Date: 4/21/24 1:54 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. April 21, 2024: Common Loon, Virginia Rail, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Sparrows and Warblers
Central Park NYC
Sunday April 21, 2024
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cold, partly sunny day: Common Loon, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Field, Fox and Swamp Sparrows, Louisiana Waterthrush, Black-and-white, Palm, and Pine Warblers. A Virginia Rail seen Saturday continued north of the Gapstow Bridge Mud Flat, and was seen by several of the birders from our group, among others, after lunch*. Bradley Kane reported a Prairie Warbler at Turtle Pond.
Canada Goose - 14, eggs visible in one of the nests
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb - early)
Mallard - 6
Bufflehead - 8
Hooded Merganser - 2 females Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 2 females Reservoir
Mourning Dove - 60-70
Virginia Rail - 1 north of Gapstow Bridge Mudflat (after lunch)*
Herring Gull - 12
Common Loon - 3 Reservoir (Deb and Signe Hammer)
Double-crested Cormorant - 8
Green Heron - 1 reported at Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 or 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Tupelo Field, Bow Bridge)
Blue Jay - 9-12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15-20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Laupot Bridge (Sandra Critelli), Maintenance Field)
Winter Wren - Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli)
Hermit Thrush - 8-10
American Robin - 50-60, some on eggs
House Finch - 1 male Evodia Field
American Goldfinch - 5 or 6
Chipping Sparrow - 25-30
Field Sparrow - 7
Fox Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field (Sandra Critelli)
White-throated Sparrow - 60-70
Song Sparrow - 3
Swamp Sparrow - 2 (Upper Lobe (Edmund Berry), Turtle Pond)
Eastern Towhee - 7 or 8 including 2 females
Red-winged Blackbird - 5-7
Common Grackle - 10-15
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 at the Oven
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Laupot Bridge (Sandra Critelli)
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Belvedere Castle
Pine Warbler - 1 female Weather Station
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
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*For photos and video of the Virginia Rail and other Central Park bird reports see the Manhattan Bird Alert maintained by David Barrett on X/Twitter @BirdCentralPark
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Deb Allen
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