Date: 10/3/26 2:07 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Oct. 3, 2026: Red-headed Woodpecker, Lincoln's Sparrow, Tennessee Warbler
Central Park NYC
Saturday, October 3, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Red-headed Woodpecker, Lincoln's Sparrow, Tennessee, Cape May and other Wood Warblers. Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. In Addition: Miriam Rakowski reported a Black-billed Cuckoo east of Belvedere Castle; Dan Stevenson and Karen Evans reported Field and White-crowned Sparrows and Black-throated Blue and Black-throated Green Warblers in upper Shakespeare Garden.
Canada Goose - 12
Wood Duck - 1 male Turtle Pond
Mallard - 17
American Black Duck - 1 male Turtle Pond
Mourning Dove - around 20
Chimney Swift - 8-10
American Herring Gull 4 or 5 flyovers
Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult female at Azalea Pond (Bob-early)
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 flyovers
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 adult Evodia Field (Annie Plum, MD)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4-6
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - heard
Northern Flicker - 15-20
Eastern Phoebe - 5 or 6
Blue-headed Vireo - 3 or 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Belvedere Castle
Blue Jay - 10-15
American Crow - flock of 9
Common Raven - 1 flyover (Paul Curtis, MD)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Northern House Wren - 2 (Upper Shakespeare Garden (Dan Stevenson), Pinetum (Deb-early))
Gray Catbird - 30-40
Brown Thrasher - 9-13
Swainson's Thrush - 12-15
Wood Thrush - 4 or 5
American Robin - 25-30
Dark-eyed Junco - 1 southeast Turtle Pond
White-throated Sparrow - 60-80
Song Sparrow - 9 or 10
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Deb-early)
Eastern Towhee - 1 female south side Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - 8-10
Ovenbird - 1 Evodia Field
Black-and-white Warbler - 5 or 6
Tennessee Warbler - 1 southeast Turtle Pond
Common Yellowthroat - 5 or 6
American Redstart - 3
Cape May Warbler - 1 hatch-year female Boathouse Hill
Northern Parula - 4 or 5
Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Upper Lobe (Andrea Hessel, MD)
Palm Warbler - 1 "Western" Pinetum (Deb-early)
Pine Warbler - 2 or 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Gill Overlook
Scarlet Tanager - 3 or 4
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 6 or 7
