Central Park NYC Friday September 25, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights from the North End: Philadelphia Vireo, Marsh Wren, Lincoln's, Swamp, and Savannah Sparrows, 13 Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 150-200 Wood Duck - pair Reservoir (RDC - early) Gadwall - 6 Mallard - around 200 American Black Duck - 1 at the Pool Mourning Dove - 10 Chimney Swift - 30-40 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 at the Loch Ring-billed Gull - 75 Herring Gull - 20 Great Black-backed Gull - 40 Double-crested Cormorant - 18 Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (Meer & Green Bench) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Grassy Knoll Downy Woodpecker - 1 Green Bench Northern Flicker - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Green Bench Least Flycatcher - 1 Compost Area (David Barrett) Philadelphia Vireo - 1 west side of Wildflower Meadow Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - 10 American Crow - 5 (also heard) Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Green Bench House Wren - 1 or 2 Compost Area Winter Wren - 2 Compost Area & Pool (David Barrett) Marsh Wren - 1 at the Pool (found earlier by Vee Nabong*) Carolina Wren - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Swainson's Thrush - 3 Hermit Thrush - 1 North Woods American Robin - around 20 Gray Catbird - 5-10 Brown Thrasher - 3 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Plant Nursery Cedar Waxwing - 8 Compost Area American Goldfinch - 1 Nursery Area Savannah Sparrow - 1 Compost Area (Deb) Song Sparrow - 5 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 Compost Area (David Barrett) Swamp Sparrow - 1 Plant Nursery (David Barrett) White-throated Sparrow - 4 or 5 Common Grackle - 20-30 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Pool & Loch) Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Nashville Warbler - 1 Wildflower Meadow (Deb) Common Yellowthroat - 5 American Redstart - 4 Cape May Warbler - 1 Loch Overlook Northern Parula - 6 or 7 Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5 Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Compost Area Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Loch Palm Warbler - 2 (one "Western" and one "Yellow") Grassy Knoll Pine Warbler - 2 Green Bench Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer (RDC - early) Northern Cardinal - 7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5 Indigo Bunting - 2 Compost Area -- *Reported on twitter via Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark from @VenusNabs - Roger Pasquier reported a Common Loon flyover and Northern Harrier flyover on Thursday 9/24/2020. -- Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
