Central Park NYC Saturday August 17 and Sunday August 18, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Blue-winged and Canada Warblers, Least Sandpiper, Laughing Gull. Saturday: Canada Goose - around 25 Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 25-30 Chimney Swift - at least 15 Least Sandpiper - 1 Gapstow Bridge (Sandra Critelli, thanks to Eric Mathern)* Laughing Gull - 2 adults Reservoir (Deb - 7am) Herring Gull - 43 Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Reservoir (Deb - early) Great Egret - 1 Turtle Pond Green Heron - 1 at the Pond (Sandra Critelli) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern flicker - 3 Great Crested Flycatcher - 5 Eastern Kingbird - heard Turtle Pond Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8 Blue Jay - 15-20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 between Warbler Rock and Summer House House Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Carolina Wren - 3 or 4 Gray Catbird - 4 or 5 American Robin - 5-10 House Finch - 3 or 4 Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 Common Grackle - 10-15 Northern Waterthrush - 3 Blue-winged Warbler - 2 Ramble Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4 Common Yellowthroat - 1 Shakespeare Garden American Redstart - 30-40 Northern Parula - 2 Ramble Magnolia Warbler - 1 east of Maintenance field Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 Canada Warbler - 1 male Iphigene's Walk (Coral Aviles) Northern Cardinal - 5-10 -- * Rare for Central Park. Photos from @alexcritelli1 and @CeceSurfs posted on X (twitter). https://x.com/alexcritelli1/status/1825048803491385745/photo/1 https://x.com/CeceSurfs/status/1825004408532259115/photo/1 -- On Sunday early rain led to a later start than usual and fewer warblers on the walk (Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, and Northern Parula). Other highlights were a Great Blue Heron at Balcony Bridge and an Empidonax flycatcher at the Castle. -- 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/ --
