Date: Saturday, 3 October 2009 (7:05a-7:00p) Location: Central Park - Sheep Meadow to the reservoir Observers: Lincoln Karim, Ben Cacace Reported by: Ben Cacace
It was a fairly slow day which turned into one looking for Red-tailed Hawks with Lincoln. Spotting Pale Male at the south end of the Locust Grove made for an easy ID of a female Hairy Woodpecker who was agitated and flying circles around the hawk. Weather for 3-Oct in Central Park (time) < http://tinyurl.com/yd4qv32 >: - Conditions: mostly cloudy with rain & then sunny towards the end of the day - Temperature: 64.0 to 69.1 F (17.8 to 20.6 C) - Wind direction: variable-calm / SSE / variable - Wind speed: calm-7 mph (gusts to 9 mph) ** Total species - 40 ** Abundance categories below from 'An Annotated Checklist: The Birds of Central Park'. 'Less Common' migrants [9 spp]: - Wood Duck - Pair (m/f) E of Balcony Bridge on the lake - Gadwall - 38+ on Turtle Pond - Pied-billed Grebe - 2 on the reservoir near the South Gate House - Hairy Woodpecker - 1 female on the S end of the Locust Grove - Black-capped Chickadee - 1 heard at Falconer's Hill - Brown Creeper - 1 at Azalea Pond - Carolina Wren - 2 heard incl. Maintenance Meadow & Turtle Pond - Wood Thrush - 1 in the Ramble - Brown Thrasher - 6+ 'Common' migrants [18 spp]: - American Black Duck - 1 on the lake - Chimney Swift - 1 over the Great Lawn - Northern Flicker - 12+ - Eastern Phoebe - 2+ - Red-eyed Vireo - 1 at Falconer's Hill - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 - Swainson's Thrush - 2+ - American Robin - 50+ - Gray Catbird - 20+ - Northern Parula - 1 at Strawberry Fields - Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 at Strawberry Fields - Palm Warbler - 1 at the S end of the Locust Grove - Black-and-white Warbler - 2+ - Common Yellowthroat - 1 at Strawberry Fields - Scarlet Tanager - 2+ - Eastern Towhee - 2+ - White-throated Sparrow - 12+ - Common Grackle - 50+ Year round residents [13 spp]: - Canada Goose - 2 on the lake - Mallard - 60+ mainly on the lake - Great Blue Heron - 1 first year bird on the S edge on Turtle Pond - Red-tailed Hawk - 3 incl. the 5th Ave. nesting pair & 1 young adult in Strawberry Fields - Ring-billed Gull - 2+ over Turtle Pond - Herring Gull - 5+ over Turtle Pond - Rock Pigeon - 50+ - Mourning Dove - 4+ - Blue Jay - 15+ - American Crow - 2+ - European Starling - 30+ - Northern Cardinal - 6+ - House Sparrow - 100+ In roughly taxonomic order: - Canada Goose - 2 on the lake - Wood Duck - Pair (m/f) E of Balcony Bridge on the lake - Gadwall - 38+ on Turtle Pond - American Black Duck - 1 on the lake - Mallard - 60+ mainly on the lake - Pied-billed Grebe - 2 on the reservoir near the South Gate House - Great Blue Heron - 1 first year bird on the S edge on Turtle Pond - Red-tailed Hawk - 3 incl. the 5th Ave. nesting pair & 1 young adult in Strawberry Fields - Ring-billed Gull - 2+ over Turtle Pond - Herring Gull - 5+ over Turtle Pond - Rock Pigeon - 50+ - Mourning Dove - 4+ - Chimney Swift - 1 over the Great Lawn - Hairy Woodpecker - 1 female on the S end of the Locust Grove - Northern Flicker - 12+ - Eastern Phoebe - 2+ - Red-eyed Vireo - 1 at Falconer's Hill - Blue Jay - 15+ - American Crow - 2+ - Black-capped Chickadee - 1 heard at Falconer's Hill - Brown Creeper - 1 at Azalea Pond - Carolina Wren - 2 heard incl. Maintenance Meadow & Turtle Pond - Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 - Swainson's Thrush - 2+ - Wood Thrush - 1 in the Ramble - American Robin - 50+ - Gray Catbird - 20+ - Brown Thrasher - 6+ - European Starling - 30+ - Northern Parula - 1 at Strawberry Fields - Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 at Strawberry Fields - Palm Warbler - 1 at the S end of the Locust Grove - Black-and-white Warbler - 2+ - Common Yellowthroat - 1 at Strawberry Fields - Scarlet Tanager - 2+ - Eastern Towhee - 2+ - White-throated Sparrow - 12+ - Northern Cardinal - 6+ - Common Grackle - 50+ - House Sparrow - 100+ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
