Date: 5/15/26 5:09 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. May 15, 2026: Bicknell's Thrush, White-crowned Sparrow, 19 species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, May 15, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Least Flycatcher, Bicknell's Thrush, White-crowned Sparrow, 19 Species of Wood Warblers including Cape May, Blackburnian, and Prairie Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 22
Mallard - 5
Mourning Dove - 12-14
Chimney Swift - 7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Loch (Paul Curtis)
American Herring Gull - flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 second-cycle (immature) Pool
Great Egret - 4 flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 flyovers
Red-bellied Woodpecker - heard
Northern Flicker - 2
Least Flycatcher - 1 Grassy Knoll
Warbling Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 4-6
American Crow - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 4-6
Gray Catbird - 8
Veery - 2 Great Hill (Scott Brevda)
Bicknell's Thrush - 1 Loch Boardwalk
Swainson's Thrush - 1 or 2 Great Hill (Paul Curtis)
Wood Thrush - 1 Loch Boardwalk
American Robin - around 15
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 adult Plant Nursery (Scott Brevda)
White-throated Sparrow - 4 or 5
Song Sparrow - 1 Harlem Meer
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Loch
Baltimore Oriole - 3 or 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 10-12 incl. female building nest at Harlem Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - heard-only (Andrea Hessel)
Common Grackle - 5 or 6
Ovenbird - 3 or 4
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Loch and Pool)
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 9
Hooded Warbler - 1 male Loch
American Redstart - 6
Cape May Warbler - 1 male High Meadow (Dan Stevenson)
Northern Parula - 12
Magnolia Warbler - 5
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 High Meadow
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Paul Curtis)
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Caren Jahre)
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 males (Harlem Meer, Loch)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Prairie Warbler - 1 male west end of the Pool
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2 (Loch (Paul Curtis), Lily Ponds (Andrea Hessel))
Canada Warbler - 2 males (Harlem Meer, Loch)
Wilson's Warbler - 5
Scarlet Tanager - 4
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 (1 male, 2 females)
