Date: 8/29/26 4:57 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Aug. 29, 2026: Veery, Wood Thrush, E. Wood-Pewee, 11 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Saturday, August 29, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Veery, Wood Thrush, Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Wood-Pewee, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Magnolia, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, Black-throated Blue, and Canada Warblers.
Canada Goose - 12 Turtle Pond
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb)
Mallard - 23
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Chimney Swift - 2 or 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Warbler Rock
Laughing Gull - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 40-50
American Herring Gull - around 50
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Cooper's Hawk - 1 Azalea Pond (Sandra Critelli)
Broad-winged Hawk - 1 flyover (report from Andrew Rubenfeld)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 over Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 2 or 3
American Kestrel - 1 Boathouse Hill
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
Eastern Kingbird - 1 Ramble
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Evodia Field
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 1 south side Turtle Pond
Red-eyed Vireo - 6-8
Blue Jay - 4 or 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Tupelo field (Sandra Critelli)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Warbler Rock
Gray Catbird - 8-10
Veery - 9 or 10
Wood Thrush - 1 Ramble
American Robin - 15-20
American Goldfinch - 2 Evodia Field
Baltimore Oriole - 6-8
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 female Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - 4-6
Ovenbird - 1 Ramble
Northern Waterthrush - 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 9-11
Common Yellowthroat - 4
American Redstart - 12-14
Magnolia Warbler - 1 west side of Tupelo Field
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 east of Evodia Field near Persimmon Slope (Paul Curtis)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 east of Evodia Field near Persimmon Slope
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 King of Poland
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 adult male Evodia Field
Canada Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 Sparrow Rock (Karen Evans)
