Central Park NYC - North End Friday Nov. 18, 2016 Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Conservatory Garden at 9:30am.
Highlights: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Cedar Waxwings, & Swamp Sparrows. Thanks to Linda Yuen & Mayra Cruz for spotting many of today's birds. Gadwall - 4 Meer American Black Duck - 1 Meer Mallard - around 40 Meer + Indian Runner Duck (domestic Mallard) continues Northern Shoveler - 26 Meer Ruddy Duck - 34 Meer Mourning Dove - at least 15 Ring-billed Gull - Meer & flyovers Herring Gull - flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - flyover Accipiter species - flying low with prey from N. Meadow Ball Fields to Loch Red-tailed Hawk - immature perched, one or two others circling overhead Red-billed Woodpecker - several Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Conservatory Garden Downy Woodpecker - 2 males Conservatory Garden Blue Jay - 7 or 8 American Crow - heard Black-capped Chickadee - Loch Tufted Titmouse - 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Green Bench White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Blockhouse Carolina Wren - singing west of Conservatory Garden (Deb before walk) Hermit Thrush - 3 (Conservatory Garden & Blockhouse) American Robin - many Northern Mockingbird - 5 Cedar Waxwing - flock of 13 Conservatory Garden (Deb before walk) American Goldfinch - Ridge Trail North Woods Song Sparrow - 4 (Meer & Nutter's Battery) Swamp Sparrow - 2 Meer White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - 20+ Great Hill & Blockhouse Northern Cardinal - residents Blackbird Flock - 60+ birds flying west Common Grackle - a few After lunch many birders saw the continuing Yellow-breasted Chat at Trinity Church along with half-a-dozen Hermit Thrushes, a Winter Wren, Dark-eyed Junco, and White-throated Sparrows. Susan Kirby tweeted a Great Blue Heron at the Pond. 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/ --
