Central Park, NYC Sunday April 1, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ruby-crowned Kinglet (first-of-season), Osprey, & Boat-tailed Grackle. Canada Goose - 11 (6 on the Pond, 5 on the Lake) Wood Duck - male at the Pond Mallard - 29 (16 on the Pond, 3 Conservatory Water, 8 on the Lake, 2 Turtle Pond) Mourning Dove - 13 Evodia Field American Coot - at the Pond Herring Gull - flyovers Great Egret - the Lake near Bow Bridge Osprey - flyover Upper Lobe Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (one carrying nesting material) Red-bellied Woodpecker - several Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 (1 Gill Overlook, 2 Mugger's Woods) Downy Woodpecker - 6 (2 Evodia Field, 1 Maintenance Field, 3 Gill Overlook) Northern Flicker - 8 Eastern Phoebe - 8 or 9 Blue Jay - at least 10 Tufted Titmouse - 3 White-breasted Nuthatch - NW of the Dene giving staccato call Brown Creeper - Upper Lobe Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4 (Gill Overlook, Upper Lobe, 2 Turtle Pond) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - male at Upper Lobe (first-of-season) Hermit Thrush - 4 (Gill Overlook (David Barrett), Swampy Pin Oak (Deb), 2 Delacorte Theater/Locust Grove) American Robin - 25 House Finch - 7 Evodia Field American Goldfinch - 12 Evodia Field, a few at other locations Chipping Sparrow - Evodia Field Fox Sparrow - 4 or 5 (1 at the Pond, 2 Mugger's Woods, 1 Humming Tombstone, 1 Evodia Field) Song Sparrow - 6 or 7 White-throated Sparrow - 50 Dark-eyed Junco - 25 Red-winged Blackbird - 5 males (3 singing at the Pond, 2 Evodia Field) Brown-headed Cowbird - male below Warbler Rock (David Barrett) Common Grackle - 16 Boat-tailed Grackle - first-spring female continues at the Pond Northern Cardinal - 5 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/ --
