Central Park NYC Sunday December 23, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Continuing Barred and Great Horned Owls & Other Wintering Raptors. Canada Goose - 400+ Reservoir, 12 Turtle Pond, others on the Lake Northern Shoveler - 66+ (61 Lake, 4 Turtle Pond, 1 Reservoir) Mallard - 85+ (57 Reservoir, 5 Turtle Pond, 23 the Point, others on the Lake) American Black Duck - Reservoir Bufflehead - 12 (10 Reservoir, 1 the Pool, 1 Turtle Pond) Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 122 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 8 American Coot - 2 Reservoir Ring-billed & Herring Gulls - 200+ Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - flyover Great Blue Heron - east shore of Lake near Boathouse Cooper's Hawk - 2 (female Great Lawn, hatch-year male Cedar Hill) Red-tailed Hawk - at least 2 including adult female of Beresford pair Great Horned Owl - continues mid-park, left roost at 4:54PM Barred Owl - continues at north end, also reported mid-park Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 6 Downy Woodpecker - 3 (1 Turtle Pond, 2 top of Oven) Northern Flicker - female Maintenance Field American Kestrel - 2 (male & female) Great Lawn Peregrine Falcon - ad. female north end of Reservoir (thanks to Wolfgang Demisch) Blue Jay - 15-20 American Crow - flyover Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (Great Lawn (Andrea Hessel), s. of feeders) Tufted Titmouse - 30+ Red-breasted Nuthatch - (feeders, Pinetum (Ryan Serio)) White-breasted Nuthatch - 8-10 Brown Creeper - Swampy Pin Oak Carolina Wren - Azalea Pond Hermit Thrush - 2 (Top of Oven, Triplet's Bridge) American Robin - 25+ Northern Mockingbird - Cedar Hill House Finch - 8 (6 Maintenance Field, 2 s. of Azalea Pond) Purple Finch - female s. of Azalea Pond (Ryan Serio) American Goldfinch - at least 10 Eastern Towhee - 4 (2 Shakespeare Garden, 2 Maintenance Field) White-throated Sparrow - 100+ Dark-eyed Junco - 4 Northern Cardinal - 4 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/ --
