October 3 - Central Park

Beautiful morning for the Friday AMNH Central Park bird walk in the Ramble. - very different from the last couple of mornings of gray, dismal skies. Most activity was north of the "Humming Tombstone" and the Maintenance Meadow. The list follows.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (several in various locations)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (2)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tufted Titmouse
House Wren (1, north side of Swampy Pin Oak area)
Winter Wren (1, south of Loupot Bridge)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (1, immature, Upper Lobe)
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (1, immature, southeast of Humming Tombstone)
Scarlet Tanager (3-4, Humming Tombstone, Maintenance Meadow)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
House Sparrow