May 2 - Central Park - spring migration at last!

A belated posting on my Thursday AMNH Central Park walk due to having to go out of town immediately after the walk.

The group lucked into the best migration morning of the spring 2019 so far. We easily found over 50 species on our walk. This despite the fact that viewing conditions were often not good with the birds high in the trees and back-lit on a gray morning. Highlights included five vireos and eleven warblers.


Central Park--The Ramble, New York, New York, US
May 2, 2019 7:00 AM - 9:16 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.899 mile(s)
54 species

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  2
Herring Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Black-crowned Night-Heron  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1     Male. Red crown, red throat, white vertical
stripe on folded wing.
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Least Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  1     White iris, gray head, yellow spectacles, yellow flanks.
Yellow-throated Vireo  1     Calling bird. Distinctive raspy “three-eight” call.
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Veery  1
Swainson's Thrush  1
Hermit Thrush  4
Wood Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  1
European Starling  8
House Finch  2
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  2
Chipping Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  3
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  3
Black-and-white Warbler  6
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  10
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  2
House Sparrow  5