Thursday morning Central Park walks - Sept 15, 22, and 29 and Oct 6

I haven't had a chance to post my Thursday morning AMNH Central Park bird walk lists this fall. I hope I will be able to keep up with them for the rest of the month, but in the meantime I will post here the bird lists for the walks I have done. For the most part, it has been a surprisingly quiet fall, with the Thursday walks being often quieter than my Wednesday morning ones. Before giving the lists, I want to share two photos from last week's Thursday walk. The first is a picture of the ground fog on the Great Lawn as seen from the Belvedere Castle.

Great Lawn - October 6, 2016

The second photo is of a cooperative Red-tailed Hawk that sat in a tree at the north end of the Maintenance Meadow for a time, while other birds such as a Blue Jay and a Downy Woodpecker came in a scolded at it.

Red-tailed Hawk and Downy Woodpecker - October 6, 2016

September 15 (26 species)
Canada Goose (The Lake)
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Northern Flicker
Philadelphia Vireo (2, Maintenance Meadow; easily our best bird of the fall so far)
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Magnolia Warbler
American Redstart
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager (3)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

September 22 (25 species)
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Northern Parula (3)
Pine Warbler (2)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Scarlet Tanager (2)
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

September 29 (28 species)
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
White-breasted Nuthatch
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Parula (2)
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Eastern Towhee
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Sparrow

October 6 (28 species)
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Red-breqasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Magnolia Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Finch
House Sparrow