Date: 4/10/25 1:37 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 10, 2025: Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Blue-headed Vireo, 4 species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Thursday April 10, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Blue-headed Vireo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm, Pine and Yellow-rumped of Wood Warblers. Coyote.
Canada Goose - around 40 (a few pairs nesting)
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir
Northern Shoveler - 28
Gadwall - 8
Mallard - 25
Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 Reservoir
Bufflehead - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 2 Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 17
Mourning Dove - 15-20
American Coot - 6
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls (mostly Ring-billed) - around 250
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 10 or 11
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 5 Hernshead (flushed early)
Turkey Vulture - 4 circling over Boathouse Cafe (Paul Curtis)
Osprey - 1 circling over the Lake
Cooper's Hawk - 1 male second-year (first-cycle) Ramble (Bob - early)
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 or 6
Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5
Eastern Phoebe - 8-10
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Willow Rock
Blue Jay - 15-16
American Crow - flock of 16
Black-capped Chickadee - 6-8
Tufted Titmouse - 11 or 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Castle and Turtle Pond)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6
Brown Creeper - 5 or 6
Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5
American Robin - 40-50
American Goldfinch - heard only
Chipping Sparrow - 4 or 5
Fox Sparrow - 2 Evodia Field (Bob - early)
Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Song Sparrow - 5 or 6
Swamp Sparrow - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 male Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - 2 or 3
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 Evodia Field (@Gigpalileo)
Palm Warbler - 3 or 4 "Yellow"
Pine Warbler - 12-14
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (Castle and Turtle Pond)
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
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The Coyote was seen in the Ramble at the Azalea Pond and nearby again early this morning (Bob).
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Deb Allen
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