Central Park NYC Sunday April 20, 2022 OBS:Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a breezy and chilly Sunday morning: Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Great Horned Owl, Merlin, Louisiana Waterthrush, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco uptick in numbers. The Prothonotary Warbler, reported at the Reservoir Saturday by Laura Beamer and Lauren Kingsberg, wasn't refound there today. Canada Goose - 19 (3 nests so far at the Reservoir) Wood Duck - 3 males including one at the NE Reservoir with his female Mallard Gadwall - 2 males Reservoir (Deb - early) Northern Shoveler - around 70 Mallard - around 20 Bufflehead - 23 Hooded Merganser - 3 Red-breasted Merganser - 2 continuing at Reservoir (1st report this a.m. from Edmund Berry) Mourning Dove - 15-20 Herring Gull - 15 Double-crested Cormorant - 8-12 Turkey Vulture - flyover Great Lawn seen from Pinetum (Ryan Serio) Osprey - flyover Belvedere Castle (Bob - early) Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Great Horned Owl - continuing bird attended by Blue Jays, etc. Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2-4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 25-30 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Ramble Northern Flicker - 10-15 Merlin - immature male eating a small bird at Tupelo Field Eastern Phoebe - 4 Blue Jay - 6-8 American Crow - 1 flyover Maintenance Field Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3-5 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5-10 Cedar Waxwing - flock of around 10 Brown Creeper - 3-5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 3 Brown Thrasher - 2 (Swampy Pin Oak and Weather Station) Northern Mockingbird - heard from NE Reservoir (Deb - early) Hermit Thrush - 25-35 American Robin - 40-50, many paired up House Finch - 5-10 American Goldfinch - 4 Chipping Sparrow - 15-18 Dark-eyed Junco - 75-100 White-throated Sparrow - 15-25 Song Sparrow - 6-8 Swamp Sparrow - 1 flew from Azalea Pond to Swampy Pin Oak (Andrea Hessel) Red-winged Blackbird - 5-10 Common Grackle - 10-20 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 Ramble (Ryan Serio) Pine Warbler - 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Ramble Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 continued at south end of Maintenance Field Northern Cardinal - 7-10 Deb Allen
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