Central Park with Ken Chaya, Alice Deutsch, Carine Mitchell, and Kevin Sisco, 4/30/2024

Registrar: Barrie Raik
Participants: 55 
Weather: Foggy, overcast and cool, temperatures in the 50s
Bird Species: 76

Despite the overcast skies, the leaders and participants were enthusiastic, and many continued birding into the mid-afternoon. Highlights of the day were a Spotted Sandpiper, first of the season Veery, Rose-breasted Grosbeak and 18 species of wood warblers, including Worm-eating, Cape May and Chestnut-sided warblers.

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Spotted Sandpiper 
Ring-billed Gull
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Kingbird
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
 House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
 Baltimore Oriole
 Red-winged Blackbird
 Brown-headed Cowbird
 Common Grackle
 Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
 Northern Waterthrush
 Black-and-white Warbler
Nashville Warbler
 Common Yellowthroat
 American Redstart
 Cape May Warbler
 Northern Parula
 Magnolia Warbler
 Yellow Warbler
 Chestnut-sided Warbler
 Black-throated Blue Warbler
 Palm Warbler
 Pine Warbler
 Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
 Black-throated Green Warbler
 Scarlet Tanager
 Northern Cardinal
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting