Date: 10/12/26 2:34 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Mon. Oct. 12, 2026: Marsh Wren, Merlin, Tennessee, Cape May and Other Wood Warblers
Central Park NYC
Monday, October 12, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Great Blue Heron, American Kestrel, Merlin, Marsh Wren, Tennessee, Cape May and Other Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager.
Canada Goose - 21
Mallard - 10
Mourning Dove 20-25
American Herring Gull - 15-20 flyovers
Great Blue Heron - 1 Upper Lobe (Karen Evans and Dan Stevenson)
Cooper's Hawk - 1 flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 3-5 flyovers
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10-15
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Pinetum
Northern Flicker - 5-7
American Kestrel - 1 flyover Strawberry Fields
Merlin - 1 flyover Pinetum
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Blue Jay - 18-22
American Crow - 6
Common Raven - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-12
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Pinetum (Dan Stevenson)
Brown Creeper - 1 Pinetum
Northern House Wren - 1 Strawberry Fields
Marsh Wren - 1 near Hernshead
Gray Catbird - 30-35
Brown Thrasher - 1 north end of Strawberry Fields
Swainson's Thrush - 5-7
Hermit Thrush - 25-30
Wood Thrush - 3
American Robin - 40-50
Chipping Sparrow - 20-25
White-throated Sparrow - 20-25
Song Sparrow - 8-10
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Upper Lobe (Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson)
Eastern Towhee - 18-22
Common Grackle - 7-9
Black-and-white Warbler - 3 or 4
Tennessee Warbler - 2 (Pinetum (Dan Stevenson), Tanner's Spring (Deb))
American Redstart - 3
Cape May Warbler - 4-6
Northern Parula - 1 Pinetum
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 Strawberry Fields (Dan Stevenson)
Palm Warbler - 1 Great Lawn
Pine Warbler - 6-8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5-7
Scarlet Tanager - 4
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
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