Another beautiful morning

Scarlet Tanager  - Central Park - 5/7/08

Photo By LLOYD SPITALNIK - http://www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com

Joe DiCostanzo (www.greatgullisland.org) of the American Museum of Natural History reports on today's bird bonanza:

Another beautiful morning in the Ramble in Central Park (before the temperature warmed up) for my American Museum of Natural History bird walk group. With the predicted warming weather I was not expecting much in the way of birds, but was very pleasantly surprised. We had over 50 species between 7:00 and 9:15 am. Highlights included: 
Great Blue Heron (Upper Lobe)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Chimney Swift
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (various places in the Ramble)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Maintanence Meadow)
Eastern Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo (along the Gill above the concrete bridge)
Brown Creeper (south side Tupelo Meadow)
both kinglets
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing (flock in Maintenance Meadow)
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager (2, south side Turtle Pond)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finch (Belvedere)

Saturday's migration

Lincoln's Sparrow -  Central Park  - 5/4/08

photo by LLOYD SPITALNIK-www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com

Phil Jeffrey writes:

A moderate migration on Saturday [9/28] reflected in the birds at Strawberry Fields (highlight: Lincoln's Sparrow) and a much weaker flight on the Sunday where the Ramble held more birds including the unlikely sight of a termite hatch-out at the east end of Azalea Pond.  Sparrow numbers had increased significantly over the previous weekend and I had my FOS Golden-crowned Kinglets.

Word of caution, having been recently tripped up: some of the Veeries passing through are quite dull with more extensive spotting, and can impersonate other species.

American Kestrel  (2 southbound on Sun)

Peregrine (Strawberry Fields Sun, likely a local bird)

Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1 in Maintenance Field on Sat)

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Northern Flicker

Eastern Wood-Pewee (2 in Strawberry Flds Sat, 1 on Sun)

Eastern Phoebe (several)

Blue-headed Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo (1 on Sat)

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Veery (2 on Sun)

Gray-cheeked Thrush (1 on Sat, *several* on Sun)

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush (1 on Sun)

Wood Thrush (1 on Sun)

Gray Catbird

Brown Thrasher

Cedar Waxwing

Northern Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler (1 on Sat, fly-by)

Black-throated Green Warbler

Palm Warbler (1 on Sat)

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

Scarlet Tanager

Eastern Towhee

Lincoln's Sparrow (Sat)

Swamp Sparrow (Sun)

White-throated Sparrow

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

American Goldfinch