Central Park with Ken Chaya, Alan Drogin, Carine Mitchell, and Kevin Sisco, 4/23/2024

Registrar: Richard Davis
Participants: 66
Weather: 46–61 F and sunny, south wind 6–10 mph
Bird Species: 51

Sixty-six individuals, including a visitor from Grenada and three young birders with their parents, gathered at Central Park West on a chilly morning. Another night of low migration meant that the leaders and their groups had to work hard to spot sought-after warblers, which were seen sporadically in low numbers. Highlights were a singing Nashville Warbler at the Point and a Common Loon in breeding plumage on the reservoir. 

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Bufflehead
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Butterflies
Red Admiral
Cabbage White