Central Park - North End, NYC Friday, May 25, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: 10 Species of Wood Warblers and a House Wren carrying nesting material. Canada Goose - 11 Harlem Meer Mallard - 5 Meer Mourning Dove - 5 Chimney Swift - 6 incl. one getting a drink at the Meer Herring Gull - flyover Double-crested Cormorant - 6 (5 flyovers, 1 at the Meer) Great Egret - flyover (David Barrett) Red-tailed Hawk - adult flyover on the west side Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair Blockhouse Downy Woodpecker - pair east side of the Great Hill Northern Flicker - male west side of the Loch Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 North Woods Empidonax Flycatcher - North woods Eastern Kingbird - pair Harlem Meer Warbling Vireo - 3 pairs (n. side Meer, Conservatory Garden, e. side Great Hill) Red-eyed Vireo - 2 pairs (e. Loch, e. Great Hill-same place as last year) Blue Jay -residents along the Loch Barn Swallow - 1 Harlem Meer House Wren - east side Wildflower Meadow carrying nesting material Swainson's Thrush - 2 Blockhouse American Robin - many residents, adult feeding young in nest at the Loch Gray Catbird - common, resident pairs Cedar Waxwing - 30 in Tuliptree near Blockhouse Baltimore Oriole - 4 (3 males & 1 female - Great Hill & Fort Clinton) Red-winged Blackbird - male chasing female Brown-headed Cowbird at the Meer Brown-headed Cowbird - female chased by male Red-winged Blackbird at the Meer Common Grackle - 4 or 5 Black-and-white Warbler - 4 females Common Yellowthroat - 2 females (Loch & West side Wildflower Meadow) American Redstart - 9 (2 adult makes, 7 female/immature males) Northern Parula - 5 (2 male, 3 female) Magnolia Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Yellow Warbler - male Fort Clinton Chestnut-sided Warbler -west side of Wildflower Meadow (Bob - early) Blackpoll Warbler - 6 females Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 females west side Wildflower Meadow Canada Warbler - female west side Wildflower Meadow Northern Cardinal - residents Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
