Central Park NYC Friday, October 11, 2019 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m. ob.
Highlights: Nine Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville, Yellow-rumped, and "Western" Palm Warbler, Red-shouldered Hawk and other Raptors, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and Winter Waterfowl. Canada Goose - flock of around 50 flew north from Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 4 Reservoir Gadwall - pair Reservoir Mallard - around 30 Ruddy Duck - 7 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 8 Chimney Swift - 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 Compost Area Ring-billed Gull - 5 Reservoir Herring Gull - 20 reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Reservoir Double-crested Cormorant - 1 flyover Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 flyovers Cooper's Hawk - 3 (2 flyovers) Red-shouldered Hawk - adult flyover Red-tailed Hawk - 3 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Loch Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 2 males (Loch & e. of Great Hill) Northern Flicker - 5 American Kestrel - male Grassy Knoll Eastern Phoebe - 4 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Loch Blue Jay - 10 American Crow - flock of 25 House Wren - North Woods Winter Wren - 2 Loch Ruby-crowned Kinglet - around 25 Swainson's Thrush - Loch Hermit Thrush - Loch American Robin - around 20 Gray Catbird - 3 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Compost Area Brown Thrasher - 1 near the Pool House Finch - 1 just outside Conservatory Garden American Goldfinch - 7 Wildflower Meadow Chipping Sparrow - around 30 Grassy Knoll & Compost Area Song Sparrow - 10 Swamp Sparrow - 8 Dark-eyed Junco - 3 (2 females Compost Area, male Great Hill) Eastern Towhee - 4 Common Grackle - 75 Black-and-white Warbler - 1 Loch Nashville Warbler - 1 Great Hill Common Yellowthroat - 1 Wildflower Meadow American Redstart - 2 Northern Parula - 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 4 Palm Warbler - 40-60 (most at the Great Hill incl. one "Western") Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10 Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 Loch Northern Cardinal - 7 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/ --
