Date: 4/18/26 1:11 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sat. April 18, 2026: Blue-headed Vireo, Brown Thrasher, N. Waterthrush and other Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC
Saturday. April 18, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a sunny and cool morning: Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Blue-headed Vireo, Fish Crow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Towhee, Brown-headed Cowbird, Northern Waterthrush, Palm and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Chris Cooper reported a Northern Yellow Warbler at the east end of Turtle Pond.
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Canada Goose - 10
Mallard - 9
Bufflehead - 1 male Reservoir (Deb-early)
Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mourning Dove - 20-25
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - around 50
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Great Egret - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 female Shakespeare Garden
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Weather Station (Bob and Deb - early)
Northern Flicker - 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Mugger's Woods
Blue Jay - 10-15
Fish Crow - 1 flyover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9-12
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 southeast of Turtle Pond
Brown Thrasher - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Hermit Thrush - 5-10
American Robin - 25-30
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Eastern Towhee - 4 or 5 including 1 female (Annie Plum)
Red-winged Blackbird - 4 or 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4 including 1 female
Common Grackle - 10-12
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
