Central Park NYC Sunday March 25, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob
Highlights: Hermit Thrush, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Pintail. Canada Goose - 77 (68 Reservoir, 2 Turtle Pond, 7 the Pond) Northern Shoveler - 121 (70 Reservoir, 19 Turtle Pond, 32 Lake just S. of Upper Lobe) Mallard - 37+ (23 Reservoir, 4 Turtle Pond, 10+ the Pond, others on the Lake) American Black Duck - pair at the Pond Northern Pintail - drake continues at the Pond (Jeffrey M. Ward) Bufflehead - 17 at Reservoir (7 female, 10 male) Ruddy Duck - 37 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 9 American Coot - 6 (5 Reservoir, 1 at the Pond) Ring-billed gull - 30+ Reservoir Herring Gull - 70+ Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Reservoir Great Blue Heron - adult Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - adult at the Pond (Jeff Ward) Red-tailed Hawk - pair on west side carrying nesting material & flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - pair gill Overlook, another at Evodia Field Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - male Gill Overlook Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Blue Jay - several noisy groups of 4-6 birds Tufted Titmouse - Source of the Gill White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Laupot Bridge Brown Creeper - 2 (the Pond (Jeff Ward), & near Boathouse) Golden-crowned Kinglet - male Source of the Gill (Deb) Hermit Thrush - Hallett Sanctuary (Jeff Ward) American Robin - fairly common House Finch - 5 Evodia Field American Goldfinch - 10+ (Evodia Field, Upper Lobe & Gill Overlook) Fox Sparrow - 6 or 7 (several locations) Song Sparrow - several locations (Carine Mitchell) Dark-eyed Junco - 8 Evodia Field Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Common Grackle - small numbers at several locations Brown-headed Cowbird - several (the Pond (Jeff Ward - early), the Oven (Bob-early) Boat-tailed Grackle - the Pond (Jeff Ward - early) Northern Cardinal - males & females singing Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- 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/ --