Date: 5/16/26 2:50 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. May 16, 2026: 18 Species of Wood Warblers and Other Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC
Saturday, May 16, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a sunny and mild morning: Eastern Wood-Pewee, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Cape May, Bay-breasted, Blackburnian, Canada, and Wilson's Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breased Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting. A termite hatch on the south side of Turtle Pond was a bonus for the birds and birders.
Canada Goose - 10 plus nest
Mallard - 14-16
Mourning Dove - 14
Chimney Swift - group of 12 low over termite hatch
American Herring Gull - 35-45
Double-crested Cormorant - 5 or 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult west side of Lake
Turkey Vulture - 3 flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult at the Gill (Bob-early)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Turtle Pond Island
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 or 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Ramble
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 south side Turtle Pond (Scott Brevda)
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 on the Point
Eastern Warbler Vireo - 3 or 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 8-10, with 2 nests
Fish Crow - 1 flyover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow- 1 flyover
Cedar Waxwing - 6-8
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Swainson's Thrush - 2 or 3
Wood Thrush - 2 or 3 including 1 singing in the Ramble
American Robin - 30-40
White-throated Sparrow - 4-6
Baltimore Oriole - 5 or 6, plus nest at Maintenance Field
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 6-8
Northern Waterthrush - 5 or 6
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5
Nashville Warbler - 2 (Ramble (Edmund Berry), Warbler Rock (David Barrett))
Common Yellowthroat - 7 or 8
American Redstart - 6 or 7
Cape May Warbler - 2 or 3
Northern Parula - 8-10
Magnolia Warbler - 10-12
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Gill Overlook
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 just east of Belvedere Castle (Paul Curtis)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 3 or 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 8
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 male Tupelo Field
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Canada Warbler - 3 or 4
Wilson's Warbler - 6 or 7
Scarlet Tanager - 5 or 6
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Tuliptree south of Summer House (Sabine Schumacher)
Indigo Bunting - 1 male east of Maintenance Field
