Date: 8/23/26 3:24 pm From: Deborah Allen <dallenyc...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC, Sun. Aug. 23, 2026: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Green Heron, Scarlet Tanager
Central Park NYC
Sunday, August 23, 2026
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Green Heron, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 6 Species of Wood Warblers, Scarlet Tanager.
Mallard - 14
Mourning Dove - 15-20
Chimney Swift - 3 or 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Azalea Pond
American Herring Gull - 3 or 4 flyovers
Green Heron - 2 Turtle Pond
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1 Ramble
Northern Flicker - 3 or 4
Great Crested Flycatcher - 5
Eastern Warbling Vireo - 3 or 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
Blue Jay - 3 or 4
Barn Swallow - 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 Turtle Pond Dock
Gray Catbird - 6-8
American Robin - 20-25
Baltimore Oriole - 18-22
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 immature south side Turtle Pond
Common Grackle - 8-10
Ovenbird - 3 or 4
Northern Waterthrush - 1 Upper Lobe
Black-and-white Warbler - 5
American Redstart - 6-8
Northern Yellow Warbler - 1 Upper Lobe
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 Ramble
Scarlet Tanager - 1 east side of Azalea Pond
Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5
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