Central Park NYC Saturday Nov. 19, 2016 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse at 9:30am
Many birds spotted today by birders from Suffolk & Norfolk (UK) Gadwall - 5 Reservoir Mallard - 40+ Reservoir, at least 30 on Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - around 2 dozen Turtle Pond Bufflehead - 5 Reservoir (before & after walk) Hooded Merganser - 7 (3 Turtle Pond, 4 Reservoir) Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Reservoir (before walk) Mourning Dove American Coot - 7 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Great Black-backed Gull Only around 350 gull on the Reservoir at 8am, but at least twice as many later in the morning Accipiter species - low flyover Locust Grove Sharp-shinned Hawk - low flyover near Bow Bridge Red-tailed Hawk - adult perched at Delacorte Theater (immature bird perched at 84th & 5th Ave after walk) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Pinetum Downy Woodpecker - residents including pair between Maintenance & Tupelo Fields Blue Jay - everywhere American Crow - heard Black-capped Chickadee - several locations Tufted Titmouse - 22 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Pinetum White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Hermit Thrush - Sparrow Rock (before walk) Estornino Pinto - (a.k.a. European Starling) waiting for french fries at Boathouse American Goldfinch - Laupot Bridge Fox Sparrow 2 (1 Maint. Field - tip from Wolfgang Demisch), 1 Bow Bridge) White-throated Sparrow - many Northern Cardinal - residents Common Grackle - flock of around 200 roving around the Ramble Wolfgang Demisch reported a Brown Thrasher on the south side of Turtle Pond (Castle Walk). 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/ --
