Date: 5/18/25 2:26 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 18, 2025: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Gray-cheeked and Bicknell's Thrushes, 17 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday May 18, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Gray-cheeked and Bicknell's Thrushes, 17 Species of Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 8
Gadwall - pair Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mallard - 6
Mourning Dove - around 30
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 or 2 Ramble
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 40 mostly Herring Gulls
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Double-crested Cormorant - 5 or 6
Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 immatures (Captain's Bench and King of Poland)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 male south side of Turtle Pond
Northern Flicker - 1 male south of Summer House
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Summer House
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Captain's Bench
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Ramble
Warbling Vireo - 5 or 6
Red-eyed Vireo - 8 or 9
Blue Jay - 6
American Crow - 2 or 3 flyovers
Tufted Titmouse - 1 west side of Ramble
Cedar Waxwing - around a dozen
Northern House Wren - 1 Maintenance Field
Gray Catbird - 10-12
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 3
Bicknell's Thrush - 1 Captain's Bench (David Barrett)
Swainson's Thrush - 2 or 3
American Robin - 25-30
White-throated Sparrow - 4-6
Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 including a nest at Turtle Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Common Grackle - 15-20
Ovenbird - 3 or 4
Northern Waterthrush - 2 or 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6
Tennessee Warbler - 1 or 2 in Ramble heard-only
Common Yellowthroat - 2 or 3
American Redstart - 4 or 5
Northern Parula - 5 or 6
Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4
Bay-breasted Warbler -3
Blackburnian Warbler - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Yellow Warbler - 2 (near Boathouse, Upper Lobe)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 female King of Poland
Blackpoll Warbler - 8 or 9
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Summer House
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (female near Boathouse, male King of Poland)
Canada Warbler - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 2 males south side Turtle Pond
Scarlet Tanager - 3 (1 female, 2 males)
Northern Cardinal - 7 or 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 males (Azalea Pond, Summer House)
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Deb Allen
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