Central Park NYC Friday, May 8, 2026 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Chuck-will's-widow, Solitary Sandpiper, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 17 Mallard - a few (Harlem Meer, Loch, Pool) Mourning Dove - 5 or 6 Chuck-will's-widow - 1 close to the Blockhouse (most birders at the North End) Chimney Swift - several over the Great Hill Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool American Herring Gull - a few flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 1 perched at Harlem Meer, flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 second-year (2CY) Harlem Meer island Great Egret - 2 Harlem Meer, 4 flyovers Osprey - 1 flyover Great Hill Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Loch, at least 3 others heard Northern Flicker - 1 at the Seep Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Lily Ponds (Kate Wodell) Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 High Meadow Blue Jay - 3 or 4 American Crow - heard Fish Crow - 1 perched and calling Harlem Meer Gray Catbird - 4 Swainson's Thrush - 1 below High Meadow Wood Thrush - 1 below High Meadow American Robin - 10-15 American Goldfinch - 5 or 6 White-throated Sparrow - a few along the Loch Song Sparrow - 1 singing near Davis Center Baltimore Oriole - 6-8 Red-winged Blackbird - 10-12 Common Grackle - 8-10, pair building nest Harlem Meer Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Loch (Kate Wodell), Seep, Pool) Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Tennessee Warbler - 1 heard near Lily Ponds (thanks to Eric Ozawa, Kevin Sisco) Nashville Warbler - 1 Lily Ponds Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 2 (Loch, High Meadow (Dan Stevenson)) Cape May Warbler - 1 male at the Seep (Caren Jahre) Northern Parula - 3, others heard Magnolia Warbler - 2 males (Seep (Andrea Hessel), Lily Ponds) Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 (Harlem Meer Island (Caren Jahre), Great Hill) Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Scott Brevda) Blackpoll Warbler - 1 heard-only Loch Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males Loch (Paul Citrin) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5 Prairie Warbler - 1 male near Lily Ponds, another heard Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 (Kathleen Massey) Wilson's Warbler - 1 male west end of the Pool (thanks to Ruben Giron) Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male and female) Great Hill Northern Cardinal - 3 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 -- 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 --
