Migration in Central Park was practically on fire today. I personally totaled 97 species, 26 of which were warblers. Species highlights of my day were:
KENTUCKY WARBLER--NW of Pool, ranging between balancing boulder and the pool itself. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER-- West of Summer House OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER-- Thanks to Starr Saphir. NE Great Hill SUMMER TANAGER-- Young male, northern part of Ravine My personal day list with approximated numbers is below, however, others reported highlights such as Acadian Flycatcher, Bay-breasted, Tennessee and Orange-crowned Warblers, Spotted Sandpiper, Merlin, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, and others. Canada Goose - Branta canadensis 25 Gadwall - Anas strepera 2 Meer. Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 30 Bufflehead - Bucephala albeola 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - Oxyura jamaicensis 4 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus 30 Great Egret - Ardea alba 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax 1 Red-tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis 1 American Kestrel - Falco sparverius 2 Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus 1 *Solitary Sandpiper* - Tringa solitaria 1 Hernshead, AM. Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis X Herring Gull - Larus argentatus X Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus X Rock Pigeon - Columba livia X Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura X Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica 20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris 1 Falconer hill flyby. Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon 1 Flyover, Strawberry Fields. Red-headed Woodpecker - Melanerpes erythrocephalus 1 Continuing bird, Sheep Meadow. Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus 20 Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens 10 Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus 30 *Olive-sided Flycatcher* - Contopus cooperi 1 NE slope of Great Hill. Silent. Least Flycatcher - Empidonax minimus 10 Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus 10 Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus 12 White-eyed Vireo - Vireo griseus 1 Azalea Pond *Yellow-throated Vireo* - Vireo flavifrons 1 Pool Blue-headed Vireo - Vireo solitarius 8 Warbling Vireo - Vireo gilvus 10 Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus 15 Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata X American Crow - Corvus brachyrhynchos X Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Sitta canadensis 5 Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus 1 High Meadow House Wren - Troglodytes aedon 3 Winter Wren - Troglodytes hiemalis 1 Falconer Hill Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Polioptila caerulea 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula 10 Veery - Catharus fuscescens 15 Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus 8 Evodia Area. Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus 20 Wood Thrush - Hylocichla mustelina 15 American Robin - Turdus migratorius X Gray Catbird - Dumetella carolinensis 300 Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos 1 Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum 4 European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris X Blue-winged Warbler - Vermivora cyanoptera 5 Nashville Warbler - Oreothlypis ruficapilla 20 Northern Parula - Parula americana 30 Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia 20 Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica 15 Magnolia Warbler - Dendroica magnolia 12 *Cape May Warbler* - Dendroica tigrina 2 N. Woods and Azalea Pond. Black-throated Blue Warbler - Dendroica caerulescens 20 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Dendroica coronata 400 Black-throated Green Warbler - Dendroica virens 20 Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca 6 *Yellow-throated Warbler* - Dendroica dominica 1 *Rare* W of Summerhouse Prairie Warbler - Dendroica discolor 10 Palm Warbler - Dendroica palmarum 8 Blackpoll Warbler - Dendroica striata 4 Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia 40 American Redstart - Setophaga ruticilla 25 *Worm-eating Warbler* - Helmitheros vermivorum 2 Evodia Field and Humming Tombstone. Ovenbird - Seiurus aurocapilla 30 Northern Waterthrush - Parkesia noveboracensis 15 *Louisiana Waterthrush* - Parkesia motacilla 1 *Late* Tupelo Meadow. *Kentucky Warbler* - Oporornis formosus 1 *Rare* Found on SW slope of Great Hill and NW slope of pool, below Balanced Boulder. Common Yellowthroat - Geothlypis trichas 60 Hooded Warbler - Wilsonia citrina 1 Loch. Thanks Malcolm Morris, Jim Demes and others. Wilson's Warbler - Wilsonia pusilla 2 Strawberry and Mugger's Woods Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis 1 Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus 6 Chipping Sparrow - Spizella passerina 20 Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla 2 Falconer Hill, W 77th St Entrance. Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia X Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana 30 White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis 300 White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys 6 Dark-eyed Junco - Junco hyemalis 2 Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra 1 *Rare* Young male, Ravine. Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea 8 Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis X Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus 12 Indigo Bunting - Passerina cyanea 5 Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus X Common Grackle - Quiscalus quiscula X Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater X Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula 8 House Finch - Carpodacus mexicanus 2 American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis 30 House Sparrow - Passer domesticus X Good Spring Birding, Jacob Drucker Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
