Central Park NYC Friday May 31, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Mourning Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Nesting Birds.
Canada Goose - 17 Mallard - 9 adults plus 2 ducklings Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 5 or 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Island Harlem Meer Great Egret - 1 foraging at Harlem Meer, plus at least 10 flyovers Snowy Egret - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 3 flyovers (1 adult, 2 immature birds) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 (1 adult male, 2 juveniles - nest empty) Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Loch Northern Flicker - 1 male working on old Red-bellied Woodpecker nest Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 or 3 Warbling Vireo - 3 adults (one nest - nestlings fed) Blue Jay - 4 Barn Swallow - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Cedar Waxwing - 15 or 16 House Wren - 1 heard Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 American Robin - nests with young Baltimore Oriole - 1 adult male Plant Nursery (Scott Brevda) Red-winged Blackbird - 10 Common Grackle - around a dozen including 2 juveniles Mourning Warbler - 1 male singing north of the west side of the Pool (found by Charles*) American Redstart - 1 immature male singing north of the west side of the Pool Magnolia Warbler - 1 at the Loch (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Great Hill (Caren Jahre) -- *@FoodvsF https://twitter.com/FoodvsF/status/1796551319635026108/photo/1 Charles also photographed a male Indigo Bunting at the Great Hill. See @BirdCentralPark for this and other New York County bird reports. -- 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/ --
