Central Park NYC Monday May 9, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. Highlights: Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, Yellow-breasted Chat, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,19 Species of Wood Warblers, Canada Goose - 11 Gadwall - 3 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 15-20 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Strawberry Fields Ring-billed Gull - 10 Herring Gull - 43 Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Double-crested Cormorant - 12 Great Egret - 2 Osprey - low flyover Belvedere Castle Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Ramble, also an active nest with young (see @BirdCentralPark) Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 north of east side Wildflower Meadow (Deb-after lunch)* Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 2 Ramble Peregrine Falcon - adult over north end of Reservoir Least Flycatcher - 2 (Children's Glade, slope north of Reservoir (Deb-after lunch)) Blue-headed Vireo - 3 or 4 Warbling Vireo - 4 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 east side of Summit Rock Blue Jay - 8-10 Barn Swallow - 6 north end of Reservoir (Deb-after lunch) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 Cedar Waxwing - around 10 (West Drive & Bow Bridge) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5 House Wren - 7-10 Gray Catbird - 30-40 Veery - 2 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 5-10 Wood Thrush - 3-5 American Robin - 30-40 House Finch - 3-5 American Goldfinch - 3 Chipping Sparrow - 10-15 Song-Sparrow - heard north end of Reservoir Swamp sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge Eastern Towhee - 4-7 Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 south end of Children's Glade (Deb-after lunch)* Baltimore Oriole - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 5-10 Common Grackle - 5-10 Ovenbird - 10-15 Worm-eating Warbler - 1 south side of the Loch (Deb-after lunch) Northern Waterthrush - 2 Ramble Blue-winged Warbler - 1 female Warbler Rock Black-and-white Warbler - 5-10 Nashville Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 3-5 Hooded Warbler - 1 female south side of the Loch (Deb-after lunch) American Redstart - 4-7 Cape May Warbler - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Seneca Village) Northern Parula - 15-20 Magnolia Warbler - 4-7 Blackburnian Warbler - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Summit Rock) Yellow Warbler - 3 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3-5 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4-7 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3-5 Prairie Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields Black-throated Green Warbler - 3-5 Northern Cardinal - 4-7 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 -- *Monday's Yellow-breasted Chat continued Tuesday, same location, per @Napnyc1Napnyc and the Red-headed Woodpecker continued at the Loch per @kevinbirdsny - both reports via @BirdCentralPark on twitter. -- On Monday (5/9) Rob Young @ryry4 reported two flyover Common Loons at the Reservoir, retweeted by @BirdCentralPark. -- The Mourning Warbler reported Sunday (@EdwardGaillard) and Monday (m.ob.) was in the area of the Great Gill/East Blowdown on Monday. -- Many more birds are out there, and it's not raining, Deb Allen
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