Central Park NYC Friday August 16, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Solitary Sandpiper, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Veery Chestnut-sided, Magnolia and Other Warblers, Scarlet Tanager. It was good to be back in Central Park. Excellent bird spotting, especially by Scott Brevda, Kate Wollin, and Mary Kate Horbac.
Canada Goose - 37 Gadwall - 4 Mallard - 24 Mourning Dove - several Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Wildflower Meadow (also reported at Conservatory Garden) Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool Laughing Gull - flyover Harlem (Deb - around 7:30am) Herring Gull - a few flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 2 or 3 including one perched at the Pool Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard Northern Flicker - 2 Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 at the Pool Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Azalea Pond Warbling Vireo - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 3 Blue Jay - 3 House Wren - 1 Wildflower Meadow Carolina Wren - 2 Lily Ponds Gray Catbird - 3 or 4 Northern Mockingbird - 3 or 4 Veery - 1 Azalea Pond American Robin - around a dozen House Finch - male and female American Goldfinch - 1 Wildflower Meadow Common Grackle - 1 Ovenbird - 1 or 2 at Azalea Pond Northern Waterthrush - 1 Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 2 at the pool American Redstart - 7 or 8 including an adult male at the Blockhouse Magnolia Warbler - 1 Loch Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Loch Scarlet Tanager - 1 Azalea Pond Northern Cardinal - 5 -- The find of the day was a Cerulean Warbler photographed by @Gigpalileo at Azalea Pond late in the morning reported on "X" via @mbalerter. -- Looking forward to more warblers tomorrow, Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
