Trip Report: Lenore Swenson
Participants: 14
Weather: Sunny, temperatures 63-65F, winds west 4mph
Bird Species: 64
We set out at 7:30am at West 103rd Street at the Pool. Following COVID guidelines we divided into two groups to maintain social distance. One group, led by Lenore Swenson, headed in one direction around the Pool, while the other group, led by Alice Deutsch and Ken Chaya, went the opposite way. The area around the Pool yielded four species of waterfowl, four thrushes, five warblers, and a flyover Cooper’s Hawk.
We continued up the Great Hill in search of sparrows, then went through Central Park’s North Woods along the Loch and Ravine. The highlight there was a Barred Owl perched in a tree across the Loch, completely out in the open!
As some participants left, we continued on as one group to the east-side Conservatory Garden, then to the nursery and compost area, where the walk ended at 1:15pm. As Starr liked to end her walks with “round” numbers, it was fitting that we had a total of 64 species, including 10 sparrows and 10 warblers.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel – both gray and black morphs
Eastern Chipmunk
Norway Rat
Insects
Cabbage White Butterfly
Monarch Caterpillar
Chinese Mantid
