Date: 4/17/26 3:02 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 17, 2026: Blue-headed Vireo, Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes
Central Park NYC
Friday, April 17, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Green-winged Teal, Osprey, Blue-headed Vireo, Louisiana and Northern Waterthrushes, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
In addition, a Hooded Warbler was reported in the Ramble, and a Virginia Rail continued in Bryant Park.
Canada Goose - 16
Mallard - 3
Green-winged Teal - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Mourning Dove - 5
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Great Egret - 1 Harlem Meer
Osprey - 1 Harlem Meer (Tom Cowieson)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 North Woods (Andrea Hessel)
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (male and female) at the Pool
Northern Flicker - 2 Lily Ponds, another heard
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5 (1 Loch (Caren Jahre), 3 or 4 Pool)
Blue Jay - 8
American Crow - 2 or 3
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 at the Pool (Scott Brevda)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9 or 10
Hermit Thrush - 3 (Paul Curtis)
American Robin - around a dozen, and nests (Kathleen Massey)
American Goldfinch - 2 (Harlem Meer, Loch) (Anindya Seng)
Field Sparrow - 2 Grassy Knoll
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Loch and Pool (Dan Stevenson))
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 12
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool (Dan Stevenson)
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Palm Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15
Northern Cardinal - 6
