October 1 - Central Park

A very gray morning in the Ramble for my Central Park AMNH birdwalk group. The good thing was that the weather never got worse then a light mist; the bad was that there weren't many birds around. There was no really active area for birds, though the area around Willow Rock (south of Jean's Drain - named today for a walk participant) was the most active spot. The list follows.

Canada Goose
Gadwall (2, Turtle Pond)
Mallard
Black-crowned Night-Heron (1, seen by one person flying past the Point)
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (1, Willow Rock)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1, immature by Willow Rock)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee (2, Maintenance Meadow)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush (1, south of the Belvedere - the first I have seen this fall)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher (2, the Gill)
European Starling
Ovenbird (3)
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2, Belvedere and Willow Rock)
Common Grackle
House Sparrow