Date: 5/1/25 12:51 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 1, 2025: Red-headed Woodpecker, 18 Species of Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Central Park NYC
Thursday May 1, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Red-headed Woodpecker, American Kestrel, 18 Species of Wood Warblers including American Redstart, Hooded, Nashville, Blackburnian, Prairie, Black-throated Green, and Wilson's Warblers, plus Lawrence's Warbler. Scarlet Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Termite Hatches.
Canada Goose - 8
Mallard - 10-15
Mourning Dove - 40-50
Chimney Swift - 5
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 50-75
Great Black-backed Gull - 5-7
Double-crested Cormorant - 8-10
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Lake north of Bow Bridge
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 3
Great Egret - 3
Turkey Vulture - 1 over the Lake
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 flyover (Deb)
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 Swampy Pin Oak
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 or 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 female Tupelo Field
Downy Woodpecker - 4 including pair Summit Rock
Northern Flicker - 3 or 4
American Kestrel - 1 male captured N. Parula south of King of Poland (Bob-early)
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 7 or 8
Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Captain's Bench (first-of-season)
Blue Jay - 8-10
American Crow - 2 or 3 flyovers
Common Raven - 1 flyover
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 Turtle Pond
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5 or 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 at the Oven (Manny Vara)
Gray Catbird - 10-15
Veery - 1 Ramble
Hermit Thrush - 5 or 6
Wood Thrush - 2 (Warbler Rock, Captain's Bench)
American Robin - 40-50
White-throated Sparrow - 50-60
Swamp Sparrow - 1 Cut on the Point
Eastern Towhee - 3
Orchard Oriole - 1 second-year male Weather Station
Baltimore Oriole - 4 or 5 males
Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8
Common Grackle - 10-15
Ovenbird - 4
Northern Waterthrush - 2 Ramble
Lawrence's Warbler - 1 female Captain's Bench (Blue-winged x Golden-winged) (Bob-early)
Black-and-white Warbler - 6-8
Nashville Warbler - 5 or 6
Common Yellowthroat - 3 or 4
Hooded Warbler - 1 adult male on the Point
American Redstart - 3 or 4
Northern Parula - 8-10
Magnolia Warbler - 2 or 3
Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males (Captain's Bench, Ramble)
Yellow Warbler - 2 or 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 males
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 8-10
Prairie Warbler - 1 southwest Reservoir Bridge (Bob-early)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 1 male on the Point
Scarlet Tanager - 2 males (Humming Tombstone (Dan Stevenson), the Gill)
Northern Cardinal - 6-8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 male Weather Station
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Termite hatches in at least three locations today were the earliest I've seen in Central Park.
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Deb Allen
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