Registrar: Michelle Zorzi
Participants: 59
Weather: 52 – 68 degrees, light breeze, mostly sunny
Bird Species: 61
It was a beautiful spring day for our weekly Tuesday walk in Central Park. Fifty-nine enthusiastic birders divided into four groups led by Kevin, Alan, Carine and Alice. Overall, the park was a little quiet, but we managed to see a total of 61 species through our collective efforts, with one group continuing until mid-afternoon and visiting the Reservoir. Highlights included a first of season Wood Thrush in Strawberry Fields, a Blue-headed Vireo by the Ladies Pavillion and a Merlin perched by Bow Bridge. Thanks to our leader volunteers!
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Winter Wren
European Starling
Brown Thrasher
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
