Central Park NYC - North End Friday Oct. 14, 2016 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. on bird walk starting at the Conservatory Garden at 9am.
Highlights:flyover Bald Eagles (2), Osprey, American Kestrel, 8 species of Wood Warblers, Golden-crowned Kinglets, Purple Finch, and a nice selection of sparrows. No early morning flight except for Herring Gulls heading east from Long Island Sound. Canada Goose Gadwall - 12 Meer, pair 59th Street Pond (after walk) Mallard - more than 30 Meer Northern Shoveler - around 15 Meer, 20 on the Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 4 Meer Mourning Dove Herring Gull - flyovers and Reservoir (not many) Ring-billed Gull - a few on the Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - Turtle Pond Osprey - over the Meer Bald Eagle - 2 adults over the Green Bench & Meer (Paul Citrin) Red-tailed Hawk - several, all flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - residents Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 20, more in the Pinetum, etc. later in the day Downy Woodpecker - residents Northern Flicker - 8 (West Blowdown, Green Bench &Meer) American kestrel - female pursued by 3 Blue Jays (Mayra Cruz) Eastern Phoebe - 2 (Conservatory Garden, Grassy Knoll), another later in Shakespeare Garden Blue-headed Vireo - 3 (1 Meer, 2 Wildflower Meadow before walk) American Crow - flock of 8 calling over east side of the Meer Blue Jay - many locations Black-capped Chickadee - Conservatory Garden and Great Hill, many in Shakespeare Garden later Tufted Titmouse - 2 (Great Hill & near Nutter's Battery) Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Grassy Knoll, others later in Shakespeare Garden & the Pinetum White-breasted Nuthatch - 10 (1 Meer, 2 Wildflower Meadow, 1 Grassy Knoll, 1 Pool, others Pinetum, Sparrow Rock, etc.) Brown Creeper - 2 (Grassy Knoll & Blockhouse) Winter Wren - Azalea Pond (after walk) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 or 5 (Great Hill & Blockhouse) Ruby-crowned Kinglet -more than 25 at the north end, many others farther south Swainson's Thrush - Blockhouse Hermit thrush - Blockhouse & Ramble American Robin - everywhere Gray Catbird - fewer Northern Mockingbird - at least 8, 3 singing Cedar Waxwing - flyover flock of around 7 near the Meer House Finch - flock at the Meer Purple Finch - Shakespeare Garden after walk (spotted by Will Papp) American Goldfinch - adult with 2 hatch-year birds, one fluttering its wings to solicit feeding Wildflower Meadow American Redstart - Lily Ponds (Geoff Hunt) Cape May Warbler - 1 or 2 west side of Great Hill in elm (following #birdcp tweet) Northern Parula - 2 (Conservatory Garden, west side of the Pool), 2 others at the Pinetum later (Will Papp) Blackpoll Warbler - 4 (Conservatory Garden, 2 Meer, Great Hill) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (Lasker Rink/Pool, Conservatory Garden, pair compost area) Palm Warbler - 4 (2 Great Hill, conservatory Garden, compost area) Pine Warbler - 3 (Dana Center, 2 in pines near compost) Yellow-rumped Warbler - everywhere - at least 40 not counting the many seen later in the Pinetum Eastern Towhee - at least 4 (Meer & Pool) Chipping Sparrow - at least a dozen (Green Bench, Great Hill), at least 15 Sparrow Rock later Field Sparrow - 2 Lily Ponds, one later Sparrow Rock Song Sparrow - many locations Swamp Sparrow - 4 or 5 before walk (Wildflower Meadow & Conservatory Garden) White-throated Sparrow - many White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year south side of the Pool Dark-eyed Junco - at least 10 (Green Bench, West Blowdown), Common Grackle - around 40 Locust Grove after walk Deb Allen P. S. m.ob. stands for many observers. -- 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/ --
