Central Park NYC Sunday, January 18, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: This morning's walk started with temperatures just above freezing and precipitation in the form of wet snow that changed gradually to very light drizzle. Birds: Common Merganser, Cooper's Hawk, Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Canada Goose - around 500 Northern Shoveler - 15 Mallard - around 75 American Black Duck - 2 Reservoir (Deb - early) Bufflehead - 5 Hooded Merganser - 6 Common Merganser - 2 females continued at the Reservoir (Deb - early) Mourning Dove - 25-30 Ring-billed Gull - around 400 Herring Gull - around 100 Great Black-backed Gull - 5 Cooper's Hawk - 1 adult female Pinetum Red-tailed Hawk - 1 flyover Barn Owl - present in the park again this week Long-eared Owl - 1 reported on the evening of the 17th (Saturday) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 (male Shakespeare Garden, female Pinetum) Downy Woodpecker - 3 Northern Flicker - 1 flyover Shakespeare Garden Blue Jay - 6-8 American Crow - 1 flyover Reservoir (Deb - early) Tufted Titmouse - 12-15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 top of the Point (Sandra Critelli) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 Evodia Field (Karen Evans, Sandra Critelli, Dan Stevenson) Saturday Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 Pinetum (Alexandra Wang) Brown Creeper - 1 Ramble (Karen Evans, Sandra Critelli, Dan Stevenson) Saturday Carolina Wren - 1 singing male Evodia Field American Robin - 4-6 Fox Sparrow - 1 Ramble (Karen Evans, Sandra Critelli, Dan Stevenson) Saturday Dark-eyed Junco - 5-10 White-throated Sparrow - 50-75 Northern Cardinal - 5 or 6 -- Deb Allen -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Visit: http://LISTS.cornell.edu for more information Posting Address: [email protected] Archives: The Mail Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html Sightings: Please submit your observations to eBird at http://www.ebird.org --
