Date: 10/4/26 3:18 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Oct. 4, 2026: Green Heron, Wood Thrush (12-14), 11 Species of Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday, October 4, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
While diversity for early October was fairly good in terms of the number of species, many species, especially sparrows, were underrepresented. Highlights on an overcast morning with a brief bout of drizzle: Green Heron, Blue-headed and Red-eyed Vireos, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush (12-14), 11 Species of Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 16
Mallard - 21
Mourning Dove - 21
Chimney Swift - 20
American Herring Gull - 5 flyovers
Green Heron - 1 hatch-year/first-cycle Turtle Pond (David Barrett)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 or 6
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 12-15
Eastern Phoebe - 2 or 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 30-35 including small flyover flocks of migrants
American Crow - 12 Great Lawn (Deb-early)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4
Cedar Waxwing - 1 on the Point (Claire Buyens)
Winter Wren - 3 or 4
Gray Catbird - 30-40
Brown Thrasher - 3 or 4
Swainson's Thrush - 6-8
Hermit Thrush - 1 Ramble
Wood Thrush - 12-14
American Robin - 20-25
House Finch - 3-5 (Edmund Berry)
Chipping Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25 (fewer than Saturday)
Song Sparrow - 3
Eastern Towhee - 4 or 5
Common Grackle - flock of 10
Ovenbird - 2 Ramble
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4
Common Yellowthroat - 3 or 4
American Redstart - 2 or 3
Northern Parula - 2 or 3 (Claire Buyens)
Magnolia Warbler - 1 south side Turtle Pond (Paul Curtis)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 female Gill Overlook (Edmund Berry)
Palm Warbler - 1 Sparrow Rock (Edmund Berry)
Pine Warbler - Pinetum (Edmund Berry)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 or 4
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 on the Point
Scarlet Tanager - 2 south side of Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 (Oven (Dan Stevenson), Evodia Field)
