Date: 6/21/26 3:14 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. June 21, 2026: Am. Kestrel, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula
Central Park NYC
Sunday, June 21, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: American Kestrel, Black-and-white Warbler, Northern Parula, summer breeders.
Canada Goose - 13
Wood Duck - 1 immature male Reservoir (Deb-early)
Gadwall - 3-5
Mallard - 6
Mourning Dove - 25-30
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 feeding on Spotted Lanternfly nymphs at Tupelo Field
Chimney Swift - 4-6
Laughing Gull - 2 or 3
Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
American Herring Gull - 46
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 12
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Upper Lobe (Sandra Critelli-Saturday)
Great Egret - 2 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 on nest 5th Ave. and 74th Street
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Northern Flicker - 1 Captain's Bench
American Kestrel - flyover Maintenance Field
Great Crested Flycatcher - pair Maintenance Field
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Maintenance Field
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Tupelo Field
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 1 singing Maintenance Field
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Tupelo Field
Blue Jay - 6-8
Barn Swallow - 1 Reservoir (Deb-early)
Gray Catbird - 5-7, nest approach display seen in two locations
Wood Thrush - 3 (pair + 1)
American Robin - 30-35, nice to see young being fed in nests
House Finch - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 1 Balancing Rock
Baltimore Oriole - 2 or 3 including male at the Oven (Sandra Critelli)
Common Grackle - 12-14
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 immature male south side Turtle Pond
Northern Parula - 1 singing adult male Tupelo Field
Northern Cardinal - nest with eggs in Ramble (probable second brood for the pair)
