Central Park NYC - North End Friday, September 15, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Diversity was lower overall today with a total of 13 species of Wood Warblers for the morning, but numbers of some species, like Northern Parula (25), were higher. Also notable, an Olive-sided Flycatcher at the island in Harlem Meer, a Yellow-throated Vireo at the Lily Ponds, and 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Mallard - Meer Chimney Swift - few Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 5 Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - immature perched on lamp post Fort Clinton Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Downy Woodpecker - 1 Northern Flicker - 1 or 2 American Kestrel - female north of Green Bench Olive-sided Flycatcher - Meer Island (Duck Island) Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4 Empidonax Flycatcher - Wildflower Meadow Yellow-throated Vireo - Overlook Lily Ponds (Tom Ahlf, Fern, and Bob) Warbling Vireo - 2 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Lily Ponds & North Woods) Blue Jay American Crow - 2 Conservatory Garden House Wren - 5 American Robin - residents Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird - 2 Cedar Waxwing - several flocks House Finch - 3 Wildflower Meadow Song Sparrow - Wildflower Meadow Ovenbird - 2 (North Woods, Loch) Northern Waterthrush - 3 (1 at the Loch, 2 at the Pool) Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Tennessee Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 10 American Redstart - 15 (2 adult males) Cape May Warbler - 5 Northern Parula - 25 Magnolia Warbler - 18 Yellow Warbler - 1 along the edge of the Meer (Bob - early a.m.) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Jughandle (between e. side of Pool & East Blowdown) Northern Cardinal - residents -- Tuesday, September 12, was a good day for Hooded Warblers. Photographers Anne Shanahan, Pat Dubren, and Patty ____ found 3 Hooded Warblers (a male and 2 females seen simultaneously) at Tanner's Spring Tuesday morning. The birds stayed in the area all day. Here's a photo of one of the females: https://www.photo.net/photo/18422093 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/ --
