Central Park NYC
Monday May 10, 2021
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers in Central Park. In Bryant Park a
Clapper Rail reported in the morning had many observers throughout the day*.
The female Western Tanager continued in Carl Schurz Park.** During an early
morning flight starting at 7:30am and lasting 1/2 hour RDC observed many birds
descending into Central Park.
Here's Monday's list:
Canada Goose - 4
Gadwall - pair Turtle Pond
Mallard - 15-20
Mourning Dove - 15-25
Chimney Swift - 4-6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male Oak Bridge at the Upper Lobe
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested cormorant - 4
Great Egret - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Barred Owl - continued (David Barrett)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 2 turtle Pond Dock
Northern Flicker - 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Summer House
Eastern Kingbird - Pair Turtle Pond (also there on Sunday May 9th)
Yellow-throated Vireo - 3 (Bob - early)
Blue-headed Vireo - 5
Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 10-15
Black-capped Chickadee - 1 singing at Warbler Rock
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Shakespeare Garden
House Wren - 3-4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 10
Veery - 3
Swainson's Thrush - 5
Hermit Thrush - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Wood Thrush - 4
American Robin - 30-50
Gray Catbird - 20-30
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 5-10
Chipping Sparrow - 2 or 3 in Strawberry Fields
White-throated Sparrow - 20-30
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Upper Lobe
Eastern Towhee - heard 3-4)
Baltimore Oriole - 10-15
Red-winged Blackbird - 5-10
Brown-headed Cowbird - heard-only at Belvedere Castle
Common Grackle - 5-10
Ovenbird - 5-10
Worm-eating Warbler - Swampy Pin Oak
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10
Nashville Warbler - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Warbler Rock)
Common Yellowthroat - 5
Hooded Warbler - 1 heard-only near the Boathouse Cafe
American Redstart - 5-10
Cape May Warbler - 3 males
Northern Parula - 5-7
Magnolia Warbler - 15-20
Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males Belvedere Castle
Yellow Warbler - 5-7 (males & females)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3-5 (males & females)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Prairie Warbler - 5-7
Black-throated Green Warbler - around 5
Wilson's Warbler - male at Swampy Pin Oak
Scarlet Tanager - 5
Northern Cardinal - 5-10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
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Roger Pasquier reported a heard-only Bobolink at the Upper Lobe and a
heard-only Bay-breasted Warbler at Belvedere Castle.
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Reports from the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentral Park on twitter, a
non-commercial bird alert system maintained by David Barrett:
*Lower East Side Birder @LESBirder reported a Clapper Rail in Bryant Park at
8:50am. Here's the link:
https://twitter.com/LESBirder/status/1391737486947274754
**Signe Hammer @SigneHammer1 reported the continuing female Western Tanager
near the feeders in Manhattan's Carl Schurz Park. Here's the link:
https://twitter.com/SigneHammer1/status/1391865406244233217
Ryan Serio @rserio78 reported a Louisiana Waterthrush on the southwest side of
the 59th Street Pond in Central Park. Here's the link:
https://twitter.com/rserio78/status/1391889360715456514
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Deb Allen
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