Central Park NYC Thursday, May 16, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers including Swainson's Warbler, Black- and Yellow-billed Cuckoos, possible nesting Swamp Sparrow.
Canada Goose - 6 (Lake, Reservoir, Turtle Pond) 2 of these nesting pairs Mallard - around 12 with some back on Turtle Pond Mourning Dove - around 8 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Humming tombstone Black-billed Cuckoo - 2 Warbler Rock Chimney Swift - 8 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Ramble Herring Gull - 4 (2 Reservoir, 2 flyovers) Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - around a dozen Great Egret - 4 Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - 2 circling overhead Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Ramble Northern Flicker - 3 (pair Warbler Rock, 1 Ramble) Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 (pair Upper Lobe, 1 Warbler Rock, 1 Ramble) Eastern Kingbird - pair Turtle Pond (Bob - 7am) Least Flycatcher - Upper Lobe (Bob with David Barrett) Yellow-throated Vireo - 2 (Upper Lobe, east side of Azalea Pond) Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Warbler Rock & Upper Lobe) Warbling Vireo - 7 Red-eyed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay - flock of a dozen migrating over Upper Lobe House Wren - Maintenance Field Veery - 1 Ramble Swainson's Thrush - 4 Wood Thrush - 1 Shakespeare Garden American Robin - many nesting Gray Catbird - 20+ Cedar Waxwing - flock of 4 Balancing Rock American Goldfinch - 4 Tupelo Field in Tupelo Swamp Sparrow - carrying nesting material at Swampy Pin Oak (Patricia Klein) White-throated Sparrow - 3 Ramble Baltimore Oriole - around 10 (6 at Warbler Rock) Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (2 male, 1 female) Common Grackle - 6 Ramble Ovenbird - 12+ Northern Waterthrush - 8+ Black-and-white Warbler - 6 (1 male, 5 females) Swainson's Warbler - Summer House (Bob - seen briefly) Common Yellowthroat - around 20 American Redstart - around 10 Cape May Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Northern Parula - around 8 Magnolia Warbler - 14+ Blackburnian Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 4 Blackpoll Warbler - 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler - around 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler - Turtle Pond Dock (early morning) Prairie Warbler - 2 females (east side of Ramble) Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond & Shakespseare Garden) Canada Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond, Warbler Rock) Wilson's Warbler - 4 Scarlet Tanager - 2 males (in Tuliptree uphill from Boathouse & Warbler Rock) Northern Cardinal - nesting Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males chasing one another east side of Ramble Congratulations to Benjamin Van Doren for this morning's Swainson's Warbler, and for getting the word out quickly, and thanks to all for the updates on @BirdCentralPark and the NYSBIRDS-L. 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/ --
