Registrar: Catherine Ichord
Participants: 32
Weather: Mostly clear skies with a moderate breeze, 40s to mid 50s
Bird Species: 59
Chilly weather greeted birders as they gathered for the final walk of the Central Park Fall 2025 migration series. Groups set out from the 86th street park entrance and explored the reservoir, Pinetum, and sparrow rock before continuing to other areas of the park. A combined total of 59 species was observed, including a variety of sparrows, lingering warblers, and winter waterfowl.
Species List
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
