Chase Alumni Association: CAA Birders, April 30, 2025, NYC

 

Chase Alumni's second birding event attracted 14 alumni and friends on April 30, 2025 to the rustic North Woods of Central Park, an area that is always a revelation to those who only know the park south of 96th Street. Even the pigeons look more beautiful in the North Woods! (So do large turtles -- see below.)

 

Tod Winston of NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon), a master at identifying bird calls and spotting birds with his naked eye, led the CAA group, composed of both inexperienced birders and master birders (including Lou Morrell, former chair of the American Birding Association) 

According to Winston, the group encountered 51 bird species on its walk, including 13 warbler species. Highlights included views of Solitary Sandpiper, Northern Waterthrush, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Blue-headed Vireo, Baltimore Oriole, Northern Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Parula--and for those who lingered into the North Woods and Loch, more feathered friends including Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler and Black-crowned Night Heron. The full list is given below.

 

We're planning on another excursion in the fall of 2025. Look for the announcement, and join us! Winston even supplies binoculars.

 

From Tod Winston:  

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
crow sp. (Corvus sp. (crow sp.))
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)