Central Park NYC Saturday, July 29, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Early Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2), Early Northern Parula, Yellow Warblers, Black-and-white Warbler (3), American Redstarts, Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes. Canada Goose - 9 Lake Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond Mallard - 70+ (Turtle Pond & The Pond) Mourning Dove - adults & juveniles Chimney Swift - 6 to 8 Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - 2 at the Pond & flyovers Great Egret - The Pond & Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - one-year-old at the Pond (Jeffrey M. Ward) Red-tailed Hawk - with rat in Ramble Downy Woodpecker - Upper Lobe & Hallett Sanctuary Northern Flicker - 4 (2 Hallett Sanctuary, Warbler Rock, Willow Rock) Eastern Kingbird - 4+ (2 Turtle Pond, The Pond, others heard in Ramble) Warbling Vireo - 4 (Upper Lobe, 2 at The Pond, Warbler Rock) Blue Jay - various locations Barn Swallow - at least 6 flyovers Tufted Titmouse - Ramble White-breasted Nuthatch - Hallett Sanctuary Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 Warbler Rock (Jeff Ward)- EARLY Wood Thrush - singing in Hallett Sanctuary American Robin - many Gray Catbird - many - still obvious juveniles around Cedar Waxwing - Upper Lobe House Finch - 2 or 3 in each of several locations Song Sparrow - adult Hallett Sanctuary, juvenile mudflat north of The Pond Baltimore Oriole - 4 (3 Bow Bridge Island including adult male, 1 Oak Bridge) Common Grackle Louisiana Waterthrush - mudflat north of the Pond, probably the same bird seen later on west side of the Pond Northern Waterthrush - 2 (mudflat north of the Pond, stream south of Azalea Pond) Black-and-white Warbler - 3 (Upper Lobe, 2 Summer House Meadow, 1 Warbler Rock (Jeff Ward)) American Redstart - 6 Northern Parula - Humming Tombstone (Bob & Mayra Cruz - early) - EARLY Yellow Warbler - 8 various locations Northern Cardinal - adults & juveniles 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
