Central Park NYC Sunday October 4, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Belted Kingfisher, Brown Creeper, Lincoln's Sparrow, 13 Species of Wood Warblers including Nashville Warbler. Canada Goose - around 70 Mallard - 12 Ruddy Duck - 8 SW Reservoir (Deb - early) Mourning Dove - 20 Chimney Swift - 2 Herring Gull - around 75 Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Reservoir (Deb - early) Great Blue Heron - 3 Cooper's Hawk - flyover Delacorte Theater (Andrea Hessel) Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 flyovers Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - a dozen Downy Woodpecker - female King of Poland Northern Flicker - 7 Belted Kingfisher - hatch-year male Turtle Pond (David Barrett) Eastern Phoebe - 5 Blue-headed Vireo - 3 Red-eyed Vireo - 2 (Belvedere Castle & Locust Grove) Blue Jay - 10 American Crow - 5 or 6 Tufted Titmouse - 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 12 White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Brown Creeper - 1 King of Poland (another at the Pinetum (Andrea Hessel)) House Wren - 3 Carolina Wren - singing at Upper Lobe Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 15 Swainson's Thrush - 5 Hermit Thrush - 3 American robin - 15-20 Gray Catbird - 10 Cedar Waxwing - 5 Shakespeare Garden House Finch - 4 American Goldfinch - 3 Song Sparrow - 5 Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 Sparrow Rock (Deb - early) Swamp Sparrow - 1 Sparrow Rock (Deb - early) White-throated Sparrow - 8 Common Grackle - 8 Ovenbird - 1 Ramble at bottom of steps leading up to Castle Black-and-white Warbler - 5 Nashville Warbler - Belvedere Castle (Paul Curtis) Common Yellowthroat - 2 (Ramble & Cleopatra's Needle) American Redstart - 3 Cape May Warbler - 4 Northern Parula - 5 Magnolia Warbler - 5 Blackpoll Warbler - 2 (Turtle Pond & Locust Grove) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5 Palm Warbler - 1 or 2 at the Pinetum Pine Warbler - 2 females (King of Poland & Pinetum) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Cleopatra's Needle Northern Cardinal - 4 -- A hatch-year White-crowned Sparrow at Sparrow Rock was inadvertently omitted from Saturday's list. -- The Lark Sparrow continued at the North End Compost Area today reported by several observers on twitter via the Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. Many other birds on the feed today including Rusty Blackbird and Blue Grosbeak. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
