October 8 - Central Park - Gray-cheeked Thrush, White-crowned Sparrow

A beautiful fall morning for my Thursday AMNH bird walk group. There seemed to be more birds around then yesterday morning. Ruby-crowned Kinglet numbers in particular seemed to be up. We had several good birds: a flyover snipe when we were on the Oak Bridge crossing the Upper Lobe; an immature White-crowned Sparrow in the Tupelo Meadow and two Gray-cheeked Thrushes. Full list below.

Canada Goose
Wood Duck (1, male flyover the Maintenance Meadow)
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk (1, flushed by mobbing Blue Jays)
Wilson's Snipe (1, flyover)
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (several)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe (several)
Blue-headed Vireo (2)
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch (1)
House Wren (1)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (all over)
Gray-cheeked Thrush (2, stream leading into Azalea Pond and east of Upper Lobe)
Swainson's Thrush (several)
Hermit Thrush (several)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (two small flocks)
Northern Waterthrush (1, Upper Lobe)
Northern Parula (1)
Magnolia Warbler (1, Maintenace Meadow)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1, female)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (several)
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (1, along the Gill)
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (1, immature, Tupelo Meadow)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Sparrow