Central Park NYC Monday November 19, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Pine Siskin Flock, Purple Finches, Barred Owls & Ruby-crowned Kinglets. Canada Goose - 11 Lake Wood Duck - pair Lake Northern Shoveler - around 20 (15 Turtle Pond/5 Lake) Mallard - around 30 American Black Duck - 4 Lake Mourning Dove - a dozen at Evodia Field feeders Herring Gull - flyovers Cooper's Hawk - 2 immature males chasing each other around the Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 2 over Ramble Barred Owl - continuing* Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 Yellow-bellied Spasucker - 2 Strawberry Fields Downy Woodpecker - 2 (feeders & Strawberry Fields) Blue Jay - 15 American Crow - 4 flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Shakespeare Garden White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 10 Hermit Thrush - 4 American Robin - 15 in crab apples Gray Catbird - 2 Wagner cove Cedar Waxwing - 20 (flyover flock of 15 at 7AM, 5 in crab apples in Ramble) House Finch - 2 feeders Purple Finch - 3 females in crab apples in Ramble Pine Siskin - flock of 25 at various locations incl. Sweetgum at Bow Bridge American Goldfinch - 8 (5 feeders, 3 Sweetgum at Bow Bridge) Fox Sparrow - 7 Ramble Song Sparrow - 2 Strawberry Fields White-throated Sparrow - many Dark-eyed Junco - 20 Ramble Red-winged Blackbird - southbound flyover flock of 35 at 7AM Common Grackle - 20 in Rmable Common Yellowthroat - female Wagner Cove (Linda LaBella) Northern Cardinal - 3 in Ramble -- *Bruno Boni Oliveira reported a second Barred Owl in the park. No reports of Sunday's Northern Saw-whet Owl on Monday. After several reports of a female Evening Grosbeak at the north end of the park yesterday (11/19), none have surfaced thus far today. Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC NYC Bird alerts on twitter: Manhattan: @BirdCentralPark Bronx: @BirdBronx Brooklyn: @BirdBrklyn Queens: @BirdQueens -- 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/ --