Central Park NYC Friday October 19, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Merlin, American Kestrel, Eight Species of Wood Warblers. Canada Goose - 12 Harlem Meer Wood Duck - male SE corner of Meer (Elizabeth Millard-Whitman) Northern Shoveler - 13 Meer Gadwall - 2 males Reservoir Mallard - 15 Meer, others on Reservoir Bufflehead - pair SE Reservoir Hooded Merganser - 3 males SE Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 3 Meer, also on Reservoir Mourning Dove - 6 (5 at the Green Bench) Chimney Swift - 35-40 (a few over north end, flocks over the Dene heading south) Ring-billed Gull - flyovers & at Reservoir Herring Gull - flyovers & at Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - low numbers at Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - flyovers Conservatory Garden, Green Bench & the Dene Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 migrants overhead & local birds Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 25 North End, a few others at the Dene Downy Woodpecker - 2 males (Lily Ponds & the Dene) Northern Flicker - 3 plus 7 flyovers before 8am American Kestrel - North Meadow ball fields (early) Merlin - male on migration flying east over North Meadow ball fields 7:08am Eastern Phoebe - 8-10 Blue-headed Vireo - 9 Blue Jay - a few southbound birds overhead Black-capped Chickadee - 6-8 Tufted Titmouse - 25-30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 4 or 5 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5-7 Brown Creeper - 4 House Wren - west end of Loch Winter Wren - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 12-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 40-50 Hermit Thrush - a dozen American Robin - 30 Gray Catbird - several Northern Mockingbird - Meer & the Dene Cedar Waxwing - 4 hatch-year birds Fort Clinton Purple Finch - 7 Green Bench House Finch - 2 males at the Dene American Goldfinch - 8 Grassy Knoll (early), others at the Dene Eastern Towhee - 6 (males & females) Chipping Sparrow - 15 (Green Bench & Crab Apple Knoll at Great Hill) Field Sparrow - the Dene Song Sparrow - 20 Swamp sparrow - 3 (2 Wildflower Meadow, 1 the Dene) White-throated Sparrow - many White-crowned Sparrow - 2 hatch-year birds (Meer & the Dene) Red-winged Blackbird - 5 Harlem Meer including one singing male Common Grackle - flyovers Black-and-white Warbler - Conservatory Garden Cape May Warbler - 2 Siberian Elms NW Great HIll Northern Parula - Conservatory Garden Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Wildflower Meadow & the Dene (thanks Pat Dubren)) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 (2 male, 2 female) Palm Warbler - 4 (3 North Meadow ball fields, 1 Compost Area) Pine Warbler - Green Bench Yellow-rumped Warbler - 15 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/[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/ --
