Central Park, NYC Sunday, November 19, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Common Ravens, Great Blue Heron, Winter Waterfowl, Fox Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Juncos. Canada Goose - not many south end Reservoir Wood Duck - 2 males south end Reservoir (also 2 males at the Pond earlier) Northern Shoveler - 65+ south end Reservoir Gadwall - male south end Reservoir Mallard - 60+ (Lake, Turtle Pond, the Pond, and Reservoir) American Black Duck - pair at the Pond American Black Duck X Mallard hybrid - 2 south end Reservoir Northern Pintail - male at the Pond Bufflehead - pair NW Reservoir seen from south end Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 4 Turtle Pond, Arthur T. reported 5 others at the SE Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 70+ south end Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - south end Reservoir Mourning Dove - 26 American Coot - SW Reservoir & the Pond Ring-billed Gull - lower than usual numbers Reservoir Herring Gull - lower than usual numbers Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 16 Reservoir Great Blue Heron - adult south side of 59th Street Pond (early) Red-shouldered Hawk - adult overhead between Castle & Shakespeare Garden (Andrea Hessel) Red-tailed Hawk - flyover of local bird Red-bellied Woodpecker - female Sparrow Rock Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Maintenance Field & Evodia Field (David Barrett) Downy Woodpecker - male & female Evodia Field Northern Flicker - male Sparrow Rock Blue Jay - at least 10 Common Raven - 2 Central Park West over El Dorado (David Barrett) Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Source of the Gill Tufted Titmouse - 2 NW Evodia Field White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 NW Evodia Field Brown Creeper - 1 or 2 (NW Evodia Field & Source of the Gill) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 Evodia Field Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Evodia Field Hermit Thrush - 2 Locust Grove (another at Falconer's Hill - early) American Robin - 15 Sparrow Rock feeding on fallen crab apples Northern Mockingbird - in crab apple at Sparrow Rock Cedar Waxwing - at least 8 together Sparrow Rock (Andrea Hessel) Fox Sparrow - 3 (Mugger's Woods, Summer House Meadow, Evodia Field) Song Sparrow - 2 (Reservoir, Sparrow Rock) Swamp Sparrow - 2 (59th Street Pond & mudflat) White-throated Sparrow - 20+ Dark-eyed Junco - 200 (probably undercounted) Red-winged Blackbird - male Sparrow Rock Northern Cardinal - residents David Barrett reported American Goldfinches at the North End this morning. Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC Deb Allen www.birdingbob.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --