Pelham Bay Park, Bronx Saturday 29, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Pileated Woodpecker, Bald Eagles, Great Horned and Barred Owls. Canada Goose - at least 250 Mallard - small numbers American Black Duck - 200+ Orchard Beach Lagoon Greater Scaup - at least 200 in a flock off Orchard Beach Bufflehead - 100+ mostly in the Orchard Beach Lagoon Common Goldeneye - a few off Twin Island early morning Red-breasted Merganser - small numbers Mourning Dove - at least 8 Ring-billed Gull - 200+ in Orchard Beach Parking Lot Herring Gull - around 10 Great Black-backed Gull - adult on island in Orchard Beach Lagoon Red-throated Loon - off Twin Island Common Loon - Orchard Beach Lagoon & off Twin Island Great Egret - Orchard Beach Lagoon Sharp-shinned Hawk - flyover Hunter Island Bald Eagle - 2 (adult & first-cycle seen separately over Hunter Island) Red-tailed Hawk - probably 3 or 4 Great Horned Owl - continuing Barred Owl - 2 continue Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 2 Hunter Island Hairy Woodpecker - Hunter Island Northern Flicker - Hunter Island Pileated Woodpecker - 1st-cycle male Hunter Island (Jack Rothman & Andrea Hessel) Blue Jay - at least 10 Hunter Island Black-capped Chickadee - at least 4 Hunter Island & Twin Island Tufted Titmouse - at least 10 White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 American Goldfinch Song Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Northern Cardinal 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/ --
