Central Park NYC Monday May 15, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, and many others
Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warbler including Kentucky Warble, male & female Orchard Orioles. Canada Goose - nesting on island near Bow Bridge Mallard - residents Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - residents Chimney Swift - 8 overhead Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (s. side Turtle Pond, Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench) Double-crested Cormorant - flyovers Great Egret - flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - Lake Red-tailed Hawk - pair over Tupelo Field Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - residents Empidonax Flycatcher - at least 2 (Upper Lobe & Strawberry Fields) Great Crested Flycatcher - steps from Ramble to Castle Eastern Kingbird - 4 (Tupelo Field, pair + lone bird at Ladies Pavilion) Blue-headed Vireo - uphill from Boathouse (Jeff Ward) Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - heard Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench Tufted Titmouse - heard Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench Swainson's Thrush - Tupelo Field (Jeff Ward) American Robin - residents Gray Catbird - residents Cedar Waxwing - flock of 8 in Tuliptree east of Captain's Bench House Finch - 10 American Goldfinch - 2 Tupelo Field (Nancy Shamban) Ovenbird - 4 Worm-eating Warbler - Humming Tombstone Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 6 (2 males, 4 females) Nashville Warbler - south side Turtle Pond Kentucky Warbler - heard & seen from path west of Iphigene's Walk (found early a.m. by Roger Pasquier) Common Yellowthroat - 10 American Redstart - 7 to 10 (males, females, and first-spring males) Cape May Warbler - Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench Northern Parula - 8 (males & females) Magnolia Warbler - several males Bay-breasted Warbler - adult male south side Turtle Pond Yellow Warbler - 6 (males & females) Chestnut-sided Warbler - adult male Humming Tombstone Blackpoll Warbler - male north of Azalea Pond (Haskel Eisenstein) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 ( 3 males, one female) Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 (2 males, one female) Canada Warbler - north side Azalea Pond Wilson's Warbler - 5 males Song Sparrow - heard White-throated Sparrow Summer Tanager - female Azalea Pond Northern Cardinal - residents Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males Strawberry Fields Indigo Bunting - female uphill from Boathouse Red-winged Blackbird - Tupelo Field (Tom Ahlf) Brown-headed Cowbird - male Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench Orchard Oriole - 2 (adult male and adult female uphill from Boathouse) Baltimore Oriole - 12 to 14 (males & females) Later in the afternoon I stopped at the Gill Overlook to add two more species, Yellow-rumped Warbler (total warblers 20) and Scarlet Tanager, to our list. 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/ --
