Central Park NYC Sunday Jan. 17, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Greater White-fronted Goose, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Barred Owl, Common Raven, Rusty Blackbird. Greater White-fronted Goose - 1 s. side Reservoir between Gate House & Fountain Canada Goose - 320 Northern Shoveler - 44 Mallard - 184 Bufflehead - 5 Hooded Merganser - 1 Reservoir (Sandra Critelli) Ruddy Duck - 89 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 85 Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk - adult female flyover Boathouse (Bob - early) Cooper's Hawk - 1 near Evodia Field feeders Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barred Owl - 2 continue Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Downy Woodpecker - 3 Blue Jay - 10-15 Common Raven pair over Deegan Expy & 138th Street bet. Bronx & NY Counties (Bob & Deb - early) Black-capped Chickadee - 7 Tufted Titmouse - 25 Red-breasted Nuthatch - Evodia Field feeders Hermit Thrush - near Boathouse Cafe (Barbara Green) American Robin - 10 House Finch - 13 American Goldfinch - 2 Evodia Field feeders White-throated Sparrow - 50 Rusty Blackbird - 2 Chez Armando (top of the Oven) Northern Cardinal - 4 In addition, David Barrett reported a Common Loon and first-cycle plumage Iceland Gull on the Reservoir via the twitter Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC and @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/ --