Central Park NYC Saturday April 27, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Hooded Warbler, Wood Thrush, Eastern Kingbird,Turkey Vulture. Canada Goose - nesting at Reservoir, pairTurtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 14 Reservoir Gadwall - male SW Reservoir near south gatehouse Mallard - low numbers Hooded Merganser - young male Reservoir Bufflehead - 9 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 8 (5 males) SW Reservoir Mourning Dove - 15 Chimney Swift - 6 over SW Great Lawn (Jeff Ward & Matthieu Benoit) American Coot - 2 Reservoir Herring Gull - 5 reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 8 (7 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) Great Blue Heron - chased by Red-tailed Hawk (Bob - early) Green Heron - flyover (Jeff Ward) & probably the same bird perched at Upper Lobe Turkey Vulture - 2 flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - San Remo pair Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Norther Flicker - 4 or 5 American Kestrel - 2 flyovers (Jeff Ward) Eastern Kingbird - north end of Maintenance Field (thanks to Ryan Zucker) - FOS Blue-headed Vireo - Maintenance Field Warbling Vireo - 2 (Upper Lobe & Warbler Rock) Blue Jay - 7 Fish Crow - 3 flying south Tufted Titmouse - 3 heard Red-breasted Nuthatch - 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - Evodia Field Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5 or 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15 Hermit Thrush - 4 Wood Thrush - south of Summer House American Robin - 50+ Gray Catbird - 5 House Finch - 8 (Evodia Field feeders &north end of Maint. Field eating buds) Purple Finch - 4 (pair & female Tupelo Field, female Warbler Rock) American Goldfinch - around a dozen Eastern Towhee - male Castle Walk, female in Ramble Chipping Sparrow - around 50 Field Sparrow - Maintenance Field White-throated Sparrow - 50+ Red-winged Blackbird - 4 Brown-headed Cowbird - pair at Evodia Field feeders Common Grackle - around 20O venbird - Upper Lobe (Jeff Ward) Blue-winged Warbler - Upper Lobe & Swampy Pin Oak Black-and-white Warbler - 5 males Hooded Warbler - male Warbler Rock (reported later at Swampy Pin Oak) Northern Parula - 4 or 5 Yellow Warbler - 3 Pine Warbler - 2 (Warbler Rock & north of Boathouse) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5 Northern Cardinal - female on nest, singing in most locations Rose-breasted Grosbeak - male in willow at Willow Rock Indigo Bunting - in oak in Ramble Deb AllenFollow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
