Leader and Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Participants: 14
Weather: Partly sunny, 50-56F, calm
Bird Species: 41
Our group started out at 7:30am at the Central Park West and West 81st Street entrance to the Park, which was Starr’s meeting place. We went along Naturalists Walk, past Triplets Bridge to Hernshead and the Lake. We then walked by the Upper Lobe, went up to the Castle, along the south side of Turtle Pond, and through the Maintenance Meadow, where 2 Red Bats were flying around. A Great Horned Owl was perched in a tree in the Ramble. The Point, Swampy Pin Oak area, and Azalea Pond yielded several more species including Purple Finch, Northern Waterthrush, and Red-tailed Hawk. The walk ended at 12:00noon with 41 species, including 9 species of warbler.
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Veery
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
Chipping Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Red Bat
Herp
Red-eared Slider