Expected Each Year The species in this list will probably be observed at some point each year. The dates given are those on which the particular species is likely to be observed. This list is maintained by the NYCBR editor for Forest Park. Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Apr 15 - May 15 Great Blue Heron Great Egret May 15 - Aug 31 Snowy Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron May 1 - Oct 31 Turkey Vulture Snow Goose Canada Goose all year round Brant Wood Duck Mallard all year round Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Sep 15 - Oct 31 Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk all year round Golden Eagle American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Killdeer Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper American Woodcock Laughing Gull May 1 - Aug 30 Ring-billed Gull all year round Herring Gull all year round Great Black-backed Gull all year round Rock Pigeon all year round Mourning Dove all year round Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Long-eared Owl Northern Saw-whet Owl Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will Chimney Swift Apr 25 - Oct 15 Ruby-throated Hummingbird May 10 - May 31, Sep 5 - Sep 25 Red-headed Woodpecker Red-bellied Woodpecker all year round Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 15 - Nov 30 Downy Woodpecker all year round Hairy Woodpecker all year round Northern Flicker all year round Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee May 15 - Jun 15, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher May 20 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 15 Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher May 1 - May 31, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Eastern Phoebe Mar 20 - May 25, Sep 15 - Nov 10 Great Crested Flycatcher May 1 - Jun 10 Eastern Kingbird May 1 - Sep 15 White-eyed Vireo May 1 - Sep 30 Blue-headed Vireo Apr 15 - May 15, Sep 20 - Oct 31 Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo May 1 - Sep 30 Philadelphia Vireo Red-eyed Vireo May 1 - Jun 15, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Blue Jay all year round American Crow all year round Fish Crow Tree Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Jan 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Dec 31 Tufted Titmouse all year round Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch all year round Brown Creeper Jan 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Dec 31 Carolina Wren all year round House Wren Apr 25 - Oct 25 Winter Wren Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 25 - Nov 30 Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Apr 1 - Apr 25, Oct 1 - Nov 30 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Apr 5 - May 20, Sep 15 - Nov 30 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Apr 15 - May 15, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Eastern Bluebird Veery May 1 - May 31, Aug 25 - Oct 5 Gray-cheeked Thrush May 20 - May 31, Sep 15 - Sep 30 Bicknell's Thrush Swainson's Thrush May 10 - May 31, Sep 10 - Oct 20 Hermit Thrush Apr 1 - May 15, Sep 25 - Nov 30 Wood Thrush May 1 - Oct 15 American Robin all year round Gray Catbird May 1 - Nov 30 Northern Mockingbird all year round Brown Thrasher Apr 15 - Oct 31 European Starling all year round Cedar Waxwing May 1 - Nov 30 Blue-winged Warbler May 1 - May 15 Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler May 1 - May 20, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Northern Parula Apr 25 - May 31, Aug 25 - Oct 25 Yellow Warbler Apr 25 - May 31, Jul 25 - Sep 30 Chestnut-sided Warbler May 1 - May 31, Aug 15 - Sep 30 Magnolia Warbler May 5 - Jun 5, Aug 25 - Oct 15 Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler May 1 - May 31, Aug 25 - Oct 25 Yellow-rumped Warbler Apr 15 - May 25, Sep 20 - Nov 25 Black-throated Green Warbler Apr 25 - May 25, Aug 25 - Oct 15 Blackburnian Warbler May 5 - May 31, Aug 20 - Sep 20 Yellow-throated Warbler Pine Warbler Apr 1 - Apr 30, Sep 1 - Oct 31 Prairie Warbler May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Sep 30 Palm Warbler Apr 5 - May 5, Sep 5 - Nov 5 Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler May 5 - Jun 5, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Cerulean Warbler Black-and-white Warbler Apr 15 - May 31, Aug 10 - Oct 10 American Redstart May 1 - Jun 5, Aug 5 - Oct 5 Prothonotary Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird May 1 - May 31, Aug 20 - Oct 20 Northern Waterthrush Apr 25 - May 31, Jul 20 - Oct 5 Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Connecticut Warbler Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat May 1 - Jun 5, Aug 25 - Oct 31 Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler May 10 - May 31 Canada Warbler May 5 - Jun 5, Aug 15 - Sep 20 Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager May 1 - May 31, Sep 1 - Oct 15 Eastern Towhee Apr 1 - Nov 30 American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Apr 10 - May 20, Sep 25 - Nov 15 Field Sparrow Apr 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Nov 15 Vesper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Mar 10 - Mar 31 Song Sparrow all year round Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow Apr 1 - May 20, Sep 25 - Nov 30 White-throated Sparrow Jan 1 - May 31, Sep 20 - Dec 31 White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Jan 1 - Apr 30, Oct 1 - Dec 31 Northern Cardinal all year round Rose-breasted Grosbeak May 1 - May 25, Aug 25 - Oct 10 Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting May 10 - May 31, Sep 20 - Oct 15 Red-winged Blackbird all year round Eastern Meadowlark Rusty Blackbird Common Grackle all year round Brown-headed Cowbird Apr 1 - Nov 15 Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole May 1 - Sep 30 Purple Finch House Finch all year round Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Jan 1 - Jun 15, Sep 1 - Dec 31 Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow all year round 169 species Click on any bird in the list for more information.