Central Park NYC Saturday November 2, 2024 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Common Raven, Cedar Waxwing flocks, Purple Finch, many flyover blackbird flocks, Cape May Warbler and other Wood Warblers. Eastern Bluebird was reported at an iron bridge at the Reservoir. Canada Goose - 4 flyovers Wood Duck - 5 males Northern Shoveler - 20-25 Mallard - 27 Mourning Dove - 30-40 American Herring Gull - 300-400 Great Black-backed Gull - 7 Great Blue Heron - 1 Turtle Pond Cooper's Hawk - 1 Southwest Reservoir Red-tailed Hawk - 3 or 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 8-10 Northern Flicker - 1 flyover Eastern Phoebe - 1 Weather Station Blue Jay - 12-16 American Crow - 3 flyovers Common Raven - 2 flyovers Turtle Pond Black-capped Chickadee - 5-7 Tufted Titmouse - 8-10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 4-6 Cedar Waxwing - 15-20 perched, many flyover flocks Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Pinetum White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6 Brown Creeper - 1 east side Turtle Pond Carolina Wren - 2 Weather Station Hermit Thrush - 25-30 American Robin - 80-100 House Finch - 1 Sparrow Rock Purple Finch - 6 Chipping Sparrow - 6-8 Dark-eyed Junco - 30-40 White-throated Sparrow - 60-70 Song Sparrow - 20-30 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Shakespeare Garden Eastern Towhee - 2 (male and female) Shakespeare Garden Red-winged-Blackbird - 1 perched Vista Rock, many flyover flocks Brown-headed Cowbird - flyover flocks Common Grackle - 50-60 plus many flyover flocks Cape May Warbler - 1 Pinetum (Karen Evans) Pine Warbler - 8-10 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 Northern Cardinal - 4-6 -- Deb Allen -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") NYSbirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/nysbirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) birding_DOT_aba_DOT_org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
