Date: 9/20/25 1:58 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Sept. 20, 2025: Philadelphia Vireo, Cape May and Bay-breasted Warblers
Central Park NYC
Saturday, September 20, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, Philadelphia Vireo, 10 Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May and Bay-breasted Warblers.
Canada Goose - 25-30
Mallard - 17
Mourning Dove - 25-30
Chimney Swift - 2 or 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 Tupelo Field
American Herring Gull - 5 or 6 flyovers
Great Blue Heron - 1 immature Upper Lobe
Osprey - 1 flyover
Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature uphill from Boathouse
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 Ramble
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Tupelo Field
Northern Flicker - 20-25
American Kestrel - 1 flyover*
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2 Tupelo Field
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 top of the Point
Eastern Phoebe - 1 Tupelo Field
Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Ramble (Pat Dubren)
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 west side of Evodia Field
Red-eyed Vireo - 15-20
Blue Jay - 8-10
Common Raven - 1 flyover
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Northern House Wren - 2 Captain's Bench
Gray Catbird - 8-10
Brown Thrasher - 5 or 6
Veery- 1 Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Swainson's Thrush - 14-16
Wood Thrush - 4 Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
American Robin - 15-20
House Finch - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - Turtle Pond Island (Deb-early)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 hatch-year male near Boathouse
Common Grackle - 8-10
Ovenbird - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 8
Common Yellowthroat - 3
American Redstart - 6-8
Cape May Warbler - 3 or 4
Northern Parula - 8-10
Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4
Bay-breasted Warbler - Gill Overlook (Paul Curtis)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (the Point, Tupelo Field)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4
Scarlet Tanager - 1 Tupelo Field (Scott Brevda)
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
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*A male American Kestrel perched near the Conservatory Garden should have been included on Friday's list.
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Deb Allen
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