[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sun., July 9, 2017 - nesting birds
Central Park NYC - Reservoir & Ramble Sunday, July 9, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many others Highlights: Nests of Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, & Barn Swallow Canada Goose - 20 Reservoir including 3 large juveniles Mallard - 38 including14 juveniles (16 Turtle Pond & 22 Reservoir) Mourning Dove - adult feeding nestling in Shakespeare Garden (Nell Semel) Chimney Swift - a few over Turtle Pond (omitted from yesterday's report) Spotted Sandpiper - male left Reservoir just before 7a.m. (Deb) Ring-billed Gull - adult flyover Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 (4 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) plus flyovers Great Egret - Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 (pair Summer House Meadow (Drew Stadlin), 1 Oak Bridge (Sandra Critelli), 1 Tupelo Field) Eastern Kingbird - 3 (2 Turtle Pond, 1 north end Reservoir) Warbling Vireo - 4 including adult feeding juvenile at Humming Tombstone Red-eyed Vireo - singing male Oven (Bob, early) Blue Jay American Crow - 5 to 7 over Ramble (Bob, 6:25am) Barn Swallow - at least 6 (Ramble & Reservoir) plus 3 young visible in nest n. end Reservoir (Deb, early) White-breasted Nuthatch - Azalea Pond (Victor Lloyd), others heard at Riviera and Upper Lobe Lawn Carolina Wren - singing Belvedere Castle American Robin Gray Catbird - some singing Cedar Waxwing - large nestling fed in London Plane at north end of Maintenance Field Song Sparrow - heard north end Reservoir Baltimore Oriole - fewer around (juvenile fed by adult female Tupelo Field, juvenile & adult female Upper Lobe) Common Grackle Northern Cardinal Deb Allen -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park NYC - Sun., July 9, 2017 - nesting birds
Central Park NYC - Reservoir & Ramble Sunday, July 9, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, & many others Highlights: Nests of Mourning Dove, Cedar Waxwing, & Barn Swallow Canada Goose - 20 Reservoir including 3 large juveniles Mallard - 38 including14 juveniles (16 Turtle Pond & 22 Reservoir) Mourning Dove - adult feeding nestling in Shakespeare Garden (Nell Semel) Chimney Swift - a few over Turtle Pond (omitted from yesterday's report) Spotted Sandpiper - male left Reservoir just before 7a.m. (Deb) Ring-billed Gull - adult flyover Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 5 (4 Reservoir, 1 Turtle Pond) plus flyovers Great Egret - Turtle Pond Black-crowned Night-Heron - Upper Lobe Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 4 Great Crested Flycatcher - 4 (pair Summer House Meadow (Drew Stadlin), 1 Oak Bridge (Sandra Critelli), 1 Tupelo Field) Eastern Kingbird - 3 (2 Turtle Pond, 1 north end Reservoir) Warbling Vireo - 4 including adult feeding juvenile at Humming Tombstone Red-eyed Vireo - singing male Oven (Bob, early) Blue Jay American Crow - 5 to 7 over Ramble (Bob, 6:25am) Barn Swallow - at least 6 (Ramble & Reservoir) plus 3 young visible in nest n. end Reservoir (Deb, early) White-breasted Nuthatch - Azalea Pond (Victor Lloyd), others heard at Riviera and Upper Lobe Lawn Carolina Wren - singing Belvedere Castle American Robin Gray Catbird - some singing Cedar Waxwing - large nestling fed in London Plane at north end of Maintenance Field Song Sparrow - heard north end Reservoir Baltimore Oriole - fewer around (juvenile fed by adult female Tupelo Field, juvenile & adult female Upper Lobe) Common Grackle Northern Cardinal Deb Allen -- 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/ --