Central Park with Alan Drogin, Carine Mitchell, and Kevin Sisco, 4/11/2023

Registrar: Barrie Raik
Participants: 50
Weather: Clear, temp 54 to 73
Bird Species: 53

About 50 enthusiastic birders divided into three groups and spent hours finding birds throughout the southern half of Central Park. The weather was delightful, and the cherry trees were in full blossom. Species highlights were a Hooded Warbler, a singing Carolina Wren and a Louisiana Waterthrush.

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose  
Wood duck
Northern Shoveler  
Mallard  
Ring-necked Duck (on conservatory water)
Bufflehead  
Hooded Merganser  
Ruddy Duck  
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  
Mourning Dove  
American Coot  
Ring-billed Gull  
Herring Gull  
Great Black-backed Gull 
Double-crested Cormorant  
Red-tailed Hawk  
Great Horned Owl  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Downy Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker  
Blue Jay  
American Crow  
Black-capped Chickadee  
Tufted Titmouse  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Golden-crowned Kinglet  
White-breasted Nuthatch  
Brown Creeper  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
Carolina Wren  
European Starling  
Hermit Thrush  
American Robin  
House Sparrow  
American Goldfinch
House Finch  
Chipping Sparrow  
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco  
White-throated Sparrow 
Song Sparrow  
Swamp Sparrow  
Eastern Towhee  
Red-winged Blackbird  
Brown-headed Cowbird  
Common Grackle  
Louisiana Waterthrush  
Hooded Warbler
Palm Warbler  
Pine Warbler  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Northern Cardinal  

Mammals
Racoon