[nysbirds-l] Central Park & Van Cortlandt Park, NYC - Sun. Mar. 4, 2018 - E. Phoebes, Dark-eyed Junco influx, E. Screech-Owls

2018-03-05 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park & Van Cortlandt Park, NYC
Sunday March 4, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: In Central Park: E. Phoebes, Dark-eyed Junco influx, Golden-crowned 
Kinglet, Fox Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos. Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx: E. 
Screech-Owls in 2 locations.


Central Park - morning:

Canada Goose - only around 30 Reservoir (roosting birds leaves in early a.m.)
Northern Shoveler - 127 (22 Upper Lobe, around 50 Turtle Pond, 77 north end 
Reservoir)
Mallard - 25 Reservoir, others at Turtle Pond
American Black Duck - Reservoir
Bufflehead - 14 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - pair Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 42 Reservoir
Mourning Dove
American Coot - 5 Reservoir
Ring-billed Gull - at least 170 Reservoir
Herring Gull - 7-10 Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 45 Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - Reservoir
Cooper's Hawk - immature in Ramble
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 circling over Shakespeare Garden 
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 3 (2 Tupelo Field (Jeffrey M. Ward - early), 1 Sparrow Rock 
(Tom Ahlf after lunch))
Blue Jay
American Crow - flyover flock of 14
Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (feeders & Upper Lobe (Barbara Green))
Tufted Titmouse - 3 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch - at least 3 (1 feeders, 2 Tupelo Field (Peter Haskel))
Brown Creeper - 3 (1 Upper Lobe (Barbara Green), 2 Tupelo Field (Sandra 
Critelli))
Golden-crowned Kinglet - male Tupelo field (Jeff Ward)
American Robin - still not many
House Finch - male & female at feeders
American Goldfinch - at least a dozen (7 Evodia Field feeders, others at 
Maintenance Field & 6 Upper Lobe)
Fox Sparrow -  9 (2 Tupelo Field, 2 Gill Overlook, 6 Upper Lobe - Jeff Ward)
Song Sparrow - 8 or 9 Cedar Hill (Bob - early), Tupelo Field, & other locn's
White-throated Sparrow - many
Dark-eyed Junco - at least 40 (30 Cedar Hill (Bob - early), 9 Great Lawn, 2 
feeders (Patty Pike))
Common Grackle - flock of 30 in Ramble
Northern Cardinal - females, singing males
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Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx - early evening:

Canada Goose - at least 300 Parade Grounds & Lake
Mute Swan - pair Van Cortlandt Lake
Northern Shoveler - 2 males Van Cortlandt Lake
Mallard - around 20 Van Cortlandt Lake
Ruddy Duck - Lake (Linda LaBella)
Pied-billed Grebe - Van Cortlandt Lake
Eastern Screech-Owl - 2 locations

Also: earlier a perched Cooper's Hawk on the fence at Jerome Park Reservoir.

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Deb Allen

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[nysbirds-l] Central Park & Van Cortlandt Park, NYC - Sun. Mar. 4, 2018 - E. Phoebes, Dark-eyed Junco influx, E. Screech-Owls

2018-03-05 Thread Deborah Allen
Central Park & Van Cortlandt Park, NYC
Sunday March 4, 2018
OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.

Highlights: In Central Park: E. Phoebes, Dark-eyed Junco influx, Golden-crowned 
Kinglet, Fox Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos. Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx: E. 
Screech-Owls in 2 locations.


Central Park - morning:

Canada Goose - only around 30 Reservoir (roosting birds leaves in early a.m.)
Northern Shoveler - 127 (22 Upper Lobe, around 50 Turtle Pond, 77 north end 
Reservoir)
Mallard - 25 Reservoir, others at Turtle Pond
American Black Duck - Reservoir
Bufflehead - 14 Reservoir
Hooded Merganser - pair Reservoir
Ruddy Duck - 42 Reservoir
Mourning Dove
American Coot - 5 Reservoir
Ring-billed Gull - at least 170 Reservoir
Herring Gull - 7-10 Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull - 45 Reservoir
Great Blue Heron - Reservoir
Cooper's Hawk - immature in Ramble
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 circling over Shakespeare Garden 
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 3 (2 Tupelo Field (Jeffrey M. Ward - early), 1 Sparrow Rock 
(Tom Ahlf after lunch))
Blue Jay
American Crow - flyover flock of 14
Black-capped Chickadee - 2 (feeders & Upper Lobe (Barbara Green))
Tufted Titmouse - 3 feeders
White-breasted Nuthatch - at least 3 (1 feeders, 2 Tupelo Field (Peter Haskel))
Brown Creeper - 3 (1 Upper Lobe (Barbara Green), 2 Tupelo Field (Sandra 
Critelli))
Golden-crowned Kinglet - male Tupelo field (Jeff Ward)
American Robin - still not many
House Finch - male & female at feeders
American Goldfinch - at least a dozen (7 Evodia Field feeders, others at 
Maintenance Field & 6 Upper Lobe)
Fox Sparrow -  9 (2 Tupelo Field, 2 Gill Overlook, 6 Upper Lobe - Jeff Ward)
Song Sparrow - 8 or 9 Cedar Hill (Bob - early), Tupelo Field, & other locn's
White-throated Sparrow - many
Dark-eyed Junco - at least 40 (30 Cedar Hill (Bob - early), 9 Great Lawn, 2 
feeders (Patty Pike))
Common Grackle - flock of 30 in Ramble
Northern Cardinal - females, singing males
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Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx - early evening:

Canada Goose - at least 300 Parade Grounds & Lake
Mute Swan - pair Van Cortlandt Lake
Northern Shoveler - 2 males Van Cortlandt Lake
Mallard - around 20 Van Cortlandt Lake
Ruddy Duck - Lake (Linda LaBella)
Pied-billed Grebe - Van Cortlandt Lake
Eastern Screech-Owl - 2 locations

Also: earlier a perched Cooper's Hawk on the fence at Jerome Park Reservoir.

--
Deb Allen

Follow us on twitter @BirdingBobNYc & @DAllenNYC

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Please submit your observations to eBird:
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