2018 Birding Tour List of Sightings
Bryant Park’s Birding Tours take place during Spring and Fall migrations, when dozens of species use the park as a pit stop on their seasonal journeys. Over the years, 129 unique species of bird have been spotted in Bryant Park. This list will be updated with each tour’s list of sightings.
It looks like song sparrows are headlining the early stage of migration season in Bryant Park. We saw seven on our first tour of the season. Known for having particularly beautiful songs, you can recognize them by their calling card: three to four short clear notes, followed by a more complex melody.
Spring
Monday, April 23
House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Swamp Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Thursday, April 26
Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, American Robin, White-throated Sparrow, American Kestrel Falcon, Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow
Monday, April 30
House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Swamp Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Ovenbird, House Wren, Gray Catbird
Thursday, May 3
House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Hermit Thrush, Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Ovenbird, Gray Catbird, Northern Flicker Woodpecker
Monday, May 7
White-throated Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow, Grey Catbird, Starling, Ovenbird, Commong Yellowthroat Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Osprey, Herring Gull, Hermit Thrush, Brown Thrasher
Thursday, May 10
House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, Gray Catbird, White-throated Sparrow, Ovenbird, Commong Yellowthroat, Northern Parula Warbler, European Starling, American Yellow Warbler
Monday, May 14
Ovenbird, Magnolia Warbler, Starling, House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Catbird, Black-and-White Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Wood Thrush, Veery Thrush, Northern Parula Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Lincoln's Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow, Scarlet Tanager
Thursday, May 17
Rock Pigeon, Veery Thrush, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Ovenbird, Mourning Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, White-Throated Sparrow, House Sparrow
Monday, May 21
White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Lincoln's Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Rock Pigeon, Black-and-White Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, European Starling, American Robin, Song Sparrow, Eastern Wood-Peewee, Magnolia Warbler, Black-poll Warbler, Northern Parula Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Veery Thrush, American Redstart, Bay-breasted Warbler
Thursday, May 24
House Sparrow, White-Throated Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Ovenbird, Gray Catbird, Swamp Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Lincoln's Sparrow
Thursday, May 31
Ovenbird, House Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Rock Pigeon (and fledgling), Common Yellowthroat, Blackpoll Warbler, White-throated warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Swamp Sparrow
Monday, June 4
Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Common Yellowthroat, House Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Ovenbird, White-throated sparrow, Swainson’s Thrush, Northern Waterthrush, Swamp Sparrow
Thursday, June 7
Rock Pigeon, Ovenbird, Swamp Sparrow, Gray Catbird, House Sparrow
Fall
Monday, September 10
Rock Pigeon, Ovenbird, House Sparrow, Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart, Black-and-White Warbler, Gray Catbird, White-throated Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat
Thursday, September 13
White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Gray Catbird, Rock Pigeon, European Starling, Northern Waterthrush, Connecticut Warbler
Monday, September 17
Common Yellowthroat, Gray Catbird, White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrow, Northern Waterthrush, Swainson's Thrush, European Starlin, Rock Pigeon, Song Sparrow, Northern Parula
Thursday, September 20
House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, White-throated Sparrow, Gray Catbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Black and White Warbler, Swamp Sparrow
Monday, September 24
Common Yellowthroat, Rock Pigeon, House Wren, Black-and-White Warbler, Dove, White-throated Sparrow, Veery Thrush, Starling, Monarch Butterfly, Northern Flicker, House Sparrow, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Gray Catbird, Song Sparrow, Oven Bird, American Redstart
Thursday, September 27
Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart, Gray Catbird, House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, Eastern Wood Pewee, Veery, Black-and-White Warbler, Swamp Sparrow
Monday, October 1
Swamp Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow, Gray Catbird, European Starling, Lincoln Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood Pewee, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Song Sparrow, Blue Jay, White-throated Sparrow
Thursday, October 4
House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, Common Yellowthroat, Blue Jay, Northern Flicker, Gray Catbird, White-throated Sparrow
Monday, October 8
Catbird, Common Yellowthroat, Swamp Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, White-throated Sparrow, House Sparrow, Ovenbird
Monday, October 15
Common Yellowthroat, Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Eastern Phoebe, Blackpoll Warbler, American Redstart, Gray Catbird, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Swamp Sparrow, Winter Wren, Song Sparrow, Blackburnian Warbler (deceased)