Date: 5/17/26 1:08 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. May 17, 2026: Olive-sided Flycatcher (2), 17 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday, May 17, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Olive-sided Flycatcher, 17 Species of Wood Warblers including Tennessee, Nashville, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Canada Warblers, Scarlet Tanager.
Canada Goose - 8
Mallard - 10 plus 5 ducklings
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Yellow-billed cuckoo - 3
Chimney Swift - 5-8
American Herring Gull - 30 plus 5-10 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 high flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Northern Flicker - 1 pair Ramble
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Tupelo Field, heard Gill Overlook
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 2 (Captain's Bench, southwest Reservoir)
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 (Edmund Berry)
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Weather Station Shelter
Eastern Warbler Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 6
Blue Jay - 8
Barn Swallow - 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 Turtle Pond
Northern House Wren - 1 Turtle Pond
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Swainson's Thrush - 4
Wood Thrush 2 (west side Ramble, singing Evodia Field)
American Robin - 25-30
White-throated Sparrow - 5
Orchard Oriole - 1 heard-only Turtle Pond
Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5, active nest at Maintenance Field
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6
Common Grackle - 15-20, adults feeding 4 juveniles
Ovenbird - 3 or 4
Northern Waterthrush - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6
Tennessee Warbler - 1 singing east side of the Lake
Nashville Warbler - 1 Summit Rock
Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6
American Redstart - 6 or 7
Cape May Warbler - 1 female Warbler Rock (Paul Curtis)
Northern Parula - 14-16
Magnolia Warbler - 8-10
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 Weather Station Shelter
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 female east side of the Lake
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 2 or 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 or 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 or 3
Canada Warbler - 1 Captain's Bench
Scarlet Tanager - 6
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
