October 19 - Central Park

Summer seems to have returned, or at least summer temperatures, for my Wednesday morning AMNH bird walk. However, one way we knew it was not summer was the fact that the sun does not rise until about fifteen minutes after our 7 AM start time, so it was still dim when we started and when we could find a bird it was hard to get a good look at it. Nevertheless, we managed to find 32 species, including four warblers.

Canada Goose (10, the Lake)
Wood Duck (4, Turtle Pond)
Mallard
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift (20)
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1, male)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ovenbird (2)
Common Yellowthroat (1, male, Maintenance Meadow)
Eastern Towhee
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Common Grackle
House Sparrow