Central Park NYC Sunday Feb. 26, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 9:30am
Highlights: 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches near the Boathouse. Red-headed Woodpecker continues at the Dene, and Red-necked Grebe (WBF release) continues on the Reservoir. Reservoir birds were seen from the south and west sides only. Canada Goose - 56 Reservoir American Black Duck - 2 Reservoir & some Mallard x Am. Black Duck hybrids Mallard - 63 Reservoir, others on the Lake & Turtle Pond Northern Shovler - 57 (12 Reservoir, 12 Turtle Pond, 33 Lake near Upper Lobe) Bufflehead - 6 Reservoir (before walk) Hooded Merganser - 3 (1 Reservoir before walk, 2 Lake near the Point) Ruddy Duck - 53 (52 Reservoir, 1 Lake) Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Reservoir (before walk) Red-necked Grebe - WBF release continues Reservoir Mourning Dove - several locations American Coot - 3 Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - few Reservoir Herring Gull - around 30 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 15 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - first-winter at the Oven spotted by Peter Haskel Red-tailed Hawk - 2 flyovers, 1 perched on the San Remo Red-headed Woodpecker - first-winter bird continues at the Dene Red-bellied Woodpecker - several locations Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Shakespeare Garden & north of the source of the Gill Downy Woodpecker - several locations Blue Jay - several locations Black-capped Chickadee - throughout Tufted Titmouse - throughout Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 near Boathouse White-breasted Nuthatch - 7 Carolina Wren - near Summer House (before walk) House Finch - 4 (feeders & Maintenance Field) American Goldfinch - several at feeders & near Tupelo Field Eastern Towhee - male near Boathouse Fox Sparrow - Maintenance Field & feeders Song Sparrow - Maintenance Field White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - few Northern Cardinal - residents Red-winged Blackbird - Maintenance Field (before walk) Susan Kirby tweeted the Great Blue Heron at the Pond (59th Street). Ed Gaillard tweeted an American Woodcock at the Upper Lobe. Some Red Maples are starting to bloom, in time for the first phoebes. 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/ --
