Central Park - North End, NYC Friday, October 12, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Common Ravens (2) & 13 Species of Wood Warblers Canada Goose - flyover flock of 45 migrants, a dozen on the Harlem Meer Northern Shoveler - 7 Meer Gadwall - 2 Meer Mallard - 15 Meer Mourning Dove - 4 Chimney Swift - flock of 10 overhead at 7am Double-crested Cormorant - 3 flyovers Osprey - 1 migrant Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 migrants Red-tailed Hawk - 3 local birds Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 (North Woods & Wildflower Meadow) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - male Conservatory Garden Northern Flicker - 15 American Kestrel - male migrant Eastern Phoebe - 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 5 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Wildflower Meadow 7am Blue Jay - flyover flock of 60, 20 others in the North Woods American Crow - flyover flock of 40 Common Raven - 2 flyovers seen from Conservatory Garden Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & Loch) Tufted Titmouse - 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Great Hill White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 North Woods Brown Creeper - Meer House Wren - 2 Great Hill Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 8 Swainson's Thrush - Wildflower Meadow eating Pokeweed berries 7am American Robin - not many, mostly in Conservatory Garden eating crab apples Gray Catbird - 10-15 Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Fort Clinton & Conservatory Garden) Cedar Waxwing - around 20 eye-level at Fort Clinton House Finch - 4 Purple Finch - female Wildflower Meadow American Goldfinch - 5 Eastern Towhee - 5 (males & females) Chipping Sparrow - 25 (Green Bench & Grassy Knoll) Song Sparrow - 8 (Green Bench & Wildflower Meadow - early) Swamp Sparrow - 2 Wildflower Meadow White-throated Sparrow - 7 Common Grackle - flyover flock of 30 migrants east side Great Hill Northern Waterthrush - Loch Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Common Yellowthroat - 3 American Redstart - 2 (SE Great Hill, adult male North Woods) Cape May Warbler - adult female Meer Island Northern Parula - 7 Yellow Warbler - Grassy Knoll 7am Blackpoll Warbler - 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - male east Great Hill Palm Warbler - 2 "Yellow" North Meadow Ball Fields 7am Pine Warbler - 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler - flock of 4 North Woods Black-throated Green Warbler - male Grassy KNoll 7am Northern Cardinal - 4 or 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/ --
