Date: 4/3/26 1:33 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri. April 3, 2026: G-w Teal (7), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Field Sparrow (6), Palm and Pine Warblers
Central Park NYC
Friday, April 3, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cold, misty morning with gradual warming: Green-winged Teal (7), Golden-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Field Sparrow (6), Palm and Pine Warblers. Note: Dan Stevenson and Karen Evans reported a Louisiana Waterthrush at Laupot Bridge in the Ramble on Wednesday (4/1). Many thanks to the participants for the excellent bird spotting this morning.
Canada Goose - 21
Mallard - 10-12
Green-winged Teal - 7 (3 males, 4 females) (Sabine Schumacher)
Mourning Dove - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Harlem Meer
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (male Harlem Meer, female Loch Overlook)
Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Loch Overlook
Northern Flicker - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 10
Blue Jay - 5-7
American Crow - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Green Bench (Edmund Berry)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 male near Davis Center Harlem Meer
American Robin - 19-20
American Goldfinch - 2 Wildflower Meadow
Chipping Sparrow - 2 North Meadow Ballfields (Edmund Berry)
Field Sparrow - 6 Wildflower Meadow
Dark-eyed Junco - 1 near Conservatory Garden (Scott Brevda)
White-throated Sparrow - 15-20
Song Sparrow - 3 (Caren Jahre)
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 or 6
Palm Warbler - 1 "Yellow" near Davis Center Harlem Meer (Scott Brevda)
Pine Warbler - 1 in pines next to Plant Nursery
Northern Cardinal - 5
