Central Park, NYC Sunday March 9, 2025 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Common Merganser, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, American Kestrel, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow, Pine Warbler. (The Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Pine Warbler over-wintered). American Woodcock reported near Azalea Pond. Saturday's reports included a Yellow-rumped Warbler. Canada Goose - 175 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - around 60 Gadwall - 1 male Reservoir Mallard - around 60 Bufflehead - 13 (2 of these at Turtle Pond) Hooded Merganser - 1 male Reservoir Common Merganser - 1 female Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 9 Mourning Dove - around 35 American Coot - 4 Ring-billed Gull - around 300 Herring Gull - around 50 Double-crested Cormorant - 1 flyover Great Blue Heron - 1 (Turtle Pond, and the Lake) Cooper's Hawk - 1 juvenile male Bow Bridge Red-tailed Hawk - 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Tupelo Field Downy Woodpecker - 4 including a displaying male Northern Flicker - 1 Great Lawn American Kestrel - 1 male at the Point Blue Jay - 5-7 American Crow - 4 Black-capped Chickadee - 8-10 Tufted Titmouse - 10-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 top of the Oven (Chez Armando) White-breasted Nuthatch - 4 or 5 including one inspecting a tree cavity Brown Creeper - 1 top of the Oven (Chez Armando) American Robin - 8-10 American Goldfinch - 10-12 Fox Sparrow - 1 Maintenance Field Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4 Great Lawn White-throated sparrow - 20-25 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 male Great Lawn (Dan Bright) Common Grackle - 25-30 Pine Warbler - 1 male singing at Chez Armando and nibbling on a muffin 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/ --
