Date: 10/10/26 1:09 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC, Sat. Oct. 10, 2026: Y-b Cuckoo, American Bittern, Tufted Titmouse, Wood Warblers
Central Park, NYC
Saturday, October 10, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Winter and N. House Wrens, Swainson's, Hermit, and Wood Thrushes, Tufted Titmouse, American Redstart, Black-throated Green and other Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak.
Canada Goose - 19
Mallard - 12
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 Boathouse Hill (Erik Skot)
American Herring Gull - 10-15
American Bittern - 1 continuing since Thursday Tupelo Field
Great Blue Heron - 1 adult Oven (Mike Schafer)
Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature Evodia Field
Red-tailed Hawk - 4 circling overhead
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8-10
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Upper Lobe, south side Turtle Pond)
Northern Flicker - 1 male Shakespeare Garden
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 3 (Paul Curtis)
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 east of Azalea Pond (Andrea Hessel)
Blue Jay - 15-20
American Crow - 4 or 5
Tufted Titmouse - 1 Gill Source
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 12-15
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 6-8
Brown Creeper - 1 Upper Lobe
Winter Wren - 3
Northern House Wren - 1 Tupelo Field
Gray Catbird - 20-25
Brown Thrasher - 11-13
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Turtle Pond (Claire Buyens)
Swainson's Thrush - 3 or 4
Hermit Thrush - 30-40
Wood Thrush - 2 near Weather Station
American Robin - 30-40
House Finch - 2 or 3 south side Turtle Pond
American Goldfinch - 1 Shakespeare Garden (Claire Buyens)
White-throated Sparrow - 30-35
Song Sparrow - 8-10
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field
Eastern Towhee - 15-20
Common Grackle - 15-20
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 3
American Redstart - 1 Upper Lobe
Magnolia Warbler - 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2 males (Upper Lobe, Shakespeare Garden)
Pine Warbler - 8-10
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 east of Belvedere Castle
Scarlet Tanager - 2 south side Turtle Pond
Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
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