Central Park Bird Walk Sunday December 7, 2014 Canada Goose American Black Duck - female at Indian Cave Mallard Northern Shoveler - more than 40 on the Lake, others on the Reservoir Bufflehead - flock reservoir Hooded Merganser - pair on Turtle Pond, others at the Reservoir Ruddy Duck - flock on the Reservoir Red-shouldered Hawk -a flyover seen from Shakespeare Garden (spotted by Andrea Hessel) Red-tailed Hawk - several The usual gulls - Reservoir Mourning Dove Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse - many White-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren - between the Boathouse and the Point (thanks to Steve Gott) American Tree Sparrow - the Gill side of Laupot Bridge White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal House Finch American Goldfinch
Sandra Paci reported the two male Ring-necked Ducks at the Reservoir (northwest). Anne Shanahan alerted me to an immature Cooper's Hawk at the feeders after lunch, which I saw with her, Martha Marshall, Dennis Geisel, and Sandra Paci. Before the walk I found a Veery (very late) at Balancing Rock/Captain's Bench, a Fox Sparrow at the feeders, a Winter Wren and Song Sparrow at the Upper Lobe, and a small flock of American Goldfinches feeding on the seeds of Evening Primrose (not Sweetgum seeds) next to Oak/Bank Rock Bridge.. Deborah Allen -- 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/ --
