May 11 - Central Park

What a difference a day makes! Yesterday morning was cool with a light northerly breeze. This morning was the same. However, yesterday there was great birding in the park, but this morning things were relatively quiet for my Thursday AMNH bird walk group. instead of yesterday's total of over fifty species, this morning we only found thirty-seven.A nice non-avian sighting was the lady's-slippers in bloom near Azalea Pond.

Lady's-slipper 05/11/2017 Central Park

The full bird list is below.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher (1, heard)
Blue-headed Vireo (2)
Warbling Vireo (1, Hernshead)
Red-eyed Vireo (2, near weather station)
Blue Jay
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Ovenbird (3)
Northern Waterthrush (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (4)
Common Yellowthroat (3)
American Redstart (4)
Northern Parula (3)
Magnolia Warbler (2)
Yellow Warbler (2)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (6)
Black-throated Green Warbler (2)
Wilson's Warbler (1, Turtle Pond)
Eastern Towhee
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal

Northern Cardinal 05/11/2017 Central Park

Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
House Sparrow