Central Park NYC Saturday, November 24, 2018 OBS: Robert DeCandido, PhD, m.ob.
Highlights: Baltimore Oriole, Pine Siskins, Purple Finches, Red-shouldered Hawk, Barred Owls, Merlin. Uptick in Wood Ducks. Turtle Pond and parts of the Lake frozen. Canada Goose - around 25 Lake Wood Duck - 10 Lake Northern Shoveler - 10 Lake Mallard - around 50 Lake American Black Duck - 6 Lake Mourning Dove - 10 feeders Herring Gull - flyovers Cooper's Hawk - juvenile (hatch-year) male Ramble Red-shouldered Hawk - juvenile (hatch-year) flyover Great Lawn Red-tailed Hawk - 3 Barred Owl - 2 continue (one flew after being harassed by crows (rept. David Barrett)) Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker 2 (feeders & east side of Lake) American Kestrel - harassing Merlin Merlin - chased grackles, perched later in kestrel's tree at Great Lawn carrying a small bird Blue Jay - around 20 in Ramble American Crow - 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 8 Tufted Titmouse - around 30 Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 (feeders & Oven) White-breasted Nuthatch - 6 Winter Wren - under Glade Arch south of Cedar Hill Hermit thrush - 3 Gill Overlook American Robin - 25 Northern Mockingbird - Boathouse House Finch - 5 (in tuliptrees, a.k.a. tulip poplars,Shakespeare Garden & Bow Bridge) Purple Finch - 4 in Ramble (3 females, male (rept. Jean Shum)) Pine Siskin - flock of 25 wandering from sweetgum to sweetgum (various locn's) American Goldfinch - around a dozen in sweetgums Eastern Towhee - 3 (2 males, 1 female) Fox Sparrow - 6 White-throated Sparrow - around 125 Dark-eyed Junco - 3 Ramble Baltimore Oriole - adult male Pine Hill near Boathouse Common Grackle - around 150, some chased by Merlin Northern Cardinal - feeding in tuliptrees 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/ --
