Date: 6/7/26 12:48 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. June 7, 2026: Great Blue Heron, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Central Park NYC
Sunday, June 7, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Gadwall, Laughing Gull, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Common Yellowthroat.
Sunday's list unless otherwise noted:
Canada Goose - 5
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir
Gadwall - 1 male Reservoir (Saturday)
Mallard - around 20
Mourning Dove - 25-30
Chimney Swift - 4-6
Laughing Gull - 2 (adult, second-year) Reservoir
Ring-billed Gull - 4
American Herring Gull - around 35
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - around 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 flyover
Great Blue Heron - 1 Gill Overlook (Saturday)
Osprey - 1 or 2 fishing at the Harlem Meer (Saturday)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 adults 5th Ave. nest (Sunday), adult bathing at the Gill (Saturday)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4-6
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Tupelo Field
Northern Flicker - 1 Belvedere Castle Vista Rock
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 3 North End (Saturday)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Captain's Bench (Saturday)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli)
Tree Swallow - 1 at the Pool (Saturday)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2 at the Pool (Saturday)
Barn Swallow - 4 near nest at Reservoir
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Northern House Wren - nesting near Wildflower Meadow (Saturday)
Gray Catbird - 10-12
Wood Thrush - 2 or 3
American Robin - 30-40
House Finch - 8-10 incl. some juveniles
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 1 singing Reservoir
Baltimore Oriole - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 male Turtle Pond (Sunday), 14 North End (Saturday)
Common Grackle - 15-20
Common Yellowthroat - 1 Harlem Meer (Saturday)
Northern Cardinal - 4-6
