Date: 6/20/26 11:16 am From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. June 20, 2026: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-and-white Warbler
Central Park NYC
Saturday, June 20, 2026, 6am to Noon
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a sunny and breezy morning: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-and-white Warbler.
Canada Goose - 12
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb-early)
Gadwall - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Mallard - 35-40 (14 ducklings)
Mourning Dove - 35-40
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Tupelo Field
Laughing Gull - 1 adult Reservoir (Deb-early)
Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
American Herring Gull - 68
Great Black-backed Gull - 1 adult Reservoir (Deb-early)
Double-crested Cormorant - 8 or 9
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 flyover
Great Egret - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Great Blue Heron - 1 adult 59th Street pond (Bob-Friday)
Osprey - 1 or 2 flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 adult female on nest at 74th Street and 5th Ave.
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Downy Woodpecker - 1 north end Maintenance Field
Northern Flicker - 1 female Tupelo Field
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Tupelo Field
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 2 singing
Blue Jay - 8
American Crow - flyover flock of 4
Barn Swallows - 6
Gray Catbird - 4 or 5
Wood Thrush - pair east side of Ramble, another pair west Ramble on Friday (Bob)
American Robin - 30-40
House Finch - 6-8 Vista Rock
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 1 Tupelo Field (young fledged from Maint. Field nest this week (C. Jahre))
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6
Common Grackle - 5-10
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 molting male south side Turtle Pond
Common Yellowthroat - 1 male northwest Azalea Pond (Bob-Saturday)
Northern Cardinal - 4-6
