Central Park NYC Sunday March 27, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Ring-necked Duck, Peregrine Falcon, Eastern Phoebe, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-rumped Warbler. Canada Goose - 44 Northern Shoveler - 135 Gadwall - pair southwest Reservoir Mallard - 21 Ring-necked Duck - male Harlem Meer with small Ruddy Duck flock (Deb-early) Bufflehead - 13 Hooded Merganser - pair Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 11 Mourning Dove - 8-12 American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - 8 Double-crested Cormorant - 2 (Turtle Pond, Lake) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4-6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 males Downy Woodpecker - 4-6 Northern Flicker - 4 Peregrine Falcon - 3 (2 males, 1 female) flyover Shakespeare Garden Eastern Phoebe - 7-10 Blue Jay - 3-5 American Crow - 20-24 flyover flock Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5-8 Cedar Waxwing - 27 (4 flocks) Brown Creeper - 4 Carolina Wren - heard-only Tupelo Field American Robin - 60-70 House Finch - 5-7 American Goldfinch - 2 Evodia Field feeders Fox Sparrow - 3 in Ramble Dark-eyed Junco - 8-12 White-throated Sparrow - 10-20 Song Sparrow - 5 Red-winged Blackbird - 5-10 Common Grackle - 15-25 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Azalea Pond Northern Cardinal - 3-5 -- After lunch Bob & I went to Randall's Island, where it was fairly quiet with 3 Red-breasted Mergansers and a Brant in the Bronx Kill. Bob spotted four Turkey Vultures perched on the grass on one of the ball fields investigating a pigeon carcass and getting drinks from the puddles. -- Deb Allen
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