Central Park, NYC Sunday October 3, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Baltimore Oriole, Ten Species of Wood Warblers incl. Cape May Warbler, & record early fall arrival date below. Canada Goose - 4 Mallard - 25 Mourning dove - 17 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (Ryan Serio) Herring Gull - 20-25 flyovers Great Horned Owl - 1 (found by Ryan Serio - record early date for fall arrival, the species does not nest in Central Park) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3-4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 15-20 Downy Woodpecker - 1 or 2 (male Belvedere Castle, heard at Delacorte Theater) Northern Flicker - 4-7 Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 (1 Sparrow Rock, 1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe) Eastern Phoebe - 2 (1 Turtle Pond, 1 Shakespeare Garden) Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Maintenance Field Blue Jay - 5-10 American Crow - 4 mobbing owl Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Shakespeare Garden Carolina Wren - 1-2 (Shakespeare Garden) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 25-35 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Swainson's Thrush - 3-5 Wood Thrush - 1 Shakespeare Garden American Robin - 25-30 Gray Catbird - 10-15 Brown Thrasher - 2-3 (1 uphill from Boathouse Cafe, others heard in Ramble) Northern Mockingbird - 1 flyover Sparrow Rock House Finch - 4-6 White-throated Sparrow - 15-25 Song Sparrow - 4 Swamp Sparrow - Shakespeare Garden (Deb - early) Baltimore Oriole - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Susan & Philip Sugar) Common Grackle - 7-10 Ovenbird - 2 (1 south side Turtle Pond, 1 Weather Station (Deb - early)) Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 3-4 American Redstart - 7-10 Cape May Warbler - 1 Pinetum Northern Parula - 5-7 Magnolia Warbler - 4-7 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5-7 Palm Warbler - 2 (1 "Yellow," 1 "Western") Sparrow Rock (Ginny de Liagre) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Northern Cardinal - 4-7 Deb Allen
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