Central Park, NYC Sunday, June 25, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, and many other observers
Highlights: Northwest winds overnight brought in a singing male Kentucky Warbler (Evodia Field) that appeared to be a first-summer bird (record late spring/early fall date for Central Park), and Worm-eating Warbler (Maintenance Field). An adult male Magnolia Warbler (Warbler Rock) and female Black-and-white Warbler (Upper Lobe) continued from last week. In addition: two Yellow-billed Cuckoos apparent male & female perched together at the Humming Tombstone early this morning (nesting?), with one seen later at the Humming Tombstone, another at the Maintenance Field. Canada Goose - 25 (2 Turtle Pond, 23 Reservoir) Mallard - 12 Reservoir, others at Turtle Pond including 6 older juveniles Mourning Dove - residents Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 Humming Tombstone & Maintenance Field (Bob - early, later m.ob.) Herring Gull - 4 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 11 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 9 (8 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) Great Egret - Turtle Pond Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Great Crested Flycatcher - pair in Ramble Warbler Vireo - several singing including Maintenance Field & Reservoir, others heard Blue Jay Barn Swallow - 3 adults (2 Reservoir plus 2 active nests one with young visible, 1 Great Lawn) Tufted Titmouse - Upper Lobe & heard at Azalea Pond White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 American Robin Cedar Waxwing - Maintenance Field (early - Bob) and heard later Gray Catbird Worm-eating Warbler - Maintenance Field (Bob - early, later m.ob.) Black-and-white Warbler - female continued from last week at Upper Lobe (Bob - early a.m.) Kentucky Warbler - singing male at Evodia Field found by Bob early this morning, many observers later American Redstart - 2 (immature male Upper Lobe (Bob - early a.m.), female/young male Maintenance Field) Magnolia Warbler - adult male continued from last week at Warbler Rock Song Sparrow - 2 heard at Reservoir Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird - heard Turtle Pond Common Grackle Baltimore Oriole - 4 to 6 in Ramble including adult male, adult female, first-summer male, and juvenile Link to photo of Kentucky Warbler (Deb): https://www.photo.net/photo/18402275 Video of Kentucky Warbler by Daniel Boer from the Netherlands: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SF0Ez1ipy1QkhQRm5oRVcxWkU/view The video has also been posted to the New York Birders Facebook Group. Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
