Central Park NYC Saturday and Sunday, May 2-3, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Eastern Whip-poor-will, Great Crested and Least Flycatchers, White-eyed, Yellow-throated, Blue-headed, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Fox Sparrow, Orchard Oriole, 20 Wood Warbler Species including Blue-winged, Orange-crowned, Nashville, Hooded, Cape May, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll and Prairie Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Overall, although diversity this weekend was good, the number of individuals being seen is still low. The warm weather Tuesday should bring us new migrants, if they don't overfly us. -- White-crowned Sparrow (Shakespeare Garden) and Lincoln's Sparrow (Diana Ross Playground) were reported Sunday, from @mbalerter on "X" maintained by David Barrett. -- The List for Sunday, with additions from Saturday noted: -- Canada Goose - 9 Mallard - 9 or 10 Mourning Dove - around 35 Eastern Whip-poor-will - 1 in Mugger's Woods Saturday (@Johnny_2000033) Chimney Swift - 5-7 Saturday American Herring Gull - around 10 flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Turtle Pond island Great Egret - 1 flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult flyover seen from Castle Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Persimmon Slope American Kestrel - 1 Gill Overlook Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Gill Source Least Flycatcher - 1 Captain's Bench Saturday White-eyed Vireo - 1 Belvedere Castle Saturday (Edmund Berry) Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Boathouse Hill Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Boathouse HIll Warbling Vireo - pair Oak Bridge Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Ramble Blue Jay - 6-8 American Crow - heard Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Turtle Pond Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Gill Overlook Saturday Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Persimmon Slope Northern House Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 12-14, pairs in usual nesting locations Veery - 2 or 3 Saturday Hermit Thrush - 10-12 Wood Thrush - 3 American Robin - 35-40 House Finch - 3 or 4 Chipping Sparrow - 2 southwest Great Lawn Fox Sparrow - 1 at the Gill (Bill Heck) White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Turtle Pond, Upper Lobe) Orchard Oriole - 1 first-spring male Captain's Bench Saturday Baltimore Oriole - 5 or 6 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 Saturday Common Grackle - 7-15 Ovenbird - 5 or 6 Northern Waterthrush - 2 or 3 at the Oven Blue-winged Warbler - 2 (Boathouse Hill, Gill Source) Black-and-white Warbler - 6 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench Sat. (found earlier by Jeff Ritter) Nashville Warbler - 1 Belvedere Castle Common Yellowthroat - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Hooded Warbler - 1 male Maintenance Field (Alexandra Wang) American Redstart - 3 males Cape May Warbler - 1 first-spring male Belvedere Castle Northern Parula - 3 or 4 Magnolia Warbler - 1 Gill Source Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 male Turtle Pond Saturday Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Belvedere Castle Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Boathouse Hill (more seen Saturday) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" Captain's Bench Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4 Prairie Warbler - 3 males Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 or 3 males Scarlet Tanager - 1 adult male west side of Ramble Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 - including eggs visible in a low nest Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4 (3 males, 1 female) -- Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org --
