Central Park NYC - Ramble & Reservoir Saturday April 15, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walks starting from the Boathouse Cafe at 7:30 and 9:00am.
Highlights: Orange-crowned Warbler & Blue-headed Vireo Canada Goose - 20 (8 Reservoir, 2 turtle Pond, 10 in flyover flock) Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 14 Reservoir Bufflehead - 6 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - many locations Herring & Ring-billed Gulls - 130+ Reservoir (mostly Herring) Great Black-backed Gull - 10 Reservoir Common Loon - first-spring Reservoir (David Barrett) Double-crested Cormorant - 3 Turtle Pond, 2 Reservoir, flyovers Black-crowned Night-Heron - Turtle Pond (Christine Y.) Red-tailed Hawk - overhead seen from Shakespeare Garden (Alexi Kalogerakis) Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - in big Sweetgum at south end of Maintenance Field Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - Maintenance Field Blue-headed Vireo - Locust Grove (Sandra Critelli) Blue Jay - residents Fish Crow - vocal pair 6:30am (Bob before walk) Barn Swallow - Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - 3 feeders Tufted Titmouse - feeders, Reservoir, etc. Red-breasted Nuthatch - pair Shakespeare Garden Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 (Point, Reservoir) Hermit Thrush - Maintenance Field (7:30am walk) American Robin - building nests House Sparrow - pair building a ball of straw nest at Maintenance Field House Finch - male feeders American Goldfinch - 5 feeders & breeding-plumaged male at the Point (Gillian Henry) Black-and-white Warbler - adult male at the Point (both walks) Orange-crowned Warbler - the Point (Gillian Henry on the 7:30am walk) Pine Warbler - Turtle Pond (7:30am walk) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4 Point (Andrea Hessel), 1 Reservoir (Will Papp) Song Sparrow - Bow Bridge (7:30 walk) Northern Cardinal - residents Red-winged Blackbird - (male at feeders, male on the Point) Common Grackle - several locations including pairs at the Pinetum Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 males & female south side Turtle Pond (Castle Walk) Sandra Critelli continued birding after lunch, finding a female Hairy Woodpecker at the top of the Point. John Sheehy reported a flock of Chipping Sparrows at Sparrow Rock Ed Gaillard reported a Field Sparrow at the Upper Lobe Lawn (via twitter). Linda LaBella reported a Blue-headed Vireo at Strawberry Fields (via twitter). The Red-headed Woodpecker continued at E 69th Street (via twitter @love2owl) My apologies if I've omitted any of today's birds/birders. Deb Allen For bird walk schedule see www.birdingbob.com. -- 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/ --
