Registrar: Mindy Kaufman
Participants: 52
Weather: Overcast in the morning becoming sunny by mid-day, high 40’s to low 60’s F
Bird Species: 75
Over fifty enthusiastic birders turned out to witness spring migration in Central Park. Although the day began with overcast skies and bad light, the air was filled with bird song, and we saw more species than on the previous Central Park Spring Migration walks. The six groups visited Strawberry Fields, Hernshead, Triplet’s Bridge, the Ramble, Belvedere Castle, Shakespeare Garden, Turtle Pond, Tanner Spring, Summit Rock and the Great Hill. All the groups had several “first-of-year” species. Highlights included Cape May, Tennessee and Kentucky warblers, two Evening Grosbeaks and a first-of-season Baltimore Oriole.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Bufflehead
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
American Coot
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
