walk) Barn Swallow - Reservoir (Jeff Ward before walk) Black-capped Chickadee - the Point Tufted Titmouse - Azalea Pond, others heard Red-breasted Nuthatch - source of Gill & south of Azalea Pond White-breasted Nuthatch - source of the Gill Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Mugger's Woods, Captain's Bench/Balancing Rock Veery - source of the Gill, Tupelo Field (Meredith Barges) Swainson's Thrush - 2 on the Point, 1 at Indian Cave Wood Thrush - 5 (3 east side of Tupelo Field (Jeff Ward), singing at Upper Lobe, heard at Maintenance Field) American Robin - residents nesting Gray Catbird - residents House Finch - male Turtle Pond American Goldfinch - Turtle Pond Ovenbird - Turtle Pond, Evodia Field, Stone Arch Worm-eating Warbler - south of Azalea Pond (Andrea Hessel) Northern Waterthrush - Azalea Pond, Upper Lobe, Hernshead (singing) Black-and-white Warbler - more than one at most locations Common Yellowthroat - males (Turtle Pond (Jeff Ward), south side Turtle Pond, the Point (Jeff Ward)) Hooded Warbler - female Humming Tombstone (Ryan Zucker) American Redstart - males (3 Turtle Pond (Stefan Passlick), 2 Evodia Field (Patty Pike)) Northern Parula - Turtle Pond, the Point, many others heard Magnolia Warbler - Turtle Pond, Castle, singing at Captain's Bench (Audry Weintrob) Yellow Warbler - male s. side Turtle Pond (Stefan Passlick) Blackpoll Warbler - males (Turtle Pond, the Point (Al Welby)), others heard Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Yellow-rumped Warbler - fewer but multiple birds at several locations Prairie Warbler - Hernshead, Upper Lobe, Humming Tombstone (Will Schenck) Black-throated Green Warbler - near top of the Point (Jeff Ward), south of Azalea Pond Eastern Towhee - female Captain's Bench, and heard before walk at 76th Street/Fifth Ave. entrance Swamp Sparrow - cut at the Point White-throated Sparrow - several locations Scarlet Tanager - male top of the Point (Jeff Ward) Indigo Bunting - female Maintenance Field (David Barrett), male at the Point (Jeff Ward) Red-winged Blackbird - singing Turtle Pond Common Grackle - residents Brown-headed Cowbird - male top of Oven Orchard Oriole - first-spring males (Turtle Pond, the Point (Jeff Ward)) Baltimore Oriole - males in many locations Late in the afternoon a nightjar was reported at the Pond (south end of the park) via twitter @BirdCentralPark. 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/ --
