Central Park NYC Friday October 26, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, Deborah Allen, m.ob.
Highlights: 5 Species of Wood Warblers, Finches, Raptors & Sparrows. Canada Goose - 8 Harlem Meer Wood Duck - male Meer Northern Shoveler - 35 Meer, 16 Turtle Pond Gadwall - 2 males Meer Mallard - around 20 Meer, others on Turtle Pond Ruddy Duck - 9 males Meer Mourning Dove - 11 Cooper's Hawk - 2 immature males (Meer (early am), Great Lawn (afternoon)) Red-tailed Hawk - immature female perched Meer near steps below Ft. Clinton Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 5-7 Northern Flicker - 5 American Kestrel - 3 (male perched with 20 Eu. Starlings Meer, 2 flyovers Green Bench) Eastern Phoebe - 7 Blue-headed Vireo - 2 Great Hill (Peter Haskel & David Barrett) Blue Jay - eating a mouse near Nutter's Battery (Janet) American Crow - flock of 5 over Boathouse (afternoon) Common Raven - flying west to east over Wildflower Meadow (Bob 7:48AM) Black-capped Chickadee - 2 below Nutter's Battery Tufted Titmouse - 12-15 White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Brown Creeper - Great Hill & the Dene Winter Wren - Loch (David Barrett) Golden-crowned Kinglet - 10 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 20 Eastern Bluebird - heard only Sparrow Rock (Deb) Hermit Thrush - 14 American Robin - 100-150 Gray Catbird - Loch Northern Mockingbird - Nutter's Battery & along Meer Cedar Waxwing - 2 in Crab Apples Conservatory Garden Purple Finch - 12 Pine Siskin - Wildflower Meadow (Bob - before 8am) American Goldfinch - 2 Sparrow Rock, a few others at the Dene Eastern Towhee - male & female Jug Handle near the Pool (David Barrett) Chipping Sparrow - many Field Sparrow - 2 North Meadow ball fields (Bob - early), 1 Dene, 1 Sparrow Rock (Annabella Canarella) Song Sparrow - 30 Swamp Sparrow - 9 White-throated Sparrow - many White-crowned Sparrow - Meer (2 others at Sparrow Rock later on) Dark-eyed Junco - many Red-winged Blackbird - male (singing) & female Meer (Keith) Common Grackle Nashville Warbler - the Dene (Deb after 4pm) Common Yellowthroat - female Meer Palm Warbler - Grassy Knoll & the Meer (Keith) Yellow-rumped Warbler - 30+ Black-throated Green Warbler - Meer (Janet) Northern Cardinal - female Loch 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/ --