Hi all, This morning I spent about 1 1/2 hour birding the midsection of Central Park. I started at the SW corner of the Reservoir and walked the south side, along which I found 4 each of Black-crowned Night-herons and Great Egrets. On the water there was a Pied-billed Grebe, uncommon for this time period.
The big surprise of the morning I found on the East side of the Great Lawn, where I heard an unusual call that first didn't click with my brain. Luckily the bird called again and triggered the right neurons - RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Looking up I quickly found the white-black-and-red bird high up in an oak tree. It was a stunning adult and its color was like an explosion in the brilliant morning light. The woodpecker kept high in the trees and moved around, each time it flew a little bit more to the North. I last saw it near the 86th Street transverse, East of the basketball and volleyball courts. Hopefully the birders who responded to my alert will re-find it and more people get to see it. good birding, Anders Peltomaa 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/ --
