Date: 9/4/26 4:55 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Fri., Sept. 4, 2026: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Flycatchers 11 Wood Warbler Species
Central Park NYC
Friday, September 4, 2026
OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Great Crested and Least Flycatchers, E. Wood-Pewee, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 11 Species of Wood Warblers including Magnolia, Blackburnian, Prairie, and Black-throated Green Warblers.
Canada Goose - 20
Northern Shoveler - 4 Harlem Meer
Gadwall - 4
Mallard - 60-70
Mourning Dove - 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 Loch Overlook (Paul Curtis)
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at the Pool (Scott Brevda)
American Herring Gull - flyover
Great Egret - 1 flyover
Great Blue Heron - 2 (Harlem Meer, Pool)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover (Tom Cowieson)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 female Lily Ponds
Downy Woodpecker - 1 female Lily Ponds
Northern Flicker - 2 at the Seep
American Kestrel - 1 female Nutter's Battery
Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
Least Flycatcher - 1 Wildflower Meadow (David Barrett)
Empidonax Flycatcher - 1 Harlem Meer
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 1 Lily Ponds
Red-eyed Vireo - 8
Blue Jay - 1 Conservatory Garden
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 at the Seep (Dan Stevenson)
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1 Harlem Meer
Veery - 1 Children's Glade
American Robin - 10-15
House Finch - 2 Harlem Meer
American Goldfinch - 7 including 2 hatch-year birds
Baltimore Oriole - 1 hatch-year male at the Seep (Caren Jahre)
Common Grackle - 2 Harlem Meer
Ovenbird - 1 Lily Ponds (Paul Curtis)
Northern Waterthrush - 1 at the Pool
Black-and-white Warbler - 7 or 8
Common Yellowthroat - 5
American Redstart - 9
Magnolia Warbler - 1 at the Pool (Caren Jahre and Mary Kate Horbac)
Blackburnian Warbler - 1 at the Seep (Paul Curtis)
Northern Yellow Warbler - 4
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 (Harlem Meer, Children's Glade)
Prairie Warbler - 1 Lily Ponds (Caren Jahre)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Lily Ponds (Scott Brevda)
Northern Cardinal - 4
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Deb Allen
