Central Park, NYC Thursday, May 28, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Gray-cheeked Thrush, Tennessee Warbler, and Other Migrants. Nesting Red-tailed Hawks. Canada Goose - 5 Mallard - 5 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift - 4-6 American Herring Gull - around 30 Double-crested Cormorant - 5 Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover, adult at 5th Avenue nest* Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 2 Ramble Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 Upper Lobe (Paul Curtis) and Ramble Eastern Wood-Pewee - heard Eastern Warbling Vireo - pair Hernshead Red-eyed Vireo - 5 or 6 Blue Jay - 4-6 Cedar Waxwing - 3 Gray Catbird - 8-10 Veery - heard Captain's Bench Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 Azalea Pond Swainson's thrush - 4 or 5 Wood Thrush - 3 (2 singing males, 1 female) American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 3 King of Poland Baltimore Oriole - pair at nest, plus 4-6 Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 15-20 Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Tennessee Warbler - heard Captains Bench (Bob-early) American Redstart - 8-12 Magnolia Warbler - 8-10 Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 SE Turtle Pond Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Balancing Rock (Alexandra Wang), Azalea Pond, Turtle Pond) Blackpoll Warbler - 6-8 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 females Gill Overlook and Summer House Northern Cardinal - 3 or 4 *A Red-tailed Hawk nestling was photographed earlier in the week at the Fifth Avenue nest made famous by Pale Male. The chick is quite small and wasn't visible when we stopped by today after lunch, but it should be possible to see it with a bit of patience from the many benches on the west side of the Conservatory Water. At another nest on Central Park South, two large nestlings and the adult female continue. -- 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 --
