Registrar: Michelle Zorzi
Participants: 34
Weather: 52F and partly cloudy, light breeze
Bird Species: 58
It was a beautiful fall day for our weekly Tuesday walk in Central Park. Strawberry Fields started out a little slow, with a Cape May Warbler grabbing much of our attention until a small flock of Pine Siskins surprisingly flew in and perched. They didn’t stay long, but birders were delighted to see and hear these birds, which are rarely seen (especially perched) in Manhattan. At least three lingering Ruby-throated Hummingbirds gave us outstanding views in Shakespeare Garden, perhaps recently released from the Wild Bird Fund. We continued on to the Pinetum, a favorite birding spot in the fall, where we saw many sparrows, kinglets and sapsuckers.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Pine Siskin
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
