Date: 4/25/26 4:04 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 25, 2026: E. Whip-poor-will, Great Crested Flycatcher, 9 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC
Saturday April 25, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cool, cloudy morning with rain starting a bit before 10: Eastern Whip-poor-will, Great Crested Flycatcher, Blue-headed and Warbling Vireos, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Purple Finch, Wood Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, Ovenbird, Nashville Warbler, Northern Parula, and six other Wood Warbler Species.
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Canada Goose - 8
Mallard - 12
Bufflehead - 1 male Reservoir (Deb)
Mourning Dove - 35-40 including some birds-of-the-year
Eastern Whip-poor-will - 1 east side of Mugger's Woods
Ring-billed Gull - around 15
American Herring Gull - around 130
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 12
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 2 adults west side of Lake
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 south side Turtle Pond (first-of-season)
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5
Warbling Vireo - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Blue Jay - 10-12
Fish Crow - 1 flyover
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 25-30
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 east side of Mugger's Woods
House Wren - 2 or 3
Gray Catbird - 30-35
Hermit Thrush - 15-20
Wood Thrush - 1 Ramble
American Robin - 30-35
Purple Finch - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
White-throated Sparrow - 35-40
Eastern Towhee - 5 or 6
Baltimore Oriole - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10
Common Grackle - 25-30
Ovenbird - 1 Swampy Pin Oak
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4
Nashville Warbler - 1 East Drive at 79th Street
Northern Parula - 1 lawn west of Castle
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male east side of Mugger's Woods
Palm Warbler - 1 or 2 south side Turtle Pond
Pine Warbler - 1 female lawn west of Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5
Northern Cardinal 4 or 5
