Central Park Spring Migration Walk with Ken Chaya, Richard Davis, Elijah Shiffer and Kevin Sisco, 4/7/2026


Registrar: Sarah Dahl
Participants: 51
Weather: Cloudy and low 40s at the start
Bird Species: 51

A chilly spring day greeted an energetic group of 51 birders, kicking off the first Tuesday morning spring migration walk of the season for Linnaean members and friends. Sightings included the Pine Warbler, the Palm Warbler, and the Eastern Phoebe as well as a number of Field Sparrows on the lawn north of Turtle Pond.  

Species List

Canada Goose 
Wood Duck 
Northern Shoveler 
Mallard  
Green-winged Teal 
Bufflehead 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 
Mourning Dove  
Ring-billed Gull  
American Herring Gull  
Great Black-backed Gull 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Black-crowned Night Heron 
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk  
Red-tailed Hawk  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Downy Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker  
Eastern Phoebe  
Blue Jay  
American Crow  
Tufted Titmouse 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Golden-crowned Kinglet  
Red-breasted Nuthatch  
Brown Creeper 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
Winter Wren  
Carolina Wren  
European Starling  
Hermit Thrush  
American Robin  
House Sparrow  
House Finch  
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow 
Field Sparrow  
Dark-eyed Junco  
White-throated Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow  
Eastern Towhee  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Brown-headed Cowbird  
Common Grackle  
Louisiana Waterthrush  
Palm Warbler  
Pine Warbler  
Northern Cardinal