Central Park NYC Saturday April 17, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Phd, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Blue-headed Vireo, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Black-and-white, Palm and Pine Warblers, American Kestrel. Canada Goose - nesting on Vista Rock above Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 5 Reservoir Mallard - a dozen Bufflehead - 6 Mourning Dove - 16 American Coot - 1 Reservoir Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 15 Great-black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 6 Great Egret - 2 Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barred Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 American Kestrel - hovering over Azalea Pond (Patty Pike) Blue-headed Vireo - 2 (Gill Overlook, Evodia Field) Blue Jay - 6 to 8 American Crow - 1 calling in Ramble Black-capped Chickadee - 1 Evodia Field feeders Tufted Titmouse - 5 or 6 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (Warbler Rock, EVodia Field feeders) Brown Creeper - 1 Warbler Rock Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 east of Azalea Pond (Carine Mitchell)* Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Upper Lobe Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10-15 Hermit Thrush - 2 or 3 American Robin - 25-50 (more than 10 nests in the park so far) House Finch - 7-10 American Goldfinch - 8-10 Chipping Sparrow - 5-10 Dark-eyed Junco - 3 White-throated Sparrow - 50-100 Song Sparrow - 1 Tupelo Field Eastern Towhee - 2 males (Belvedere Castle (Bhargav), Summer House) Red-winged Blackbird - 1 Turtle Pond Palm Warbler - 3 "Yellow" Turtle Pond Pine Warbler - 3-4 Turtle Pond Northern Cardinal - female on nest in Ramble (Sandra Critelli) *Roger Pasquier reported another Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Oak Bridge. 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/ --
