Registrar: Kristin Ellington
Participants: 58
Weather: Clear and sunny, warming to 75 degrees; westerly winds at 14 mph
Bird Species: 75
What a wonderful day in Central Park, with many seasoned and several newer birders gathered to witness the wonder of fall migration. The four LSNY groups birded for almost five hours, starting at Strawberry Fields and moving on to Hernshead, Triplets Bridge, the Shakespeare Garden, Belvedere Castle, Tupelo Meadow, Azalea Pond, the maintenance field, and the Ramble. Along the way, we noted a total of 75 species, including an exciting 21 warblers, five flycatchers, four thrushes, a Black-billed Cuckoo and an early Lincoln’s Sparrow.
Species List
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Osprey
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
