Date: 4/20/24 5:07 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sat. April 20, 2024: FOS Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Warblers, Lingering Waterfowl
Central Park NYC
Saturday April 20, 2024
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Lesser Scaup, Hooded and Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loon, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Five Species of Wood Warblers, Blue-headed Vireo, Fox Sparrow.
Canada Goose - 7
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - early)
Northern Shoveler - 2 males Reservoir (Deb - early)
Mallard - 4
Lesser Scaup - 3
Bufflehead - 5
Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 Reservoir (David Barrett)
Mourning Dove - 50-60
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 male Belvedere Castle (first-of-season)
Ring-billed Gull - 1 Reservoir
Herring Gull - around 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir
Common Loon - 1 in near-breeding plumage Reservoir
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 or 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 female tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5
Blue-headed Vireo - 4
Blue Jay - 8-10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 40-50
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 east side of Belvedere Castle
Cedar Waxwing - 2 Maintenance Field
House Wren - 1 Belvedere Castle (Anindya Seng)
Brown Thrasher - 3 (Kris Mirasola)
Hermit Thrush - 6-8
American Robin - 50-60
House Finch - 2 or 3
American Goldfinch - 1 Evodia Field feeders
Chipping Sparrow - 20-30
Fox Sparrow - Tanner's Spring (Sandra Critelli, Karen Evans, Dan Stevenson)
White-throated Sparrow - 60-70
Eastern Towhee - 6 or 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 4-6
Common Grackle - 20-25
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 or 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (Belvedere Castle, Tupelo Field)
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle
Pine Warbler - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female Tupelo Field)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 or 5
Northern Cardinal - 6 or 7
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Deb Allen
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