Date: 5/16/25 4:01 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 16, 2025: Black-billed Cuckoo, Co. Nighthawk, Philadelphia Vireo, Cape May and Bay-breasted Warbers
Central Park NYC
Friday May 16, 2025
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Osprey, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Cape May, Bay-breasted and Other Wood Warblers, and Scarlet Tanager.
Farther south in the park a walk led by Bob DeCandido yielded a Philadelphia Vireo photographed at the Summer House, and 2 Black-billed Cuckoos west of Tupelo Field among other birds.
David Barrett @BirdCentralPark posted a photo of a Common Nighthawk at Balancing Rock of the North.
Canada Goose - 14
Gadwall - male heard at the Pool
Mallard - 14
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 4 or 5
Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3
Great Egret - 7 flyovers
Osprey - 1 low flyover Harlem Meer chased by an American Crow
Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard
Downy Woodpecker - heard
Great Crested Flycatcher - heard along the Loch
Eastern Kingbird - heard at the Seep
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 at the Loch
Warbling Vireo - 1 singing near the Conservatory Garden
Red-eyed Vireo - 7
Blue Jay - 4-6
American Crow - 2 or 3
Cedar Waxwing - flock of around 25
Northern House Wren - 1 at the Pool
Gray Catbird - 6-8
Northern Mockingbird - heard Conservatory Garden
Wood Thrush - heard near the Blockhouse
American Robin - around a dozen
Song Sparrow - 1 or 2 singing at the Harlem Meer
Swamp Sparrow - 1 at the Loch (Paul Curtis)
Baltimore Oriole - 4, others heard
Red-winged Blackbird - 11 or 12
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Harlem Meer
Common Grackle - 10-12
Ovenbird - 1 Loch (Sabina Schumacher)
Northern Waterthrush - 5
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 4
American Redstart - 5
Cape May Warbler - 1 female at the Pool (Paul Curtis)
Northern Parula - 5
Magnolia Warbler - 2 at the Pool
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 (male Great Hill (Sheri S.), 1 Loch)
Yellow Warbler - 1 male Lily Ponds (Caren Jahre), others heard
Blackpoll Warbler - 5, others heard
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Lily Ponds
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 male at the Pool\
Scarlet Tanager - 3 (1 male, 2 females)
Northern Cardinal - 5 singing males
Indigo Bunting - heard-only at the Loch
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Deb Allen
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