Central Park NYC Sunday, March 15, 2026 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 3 Wood Ducks, 10 Red-breasted and 3 Common Mergansers, Ring-necked Duck, Eastern Phoebe, Common Raven, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Red- and White-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush (reported Saturday). Canada Goose - 6 Wood Duck - 3 males Northern Shoveler - 6 Mallard - 10 Ring-necked Duck - 1 male continuing at the Reservoir Bufflehead - 7 Hooded Merganser - 4-6 Common Merganser - 3 (2 males, 1 female) continuing at the Reservoir Red-breasted Merganser - 10 (including 1 adult male and at least 4 immature males) - Deb* Mourning Dove - 15-20 Ring-billed and Herring Gulls - 80-100 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - 1 immature Shakespeare Garden Red-tailed Hawk - 1 immature King-of-Poland Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 or 4 Downy Woodpecker - 2 or 3 Northern Flicker - 1 male on the Point Eastern Phoebe - Great Lawn (Sandra Critelli) Blue Jay - 6 American Crow - flock of 10 Common Raven - 1 Ramble Tufted Titmouse - 6-8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 Top of the Point Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3 (Caren Jahre) White-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (Swampy Pin Oak, Top of the Point) Brown Creeper - 1 Swampy Pin Oak (Liza Meneades) Hermit Thrush - 1 at Evodia Field feeders (Sandra Critelli on Saturday 3/14) American Robin - 40-50 American Goldfinch - 2 Swampy Pin Oak Dark-eyed Junco - 15-20 White-throated Sparrow - 15-20 Song Sparrow - 4 Red-winged Blackbird - 2 or 3 Common Grackle - 40-50 Northern Cardinal - 4 or 5 -- *This is a new maximum for Red-breasted Merganser for Central Park. The previous high count was seven from Irving Cantor on April 26, 1940. Incidentally, there is a prior report of Trumpeter Swan in NYC of a bird at the Reservoir in December 2006 with 3 very competent observers. However, at that time, the bird was not considered countable in NY State because of an introduction program. -- Deborah 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 --
