Central Park NYC Sunday April 21, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, Phd, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Ovenbird (FOS) Northern Parula, Pine, Palm, Yellow-rumped, and Black-and-white Warblers, Wood Thrush (FOS), Gray Catbird (FOS), House Wren (FOS). Canada Goose - 2 Turtle Pond, 5 Reservoir incl. pair with nest Northern Shoveler - 53 Reservoir Gadwall - male Reservoir Mallard - 7 Reservoir, 5 Turtle Pond, others on Lake Bufflehead - at least 9 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 9 Reservoir Mourning Dove - a dozen American Coot - Reservoir Herring Gull - 10+ Reservoir, & flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - 12 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 2 Turtle Pond, at least 9 Reservoir Black-crowned Night-Heron - the Point Cooper's Hawk - immature female Pinetum Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (2 adults & 1 immature circling over west side (Alexi Kalogerakis)) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - at least 4 Downy Woodpecker - 6 Northern Flicker - 6 Blue-headed Vireo - the Point Blue Jay - pairs in most locations Tufted Titmouse - 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Castle Walk White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (Tupelo Field & the Point) Brown Creeper - 3 at the Point House Wren - 2 Shakespeare Garden Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 or 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 Hermit Thrush - 3 in Ramble Wood Thrush - Tanner's Spring American Robin - 50+ Gray Catbird - just south of Oak Bridge House Finch - 4 (3 male, 1 female) Purple Finch - female near Evodia Field feeders American Goldfinch - 10+ Eastern Towhee - 3 Chipping Sparrow - 20-25 Field Sparrow - 4 (2 Sparrow Rock, 1 King of Poland, 1 Tupelo Field) Song Sparrow - 4 (Tupelo Field & Reservoir) White-throated Sparrow - 50+ Red-winged Blackbird - 4 (Turtle Pond & the Point) Brown-headed Cowbird - 2 males south of Evodia Field Common Grackle - 20-30 Ovenbird - Tanner's Spring (Deb early) Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (female at the Point, male Tanner's Spring) Northern Parula - Gill Overlook Palm Warbler - 2 on the Point Pine Warbler - 3 or 4 (2 or 3 on the Point, male Castle Walk) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 Northern Cardinal - most locations Jane P. and Alison Schondorf reported seeing the coyote Saturday at the Azalea Pond. 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/ --
