Central Park, NYC Sunday, February 14, 2021 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: American Tree Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird, Brown Thrasher, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Cardinals, House Finches, and White-throated Sparrows starting to sing again. Canada Goose - around 200 Mallard - 50 Hooded Merganser - 4 Red-breasted Merganser - female Reservoir Mourning Dove - 5 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls Great Black-backed Gull - 11 Cooper's Hawk - second-year (first-winter) top of Oven Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Barred Owl - continues Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6-8 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - first winter female Pinetum Downy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - north of Belvedere Castle Blue Jay - 5 American Crow - 7 Common Raven - heard in Ramble Black-capped Chickadee - 10 Tufted Titmouse - 15 White-breasted Nuthatch - heard Gill Overlook Carolina Wren - heard Gill Overlook American Robin - 2 top of the Oven Brown Thrashwer - Shakepseare Garden House Finch - 6-8 (some singing) American Goldfinch - 7 American Tree Sparrow - Evodia Field under feeder White-throated Sparrow - 50-60 (some singing) Dark-eyed Junco - male Evodia Field under feeder Red-winged Blackbird - heard at Reservoir Rusty Blackbird - singing at Swampy Pin Oak Common Grackle - 25 Northern Cardinal - 10 (some singing) Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC Others reported Mute Swan, Northern Shoveler, Winter Wren, and another continuing owl species on @BirdCentralPark. -- 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/ --
