Central Park NYC Friday April 29, 2022 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Influx of Swallows and Chimney Swifts, Warblers and other Spring Migrants. Canada Goose - 6 plus 6 week-old goslings on the Harlem Meer Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mallard - several each on the Pool and Meer Bufflehead - pair Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - not many except in the Ramble, one juvenile at Triplet's Bridge Chimney Swift - 12-15 Ring-billed Gull - 14 Herring Gull - around 50 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 12-15 Great Egret - 6 mostly flyovers Snowy Egret - 1 flyover Harlem Meer Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 (1 immature, 1 adult) Harlem Meer Island (Scott Brevda) Osprey - low flyover Harlem Meer - has been fishing there frequently Red-tailed Hawk - pair at nest on Cardinal Cooke (eggs have probably hatched) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - friendly female at the Loch Northern Flicker - 3 or 4 Warbling Vireo - heard at the Pool (Paul Curtis) Blue Jay - 3 Tree Swallow - 2 (1 Harlem Meer, 1 Reservoir) Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4 Barn Swallow - 9 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 19 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 female Harlem Meer Gray Catbird - 1 Loch Hermit Thrush - 2 American Robin - around 20 House Finch - male at the Pool (Dan Stevenson) American Goldfinch - 2 males (Harlem Meer, north of Pool) Chipping Sparrow - 11 White-throated Sparrow - around 30 Song Sparrow - 1 at the Pool Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Loch Eastern Towhee - 1 male at the Loch Red-winged Blackbird - at least 10 including 2 females (nest at Harlem Meer Island) Brown-headed Cowbird - male at the Loch Common Grackle - around a dozen Ovenbird - Tanner's Spring after lunch Northern Waterthrush - 2 at the Pool, also at Laupot Bridge in the Ramble Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5 Common Yellowthroat - male east end of the Pool (Doug from Vermont) Yellow Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer (Paul Curtis) Pine Warbler - 2 east end of the Pool (Doug) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12 Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- A Eurasian Collared-Dove, like a refuge from the pet trade, was reported north of the west end of the Pool. -- Deborah Allen
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