Date: 10/4/25 12:58 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Oct. 4, 2025: E. Whip-poor-will, Red-headed Woodpecker, 8 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Saturday, October 4, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Eastern Whip-poor-will, Cooper's Hawk, Red-headed Woodpecker, American Kestrel, 8 Species of Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 6 flyovers
Wood Duck - 2 males Upper Lobe and Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mallard - 10-15
Mourning Dove - 30-35
Eastern Whip-poor-will - 1 Swampy Pin Oak near Summer House*
Chimney Swift - 8-10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Tupelo Field
Laughing Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 5
American Herring Gull - around 40
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Cooper's Hawk - a adult female Ramble
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 imm. Ramble (reported by E. J. Bartolazo in the last couple of days)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 6-8
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Captain's Bench
Northern Flicker - 1 Ramble
American Kestrel - 1 male southeast Turtle Pond
Eastern Phoebe - 1 Turtle Pond
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Maintenance Field (Pat Dubren)
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 14-16
American Crow - 8-10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Brown Creeper - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Carolina Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Winter Wren - 2 or 3
Gray Catbird - 6-8
Brown Thrasher - 3 or 4
Swainson's Thrush - 2 or 3
American Robin - 40-50
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Song Sparrow - 3
Eastern Towhee - 4 or 5
Common Grackle - 6-8
Ovenbird - 4
Nashville Warbler - 1 Swampy Pin Oak (Dan Stevenson)
Common Yellowthroat - 1 Tupelo Field
American Redstart - 5
Northern Parula - 1 Maintenance Field
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6
Pine Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Azalea Pond
Scarlet Tanager - 1 southeast Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 4
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*Nightjar, initially reported as a Common Nighthawk, but lacking strong horizontal barring on underparts, found by Forrest being mobbed by Blue Jays mid-morning.
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Deb Allen
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