Date: 5/11/26 1:56 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. May 11, 2026: 20 Species of Wood Warblers, Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC
Monday, May 11, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: 20 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Hooded, Bay-breasted, Prairie, Canada and Wilson's Warblers, Other Spring Migrants including Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 6 adults and some nest
Mallard - 8
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Chimney Swift - 4 or 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Mugger's Woods
American Herring Gull - 6-8 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 5 or 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult Hernshead
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Point
Northern Flicker - 1 on the Point
Least Flycatcher - 1 south side of Turtle Pond
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Strawberry Fields
Warbling Vireo - 4 (2 pairs)
Red-eyed Vireo - 5 or 6
Blue Jay - 10-12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Northern House Wren - 2 (Shakespeare Garden, Point)
Gray Catbird - 25-30
Veery - 1 Ramble
Swainson's Thrush - 1 Ramble
Wood Thrush - 5 or 6
American Robin - 30-40
White-throated Sparrow - 8-10
Swamp Sparrow - 1 on the Point
Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6
Common Grackle - 15-20
Ovenbird - 7
Northern Waterthrush - 5 or 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 15-20
Nashville Warbler - 3 or 4
Common Yellowthroat - 8-10
Hooded Warbler - 1 male Tupelo Field (Alexandra Wang)
American Redstart - 4 or 5
Cape May Warbler - 3
Northern Parula - 6-8
Magnolia Warbler - 12-14
Bay-breasted Warbler - 3
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 Kong of Poland
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Strawberry Fields
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 10-12
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Prairie Warbler - 1 north end of Maintenance field
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Mugger's Woods, Strawberry Fields)
Canada Warbler - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 4
Scarlet Tanager - 2 (Captain's Bench, Humming Tombstone)
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Shakespeare Garden
