September 11 - Central Park - Finally a fall morning

Finally a nice fall morning for the Friday morning AMNH Central Park bird walk group. Several times the skies looked threatening, but we never had any rain and the temperatures and humidity was pleasant for the first time this week. We found 31 species with six warblers. The list is below.

Canada Goose (the Lake)
Mallard
Gadwall (on Turtle Pond)
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee (Maintenance Meadow)
Tufted Titmouse
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Yellow Warbler (Belvedere)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler (1)
American Redstart (including adult males)
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager (along Gill)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1, along Gill)
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (along Gill)
House Finch (along Gill)
American Goldfinch (along Gill)
House Sparrow