Central Park NYC Saturday May 14, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 7:30am and 9am until well past noon.
Bob & I split the 9am group today, totals are combined. I birded the Reservoir from a little after 6am until around 7:15am. HIghlights included 17 species of Wood Warblers and both Yellow-billed & Black-billed Cuckoo. Canada Goose - 2 families with 3 goslings each Gadwall - 4 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 40 Reservoir Great Egret - 4 Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 adults, 1 second-year - Reservoir, adult Upper Lobe Herring Gull - 3 Reservoir (more usually drift in later with numbers highest around lunch-time) Great Black-backed Gull - 2 immature (more usually drift in later with numbers highest around lunch-time) Spotted Sandpiper - 3 Reservoir Solitary Sandpiper - 4 Reservoir Mourning Dove - various locations Yellow-billed Cuckoo - Gill Overlook, the Point (thanks to Doug Kurz), west of Iphigene's Walk (Bob) Black-billed Cuckoo - west of Iphigene's Walk (Bob) Chimney Swift - Reservoir Red-bellied Woodpecker - Iphigene's Walk (Carine Mitchell) Olive-sided Flycatcher - huge snag - it's favorite - east Azalea Pond Eastern Wood-Pewee - heard Upper Lobe, E. of Evodia Field (Matthieu Benoit) Eastern Kingbird - Turtle Pond (Emilie Storrs) Warbling Vireo - Reservoir, the Point, Maintenance Fld Red-eyed Vireo - east side Azalea Pond & heard in many places Barn Swallow - several Reservoir Black-capped Chickadee - (Emilie Storrs) House Wren Veery - Evodia Field (Peter Haskel & Emilie Storrs), south side Mugger's woods Swainson's Thrush - the Point, 2 south side Mugger's woods, 2 Summer House Wood Thrush - south side Mugger's woods Gray Catbird - many location Cedar Waxwing - 10 above the Gill (thanks to Ilenne Goldstein) Ovenbird - west of Iphigene's walk, 2 south side Mugger's woods, Summer House (Matthieu Benoit), Captain's Bench Northern Waterthrush - Oven Black-and-white Warbler - SW Reservoir, Summit Rock, 3 females on the Point, west of Iphigene's Walk Common Yellowthroat - 2 Reservoir, 2 males on the Point, male tupelo Field (Matthieu Benoit), female Summer House American Redstart - 3 SW Reservoir, male Summit Rock, E. of Evodia Field (Carine Mitchell), west Azalea POnd Cape May Warbler - female Summit Rock, male south of Evodia (Emilie Storrs), the Point Northern Parula - heard west Reservoir, male Summit Rock, the Point, E. of Evodia Field, male Tupelo Field (Carine Mitchell) Magnolia Warbler - 2 SW Reservoir, Mugger's Woods, Maintenance Field, 2 males the Point, 3 or 4 Iphigene's Walk, male Azalea Pond Blackburnian Warbler - Mugger's Woods & hill up to Summit Rock Yellow Warbler - heard north Reservoir Chestnut-sided Warbler - SW Reservoir, 1 o2 Summit Rock, Mugger's Woods, 2 males E. of Evodia Field Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Reservoir, female E. of Evodia Field, male 1 or 2 Iphigene's Walk (Peter Haskel & Matthieu Benoit) Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Summit Rock, male Gill, male E. of Evodia Field Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 SW Reservoir, male Summit Rock, 1 or 2 near Boathouse (Carine Mitchell) Black-throated Green Warbler - male Summit Rock, male west of Iphigene's Walk (Deborah Alperin) Canada Warbler - Evodia Field (C. Mitchell & Emilie Storrs), 2 males on the Point (E. Storrs) Wilson's Warbler - in willow on the Point (Deb Alperin) Scarlet Tanager - female Maintenance Field, male & female E. of Evodia Field (Carine Mitchell) Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male Azalea Pond (thanks to Jordan Spindel) Indigo Bunting - E. of Evodia Field (Matthieu Benoit) Red-winged Blackbird - singing male Gill, female Riviera (Deb Alperin) Baltimore Oriole - 2 Reservoir, Shakespeare Garden, Captain's Bench, male near Boathouse, male Maintenance Field, male south side Mugger's woods (Deb Alperin) House Finch - male feeders Female Cerulean Warbler reported west of Iphigene's walk & Yellow-throated Vireo reported on the Point. Deb Allen -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
