Date: 10/30/26 12:15 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. Oct. 30, 2026: Green-winged Teal, E. Phoebe, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, October 30, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, American Black Duck, Green-winged Teal, Cooper's Hawk, American Kestrel, Eastern Phoebe, Cedar Waxwing, Field and Swamp Sparrows, Pine and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Canada Goose - 27
Wood Duck - 1 male at the Pool
Northern Shoveler - around 70
Gadwall - 6
Mallard - 55-60
American Black Duck - 2 Harlem Meer
Green-winged Teal - 6 (2 males, 4 females)
Mourning Dove - 10
American Herring Gull - 15-20 flyovers
Cooper's Hawk - 1 first-cycle (immature plumage) North Woods
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (Wildflower Meadow, Nutter's Battery)
American Kestrel - 1 male perched near Compost (Caren Jahre)
Eastern Phoebe - 1 at the Pool (Paul Curtis)
Blue Jay - 4 or 5
American Crow - 2 flyovers
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Cedar Waxwing - 6 (Philippe, thanks to Dan Cernak)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 North Woods (Scott Brevda, Paul Curtis)
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Plant Nursery
Hermit Thrush - 7 or 8
American Robin - 18-20
House Finch - 4 in Ash tree at the Seep (Paul Curtis)
American Goldfinch - 4-6
Field Sparrow - 3 Harlem Meer (Scott Brevda)
Song Sparrow - 4-6
Swamp Sparrow - 2 Harlem Meer
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
Common Grackle -21
Pine Warbler - 1 Wildflower Meadow
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Great Hill
Northern Cardinal - 2 (Conservatory Garden, North Woods)
