Central Park NYC Sunday, November 25, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Falcon Trifecta at the Great Lawn: Merlin, American Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon (3), Barred Owl (2), Northern Saw-whet Owl, Cooper's Hawks (3), Purple Finches. Canada Goose - 75+ (most on the Reservoir) Wood Duck - female Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 70+ (4 Lake (Andrea Hessel), the rest on the Reservoir) Gadwall - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Reservoir Mallard - around 75 (60+ Reservoir, 13 Turtle Pond) Bufflehead - 8 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - female Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 77 Reservoir Mourning Dove - a few (Sparrow Rock & chased by Merlin at Great Lawn ) American Coot - 4 Reservoir Herring & Ring-billed Gulls - around 250 Reservoir Great black-backed Gull - 10 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - 3 (Great Lawn (imm.), Oven (adult spotted by Ray Soumyajit), Boathouse (imm.)) Red-tailed Hawk - several flyovers of local birds Barred Owl - continued in 2 locations Northern Saw-whet Owl - roosting in holly Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - Great Lawn American Kestrel - male Great Lawn (moved to perch close to Merlin) Merlin - Great Lawn (chasing Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine, etc.) Peregrine Falcon - 3 (2 adults, one immature - big dust-up over Great Lawn) Blue Jay - at least 10 American Crow - 6 Great lawn Black-capped Chickadee - 4 Tufted Titmouse - 30-40 Red-breasted Nuthatch - feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - around 20 Golden-crowned Kinglet - reported at Summer House by David Barrett Ruby-crowned Kinglet - north side of Azalea Pond Carolina Wren - feeders Hermit Thrush - 4 (3 north of Azalea Pond, 1 Upper Lobe (Carine Mitchell)) American Robin - 100+ (many foraging on wet lawns) Gray Catbird - 2 Shakespeare Garden in crab apples Northern Mockingbird - Upper Lobe Lawn Cedar Waxwing - 20 Tanner's Spring (also visiting Sparrow Rock crab apples) House Finch - 3 (male feeders, male & female Great Lawn in sweetgum) Purple Finch - 2 females at thistle feeders Evodia Field (Deb) American Goldfinch - 9 feeders, a few others in sweetgums Fox Sparrow - 3 Swamp Sparrow - Shakespeare Garden (David) White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - 8 or 9 Common Grackle - 10 Northern Cardinal- several Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --
