Registrar: Debbie Mullins
Participants: 22
Weather: Overcast, drizzle, 40’s to low 50’s F
Bird Species: 60
With wet and dark conditions, expectations were low for seeing many birds this late into fall migration. To our surprise, it turned out to be a very good day, with the three groups seeing 60 birds, including a Nelson’s Sparrow (interior), a rarity for Central Park, a Rusty Blackbird, Eastern Bluebirds and several lingering warblers. At the end of the walk we encountered Adrian Burke doing a hawk watch near the Pinetum who graciously helped the group spot and identify many migrating raptors.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Loon sp.
Double-crested Cormorant
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow (interior)
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Northern Cardinal
