Date: 8/28/26 1:36 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Aug. 28, 2026: Wood Duck, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Veery, Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, August 28, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Great Blue Heron, Great Crested Flycatcher, Veery, Wood Warblers.
Canada Goose - 4 (flyover flock of 13 before walk)
Wood Duck - 1 male Harlem Meer (another on the Reservoir after lunch)
Gadwall - 1 hiding in Mallard flock in duckweed at the Meer
Mallard - 20 (35-40 earlier)
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 at the Loch (Dan Stevenson and Claire)
Great Blue Heron - 1 continuing at the Pool
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Lily Ponds
Northern Flicker - 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Lily Ponds
Blue Jay - 9
American Crow - 3
Gray Catbird - 7
Northern Mockingbird - 6 including a couple of hatch-year birds
Veery - 1 Loch (Dan Stevenson)
American Robin - 21
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 3 adult males (Sabine Schumacher)
Song Sparrow - 1 Harlem Meer (Vivian Gray)
Brown-headed Cowbird - flock of 14
Common Grackle - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 2 (Loch (E.), Pool (Caren Jahre))
Black-and-white Warbler - 6
Common Yellowthroat - 1 female Harlem Meer (Paul Curtis)
American Redstart - 1 Green Bench
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 Wildflower Meadow (Scott Brevda)
Northern Cardinal - 4
