Central Park NYC Saturday, November 17, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Ducks, migrating Red-winged Blackbirds, and an uptick in Fox Sparrow Numbers. Canada Goose - 2 Upper Lobe Wood duck - 6 (4 Lake, 2 Turtle Pond) Northern Shoveler - 20 Turtle Pond Mallard - 25 Ruddy Duck - 1 Lake Mourning Dove - 4 Turkey Vulture - 2 flyovers Cooper's Hawk - 2 (hatch-year male in the Ramble, flyover adult male) Red-tailed Hawk - 4 flyovers Barred Owl - continued in the Ramble Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 1 at the feeders American Kestrel - male Great Lawn Blue Jay - around 20 American Crow - flock of 12 Black-capped Chickadee - 4 Tufted Titmouse - 20-25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 (feeders, Pinetum, Shakespeare Garden) White-breasted Nuthatch - around 10 Winter Wren - 2 in Ramble Carolina Wren - Ramble Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 west side of Great Lawn Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 Ramble Hermit Thrush - 6 (Upper Lobe, Ramble, Great Lawn) American Robin - around 25 Brown Thrasher - Maintenance Field House Finch - male at feeders American Goldfinch - 20 at feeders in early morning, fewer there later Eastern Towhee - 2 Maintenance Field Fox Sparrow - 9 in Ramble Song Sparrow - 2 Locust Grove Swamp Sparrow - Locust Grove White-throated Sparrow - 75-100 Ramble White-crowned Sparrow - hatch-year at feeders Dark-eyed Junco - flock of 15 Locust Grove Red-winged Blackbird - 4 southbound flocks of 15-20 birds Northern Cardinal - 3 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/ --
