Date: 4/26/26 2:16 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 26, 2026: Great Crested Flycatcher, Purple Finch, Worm-eating and Nashville Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday, April 26, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cold, cloudy morning: Great Crested Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Purple Finch, Worm-eating, Nashville and Other Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 7
Mallard - 12
Mourning Dove - 35-40
American Herring Gull - around 25
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb)
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 or 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Ramble
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Maintenance Field
Northern Flicker - 2 Ramble
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 or 5
Warbling Vireo - 1 Sparrow Rock (Sandra Critelli)
Blue Jay - 10-12
American Crow - 1 flyover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 30-35
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 or 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 (Sandra Critelli)
House Wren - 2 or 3
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Hermit Thrush - 10-15
Wood Thrush - 1 Laupot Bridge
American Robin - 40-50
Purple Finch - 1 female Tupelo Field
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Song Sparrow - 2 or 3
Eastern Towhee - 4-6
Baltimore Oriole - 2 (second-year male Turtle Pond, adult male Sparrow Rock (S. Critelli))
Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7
Common Grackle - 18-20
Ovenbird - 1 Summer House
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 north Upper Lobe (Caren Jahre), same location Saturday
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5
Nashville Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle (John Bitetti)
Northern Parula - 2 or 3
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Northern Cardinal - 6 including female with nesting material
