Date: 8/8/26 12:16 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Fri. and Sat. Aug. 7-8, 2026: Cerulean, Blue-winged, and Other Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday and Saturday, August 7-8, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Saturday List:
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir
Gadwall - 3
Mallard - 2 dozen
Mourning Dove - 30-35
Chimney Swift - 3-5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Oak Bridge
Laughing Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 1
American Herring Gull - 18
Great Black-backed Gull - 12
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Red-billed Woodpecker - 4-6 including 2 hatch-year birds
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 2 east of Azalea Pond
Red-eyed Vireo - 2 at the Oven
Blue Jay - 4 or 5
Barn Swallow - 4
Gray Catbird - 10-12
Northern Mockingbird - 1 flyover
Wood Thrush - 1 Evodia Field
American Robin - 15-20
House Finch - 1 Summer House
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 2 Reservoir
Baltimore Oriole - 8-10
Common Grackle - 10-12
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Oven, Evodia Field)
Blue-winged Warbler - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
American Redstart - 3
Cerulean Warbler - 1 south end of Maintenance Field (continuing)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 4
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
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Highlights Friday, Aug. 8th: Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Empidonax Flycatcher (probable Least), Fish Crow (flyover flock), Cedar Waxwing, American Goldfinch, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Northern Yellow Warbler. In addition, Wolfgang Demisch reported a Spotted Sandpiper at the Reservoir.
