Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Participants: 19
Weather: Mostly sunny, temperatures 42-54F, winds northwest 12mph
Bird Species: 57
We entered the Park at West 81st Street and followed Starr’s usual route toward the Ramble. Many of the participants had gone on Starr’s Central Park walks in the past, including a couple of people who birded with her as far back as the 1980’s. At Hernshead we had long, close looks at a bright male Yellow-throated Warbler, continually singing his sweetest song. A short way up the road at Balcony Bridge, we looked down at a Great Egret in the water, displaying its beautiful breeding plumes. Farther along, in the Tupelo Meadow area, were both Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, male and female, and two male Evening Grosbeaks. As often happened on spring outings with Starr, the walk continued for six hours, ending at 1:30 pm, with a decent tally of 12 warblers.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
White-eyed Vireo (h)
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow (h)
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird (h)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Herps
Red-eared Slider
Butterflies
Cabbage White
