May 8 - Inwood Hill Park

I went into Inwood Hill Park for a few hours Monday morning with some visiting birders. While it was mostly sunny, it was still cool and somewhat slow birding for the eight of May. Migration continues to be slow, apparently due to all the adverse northerly winds and cool temperatures.We still managed to find forty-seven species in about four hours in the park, but with only eight warblers.

Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Egret
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher (1, calling up on ridge)
Blue-headed Vireo (1)
Warbling Vireo (along edge of soccer fields)
Blue Jay
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush (2, in the Clove)
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Ovenbird (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (1)
Common Yellowthroat (1, singing along the north side of the Clove)
American Redstart (4)
Northern Parula (2)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (1, male on the ridge)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (8)
Black-throated Green Warbler (1, singing on the ridge)
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (1, male on the ridge)
Indigo Bunting (1, singing on south side of soccer fields)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Orchard Oriole (2, adult male n. side of soccer fields; 1st year male on ridge)
Baltimore Oriole (6, all over)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow