Central Park NYC Friday, May 29, 2026 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Spring migration is slowing but we managed to find 8 Species of Wood Warblers, and the Pool was very lively with Tree, Northern Rough-winged, and Barn Swallows, Cedar Waxwings, Eastern Kingbirds and Chimney Swifts, all chasing insects low over the water. In addition, Ron Lugo photographed a Ruby-throated Hummingbird at the Seep, and a Black-billed Cuckoo was reported at the middle cutout at the Loch.
Canada Goose - 20 Mallard - 10-12 Mourning Dove - 9 or 10 American Herring Gull - a few flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 7 Great Egret - 9 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 or 4 including a second-year bird Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (Loch and Harlem Meer) Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Downy Woodpecker - 1 Harlem Meer Northern Flicker - 2 (Grassy Knoll, Wildflower Meadow) Eastern Kingbird - 3 Eastern Wood-Pewee - heard-only Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - heard Blue Jay - 4 or 5 American Crow - flyover flock of around 30 Tree Swallow - 3 (Scott Brevda) Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4 or 5 Barn Swallow - 4 Cedar Waxwing - 12-15 Gray Catbird - 6-8 Swainson's Thrush - 3 or 4 (Paul Curtis) Wood Thrush - heard at the Loch (Caren Jahre) American Robin - 15-20 House Finch - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 1 at the Seep (Scott Brevda) Song Sparrow - 1 singing male at Harlem Meer Baltimore Oriole - 5 or 6 Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool Common Yellowthroat - 5 American Redstart - 5 Northern Parula - 1 at the Seep (thanks to Alan Drogin) Magnolia Warbler - 2 at the Pool Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Scott Brevda andPaul Curtis) Blackpoll Warbler - 10-12 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer Island (Paul Curtis) Northern Cardinal - 4 -- 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 --
