Date: 4/30/26 11:25 am From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. April 30, 2026: Orchard Oriole, 13 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC
Thursday April 30, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob
Highlights on a cool, damp morning: Chimney Swift, Great Crested Flycatcher, Warbling and Red-eyed Vireos, Cedar Waxwing, Wood Thrush, Orchard Oriole, 13 Wood Warbler Species including Worm-eating, Hooded, Prairie and Black-throated Green Warblers, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
In addition, a Kentucky Warbler was reported moving between the Gill Overlook and mouth as reported on the ever-useful @mbalerter.
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Canada Goose - 6 (3 pairs)
Mallard - 8-10 (only 2 ducklings left on the Lake)
Mourning Dove - 35-45
Chimney Swift - 3-5
American Herring Gull - 5-10 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 or 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Ramble
Northern Flicker - pair at the Oven
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Maintenance Field
Blue-headed Vireo - 5
Warbling Vireo - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Gill Overlook
Blue Jay - 12-14
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 or 3 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 or 5
Cedar Waxwing - 4 or 5 in Tuliptree west of Captain's Bench
Northern House Wren - 2 (SE side of Turtle Pond, Shakespeare Garden)
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Hermit Thrush - 8-10
Wood Thrush - 1 Indian Cave
American Robin - 35-40
House Finch - 3 or 4 Turtle Pond Dock
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4
Orchard Oriole - 1 adult male west of Captain's Bench
Baltimore Oriole - 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 males
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 3
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 Stone Arch
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6
Nashville Warbler - 2 Ramble
Common Yellowthroat - 2 west side of Ramble
Hooded Warbler - 2 males Gill Overlook
Northern Parula - 2 or 3
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond, Bow Bridge)
Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" oak just east of Belvedere Castle
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8-10
Prairie Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 southeast side Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4
