Central Park NYC Sunday February 17, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Hermit Thrush, Eastern Towhee, & Red-breasted Nuthatch Canada Goose - around 200 Reservoir, many others on the Lake Northern Shoveler - 22 (Turtle Pond & the Lake) Mallard - Reservoir, Turtle Pond & the Lake Bufflehead - 4 Reservoir Hooded Merganser - pair Reservoir Mourning Dove - Shakespeare Garden, Upper Lobe, & Evodia Field Herring Gull - low numbers on the Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - 3 with a cooperative young bird squirrel-hunting at the Pinetum Red-bellied Woodpecker - several locations Downy Woodpecker - male & female Northern Flicker - 2 Maintenance Field Blue Jay - a few in most locations American Crow - 3 flyovers Black-capped Chickadee - Tupelo Field, Upper Lobe, Summer House Tufted Titmouse - many Red-breasted Nuthatch - female Pinetum White-breasted Nuthatch - several locations Hermit Thrush - Tupelo Field (Sandra Critelli) House Finch - 3 Maintenance Field American Goldfinch - Mugger's Woods (3), Upper Lobe (4), Evodia Field (14) Eastern Towhee - male Shakespeare Garden Song Sparrow - Reservoir White-throated Sparrow - many Red-winged Blackbird - Evodia Field & Chez Armando (top of Oven) Common Grackle - 100+ Northern Cardinal - some singing & courtship activity Sandra Critelli led Saturday's walk with Cooper's Hawk, Great Blue Heron,Brown Creeper, Pied-billed Grebe, and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers on the list. 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/ --
