Central Park NYC Sunday December 20, 2020 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: Red-breasted Nuthatch, Swamp Sparrow, Continuing Raptors, Wood Duck. Canada Goose - 10 Wood Duck - 1 male SE Reservoir late afternoon Northern Shoveler - 30 on the Lake, around 250 Reservoir Mallard - 75 American Black Duck - 1 male SE Reservoir Bufflehead - 4 Hooded Merganser - 11 Ruddy Duck - a few seen from SE Reservoir Mourning Dove - 4 American Coot - 6 Herring Gull - 5 flyovers Ramble, many others Reservoir Ring-billed Gull - many Reservoir Great Black-backed Gull - Reservoir Cooper's Hawk - 2 immature birds (male & female) Ramble Red-tailed Hawk - 4 Barred Owl - continued Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (Sandra Critelli) Downy Woodpecker - 4 Blue Jay - 5 American Crow - 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 5 Tufted Titmouse - 20 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 at Evodia Field feeders White-breasted Nuthatch - 3 American Robin - around 20 House Finch - 11 American Goldfinch - 2 Evodia Field feeders Fox Sparrow - 3 Swamp Sparrow - 1 Evodia Field feeders (Bob - early) White-throated Sparrow - 175 Northern Cardinal - 7 -- Sunday an American Woodcock was found dead at Tudor City by Ulrike Mueller: https://twitter.com/BirdingBobNYC/status/1341006518246846467/photo/1 If you find one in NYC in need of medical attention, please get in touch with the Wild Bird Fund @wildbirdfund for instructions. -- My apologies for the late report, Deb Allen Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYC & @DAllenNYC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
