Wednesday, 26 March 2014 - Central Park, Manhattan, N.Y. City At the reservoir, the RED-NECKED GREBE continued, seen off the nw shore at 8 a.m., and good views in ideal light indicates (as do photo series) the grebe is gaining some spring plumage; also today, there were 3 American Wigeons, 2 drakes & a hen, together with many N. Shovelers in the ne corner (8:15 a.m.), with a total of 120+ N. Shovelers spread over that & other parts of the res, (& another 50+ of them around the rest of the park's waters); pair (at least) of Wood Ducks, 3 American Coots, 2 Hooded Mergansers, 6 Ruddy Ducks lingering; and at the Meer a male Wood Duck & a pair of Hooded Mergansers, as have been for some days. (Gulls were starting to arrive in numbers at the reservoir as I was departing it.)
At the feeder area in the Ramble, the female PINE WARBLER is gaining some color now & was working the se corner of the feeding area (a.k.a. Evodia Field), and 2 Baltimore Orioles came in, the female & the brilliant adult male. Also there were multiple "red" Fox Sparrows. In general around the park, many hundreds of American Robins, equal or greater no's. of Common Grackles, & scattered Red-winged Blackbirds all pointing to the subtle and not-so-subtle arrivals of spring. The park earlier experienced, at most a few light snow flurries, & now, lots of nw wind. good birding, Tom Fiore Manhattan -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
