Date: 4/26/24 4:00 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 26, 2024: Great Blue and Little Blue Herons, Hooded and Yellow-throated Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday April 26, 2024
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Great Blue Heron, Tree Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Hooded and Yellow-throated Warblers.
Liam Brock found a Little Blue Heron at the Oven, subsequently seen by many observers.
Canada Goose - around 20
Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir (Deb after lunch)
Gadwall - pair at the Pool
Mallard - around 20
Green-winged Teal - a pair continued at the Pool
Bufflehead - 3 (2 females, and 1 immature male)
Mourning Dove - 20-30
Chimney Swift - at least 5 over the Harlem Meer
Herring Gull - around a hundred
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 8
Great Blue Heron - 1 flyover Harlem Meer
Great Egret - 2 or 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (1 perched Loch, 1 flyover)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 4 or 5, one working on a nest at Conservatory Garden
Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Conservatory Garden (Paul Curtis), Green Bench)
Blue Jay - half-a-dozen, but 2 pairs nesting at the north end
American Crow - 4
Tree Swallow - flyover Harlem Meer
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6
Cedar Waxwing - 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Ramble
Northern Mockingbird - 2 or 3
Hermit Thrush - 8-10
American Robin - 15-20
House Finch - 4-6
American Goldfinch - 3 or 4
Chipping Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - around 30
Eastern Towhee - 2 (Wildflower Meadow (Scott Brevda), Loch)
Red-winged Blackbird - 8-10 including 2 females
Common Grackle - 10-15
Louisiana Waterthrush - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 3 or 4
Black-and-white Warbler - 2 males (Pool and Loch)
Hooded Warbler - 1 continuing male west end of the Loch at the Seep
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Anindya Seng)
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 ranging between Evodia and Tupelo Field (Brad Kane)
Northern Cardinal - 6 or 7 including a female on a nest for at least a week
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Deb Allen
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