Date: 5/9/26 12:15 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 9, 2026: 18 Species of Wood Warblers and Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC
Saturday, May 9, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Veery, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Pine Siskin, Lincoln's Sparrow, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Blackburnian, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 15 including 3 goslings on the Lake
Gadwall - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 35-40
Chimney Swift - 3 or 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2 (Belvedere Castle, Tupelo Field)
American Herring Gull - 5-7 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 6 or 7
Osprey - 1 flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Captain's Bench
Northern Flicker - 2 (male Tupelo Field, female Pinetum)
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Turtle Pond
Least Flycatcher - 1 southeast Turtle Pond
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1 Gill Source
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 3 or 4
Blue Jay - 10-12
American Crow - 3 or 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3 Turtle Pond
Barn Swallow- 1 flyover
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Captain's Bench
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Tupelo Field (Annie Plum)
Northern House Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden
Gray Catbird - 25-35
Veery - 4 or 5
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Wood Thrush - 15-20
American Robin - 35-45
House Finch - 8-10
Pine Siskin - 1 Belvedere Castle (Ryan Serio)
American Goldfinch - 3 or 4
White-throated Sparrow - 25-30
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 or 2 Weather Station and Castle (Edmund Berry)
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 15-20
Northern Waterthrush - 3 or 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 8-10
Tennessee Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench
Nashville Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Common Yellowthroat - 10-12
American Redstart - 6-8
Cape May Warbler - 4 or 5 males
Northern Parula - 6-8
Magnolia Warbler - 12-15
Blackburnian Warbler - 2 (Upper Lobe (Edmund Berry), Gill Source)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 or 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 or 5 males
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 20-25
Black-throated Green Warbler - 6-8
Wilson's Warbler - 1 male south side Turtle Pond
Scarlet Tanager - 4 (2 males, 2 females)
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4 males
