Central Park NYC
Saturday April 20, 2024
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common
Loon, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Five Species of Wood Warblers, Blue-headed
Vireo, Fox Sparrow.
Canada Goose - 7
Wood Duck
Do note that there's a Northern Cardinal nest right next to the gravel area
at the SWWA spot in the Pier 5 uplands. The female has been going to the
nest and staying put despite birders getting very close, but let's try to
not stress her out.
The nest is in the rightmost (southernmost) of the
A sometimes-singing male Swainsons Warbler was continuing from Friday into
Saturday morning, April 20th, in the Brooklyn Bridge Park - Kings Co., ie
Brooklyn, N.Y. City. This bird is also at times potentially heard singing from
parts of the piers at this park which are actually over the N.Y.
The Swainson’s Warbler continues this AM. See pin below courtesy of Ed Becher. The bird is spending its time tossing leaves as it forages on the ground and has just started singing intermittently.40°41'40.5"N 73°59'59.5"Wmaps.google.com“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
- RBA
* New York
* New York City, Long Island, Westchester County
* Apr. 19, 2024
* NYNY2404.19
- Birds mentioned
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD+
SWAINSON'S WARBLER+
(+ Details requested by NYSARC)
RED-NECKED GREBE
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Sora
Long-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
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