September 3 - Central Park

Wednesday, September 3 was my first American Museum of Natural History Central Park bird walk for the fall. It was a lovely morning, but relatively quiet bird-wise. The most active areas were the Maintenance Meadow and the Azalea Pond. The morning's list follows:

Canada Goose

Wood Duck (4 on Turtle Pond)

Mallard

Red-tailed Hawk

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Maintenance Meadow and perhaps the same bird north of the Azalea Pond)

“Traill’s Flycatcher” (Maintenance Meadow)

Warbling Vireo (Maintenance Meadow)

Red-eyed Vireo (Maintenance Meadow)

Blue Jay

Carolina Wren

American Robin

Gray Catbird

Cedar Waxwing (2, Upper Lobe)

Ovenbird

Common Yellowthroat

American Redstart

Magnolia Warbler (Maintenance Meadow and Azalea Pond)

Chestnut-sided Warbler (1, Azalea Pond)
Prairie Warbler (Maintenance Meadow)

Canada Warbler (1, Azalea Pond)

Northern Cardinal

Common Grackle

Baltimore Oriole (Maintenance Meadow)

House Finch

House Sparrow