Central Park NYC Sunday November 22, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Red-shouldered Hawk, Pine Siskin, Fox Sparrow. In addition, Red Crossbills were reported*. Canada Goose - 106 Wood Duck - 2 males Turtle Pond Northern Shoveler - 93 Mallard - 95 Bufflehead - 2 Reservoir Mourning Dove - 8-10 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - around 250 Great Black-backed Gull - 20 Cooper's Hawk - 1 hatch-year east of Upper Lobe (Sandra Critelli) Red-shouldered Hawk - adult flyover Belvedere Castle Red-tailed Hawk - 3 circling overhead (Barbara Green) Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 uphill from Boathouse Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 10 American Crow - flock of 5 Black-capped Chickadee - 10 Tufted Titmouse - 30 White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 or 5 Brown Creeper - top of the Point (Carine Mitchell) Carolina Wren - 2 at the Oven American Robin - 30 House Finch - 5 Pine Siskin - 25-30 most in and under Sweetgums American Goldfinch - at least 20 Fox Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond Swamp Sparrow - 1 Turtle Pond White-throated Sparrow - 75 Dark-eyed Junco - 20-25 Red-winged Blackbird - 30 Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 male Oak Bridge Common Grackle - 75 Northern Cardinal - 5 -- * Red Crossbills continued in Central Park and were reported at the Tennis Courts and north side of the Reservoir by Michelle @mimerama via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark maintained by David Barrett. -- 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/ --
