Central Park NYC - Ramble & Reservoir Tuesday, February 14, 2017 OBS: Robert & Meg White, Deborah Allen
Highlights: The first-winter Common Loon first reported by Kevin Topping on the 13th continued on the Reservoir in the SE at around noon today along with the Red-necked Grebe released by the Wild Bird Fund at the beginning of the month. All birds reported from the Reservoir were seen from the SE near the gate house. The condition of the track around the Reservoir should improve with the weekend's warmer weather. Canada Goose American Black Duck - 2 Reservoir & a couple of Mallard x Am. Black Duck hybrids Mallard Northern Shoveler - at least 100 on the Lake Bufflehead - 7 males & 2 females Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 4 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - not many in SE Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - reported at the Reservoir Red-necked Grebe - WBF release continues Reservoir Mourning Dove American Coot - 3 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - numbers increasing Reservoir Herring Gull - outnumbered by Ring-billed Gulls Great Black-backed Gull - adults & immatures Common Loon - first-winter bird Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - Ramble & Cleopatra's Needle Red-tailed Hawk - at least 3 seen at least 8 locations Red-headed Woodpecker - tweeted by E. Eckholm at the usual location approx E. 68th Street Red-bellied Woopecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 Downy Woodpecker Blue Jay Common Raven - vocal birds reported near E. 96th Street entrance by 2 observers Black-capped Chickadee - at least 6 Tufted Titmouse - at least 20 Red-breasted Nuthatch - reported at feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 American Robin - small flock between Alexander Hamilton Statue & Reservoir House Finch - at least 6 feeders American Goldfinch - at least 10 at feeders, others elsewhere Fox Sparrow - 1 north of source of Gill, 2 near feeders White-throated Sparrow - easily 100 Red-winged Blackbird - small flocks at feeders and Upper Lobe Common Grackle Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
