Central Park NYC Tuesday December 25, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD Highlights: Continuing Barred and Northern Saw-whet Owls & Falcons.
Canada Goose - 250+ Reservoir, Lake and Pond Wood Duck - male at the Pond Northern Shoveler - 20+ Mallard - 100+ Bufflehead - at least 6 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 150+ Reservoir Pied-billed Grebe - west side Reservoir (Jane) Mourning Dove - 6 American Coot - 6 Reservoir Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 200 Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 4 Reservoir Great Blue Heron - immature fishing east side of Lake near Boathouse Cooper's Hawk - 3 or 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barred Owl - continued mid-park (spotted by Harry from the Netherlands) Northern Saw-whet Owl - continued mid-park (another reported at the North End) Red-bellied Woodpecker - at least 6 Downy Woodpecker - 4 American Kestrel - male area of Cedar Hill & Boathouse Peregrine Falcon - 2 (adult pair perched Reservoir), 2 others reported Blue Jay - around 30 American Crow - 5 flyovers in small flock Black-capped Chickadee - 2 Evodia Field feeders Tufted Titmouse - around 40 Red-breasted Nuthatch - feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Hermit Thrush - near Boathouse (Bob - early a.m.) American Robin - around 30 Gray Catbird - 3 or 4 Northern Mockingbird - Winderdale Arch House Finch - 4 Purple Finch - female Evodia Field feeders (Bob - early a.m.) American Goldfinch - 4 Fox Sparrow - Swampy Pin Oak White-throated Sparrow - 50+ Common Grackle - flock of 40-50 on the Mall, a few at the feeders Northern Cardinal - 6 Happy Holidays to All, 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/ --
