Date: 5/17/25 2:27 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 17, 2025: Common Nighthawk, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, 18 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Saturday May 17, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Common Nighthawk, Spotted Sandpiper, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Blue-headed Vireo, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada and Wilson's Warblers.
In addition, a Marsh Wren was reported southwest of Bow Bridge by Phillip Guichet @pguichet this morning. For details see @mbalerter maintained by David Barrett.
Canada Goose - 14
Wood Duck - 1 male escorting female Mallard Reservoir (Deb-early)
Gadwall - 3 (pair plus flyover)
Mallard - 14
Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mourning Dove - 30-40
Common Nighthawk - 1 male Shakespeare Garden (found by our group this morning)
Chimney Swift - 7
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - around 30
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Rqmble
Northern Flicker - 1 Persimmon Slope
Great Crested Flycatcher - pair in Ramble
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Turtle Pond
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 Ramble (David Barrett)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Ramble
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Captain's Bench
Warbling Vireo - 9 or 10
Red-eyed Vireo - 12-15
Blue Jay - 7-9
Common Raven - 1 very vocal flyover
Barn Swallow - 4 including one adult adding mud to a nest
Cedar Waxwing - flock of 8
House Wren - 1 Maintenance Field
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Veery - 1 Summer House
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush - 2 Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Swainson's Thrush - 3 or 4
Wood Thrush - 2 (Maintenance Field, Bow Bridge)
American Robin - 30-40
House Finch - 1 male south side of Turtle Pond
White-throated Sparrow - 5-7
Song Sparrow - 2 singing on territory Reservoir (Deb-early)
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Maintenance Field (Daniel from France)
Baltimore Oriole - 6 or 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 4 or 5
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 3 or 4
Northern Waterthrush - 5 or 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 6-8
Tennessee Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6
American Redstart - 5 or 6
Cape May Warbler - 1 female Belvedere Castle
Northern Parula - 14-18
Magnolia Warbler - 4 or 5
Bay-breasted Warbler - 4
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 male Shakespeare Garden
Yellow Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 9-11
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 or 4
Canada Warbler - 2 or 3
Wilson's Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 9 or 10 including female on a nest
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Deb Allen
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