Central Park NYC Saturday Oct. 15, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse at 7:30am & 9:00am.
Highlights: Many of the Black-capped Chickadees we saw today fed on the opening cones of an Eastern Hemlock in Shakespeare Garden along with Red-breasted Nuthatches. Anne Shannahan reported some 150 Black-capped Chickadees in Shakespeare Garden and other parts of the Ramble on Wednesday (Oct. 12). No early morning flight today (6:40-7:20am). After 7:30am a few reorienting Northern Flickers, Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers and small passerines were heading north. Wood Duck - male Turtle Pond Mallard Ruddy Duck - around 70 seen from the south end of the Reservoir Mourning Dove Ring-billed Gull - Reservoir & flyovers Herring Gull - flyovers, some at Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Reservoir (few), flyover at Pinetum Cooper's Hawk - Belvedere Castle (Bob before walk) Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers & 2 perched imms. (Pinetum & one catching & eating a sparrow near Belvedere Castle) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10-15 mostly Pinetum - fewer than yesterday Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 5 Eastern Phoebe - 6 Great Lawn & Turtle Pond Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Blue Jay American Crow Black-capped Chickadee - many locations, especially Shakespeare Garden Tutfted TItmouse - up to 10 - a small movement this week Red-breasted Nuthatch - up to 15-20 lingering in southern part of the park White-breasted Nuthatch - up to 10 Brown Creeper - 2 (Maintenance Field & Ramble) Winter Wren - 2 Azalea Pond (Jeff Ward) Carolina Wren - King of Poland Golden-crowned Kinglet - 7 (Shakespeare Garden, Pinetum, etc.) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - up to 25 Swainson's Thrush - 7:30 walk near feeders Hermit Thrush - a couple in the Ramble early on Wood Thrush - near feeders American Robin - many Gray Catbird -- not many Brown Thrasher - 7:30 walk Humming Tombstone Northern Mockingbird - 2 American Goldfinch - Turtle Pond Ovenbird - 7:30 walk Gill Overlook Northern Parula - 2 (Pinetum & Ramble) Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Shakespeare Garden & Pinetum) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 (male Shakespare Garden, female Oven (Deb Alperin), female Pinetum) Pine Warbler - 2 Pinetum Yellow-rumped Warbler - 25-50 many in Siberian Elms with Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers Black-throated Green - 3 (Pinetum, Locust Grove, Shakespeare Garden) Eastern Towhee - not many calling in early morning - Reservoir, Azalea Pond, & near Boathouse Song Sparrow - not many but widely distributed Swamp Sparrow - a few at Maintenance Field early White-throated Sparrow - fewer than yesterday Dark-eyed Junco - flock Pinetum Common Grackle - Turtle Pond mobbing Cooper's Hawk Irish birder Geoff Hunt photographed a Northern Waterthrush at the Pool on Saturday Oct. 14th. We learned today from Anne Shanahan that Vivienne Sokol, a long-time Central Park birder and dedicated bird rehabber died recently. Our condolences to her family and her many friends. 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/ --
