Central Park NYC - North end & Ramble Friday June 10, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9am with observations later at the Reservoir and in the Ramble.
Canada Goose Gadwall - pair (male & female) flew in at around noon Meer, male at Reservoir Mallard - around 10 Meer and Lake Double-crested Cormorant - flyovers Great Blue Heron - flyover Great Egret - perched on North Pumphouse of Reservoir & flyovers Snowy Egret - many flyovers (3 times the number of Great Egrets) Red-tailed Hawk Ring-billed Gull - 2 Reservoir Herring Gull - 25 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 10 reservoir Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker - pair west side of Loch, female North Woods, male Iron Railing near Gill Overlook Warbling Vireo - pairs North Woods to Ramble Red-eyed Vireo - pair NE Great Hill, pair south of Blockhouse Blue Jay Northern Rough-winged Swallow - flyover Barn Swallow - 8 total - Meer & Reservoir House Wren - singing - Ramble & Blockhouse Wood Thrush - 2 males singing at the Loch Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird - North End Cedar Waxwing - groups of 2-3 and pairs - feeding on mulberries and shadbush berries - Great Hill, Meer Island & Iron Railing in Ramble American Redstart - immature male singing Blockhouse Song Sparrow - pair Conservatory Garden Northern Cardinal Red-winged Blackbird - males & females - Harlem Meer & Ramble Baltimore Oriole - pairs House Finch - 5 at feeders Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
