Date: 9/21/26 3:13 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Sept. 21, 2026: Raptors, Cape May, Bay-breasted, and Chestnut-sided Warblers
Central Park NYC
Monday, September 21, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Osprey, Cooper's Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Great Crested Flycatcher, Brown Thrasher (9), Wood Thrush (8-10), Cape May, Bay-breasted, Chestnut-sided and Other Wood Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. In addition: Patricia Essler reported a Scarlet Tanager at Tupelo Field, and Andrew Rubenfeld reported a Winter Wren at the Gill Overlook.
Mallard - 3
Chimney Swift - 8-10
American Herring Gull - 1 flyover
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 adult flying low over the Lake
Osprey - 1 flyover
Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult Azalea Pond (Bob-early)
Broad-winged Hawk - 1 flyover adult
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Evodia Field (Karen Evans))
Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Gill Source
Northern Flicker - 8-10
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1 Gill Overlook (Iron Railing)
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 6-8
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Strawberry Fields
Blue Jay - 8-10
American Crow - 2 or 3 heard
Northern House Wren - 1 Gill Overlook
Gray Catbird - 12-15
Brown Thrasher - 9
Swainson's Thrush - 4 or 5
Wood Thrush - 8-10
American Robin - 20-15
Song Sparrow - 1 south end of Lake (Bob-early)
Ovenbird - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 1 Evodia Field (Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson)
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4
Common Yellowthroat - 4 or 5
American Redstart - 12-14
Cape May Warbler - 2 (Gill Overlook, east of Azalea Pond)
Northern Parula 3 or 4
Magnolia Warbler - 2 or 3
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Gill Overlook
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 or 5
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
