Central Park NYC Sunday January 31, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights on a cold and breezy morning: More American Robins, continuing Raptors, Rusty Blackbird, Fox Sparrow. Greater White-fronted Goose - reported later in the day by other observers Canada Goose - 75 Northern Shoveler - 15 Mallard - 4 Mourning Dove - 8 Ring-billed Gull - few Herring Gull - flyovers Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir (early) Cooper's Hawk - Oven (Chez Armando) imm. male caught a sparrow (Bob - early) & stayed on Red-tailed Hawk - 7 or 8 Barred Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 9 Black-capped Chickadee - 7 Tufted Titmouse - around 20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 Brown Creeper - 2 (near Boathouse (Sandra Critelli), Mugger's Woods (Deb) American Robin - 10 (a slight increase with many trees lacking fruit now) House Finch - 3 or 4 American Goldfinch - 8-10 Fox Sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge (Deb - early) White-throated Sparrow - 60 Rusty Blackbird - 2 Upper Lobe Common Grackle - 15 Northern Cardinal - 6 By now nearly the entire world and certainly every media outlet in NYC knows about the immature female Snowy Owl that spent the day at the North Meadow Ball Fields on Wednesday Jan. 27th. This snowy was only the second recorded for Central Park, the first since Lyman S. Foster's report from December 1890 (barring some records that may be languishing in desk drawers). As expected, the bird was seen in the park for only one day, a treat for more than 100 respectful observers. 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/ --
