Date: 6/5/26 2:37 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. June 5, 2026: Yelow-billed Cuckoo, Mourning, Bay-breasted, and Other Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC - North End and Ramble
Friday, June 5, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Yelow-billed Cuckoo, Mourning, Bay-breasted, and Other Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 24
Mallard - 35
Mourning Dove - 20-25
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 mid-way along the Loch (Caren Jahre)
Chimney Swift - 8
American Herring Gull - 6 flyovers
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3 adults
Great Egret - 5 flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 female "Octavia" at 5th Ave. nest
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7
Downy Woodpecker - 3 (2 females, 1 male)
Northern Flicker - 1 west of Tupelo Field
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Gill Overlook
Eastern Kingbird - 3 including pair at Turtle Pond
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 6-9
Red-eyed Vireo - 7
Blue Jay - 6
American Crow - heard
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Northern House Wren - 1 singing male near nest near Wildflower Meadow
Gray Catbird - 8
Wood Thrush - 2, another heard
American Robin - 40-50
House Finch - 2 or 3 (Loch and Pool (Caren Jahre and Paul Curtis))
American Goldfinch - 2 males (Pool (Tom Cowieson), Harlem Meer (Paul Curtis))
White-throated Sparrow - 7
Baltimore Oriole - 3 (pair at nest, another heard)
Red-winged Blackbird - 14
Common Grackle - 20-25
Mourning Warbler - 1 singing male (Evodia Field (Bob)
American Redstart - 3
Northern Parula - 1 female Gill Overlook
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 singing male at the Pool (Caren Jahre and Paul Curtis)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 singing male at the Pool
Blackpoll Warbler - 4 females
Canada Warbler - 1 (Ramble on Thursday 6/4)
Northern Cardinal - 10
