Central Park NYC Saturday April 5, 2025 OBS: Deborah Allen, m.ob. Highlights on a cloudy morning with occasional bouts of rain: Ruby- and Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm and Pine Warblers. Thanks to Kris MIrasola, Anindya Seng, David Barrett, and Caren Jahre for the excellent bird spotting. In addition, Edmund Berry reported a Belted Kingfisher at Turtle Pond early this morning.
Canada Goose - 35 Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 80 Gadwall - 12 Mallard - around 20 Bufflehead - 8 Hooded Merganser - 2 second-year males Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 15 Mourning Dove - around 25 American Coot - 5 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls - around 200 Great Black-backed Gull - 8 Double-crested Cormorant - 8 or 9 Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 4 including a black-capped female Downy Woodpecker - 2 top of the Oven Northern Flicker - 3 Eastern Phoebe - 8-10 Blue Jay - 5 or 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 9 or 10 Tufted Titmouse - 12-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Laupot Bridge Golden-crowned Kinglet - 15-20 White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 Ramble Brown Creeper - 4 or 5 Hermit Thrush - 20-25 American Robin - 50-70 American Goldfinch - 3 Chipping Sparrow - 1 Maintenance Field Fox Sparrow - 4 Dark-eyed Junco - a dozen White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Song Sparrow - 10-12 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Laupot Bridge Red-winged Blackbird - 2 heard Common Grackle - around 60 Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 Hernshead Palm Warbler - 4 or 5 Pine Warbler - 5 Northern Cardinal - 10-12 -- 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/ --
