Central Park with Ken Chaya, Alan Drogin, and Kevin Sisco, 4/9/2024

Registrar: Samari Weinberg
Participants: 39
Weather: 50 – 73 degrees, SW winds 5 mph, mostly sunny
Bird species: 50

Thirty-nine bird enthusiasts divided into 3 groups led by Kevin, Alan and Ken. Ideal weather conditions and barely unfurled spring buds allowed for clear views of 50 bird species. Sightings of early migrants delighted everyone. Especially noted were the Pine, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers, the Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Louisiana Waterthrushes, and Rusty Blackbirds.

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose 
Northern Shoveler 
Mallard 
Northern Pintail
Bufflehead 
Red-breasted Merganser 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 
Mourning Dove
American Coot 
American Woodcock 
Ring-billed Gull 
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 
Common Loon 
Double-crested Cormorant 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker 
Northern Flicker 
American Kestrel 
Eastern Phoebe 
Blue Jay 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 
Brown Creeper 
Winter Wren 
European Starling 
Brown Thrasher 
Northern Mockingbird 
Hermit Thrush
American Robin 
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 
Rusty Blackbird 
Common Grackle 
Louisiana Waterthrush 
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler 
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal