Date: 10/31/26 1:09 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. Oct. 31, 2026: Barred and Long-eared Owls, Black-and-white and Yellow-rumped Warblers
Central Park, NYC
Saturday, October 31, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Barred and Long-eared Owls, Black-and-white and Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Canada Goose - around 75
Mallard - 16-20
Hooded Merganser - 3
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Ring-billed and American Herring Gulls - around 250
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 overhead Pinetum
Barred Owl - 1 continuing
Long-eared Owl - 1 (Edmund Berry) - early but not a record date for the park
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble
Northern Flicker - 3
Blue Jay - 20-25
American Crow - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 or 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Ramble
Brown Creeper - 1 Captain's Bench
Northern Mockingbird - 1 south of Sparrow Rock
Hermit Thrush - 30-40
American Robin - 25-30
Dark-eyed Junco - 30-40
White-throated Sparrow - 40-50
Song Sparrow - 2 or 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Pinetum
Common Grackle - 30-40
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Upper Lobe (Lisa Kleger)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (Oven, Pinetum)
Northern Cardinal - 3 or 4
