Central Park NYC Friday April 7, 2023 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights: Osprey, Hairy Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Brown Thrasher, Field Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Palm Warbler, Pine Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Canada Goose - 27 including 3 nests at the Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 39 Gadwall - pair at the Pool Mallard - around 30 Bufflehead - 4 Hooded Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 25 Mourning Dove - 3 American Coot - 3 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 39 (mostly Herring Gulls) Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 Reservoir Great Egret - 3 flyovers Turkey Vulture - 1 flyover North Woods (Dan Stevenson) Osprey - flyover male Harlem Meer Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 (1 perched at Compost, 1 flying over 5th Ave.) Eurasian Eagle-Owl - 1 Central Park Zoo escapee "Flaco" Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - heard Hairy Woodpecker - 1 male North Woods Northern Flicker - 3 American Kestrel - 1 perched near Compost (Scott Brevda) Blue Jay - half a dozen American Crow - several heard Black-capped Chickadee - 2 North Woods Tufted Titmouse - 10-15 Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1 Harlem Meer Tree Swallow - 1 Harlem Meer Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 at the Loch (Dan Stevenson & Peter Haskel) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 at the Loch (Dan Stevenson) White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2 North Woods (Caren Jahre) Brown Thrasher - 1 East Blowdown Hermit Thrush - 2 (Great Hill, North Woods) American Robin - 25-30 House Finch - 2 (male & female) slope below Plant Nursery Chipping Sparrow - 8 Field Sparrow - 1 Wildflower Meadow Fox Sparrow - 1 East Blowdown (Caren Jahre) Dark-eyed Junco - 10 Savannah Sparrow - 1 Grassy Knoll (seen earlier by Roger Pasquier) Song Sparrow - 4 Swamp Sparrow - 6 Red-winged Blackbird - 8 including 1 chasing the Osprey Common Grackle - 15-20 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 west end of the Loch Northern Parula - 1 female west end of the Loch at wooden bridge (Phyllis Newman) Palm Warbler - 8 Pine Warbler - 1 male south end of Great Hill (seen earlier by Miriam Rakowski, et al) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 at the Pool Northern Cardinal - 5 -- Roger Pasquier reported a Barn Swallow at the Harlem Meer. -- Deb Allen Happy Passover and Good Friday to All -- 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/ --
