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1/28/2016 3:05 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: nysbirds-l
<nysbirds-L@cornell.edu> </div><div>Subject: [nysbirds-l] Central Park, NYC
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Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City
Thursday 28 January, & prior week+, 2016
At least 65 species of birds have been seen the past 10 days in
Central Park, quite higher than most years in this same time period.
Of particular note are an (perhaps more than 1 individual visiting)
Iceland Gull that had been, which was still visiting the reservoir at
least to this Tuesday (26th - a.m.), & could well be continuing to
visit in the large no's. of gulls, averaging far more than 1,000 per
day lately, that come & go at that location; a bit more regular (but
still not at all common in Central) is a female Common Merganser,
patrolling & feeding near the center dike in the reservoir all this
morning, seen at about noon somewhat closer to the s. portion, & just
on the w. side of the center dike. 2 Snow Geese seem to have moved on,
they were present thru at least Sun. immediately after the storm's
passage, but I was unable to find them again later that day. One
drake Ring-necked Duck has been fairly regular, sometimes shows itself
at the sunny edges, other times much more actively feeding at the
reservoir. Also appearing at the reservoir are Pied-billed Grebe,
Double-crested Cormorant, and a couple of times in the past week, a
Great Blue Heron. The ice is breaking up (or already has) at the
reservoir, while taking slightly longer at most of the park's other
water-bodies, but all will see more open water in the coming days.
The typical / regular N. Shovelers, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers,
Ruddy Ducks & other waterbirds all continue as well at the reservoir,
some of them also at the lake, & will spread to where there's open
water soon available elsewhere as well.
The most recent 2 lingering warblers seem not to have been found since
the snow, the more unusual for January being a Wilson's in the north
end at both the Great Hill & adjacent Loch (ravine) areas, with some
sightings also closer to the Pool; and an Orange-crowned (near E. 79th
St.) which far more birders were able to see; it is still just
possible for these to have survived in the area, & could yet turn up,
but that is much less likely with both a big storm & the sub-freezing
temp's. that have occurred. (Elsewhere in N.Y. City this month have
been scattered sightings of multiple other warblers, including
additional Orange-crowneds, Wilson's, Nashville, Ovenbird, Common
Yellowthroat, Pine, Palm, as well as Myrtle/Yellow-rumped - there may
have even been a few others.)
Other recent-current birds of some note for the winter in Central
include 2 Snow Geese, mostly at the reservoir with Canada Geese;
Common Raven (including 2 low & calling flyovers 1/24, seen at the s.
end flying due north), and Bald Eagle (flyover 1/19).
More icterids are turning up with at least 1 Rusty Blackbird in the
Ramble, a few Brown-headed Cowbirds, & some Red-winged Blackbirds
joining the Common Grackle crowd that has been around all winter. A
couple of Pine Siskins have showed, but only very briefly in the
visits I know of at the feeders, & otherwise scarcely in other
locations, esp. in sweet gum trees. (and I've not seen any Purple
Finch in Central in a while. (Red) Fox Sparrows seem scarce this
winter, but a very few have been around in the Ramble, & at both the
south & n. ends of the park. Swamp Sparrow is typically scarce in
winter in Central, & this year is like that, with at least 2 around,
but just sporadic sightings.
Snow Goose (quite rare IN park, regular but not too often-noted as
passage migrants mostly in fall)
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck (1, reservoir; regular but uncommon winter visitor in
Central Park)
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser (female, reservoir, 1/28)
Ruddy Duck
Great Blue Heron
Double-crested Cormorant
Pied-billed Grebe
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull (extremely common this past week)
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull (1, at least to 1/26; reservoir; irregular winter visitor
there, missed some years)
Great Black-backed Gull
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-shafted Flicker (uncommon in winter)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven (becoming somewhat regular in recent years)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (often uncommon or irregular winter-resident)
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren (generally uncommon in winter, despite its name)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (uncommon in winter)
Hermit Thrush (uncommon but regular in winter)
American Robin
Gray Catbird (uncommon in winter)
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher (uncommon in winter)
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler (uncommon, & rare in mid-winter in Central
Park, was present to Friday, the day ahead of the big snow.)
Wilson's Warbler (rare in winter, unprecedented in Central Park well
into January)
Eastern Towhee (uncommon in winter)
Fox Sparrow (rather scarce this winter, 1 today under the Great Horned
Owl's tree)
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow (uncommon in winter)
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Rusty Blackbird (in Ramble - lately along Gill; uncommon & irregular
winter visitor)
Red-winged Blackbird (a few more starting to turn up this week)
Common Grackle (no's. continue in park)
Brown-headed Cowbird (modest numbers now in the park)
Pine Siskin (singles & occ. 2 have visited feeders, only sporadically,
sometimes just for a minute or two)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
good el Nino-winter birding,
Tom Fiore
Manhattan
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