Central Park, NYC - North End & Reservoir Friday, June 9, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, and many others
Highlights: A breeding-plumaged Horned Grebe continues at the Reservoir spotted by Mayra Cruz at the SE Reservoir (tweet at 8:04AM) and seen later at the NE Reservoir. Also a Peregrine Falcon on Central Park West, a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, and some lingering Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 6 (Reservoir & Harlem Meer) Gadwall - male Reservoir (Mayra Cruz) Mallard - Reservoir, Pool, & Harlem Meer Horned Grebe - Reservoir (lingering spring migrant - late spring date for Central Park) Mourning Dove - 4 Green Bench Chimney Swift - 8 to 10 getting nesting material along & near Meer & taking drinks Ring-billed Gull - 11 (1 first-summer Meer, 10 Reservoir) Herring Gull - dozen Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 3 at Reservoir & flyovers Great Egret - 1 perched at Harlem Meer & flyovers Snowy egret - flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 at the Pool & flyover Red-tailed Hawk - pair CPW & W90th Street harassed by Peregrine Falcon, Juvenile with squirrel below Green Bench Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Peregrine Falcon - CPW & W90th Street harassing Red-tailed Hawk pair Vireos not nesting yet: Warbling Vireo - 4 pairs (Malcolm X Blvd & 110th St., S. side Harlem Meer, Great Hill, E. side of the Pool) Red-eyed Vireo - 2 pairs calling SW Great Hill & along the Loch Blue Jay - residents Barn Swallow - 4 North Meadow Ball Fields, nesting at north end of Reservoir House Wren - 2 (West side Wildflower Meadow & Compost Area) American Robin - many young birds Gray Catbird - residents Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Conservatory Garden & high flyover at the Loch) Cedar Waxwing - 10 feeding in Shadbush E. & W. Great Hill and at Met. Museum House Finch - several locations including Conservatory Garden, and great Hill - young birds still around American Goldfinch - 2 males west end of the Pool Common Yellowthroat - singing male Wildflower Meadow 6:30am (Bob) and again at 9:15am American Redstart - 2 females -(Loch & SW Great Hill) Magnolia Warbler - female SW Great Hill Song Sparrow - pair Conservatory Garden Northern Cardinal - residents Red-winged Blackbird - several males & at least one female at Harlem Meer Common Grackle - Loch & Meer Brown-headed Cowbird - male Loch Baltimore Oriole - nest NE corner of the Pool in London Plane 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/ --
