Central Park NYC Sunday March 6, 2022 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a warm, rainy morning: Snow Goose (2), Wood Duck (3), Dark-eyed Junco (5-7 several singing), Song Sparrow (6, one singing). Snow Goose - 2 first-winter Great Lawn with Canada Goose Flock Canada Goose - around 200 Wood Duck - 3 males Reservoir (Deb - early) Northern Shoveler - around 70 Gadwall - 2 males Reservoir Mallard - 36 Bufflehead - 10 Hooded Merganser - 10 Ruddy Duck - lone female Reservoir Mourning Dove - 8 American Coot - 8 Ring-billed Gull - 110 Herring Gull - 15 Great Black-backed Gull - 14-16 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 uphill from Boathouse Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 near East 78th Street Downy Woodpecker - 2 (near Boathouse & Chez Armando) Blue Jay - 2 Locust Grove American Crow - 6 Great Lawn Brown Creeper - 1 Summer House (Bob - early) Carolina Wren - 1 Shakespeare Garden Hermit Thrush - 2 continue in Shakespeare Garden (Caren Jahre) American Robin - 10-12 Fox Sparrow - 3 Ramble Dark-eyed Junco - 5-7 some singing White-throated Sparrow - 15-25 Song Sparrow - 6 (one singing at the Reservoir) Common Grackle - 20-30 Northern Cardinal - 7-10 -- The female Western Tanager continues in Carl Schurz Park, and there are still several American Woodcocks in Bryant Park. -- Deb Allen
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