Date: 8/16/26 4:17 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Aug. 16, 2026: Olive-sided Flycatcher, 7 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday, August 16, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Spotted Sandpiper, Green Heron, Osprey, Olive-sided Flycatcher, 7 Species of Wood Warblers.
Mallard - 15
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Chimney Swift - 6-8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Oak Bridge
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 Turtle Pond (Ryan Serio)
Green Heron - 1 Turtle Pond
Osprey - 1 flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 perched Central Park West
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2 Ramble
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 Boathouse Hill (Mary Kate Horbac)*
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 5 or 6
Barn Swallow - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Persimmon Slope
Gray Catbird - 6
American Robin - 15-20
House Finch - 2 or 3 heard
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Brown-headed Cowbird - 7 Great Lawn (Sandra Critelli)
Common Grackle - 4-6
Ovenbird - 1 Captain's Bench
Northern Waterthrush - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Gill, Belvedere Castle)
American Redstart - 8-10
Northern Parula - 1 Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Maintenance Field, Persimmon Slope)
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
*An Olive-sided Flycatcher was photographed at the Oven on Saturday by Sandra Critelli.
