Central Park NYC Saturday July 7, 2018 Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Redstart & Magnolia Warbler. Canada Goose - 6 Lake Mallard - 13 (hen with 6 ducklings Upper Lobe, 6 Turtle Pond) Mourning Dove - 4 Chimney Swift - flyovers of lone birds in several locations Herring Gull - 5 (3 flyovers, 2 Reservoir) Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Reservoir, at least 2 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - Azalea Pond & Mugger's Woods Downy Woodpecker - Shakespeare Garden & Tupelo Field Northern Flicker - pair gill Overlook, lone bird at Summer House Great Crested Flycatcher - slope with persimmons south of Maint. Field Eastern Kingbird - pair at nest with young turtle Pond Warbling Vireo - singing at Oak Bridge, Maintenance Field & Warbler Rock Blue Jay - 4 Barn Swallow - at least 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch - molting adult Pinetum (Ryan Serio) White-breasted Nuthatch - east Mugger's Woods (Peter Haskel & Ryan Serio) American Robin - many, newly fledged bird perched low at Swampy Pin Oak Gray Catbird - several singing, adult carrying food near nest Swampy Pin Oak Cedar Waxwing - adult & nestlings Shakespeare Garden White-throated Sparrow - 2 in Ramble Baltimore Oriole - family of 3 Swampy Pin Oak (Ryan Serio), ad. male Warbler Rock Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (2 males & female Turtle Pond) Common Grackle - 14 including 2 at Turtle Pond nest American Redstart - 2 females (Tupelo field & Iphigene's Walk) Magnolia Warbler - molting ad. male with inch-long tail feathers Iphigene's Walk Northern Cardinal - 7 including male feeding fledgling Upper Lobe As we were leaving the park we saw Anne Shanahan, who told us the young Red-tailed Hawks have been perching on 5th Avenue buildings in the mid-70s. Deb Allen Follow 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/ --
