Registrar: Barrie Raik
Weather: Sunny, cool, 63F to start
Participants: about 30
Bird species: 64
After two cancellations due to weather (September 7 and 13), two eager groups of birders were happy to start the 2022 fall birding season in Central Park on a bright, sunny morning.
Both groups spent a long, productive time in Strawberry Fields, where we saw warblers, raptors, flycatchers, and a thrush. We then headed north to find the Connecticut Warbler that had been reported near the Diana Ross playground, and continued by checking out Sparrow Rock, the Pinetum, the Reservoir, and the Ramble, ending the day with over 60 species.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Empidonax sp.
Great Crested Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
