Date: 5/28/26 2:12 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 28, 2026: Gray-cheeked Thrush, Tennessee Warbler and Other Migrants
Central Park, NYC
Thursday, May 28, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Gray-cheeked Thrush, Tennessee Warbler, and Other Migrants. Nesting Red-tailed Hawks.
Canada Goose - 5
Mallard - 5
Mourning Dove - 25-30
Chimney Swift - 4-6
American Herring Gull - around 30
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover, adult at 5th Avenue nest*
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Northern Flicker - 2 Ramble
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 Upper Lobe (Paul Curtis) and Ramble
Eastern Wood-Pewee - heard
Eastern Warbling Vireo - pair Hernshead
Red-eyed Vireo - 5 or 6
Blue Jay - 4-6
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Gray Catbird - 8-10
Veery - heard Captain's Bench
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 Azalea Pond
Swainson's thrush - 4 or 5
Wood Thrush - 3 (2 singing males, 1 female)
American Robin - 30-40
House Finch - 3 King of Poland
Baltimore Oriole - pair at nest, plus 4-6
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 or 4
Common Grackle - 15-20
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
Tennessee Warbler - heard Captains Bench (Bob-early)
American Redstart - 8-12
Magnolia Warbler - 8-10
Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3 SE Turtle Pond
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3 (Balancing Rock (Alexandra Wang), Azalea Pond, Turtle Pond)
Blackpoll Warbler - 6-8
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 females Gill Overlook and Summer House
Northern Cardinal - 3 or 4
*A Red-tailed Hawk nestling was photographed earlier in the week at the Fifth Avenue nest made famous by Pale Male. The chick is quite small and wasn't visible when we stopped by today after lunch, but it should be possible to see it with a bit of patience from the many benches on the west side of the Conservatory Water. At another nest on Central Park South, two large nestlings and the adult female continue.
