Date: 5/8/25 5:12 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Thu. May 8, 2025: 19 Species of Wood Warblers Incl. Cerulean Warbler
Central Park NYC
Thursday May 8, 2025
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 19 Species of Wood Warblers Including Cerulean Warbler. Note: Although the diversity of birds passing through the park is good, overall numbers are much lower than in the last few years.
Canada Goose - 20-22
Gadwall - 3
Mallard - 20-25
Mourning Dove - 30-40 (including some young birds out on their own)
Sandpiper Species - 2 flying low over the Reservoir probably Least Sandpipers (Deb-early)
Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 25-30
Double-crested Cormorant - 9 or 10
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 Upper Lobe
Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 immature bird on the Point (Bob-early)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 or 6
Downy Woodpecker - 2 in the Ramble
Northern Flicker - pair mating in the Ramble
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3 or 4
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Warbling Vireo - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 4 or 5
Blue Jay - 8-10
American Crow - 1 flyover
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Ramble
Gray Catbird - 15-20
Brown Thrasher - 1 Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Hermit Thrush - 1 Ramble
Wood Thrush - 2 Ramble
American Robin - 30-40
American Goldfinch - 1 near Boathouse
White-throated Sparrow - 30-35
Song Sparrow - 1 singing at the Pond (Bob-early)
Baltimore Oriole - 8 or 9
Red-winged Blackbird - 6-8
Common Grackle - 15-20
Ovenbird - 3 or 4
Northern Waterthrush - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 4 or 5
Common Yellowthroat - 1 male on the Point
American Redstart - 3 or 4
Cape May Warbler - 4 or 5
Cerulean Warbler - 1 male Mugger's Woods
Northern Parula - 7-9
Magnolia Warbler - 3 or 4
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1 male Mugger's Woods
Blackburnian Warbler - 2 males Ramble
Yellow Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 Ramble
Blackpoll Warbler - 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 or 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 or 7
Prairie Warbler - 1 male Belvedere Castle
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3 or 4
Canada Warbler - 1 male Captain's Bench (Bob-early)
Scarlet Tanager - 1 or 2 males Ramble
Northern Cardinal - 7-9
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3 or 4
Indigo Bunting - 1 male Laupot Bridge (Deb-late)
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Deb Allen
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