Central Park NYC Saturday May 11, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Orchard Oriole, 20 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Hooded, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackburnian Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting.
Canada Goose - around 20 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - 6am) Gadwall - pair Reservoir (Deb - early) Mallard - 10-15 Mourning Dove - 25-35 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male east of Maintenance Field Herring Gull - around 10 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 20-25 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 adult Oven Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 nests under construction (Eu. Starling problem at one already) Downy Woodpecker - 2 (top of Oven, Azalea Pond) Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Summer House Eastern Kingbird - 3 Eastern Wood-Peewee - 2 Ramble (Sandra Critelli, Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson, Peter Haskel) Blue-headed Vireo - 2 or 3 Warbling Vireo - 6-8 Red-eyed Vireo - 8-10 Blue Jay - 8-10 with 4 nests Tufted Titmouse - 1 west side of Ramble Barn Swallow - 4 (2 nests under construction Reservoir (Deb - 6:30am) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 south of Tupelo Field (Ryan Serio) Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of 10 House Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 20-25 Veery - 2 or 3 Swainson's Thrush - 2 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 1 Upper Lobe Wood Thrush - 4 or 5 American Robin - 35-45 (many nests) House Finch - 2 or 3 Ramble White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 Song Sparrow - 4 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 (south side of Turtle Pond) Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4 (males and females) Orchard Oriole - 1 second-year male southwest Reservoir bridge (Deb - 7:05am) Baltimore Oriole - 10-12 Red-winged Blackbird - 9-12 Common Grackle - 20-25 Ovenbird - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Upper Lobe, Turtle Pond) Black-and-white Warbler - 9-12 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing male uphill from Boathouse Common Yellowthroat - 25-30 Hooded Warbler - 2 (1 male, 1 female) Tupelo Field American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 3 or 4 Northern Paula - 12-16 Magnolia Warbler - 8-10 Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 on the Point Blackburnian Warbler - 4 or 5 Yellow Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 or 5 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Point, Ramble) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 or 6 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male on the Point (Paul Curtis) Canada Warbler - 2 (Point, Upper Lobe) Wilson's Warbler - 2 (Summer House, Point) Scarlet Tanager - 1 female Summer House Northern Cardinal - 8-10 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 females (Maintenance Field, Ramble) Indigo Bunting - 1 male Summer House -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
