Date: 10/5/26 2:20 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Oct. 5, 2026: Green Heron, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Cape May and Other Warblers
Central Park, NYC
Monday, October 5, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Green Heron, Great Blue Heron, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Eastern Towhee (12-14), Cape May Warbler and Ten Other Wood Warbler Species.
Canada Goose - 19
Mallard - 68
American Black Duck - 2 at 59th Street Pond (Bob-early)
Mourning Dove - 10-15
American Herring Gull - 3 or 4 flyovers
Green Heron - 1 hatch-year/first-cycle Turtle Pond
Great Blue Heron - 1 59th Street Pond (Bob-early)
Cooper's Hawk - 2 flyovers
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10-15
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Strawberry Fields
Northern Flicker - 12-16
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 Pinetum (Paul Curtis)
Eastern Phoebe - 1 Pinetum
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Strawberry Fields
Blue Jay - 30-35 including small migratory flocks
American Crow - 25-30
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-14
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Magic Bush (Karen Evans)
Cedar Waxwing - 2 Sparrow Rock
Brown Creeper - 3 or 4
Northern House Wren - 1 north end of Maintenance Field
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Brown Thrasher - 3 or 4
Swainson's Thrush - 8-10
Wood Thrush - 2 or 3
American Robin - 25-30
White-throated Sparrow - 10-15
Eastern Towhee - 12-14
Ovenbird - 1 Upper Lobe
Black-and-white Warbler - 6
Common Yellowthroat - 1 Upper Lobe (Karen Evans)
American Redstart - 3 or 4
Cape May Warbler - 1 Magic Bush
Northern Parula - 5 or 6
Magnolia Warbler - 2 (Strawberry Fields, Balcony Bridge)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 (male and female) Pinetum
Palm Warbler - 3 or 4
Pine Warbler - 7-9
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
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