Central Park with Alan Drogin, Carine Mitchell, and Kevin Sisco, 10/24/2023

Registrar: Sally Weiner
Participants: 29
Weather: 48-60 degrees, calm to light winds
Bird species: 63

The weather was ideal for enjoying the mixture of migrants that occurs at this time of year, with warblers departing and sparrows arriving. Especially notable were the large numbers of Hermit Thrushes throughout the park, more than any other species—including House Sparrows!

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose 
Wood Duck 
Northern Shoveler 
Gadwall 
Mallard 
American Black Duck 
Green-winged Teal 
Ruddy Duck 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 
Mourning Dove 
Chimney Swift 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird       
American Coot 
American Woodcock 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull 
Great Black-backed Gull 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Cooper’s Hawk 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Flaco, continuing)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
Eastern Phoebe 
Blue-headed Vireo 
Blue Jay 
American Crow 
Tufted Titmouse 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Brown Creeper 
Winter Wren 
Carolina Wren 
European Starling 
Gray Catbird 
Northern Mockingbird 
Hermit Thrush    
American Robin 
Cedar Waxwing 
House Sparrow 
House Finch 
Chipping Sparrow 
Field Sparrow 
Dark-eyed Junco 
White-crowned Sparrow 
White-throated Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow 
Song Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
Eastern Towhee 
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird 
Common Grackle 
Yellow-breasted Chat
American Redstart       
Cape May Warbler 
Northern Parula       
Palm Warbler 
Pine Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
Northern Cardinal