Central Park, NYC Sunday, December 10, 2017 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Hammond's Flycatcher, Wilson's Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk, & Common Ravens. Note: Reservoir birds seen from south end. Canada Goose - low numbers on Reservoir Wood Duck - 2 males Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 18 Reservoir Gadwall - 4 Reservoir Mallard - 146 Reservoir, a few on Turtle Pond Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 Reservoir American Black Duck - 3 Reservoir Bufflehead - 4 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 9 (4 Reservoir, 5 Turtle Pond) Ruddy Duck - 119 Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - Reservoir (2 others reported at north end of Reservoir - Enrico Leonardi) Mourning Dove - around a dozen in Ramble Ring-billed Gull & Herring Gull - around 500 Reservoir, mostly Herring Gulls Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Reservoir Great Blue Heron - immature Balcony Bridge (Sandra Critelli) Red-shouldered Hawk - immature circling overhead just north of Boathouse & heading north (Christine Youngblood) Red-tailed Hawk - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8 Downy Woodpecker - 2 (1 at the Evodia Field feeders) Northern Flicker - Pinetum Hammond's Flycatcher - continues near Gill Overlook (spotted by Enrico Leonardi) Blue Jay - at least 4 Common Raven - 2 flying low near Central Park West seen from Shakespeare Garden Tufted Titmouse - 2 or 3 White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 or 4 Brown Creeper - 2 (Stone Wall & Gill Overlook (Sandra Critelli)) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Azalea Pond & Summer House) Hermit Thrush - 3 Hallett Sanctuary (Bob - early) American Robin - not many, some in hollies & crab apples at Sparrow Rock Gray Catbird - Hallett (Bob - early) House Finch - several together in sweetgum near Turtle Pond American Goldfinch - 2 at the Gill (Ginny de Liagre) Fox Sparrow - 4 on path along Rock Wall Song Sparrow - Hallett (Bob - early) White-throated Sparrow - 50 Dark-eyed Junco - few Common Grackle - 50 Wilson's Warbler - in holly at Azalea Pond (spotted by Enrico Leonardi) Northern Cardinal - half a dozen -- Stephan Passlick (@Stefan Passlick) tweeted a Northern Parula south of the Blockhouse at the north end of the park. See @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett for New York County tweets. Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC Hammie lives, 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/[email protected]/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/ --
