Saturday, 14 March, 2015 Central Park (Manhattan, N.Y. City)
In a drizzly lull in rain, a walk from one end of Central Park to the other (60th-110th Sts.) provided views of a few lingering or newly- arrived birds: a pair (hen & drake) of Red-breasted Mergansers at the C.P. reservoir, on the s. end of the open water; other ducks as prev., along with at least 2 Amer. Coot, & several hundred gulls of what seemed to be just the 3 most-typical spp.; the male Common Redpoll made a quick showing at the Ramble feeders before noon, & on the western-most part of the N. Meadow ballfields, a single Killdeer was in the vicinity of some Mallards out on the newly-revealed grass there. All the park's water-bodies are now showing more small cracks & openings - there were even a few ducks at the Meer. Also noticed during my walk were American Kestrel, Cooper's Hawk (Ramble) & calling Fish Crow (near the Meer), along with smatterings of Amer. Robins, Red- winged Blackbirds, Common Grackles, & various wintering regulars.
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/ --
