Registrar: Amanda Bielskas
Participants: 13
Weather: mid 60s to mid 70s, partly sunny to sunny with a breeze.
Bird species: 43
We started at Grand Army Plaza and went to the Vale of Cashmere. We continued along some of the lawns and tried for the bathrooms, but they were not open as they should have been. We skirted Sparrow Bowl and went a bit up the switchbacks. Then we headed towards the Lake. We stopped at the Well House bathrooms and skirted the south end of the Lake and headed east. We birded all along the Lake shore, which was quite birdy at the southern end. We finished up birding at the Green Roof of the skating rink, which was a bit noisy from an event, and we headed out of the Park at the Lincoln Road entrance. We had a relatively low volume of birds, but a good number of species over the course of the morning and into the early afternoon. We also got great lessons from the leader, Tom, on the distinguishing characteristics of some of the tricky thrushes and fall warbler plumages. We had quite a few of each of Red-Eyed Vireos, Black-and-white Warblers, American Redstarts, and Yellow Warblers. For the day, we counted 15 warbler species overall, which was pretty good for an early fall migration day.
Species List
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Northern Cardinal
