Central Park NYC Saturday May 18, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Veery, Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's, Swainson's, and Wood Thrushes. 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Blackburnian Warblers. Canada Goose - 13 plus 4 goslings at the Point Wood Duck - 1 male continuing on the Reservoir (Deb - 5:45am) Mallard - 7 Mourning Dove - 45-55 Chimney Swift - 7-10 Herring Gull - 15-20 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb - 6am) Double-crested Cormorant - 10 Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Deb - 5:45 am) Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover Osprey - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 or 5 Eastern Kingbird - pair building a nest Warbling Vireo - 4 or 5 Red-eyed Vireo - 10-15 (some paired) Blue Jay - 5-10 including nesting birds Tufted Titmouse - 1 Evodia Field Barn Swallow - 6 (at least 2 nests) Cedar Waxwing - 4-6 House Wren - pair Shakespeare Garden Gray Catbird - 20-30 Veery - 2 or 3 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 3 or 4 Swainson's Thrush - 5-7 Wood Thrush - 4-6 American Robin - 40-50 House Finch - 3 or 4 White-throated Sparrow - 3 or 4 Song Sparrow - 1 continuing Reservoir (Deb - early) Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4 including nest with eggs Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 25-30 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing south of Maintenance Field Common Yellowthroat - 5-7 American Redstart - 6-8 Cape May Warbler - 2 (male south side Turtle Pond, female Persimmon Slope) Northern Parula - 6-8 Magnolia Warbler - 4-6 Bay-breasted Warbler - 3 or 4 Blackburnian Warbler - 1 female south side Turtle Pond (Kris Mirasola) Yellow Warbler - 4 or 5 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 female Tupelo Field (Bob - early) Blackpoll Warbler - 8-10 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 female Locust Grove Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 or 4 Canada Warbler - 1 south of Maintenance Field Scarlet Tanager - 4 or 5 Northern Cardinal - 6-8 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female south side Turtle Pond -- 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/ --
