Central Park NYC Saturday, May 16, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a sunny and mild morning: Eastern Wood-Pewee, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breased Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. A termite hatch on the south side of Turtle Pond was a bonus for the birds and birders. Canada Goose - 10 plus nest Mallard - 14-16 Mourning Dove - 14 Chimney Swift - group of 12 low over termite hatch American Herring Gull - 35-45 Double-crested Cormorant - 5 or 6 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult west side of Lake Turkey Vulture - 3 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult at the Gill (Bob-early) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Turtle Pond Island Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 or 3 Eastern Kingbird - 1 Ramble Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 south side Turtle Pond (Scott Brevda) Blue-headed Vireo - 1 on the Point Eastern Warbler Vireo - 3 or 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5 Blue Jay - 8-10, with 2 nests Fish Crow - 1 flyover Northern Rough-winged Swallow- 1 flyover Cedar Waxwing - 6-8 Gray Catbird - 15-20 Swainson's Thrush - 2 or 3 Wood Thrush - 2 or 3 including 1 singing in the Ramble American Robin - 30-40 White-throated Sparrow - 4-6 Baltimore Oriole - 5 or 6, plus nest at Maintenance Field Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6 Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 6-8 Northern Waterthrush - 5 or 6 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Nashville Warbler - 2 (Ramble (Edmund Berry), Warbler Rock (David Barrett)) Common Yellowthroat - 7 or 8 American Redstart - 6 or 7 Cape May Warbler - 2 or 3 Northern Parula - 8-10 Magnolia Warbler - 10-12 Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Gill Overlook Blackburnian Warbler - 1 just east of Belvedere Castle (Paul Curtis) Northern Yellow Warbler - 3 or 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 8 Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Tupelo Field Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4 Canada Warbler - 3 or 4 Wilson's Warbler - 6 or 7 Scarlet Tanager - 5 or 6 Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Tuliptree south of Summer House (Sabine Schumacher) Indigo Bunting - 1 male east of Maintenance Field -- 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 --
