Central Park NYC Saturday November 14, 2015 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob on bird walk
Wood Duck - pair on Reservoir Gadwall - 11 American Black Duck - a few Northern Shoveler - more than 100 Ring-necked Duck - male SE Reservoir Bufflehead - several Hooded Merganser - pair (3 others later total 5) Ruddy Duck - more than 150 seen from south end of Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - at least 4 at the Reservoir Turkey Vulture - adult over Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - juvenile over Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - adult "Pale Male" near Boathouse & two other adults together on west side building American Coot - 3 at the north end of the Reservoir after the walk Ring-billed, Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls at the Reservoir Red-headed Woodpecker - immature continues at the Oven Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker American Crow - heard Black-capped Chickadee - 5 or 6 Tufted Titmouse - several White-breasted Nuthatch - several seen, others heard Hermit Thrush - at least 5 Cedar Waxwing - around 11 at Azalea Pond Chipping Sparrow - a few in the Pinetum Swamp Sparrow - Oven White-throated Sparrows - becoming a distraction Dark-eyed Junco - half-a-dozen Pinetum, others elsewhere Red-winged Blackbird - 1/2 dozen males perched others flying over Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 males & 2 females together Common Grackle - 150-200 Purple Finch - 2 females at Gill Overlook American Goldfinch - some feeding in Sweetgums Jeff Ward reported two Red-shouldered Hawks circling over the Great Lawn a little after noon. Ryan Zucker reported five seen from the Castle. Many thanks to the birders on the walk today for the excellent bird spotting, Deb 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/ --
