September 8 - Central Park - AMNH fall walks begin.

My fall walks in Central Park for the American Museum of Natural History began today. Actually, my own walks begin tomorrow, but Paul Sweet, who leads the Tuesday morning and Tuesday lunchtime walks is out of the country so I am covering his walks while he is away. I did two walks today in the Ramble; the first from 7:00 - 9:00 am and the second from 12:00  - 1:30 pm.While the morning walk was in warm temperatures, the noon walk was probably in the hottest temperatures I have ever done any of the AMNH Central Park walks. Despite the unseasonable temperatures and southerly winda, which did not fave migration we did manage to see a few birds, though nothing unusual. Below are the lists for the two walks.

Morning walk
Canada Goose (6 on the Lake)
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (1, high over Maintenance Meadow)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (several heard)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Warbling Vireo (1, heard at north end of Maintenance Meadow)
Red-eyed Vireo (1, Maintenance Meadow)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee (1, heard below Belvedere Castle)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird (1, Maintenance Meadow)
American Redstart
Ovenbird (1, west of Tupelo Meadow)
Northern Waterthrush (1, by Oak Bridge at Upper Lobe)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

Lunchtime walk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Parula (1, near Azalea Pond)
Black-and-white Warbler (1, near Azalea Pond)
American Redstart (1, adult male near Azalea Pond)
Scarlet Tanager (1, by Azalea Pond)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (1, sw of Azalea Pond)
House Sparrow

(By midday temperatures were in the 90's and the Lake was clear of waterfowl due to all the people and boats.)