Central Park NYC Friday October 27, 2023 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Canada Goose - 35-40 Wood Duck - 1 male southeast Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Northern Shoveler - 70-100 Gadwall - 1 male southeast Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Mallard - 50+ Green-winged Teal - 2 continue at the Pool Hooded Merganser - 2 (male & female) southeast Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Ruddy Duck - 10 southeast Reservoir (Deb - after lunch) Mourning Dove - 20-25 Herring Gull - 20+ flyovers Red-tailed Hawk - 1 or 2 (Conservatory Garden & Compost) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 at the Wildflower Meadow, others heard Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 1 male Lily Ponds Northern Flicker - 1 Compost American Kestrel - 1 flyover Compost Eastern Phoebe - 2 (Great Hill & Lily Ponds) Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Lily Ponds (Dan Stevenson) Blue Jay - 4 or 5 American Crow - 10-12 harassing Eu. Eagle-Owl (zoo escape) near Compost Common Raven - 1 also harassing Eu. Eagle-Owl (zoo escape) near Compost Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20-25 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3 or 4 (Mary Kate Horbac) Winter Wren - 3 Gray Catbird - 2 or 3 Northern Mockingbird - 2 (Conservatory Garden & Plant Nursery) Hermit Thrush - 15-20 American Robin - 25-30 Field Sparrow - 2 (Grassy Knoll & Plant Nursery - Scott Brevda) Dark-eyed Junco - 5 or 6 White-throated Sparrow - 30+ Song Sparrow - 5 or 6 Swamp Sparrow - 2 (The Pool (Dan Stevenson), Plant Nursery (Scott Brevda)) Eastern Towhee - 1 female Lily Ponds Red-winged Blackbird - several small southbound flocks Common Grackle - 10-15 Ovenbird - 1 Grassy Knoll American Redstart - 1 between Loch & Wildflower Meadow (Keith) Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 male Children's Glade (Keith) Palm Warbler - 2 Plant Nursery (Scott Brevda) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6-8 Northern Cardinal - 5 -- In a stunning turn of events Mark Scheflen @charlieschef posted a photo on "X" a.k.a. "Twitter" of an Ash-throated Flycatcher taken at the Compost Area at the north end of Central Park on Wednesday October 18tth, a bird that is extremely rare for Central Park. There is only one previous record for Central Park from 2006. The post subsequently appeared on David Barrett's Manhattan Bird Alert @BirdCentralPark. -- Deb Allen -- 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/ --
