Central Park NYC Thursday April 10, 2025 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Wood Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Blue-headed Vireo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Palm, Pine and Yellow-rumped of Wood Warblers. Coyote. Canada Goose - around 40 (a few pairs nesting) Wood Duck - 1 male Reservoir Northern Shoveler - 28 Gadwall - 8 Mallard - 25 Mallard x American Black Duck - 1 Reservoir Bufflehead - 12 Red-breasted Merganser - 2 Reservoir Ruddy Duck - 17 Mourning Dove - 15-20 American Coot - 6 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls (mostly Ring-billed) - around 250 Great Black-backed Gull - 6 Double-crested Cormorant - 10 or 11 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 5 Hernshead (flushed early) Turkey Vulture - 4 circling over Boathouse Cafe (Paul Curtis) Osprey - 1 circling over the Lake Cooper's Hawk - 1 male second-year (first-cycle) Ramble (Bob - early) Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5 or 6 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 4 or 5 Eastern Phoebe - 8-10 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Willow Rock Blue Jay - 15-16 American Crow - flock of 16 Black-capped Chickadee - 6-8 Tufted Titmouse - 11 or 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6-8 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 (Castle and Turtle Pond) White-breasted Nuthatch - 5 or 6 Brown Creeper - 5 or 6 Hermit Thrush - 4 or 5 American Robin - 40-50 American Goldfinch - heard only Chipping Sparrow - 4 or 5 Fox Sparrow - 2 Evodia Field (Bob - early) Dark-eyed Junco - 3 or 4 White-throated Sparrow - 25-30 Song Sparrow - 5 or 6 Swamp Sparrow - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 1 male Turtle Pond Common Grackle - 2 or 3 Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 Evodia Field (@Gigpalileo) Palm Warbler - 3 or 4 "Yellow" Pine Warbler - 12-14 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 (Castle and Turtle Pond) Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- The Coyote was seen in the Ramble at the Azalea Pond and nearby again early this morning (Bob). -- 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/ --
