Date: 5/8/26 2:11 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 8, 2026: Chuck-will's-widow, Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Nashville and Other Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, May 8, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Chuck-will's-widow, Solitary Sandpiper, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 17
Mallard - a few (Harlem Meer, Loch, Pool)
Mourning Dove - 5 or 6
Chuck-will's-widow - 1 close to the Blockhouse (most birders at the North End)
Chimney Swift - several over the Great Hill
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 west end of the Pool
American Herring Gull - a few flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 perched at Harlem Meer, flyovers
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 second-year (2CY) Harlem Meer island
Great Egret - 2 Harlem Meer, 4 flyovers
Osprey - 1 flyover Great Hill
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Loch, at least 3 others heard
Northern Flicker - 1 at the Seep
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Lily Ponds (Kate Wodell)
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 High Meadow
Blue Jay - 3 or 4
American Crow - heard
Fish Crow - 1 perched and calling Harlem Meer
Gray Catbird - 4
Swainson's Thrush - 1 below High Meadow
Wood Thrush - 1 below High Meadow
American Robin - 10-15
American Goldfinch - 5 or 6
White-throated Sparrow - a few along the Loch
Song Sparrow - 1 singing near Davis Center
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Red-winged Blackbird - 10-12
Common Grackle - 8-10, pair building nest Harlem Meer
Northern Waterthrush - 3 (Loch (Kate Wodell), Seep, Pool)
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5
Tennessee Warbler - 1 heard near Lily Ponds (thanks to Eric Ozawa, Kevin Sisco)
Nashville Warbler - 1 Lily Ponds
Common Yellowthroat - 3
American Redstart - 2 (Loch, High Meadow (Dan Stevenson))
Cape May Warbler - 1 male at the Seep (Caren Jahre)
Northern Parula - 3, others heard
Magnolia Warbler - 2 males (Seep (Andrea Hessel), Lily Ponds)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 (Harlem Meer Island (Caren Jahre), Great Hill)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Scott Brevda)
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 heard-only Loch
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males Loch (Paul Citrin)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5
Prairie Warbler - 1 male near Lily Ponds, another heard
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4 (Kathleen Massey)
Wilson's Warbler - 1 male west end of the Pool (thanks to Ruben Giron)
Scarlet Tanager - 2 (male and female) Great Hill
Northern Cardinal - 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
