Central Park NYC Monday Oct. 17, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob. on bird walk starting from Strawberry Fields at 9am, with pre-walk birding there from 7:45-9:00am.
Highlights: Six Species of Wood Warblers. Birds were very active before 9am. Best locations today: Strawberry Fields (early), Shakespeare Garden, and the Pinetum. Some American Robins and blackbirds flying south (early). Canada Goose - Lake Mallard - Lake Mourning Dove Herring Gull - flyovers Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond Cooper's Hawk - 3 (2 flyovers, one on lawn in Pinetum) Red-tailed Hawk - immature north of Met Museum (before walk) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10 Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 5 Blue Jay American Crow - flyover flock of 8 calling Black-capped Chickadee - diminishing numbers - hemlock in Shakespeare Garden less active Tufted Titmouse - 6 to 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 7 at 2 locations (numbers diminishing) White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 (numbers diminishing) Winter Wren - Summer House Swamp Carolina Wren - pair summer House Swamp Golden-crowned Kinglet - Strawberry Fields Ruby-crowned Kinglet - abundant 50+ American Robin - flock of a dozen flying south circa 7:30am Gray Catbird - fewer than 5 Northern Mockingbird - Strawberry Fields Brown Thrasher - Strawberry Fields American Goldfinch - Strawberry Fields Common Yellowthroat - Strawberry Fields American Redsart - Strawberry Fields (Mayra Cruz) Northern Parula - 3 (Strawberry Fields, Shakespeare Garden, Maintenance Field) Black-throated Blue Warbler - male Strawberry fields Yellow-rumped Warbler - many areas with 20 in one Siberian Elm at the Pinetum Black-throated Green Warbler - Strawberry Fields (Linda Yuen) Eastern Towhee - 5 Song Sparrow - a few in Strawberry Fields Swamp Sparrow - the Gill White-throated Sparrow various locations Northern Cardinal - residents Blackbird sp. - flock of 8 flying south circa 7:30am Junko Suzuki tweeted a Bald Eagle at the Reservoir at 1:19pm on Monday Oct. 17th. A Red-headed Woodpecker was reported at the Maintenance Field in the Ramble at around 10 am on Tuesday (Oct. 18). The latest tweet (11:33am) from Joanne Wassmer indicated that the bird had moved to a black locust near the rustic shelter (Summer House). 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/ --
