Registrar: Evelyn Huang
Participants: 35
Weather: 65–74F and partly cloudy, light breeze
Bird Species: 63
It was a beautiful fall day for our first weekly Tuesday walk in Central Park. We started in Strawberry Fields, where we spotted birds of many species, including woodpeckers, flycatchers, and thrushes. The group was especially thrilled to see many warblers – Blackburnian, Tennessee, Cape May, and Nashville – all feeding in close proximity together with at least two Scarlet Tanagers. We continued on to The Ramble, where there were fewer birds, but we added species slowly and enjoyed our walk late into the morning, with most of us not leaving until early afternoon.
Species List
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Empidonax sp.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
