Registrar: Sheila Epstein
Participants: 37
Weather: Mid 60’s to low 70’s; clear with calm winds from the northwest
Bird Species: 56
With beautiful weather and helpful winds from the northwest the night before, there was a substantial migration and judging from the number of species sighted, there was a good diversity of new arrivals in Central Park. The groups spent a lot of time in Strawberry Fields looking for birds very high in the tree canopy and then traveled along the Lake to Hernshead Rock and into the Ramble, Belvedere Castle and along Turtle Pond.
Species Lists
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Common Raven
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern House Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
