Date: 4/19/24 2:34 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 19, 2024: Spring Migrants
Central Park NYC - North end
Friday April 19, 2024
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Osprey, Six Species of Wood Warblers including Black-and-white Warbler and both Waterthrushes, Sparrows including Chipping, Field, Savannah and Eastern Towhee, Blue-headed Vireo, Rusty Blackbird.
Canada Goose - 21
Mallard - 6
Green-winged Teal - pair continued at the Pool
Ruddy Duck - 1 male Harlem Meer
Mourning Dove - a dozen
Chimney Swift - flock of around 20 over the Meer
Herring Gull - flyover
Double-crested Cormorant - 10-12
Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Meer (after lunch)
Great Egret - 6-8 flyovers, and 1 perched at the Meer
Osprey - 2 Meer (after lunch) 1 catching a Brown Bullhead, the other carrying a tail
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 Loch
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 male Grassy Knoll
Northern Flicker - half-a-dozen
Blue-headed Vireo - 4 (Dan Stevenson)
Blue Jay - pair building a nest and a few others
Tree Swallow - reported at the Meer by PhillippeSoriano
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 6-8
Barn Swallow - reported at the Meer by Ruben Giron
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20
Brown Creeper - 1 Loch (Scott Brevda)
Carolina Wren - heard Conservatory Garden
Winter Wren - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1 Loch (Caren Jahre)
Northern Mockingbird - 1 or 2 (Conservatory Garden and Plant Nursery)
Hermit Thrush - 5 or 6
American Robin - 30-40
Chipping Sparrow - 10-12
Field Sparrow - 1 Grassy Knoll (Scott Brevda)
Dark-eyed Junco - 1 or 2 Grassy Knoll
White-throated Sparrow - 30-40
Savannah Sparrow - 2 Grassy Knoll
Song Sparrow - 4 or 5
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Loch and Pool)
Eastern Towhee - 3 or 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 10-12 including a couple of females
Rusty Blackbird - 1 male in breeding plumage at the Pool (Caren Jahre)
Common Grackle - 10-12
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool
Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 male at the Loch (Caren Jahre)
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" at the Meer (Dan Stevenson)
Pine Warbler - 1 female Green Bench (Caren Jahre and Anindya Seng)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - male at the Pool (Russell Boehner)
Northern Cardinal - female on nest (Scott Brevda)
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The Crabapple Allees at the Conservatory Garden are open.
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Deb Allen
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