Central Park NYC Friday, October 4, 2024 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue-winged Teal, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Golden-winged Warbler Pair and 13 Other Species of Wood Warblers including Prairie Warbler. We had seen an anonymous eBird report from Thursday of a Golden-winged Warbler at the North End of Central Park, with no location specified, so we were quite surprised to find one at the Wildflower Meadow this morning, and to later see two of them together when we circled back to relocate the bird.
Canada Goose - around 20 Wood Duck - 1 female at the Pool Blue-winged Teal - 1 at the Pool (2 were reported there later in the day) Northern Shoveler - 24-30 on the Harlem Meer Gadwall - 10-12 Mallard - around 50 Green-winged Teal - at least 4 at the Pool Hooded Merganser - 1 female at the Pool (Scott Brevda before walk) Mourning Dove - 15-20 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 at the Seep (thanks to Miriam Rakowski) Chimney Swift - 15-20 Herring Gull - a few flyovers Great Blue Heron - 1 Harlem Meer Green Heron - 1 at the Pond (59th Street) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Phoebe - 2 (Grassy Knoll, the Pool) Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 (probably Least) at the Pool (Paul Curtis) Blue-headed Vireo - 4 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 American Crow - flyover flock of 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 1 at the Loch (Paul Curtis) Tufted Titmouse - 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-15 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 first-of-season male Nutter's Battery (Scott Brevda) Brown Creeper - 1 at the Compost (Caren Jahre) House Wren - 2 (Compost, Oven) Gray Catbird - 8-10 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Conservatory Garden Swainson's Thrush - 1 American Robin - 30-35 American Goldfinch - 2 Wildflower Meadow (Caren Jahre) Dark-eyed Junco - 1 Compost White-throated Sparrow - around 50 Song Sparrow - 2 or 3 Swamp Sparrow - 3 or 4 Common Grackle - 3 or 4 Ovenbird - 3 Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Pool, Gapstow mudflat) Golden-winged Warbler - 2 (male and female) Wildflower Meadow (David Lewis) Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Harlem Meer Common Yellowthroat - 8-12 American Redstart - 3 or 4 Northern Parula - 6-8 Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Harlem Meer, Wildflower Meadow (both Dan Stevenson)) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male Compost, female Loch - Scott Brevda and Paul Curtis) Palm Warbler - 3 Pine Warbler - 1 male at the Pool Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 at the Pool (Dan Stevenson) Prairie Warbler - 1 male at the Pond near Gapstow Bridge Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 or 2 at the Pool (Paul Curtis) Scarlet Tanager - 2 (Nutter's Battery, Harlem Meer) Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 female at the Seep (Dan Stevenson) Indigo Bunting - 1 Harlem Meer -- 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/ --
